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The BFG. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 13cm), pp.224. With frequent in-text illustrations by Quentin Blake. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. Pictorial dust-jacket, illustrated by Blake in colour and priced at £6.50 net. Some expected tanning to edges of text block, which was... More
The BFG. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. Octavo (24 x 13cm), pp.224. With frequent in-text illustrations by Quentin Blake. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. Pictorial dust-jacket, illustrated by Blake in colour and priced at £6.50 net. INSCRIBED by the author in... More
The Commemorative Limited Edition of the Works of Roald Dahl. Set of novels and short stories including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Magic Finger, Danny the Champion of the World, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Twits, George's Marvelous Medicine, The BFG, The Witches, Boy, Going Solo, Matilda, Esio Trot, James & The Giant Peach.
London: Jonathan Cape and Harper Collins, 1991. LIMITED EDITION, of only 500 sets of which this is No. 425. The only major collection of Dahl's works. 15 volumes illustrated by Quentin Blake and others. Octavo (25 x 17 x 35cm). Publisher's gilt-titled quarter blue morocco, over patterned paper boards, top... More
The Giraffe and The Pelly and Me.
London: Jonathan Cape and Co., 1985. FIRST EDITION, a nice association copy, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR shortly after publication. Slim folio, pp.[32]. Publisher's glossy pictorial boards, issued without jacket, blue endpapers. Some rubbing to sides, extremities bumped. A very good copy, with presentation note to flyleaf; To / **** /... More
The Giraffe and The Pelly and Me.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1985. [Childrens classic] FIRST EDITION Slim folio (31 x 22cm), pp.[32]. Illustrated in colour throughout by Quentin Blake. Publisher's glossy pictorial boards, issued without jacket, blue endpapers. A near fine copy, slightly worn and sunned to the spine. More
Matilda.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. [Children's classic] First Edition. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. Pictorial wraparound dust-wrapper illustrated by Blake, showing printed price of £8.50 net. Numerous in-text illustrations by Blake. Lightly used and a trifle bumped; near fine. Lovingly and hilariously illustrated by... More
Revolting Rhymes. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. [Children's classic] SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. Slim octavo (27 x 21cm), unpaginated. With full colour illustrations by Quentin Blake. Publisher's glossy pictorial boards, without wrapper as issued, with publisher's price label (£3.95) to rear cover. An early printing, INSCRIBED by the author in thick blue... More
Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety.
London: British Railways Board, 1991. [Ephemera]. ORIGINAL PAMPHLET. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.24. With colour illustrations by Blake to every page. Publisher's colour-illustrated card wrapper, stapled. Child's ownership mark to verso of front cover. A little thumbed, otherwise good. 'British Railways Board asked Roald Dahl to write the text of... More
The Twits.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1980. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.80. Illustrated in-text throughout by Blake. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Blake, priced at £3.50. Final gathering more heavily browned than the rest of the book. A little spotting... More
The Witches.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1983. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.208. With illustrations by Blake. Publisher's green cloth boards in original pictorial dust-jacket. Slight toning/spotting to edges, some shelfwear, jacket price-clipped, no inscriptions or bookplates. A very good, lightly used copy. Basis for the 1990 Jim Henson-produced movie starring Anjelica Huston and Rowan... More
Two Fables.
London: Viking, 1986. FIRST EDITION, slim octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.64. Publisher's black cloth, titles in gilt to spine, in striking red and black dust jacket designed by Bet Ayer. Somewhat bleak illustrations by Graham Dean, including one disturbing colour print as a frontispiece. Minor edgewear; near fine. Two adult... More
Boy.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1984. FIRST EDITION, a nice association copy, WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR shortly after publication. Octavo, pp.160. Publisher's cloth in original dustwrapper, pictorial endpapers, numerous black and white photographs and sketches throughout. The first volume of Dahl's fascinating autobiography. Edges a little dusty, one neat production crease... More
Two Fables.
London, Viking Ltd. 1986. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Number 225 of 300 copies. Octavo, pp.[64]. Quarter red leather over black cloth boards, gilt titles to spine and upper board. Signed by Dahl on the limitation page. Illustrations by Graham Dean, including one colour print, as frontispiece. Slightest shelf wear, near fine... More
The Magic Finger.
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968. First UK Edition. Quato. Bound in publisher's pictorial paper boards, displaying the unnamed protagonist and her magic finger to boards, titles to spine; pictorial blue endpapers, front showing the outstretched finger, and the rear showing a pair of focused eyes. Binding is a little... More
The Author's Eye.
[1988]. Octavo. Limp red paper covers with cloth spine, front cover shows reproduction of Dahl's signature in white. Shows only the most minor of wear, and the text is completely clean. An educational exercise book, accompanying the documentary "The Author's Eye" (Westminster, MD: Random House Media, 1988), directed by Todd... More
The Enormous Crocodile With Pictures by Quentin Blake
London: Jonathan Cape 1978. INSCRIBED, Second Impression. Publisher's glossy pictorial boards; INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR facing title page: "To / TIMOTHY / WITH LOVE / Roald Dahl / 1981" [underlined]. Some edgewear, extremities a little pushed, very good. Roald Dahl received the World Fantasy Award [Lifetime Achievement] in 1983. Book Collector No.271, 'The Great Illustrators'. More
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