Author: Roald Dahl
Title: James and the Giant Peach
Description: London, George Allen & Unwin LTD, 1967. First edition. Hardback. The first U.K. edition of his debut children's novel, an illustrated macabre tale centering around a magical peach. The first U.K. edition, first impression of this work. First published in the U.S. in 1961.In the original decorative colour boards, a smart copy.Illustrated with eleven full-paged illustrations, and many in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.Roald Dahl's classic children's novel, following a young orphan boy who enters a ginormous magical peach, going on adventures with the magic bugs he meets in the peach.A macabre novel, 'James and the Giant Peach' has often become a target of censors since its publication.Dahl is one of the most beloved children's writers of the twentieth century. Illustrated by Michel Simeon. In the original publisher's colourful pictorial boards. Externally, smart. Small crack to the head and tail of the joints, with a little loss of laminate. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a few scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: Michel Simeon. Very Good .
Keywords: James and the Giant Peach roald dahl michel simeon james roald dahl Michel Simeon
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Title: James and the Giant Peach
Description: London, George Allen & Unwin LTD, 1967. First edition. Hardback. The first U.K. edition of his debut children's novel, an illustrated macabre tale centering around a magical peach. The first U.K. edition, first impression of this work. First published in the U.S. in 1961.In the original decorative colour boards, a smart copy.Illustrated with eleven full-paged illustrations, and many in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.Roald Dahl's classic children's novel, following a young orphan boy who enters a ginormous magical peach, going on adventures with the magic bugs he meets in the peach.A macabre novel, 'James and the Giant Peach' has often become a target of censors since its publication.Dahl is one of the most beloved children's writers of the twentieth century. Illustrated by Michel Simeon. In the original publisher's colourful pictorial boards. Externally, smart. Small crack to the head and tail of the joints, with a little loss of laminate. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a few scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: Michel Simeon. Very Good .
Keywords: James and the Giant Peach roald dahl michel simeon james roald dahl Michel Simeon
Price: GBP 375.00 = appr. US$ 535.49 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 899P49
- Book number: 899P49
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