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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968, 1964, 1965. [Children's classic] First edition, third, second and second impressions respectively. Complete in three volumes. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.48, 48, 48. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's white hardcovers in glossy pictorial dust-wrappers. Contents clean, neat bookplate to volume two, jackets with some light chips and wear, nothing serious, minor toning, first volume price clipped. A classic adventure story featuring a high-spirited family and their magical car. Basis for the Oscar-nominated film musical scripted by Roald Dahl. Supplied with a complimentary copy of Ian Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert's monograph 'Genesis of GEN11. The Writing of Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang' (2026). Item #75595
Gilbert A17a (1), A17a (4), A17a (6).
Price: £285.00
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