London: Jonathan Cape, 1983. [Childrens Illustrated] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Slim Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.[32]. Illustrated with hilarious and gruesome plates by Fawcett. Bound in publisher's pictorial paper boards, showing titles and a terrified child tucked up in bed to the front cover, titles to spine, yellow endpapers. No..... More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 13cm), pp.224. With frequent in-text illustrations by Quentin Blake. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Blake, priced at £6.50. A nice clean copy, somewhat toned to edges and margins, as..... More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1981. [Childrens classic] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 15cm), pp.96. With illustrations by Blake. In publisher's light blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With pictorial dust-jacket priced at £3.95. Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacket is fresh. Simply a crisp, fine copy. Outstanding. Dahl's splendidly..... More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. [Children's Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240. With in-text illustrations by Blake throughout. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated jacket, also by Blake, priced at £8.50. Contents clean, no inscriptions, edges of text block fresh, jacket virtually..... More

London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION, first impression, ASSOCIATION COPY from the library of Dahl's agent. Octavo (26 x 21cm), pp.192. Colour illustrations throughout, by Quentin Blake and others. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, pale blue endpapers. With the pictorial dust-jacket, priced at £14.99..... More

London: Century, 1991. [Illustrated Humour] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.24. Quentin Blake illustrations throughout, some in colour. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket, priced at £6.99. A nice clean copy, showing just a touch of handling, and a hint..... More

Harmondsworth: Viking, 1986. [Short Stories] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.64. Number 45 of 300 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. With frequent in-text black and white illustrations, and a colour frontispiece, by Dean. Publisher's red quarter calf, with gilt titles to..... More

London: George Allen and Unwin Limited, 1967. [Children's classic] FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.112. Publisher's glazed pictorial boards, illustrated throughout the text with black and white line drawings. Contents clean without spotting, no inscriptions. Notoriously fragile covers are in very good condition, showing minor wear..... More

London: Collins, [1944]. [Childrens classic] FIRST BRITISH EDITION. Quarto (28 x 23cm), pp.[52], with 13 colour plates (one double-page), and many in-text illustrations throughout. In the publisher's red pictorial paper-covered boards, cream cloth spine, pictorial end-papers. Contents clean, brief gift inscription to endpaper, boards a little shelf worn and bowed..... More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1991. [Children's fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Quarto (29 x 22cm), pp.48. Publisher's pictorial hardcovers. With the matching illustrated dust-jacket priced at £8.99 to front flap. Crisp, clean copy. Fine. "Beware, Beware, the Forest of Sin! None come out, but many go in!" This was the author's..... More

London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1979. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.221. Publisher's dark blue cloth in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Dave Senior. A clean, fine copy in like, price-clipped wrapper. Slightly risque, adult romp from the regular 'Playboy' contributor. Roald Dahl received the World Fantasy Award [Lifetime..... More

London: Michael Joseph, 1962. [Literary Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Large Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.488. Publisher's blue cloth with original pictorial dust-jacket priced at 25s. Contents clean, edges slightly toned, no inscriptions. The jacket is simply exceptional having been protected by a custom-made red cloth outer cover, with gilt titles to..... More

UK, 30th March 1967. [James Bond film history] Typed arbitration decision by screenwriter Jack Pulman, regarding a dispute over the credits of the film You Only Live Twice between script writers Roald Dahl and Harold Jack Bloom. A detailed six-page arbitration including two pages of synopsis of Bloom's treatment compared..... More