Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1964
SIGNED First Edition, First Printing, First State Signed First State, Near fine, crisp copy with the requisite 6 line colophon located on the last page in the ‘About The Author’ Section.
The book has crisp red cloth boards with an embossed title image to front. Gilt titles to spine. The boards are in clean condition with sharp corners and no edgewear. Signed by Roald Dahl in red felt tip on a sheet adhered to the front end paper “Roald Dahl”. The binding is tight and square. The mustard colored end papers are in bright clean condition with no inscriptions, no bookstore stamps and no owner names. The internal pages are very crisp, bright, and clean for this title with no writing, no marks, no scribbles, no stains, no bent pages, no age toning and no foxing. Beautiful copy of a children’s book in hard to find condition, internally appearing as unread!
The original near fine price clipped First edition, First State dust jacket received a very tiny bit of professional restoration to the very outer spine tips. The jacket is in beautiful and bright near fine condition with vibrant colors, and no rips, no chips, no edgewear, and no foxing. Please see images. The dust jacket does NOT have the ISBN to the rear panel (as required for the first state of this title)
A very handsome clean copy of this title, in a lovely near fine dust jacket, presenting well on the shelf.
