DAHL**, ROALD:
FANTASTIC MR FOX.** [Illus by Quentin Blake.**]

Imprint: LONDON.VIKING,1996.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st,2nd imp,illustrated edn thus.[Complete number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Originally published Geo Allen & Unwin,1970,then Viking,1996,this edition,completely re-illustrated with new illustrations by Quentin Blake.] NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no clip to dw/dj - no publisher's price - possibly an export edn? Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj by Quentin Blake; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges lightly aged,but generally bright and clean; contents bright, tight and clean.Light accidental dog-ear creasing to lower corners of pp27-58 and also some vertical & diagonal creasing to rear free endpaper - other pages fine and unaffected. Publisher's unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp thus,2-80pp [part paginated] includes 18 chapters,profuse part+ full-page b/w illus by Quentin Blake throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,a contents list/ table; plus to the rear,6pp blanks. Want more Roald DAHL titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue. Boggis,Bunce and Bean plan a trap for Mr Fox - but he's far too clever to fall for it! 'Well,my darling,' said Mr Fox.'What shall it be tonight?' 'I think we'll have duck tonight,' said Mrs Fox.'Bring us two fat ducks,if you please,one for you and me,and one for the children.' 'Ducks it shall be!' said Mr Fox. 'Bunce's best!' But Mr Fox would not have been quite so confident if he'd known that Boggis,Bunce and Bean,the three farmers,were lying in wait outside his hole that very night,each one crouching behind a tree with a gun,determined to shoot,starve or dig out Mr Fox even if it took them forever. . . . But Mr Fox's wife was right when she proudly told the children,'Your father is a fantastic fox! He has quite enough brains to fox much cleverer farmers than Boggis,Bunce and Bean!' A fast-paced comic adventure with delightful illustrations by Quentin Blake. Quentin Blake,born 1932,Sidcup,Kent.Son of a civil servant.Educated at Chiselhurst,Sidcup Grammar School and Cambridge University.Attended life classes at Chelsea College of Art.Tutor in illustration at the Royal College of Art (1965- 78) and Head of the Illustration Dept since 1978.He works in pen and ink and watercolour in a popular and unmistakable style,capturing essential character and movement with wit and gaiety in a few rapid strokes.He has illustrated many editions of the BBC Jackanory television programme.He was chosen as the first Children's Laureate in 1999. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja365310. ISBN: 0670852503.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

DAHL**, ROALD:
FANTASTIC MR FOX.** [Illus by Quentin Blake.**]

Imprint: LONDON.VIKING,1996.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st illustrated edn thus. [Originally published Geo Allen & Unwin, 1970, then Viking,1996,this edition,completely re-illustrated with new illustrations by Quentin Blake.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,no clip to dw/dj - no publisher's price - possibly an export edn? Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj by Quentin Blake; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top third of rear wrap minimally creased /wrinkled.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned,but generally bright and clean; contents bright, tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.Unblemished,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st thus,2-80pp [part paginated] includes 18 chapters,profuse part+full-page b/w illus by Quentin Blake throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,dedication, contents list/table,plus to rear,6pp blanks. Want more Roald DAHL titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue. Boggis,Bunce and Bean plan a trap for Mr Fox - but he's far too clever to fall for it! 'Well, my darling,' said Mr Fox.'What shall it be tonight?' 'I think we'll have duck tonight,' said Mrs Fox.'Bring us two fat ducks,if you please,one for you and me,and one for the children.' 'Ducks it shall be!' said Mr Fox. 'Bunce's best!' But Mr Fox would not have been quite so confident if he'd known that Boggis,Bunce and Bean,the three farmers,were lying in wait outside his hole that very night,each one crouching behind a tree with a gun,determined to shoot,starve or dig out Mr Fox even if it took them forever. . . . But Mr Fox's wife was right when she proudly told the children,'Your father is a fantastic fox! He has quite enough brains to fox much cleverer farmers than Boggis,Bunce and Bean!' A fast-paced comic adventure with delightful illustrations by Quentin Blake. Quentin Blake,born 1932,Sidcup,Kent.Son of a civil servant.Educated at Chiselhurst,Sidcup Grammar School and Cambridge University.Attended life classes at Chelsea College of Art.Tutor in illustration at the Royal College of Art (1965- 78) and Head of the Illustration Dept since 1978.He works in pen and ink and watercolour in a popular and unmistakeable style,capturing essential character and movement with wit and gaiety in a few rapid strokes.He has illustrated many editions of the BBC Jackanory television programme.He was chosen as the first Children's Laureate in 1999. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja860820. ISBN: 0670852503.

£ 8.00 (approx. $US 10.41 )

DAHL**, ROALD:
George's Marvellous Medicine. [ Author SIGNED copy.]

Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1985.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,author SIGNED,reprint.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author SIGNED - without dedication.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,reprint.[Originally and first published,(UK,London), JONATHAN CAPE,in 1981.Reprinted in 1982 and this SIGNED edn,reprinted 1985,so its a 2nd reprint.A scarce title,even more so,author SIGNED.] FINE-/VG+. No owner inscrptn but a neat, handwritten,black ink gift presentation inscrptn: 'Christmas 1988, Love Trisha XXX' to top edges of front free endpaper,AND author's black felt-tip ink handwritten signature - without dedication - to half-title page.Price-clipped dw/dj but with publisher's adhesive price sticker/label (£5.95) in situ beside the clip.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around red background with colour pictorial artwork by Quentin Blake,illustrated central panels with white lettering above+below each panel repeated to each cover; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Tiniest sliver of red colour paper loss at head of rear-facing fold/crease of spine/backstrip's gutter,white lettering and publisher's white colphon to foot of same; and some superficial writing indent impressions to front panel of dw/dj,some minor, faint,superficial scoring to rear panel - but all without penetration to boards beneath.There is light pushing to the base and head of the spine with a small bump to the upper corner of the front board.Top edges with minimal sporadic dust-flecking blemishes otherwise still white and bright,fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean and unblemished, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain pale blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers - inscrptns excepted.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,author SIGNED,early 2nd reprint,7-96pp [paginated] includes 15 chapters with profuse part,single and double paged b/w line illustrations by Quentin Blake; plus [unpaginated] author's handwritten signature - without dedication - to half-title page, thumbnail b/w line illustrated title page with a dedication to its reverse,contents list/table with a blank verso and a thumbnail b/w line illustration with no text to verso of the last page of the book. Described honestly and fairly,nowhere as affected as it reads or sounds. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's age and nature, i.e. a child's book.It is virtually only the exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite them,it really is a remarkable copy for its age, cleanliness and brightness. George had a miserable Grandma - a grousing old thing who wouldn't leave him alone.She was selfish and ugly,hated children and sometimes was so frightening that George suspected her of being a witch.'Don't forget my medicine,' she bullied.No,George would not forget Grandma's medicine.He had special plans for her 11 o'clock spoonful - the nasty devilish sort of plan hatched only in a Roald Dahl story.If the medicine George was concocting didn't actually cure Grandma,it would at least produce some interesting results.It contained everything he could find around the house - including shaving cream and a yellow liquid to cure cows with crumpled horns.It was a brew so full of wizardry,with a smell so bewitching,that George found himmself chanting strange words that came into his head out of nowhere.And what it did to Grandma must be seen in Quentin Blake's fabulous pictures to be believed - not to mention what happened in the farmyard. Some children may have thought that the Twits - the ghastly couple in Roald Dahl's last story illustrated by Quentin Blake - were about as horrible as people can get.But then they haven't yet met Grandma. Quentin Blake,born 1932,Sidcup,Kent.Son of a civil servant. Educated at Chiselhurst,Sidcup Grammar School and Cambridge University.Attended life classes at Chelsea College of Art.Tutor in illustration at the Royal College of Art (1965- 78) and Head of the Illustration Dept since 1978.He works in pen and ink and watercolour in a popular and unmistakeable style,capturing essential character and movement with wit and gaiety in a few rapid strokes.He has illustrated many editions of the BBC Jackanory television programme. Please contact seller,becuase of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja1031022. ISBN: 00224019015.

£ 455.00 (approx. $US 592.14 )

DAHL**, ROALD:
Going Solo.** [FINE dw/dj ONLY.]

Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1986.
Edition: Dw/dj only - for UK,8vo HB,1st edn.
Binding: Protected 1st edn dw/dj.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

** N.B.** Dw/dj ONLY for UK,8vo HB,1st edn of Roald DAHL's UK,8vo HB,1st edn autobiography, 'Going Solo.' Dw/dj protected +reinforced internally with brown paper and then an outer cellophane sleeve and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, subject's colour pictorial portrait illustration by Julie Tennent,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with b/w lettering to front+spine/ backstrip,rear panel with author's b/w portrait photograph; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present to the dw/dj.FINE. The second part of Dahl's autobiography,a continuation after the first part being 'Boy'. Here,in 'Going Solo.',Dahl recounts his adventures in Africa and experiences as a squadron fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force,flying the Tiger Moth,Gloster Gladiator, and Hawker Hurricane aeroplanes.He was amongst the last of the Allied fighter pilots to withdraw from Greece during the German invasion,taking part in the air for the Battle of Athens on 20 April 1941 and,after the country fell to the Nazis,he went to the Middle East to fight Vichy French pilots after staying for a brief time in Alexandria,Egypt. Please contact seller, for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note, stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p FREE. Offer available UK only, unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja965321. ISBN: 0224024078.

£ 32.00 (approx. $US 41.64 )

DAHL**, ROALD:
More Tales of the Unexpected.

Imprint: LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH,1980.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip - absence of publisher's price - to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj with white,and black outlined,graduated yellow to orange lettering to front,white background spine/backstrip wih blue+black lettering,rear panel with white background and thumbnail b/w portrait of author photograph and black lettered newspaper's critic review; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no major nicks,tears or splits present other than an approx. 1.5cm closed tear to top,rear corner tip and an approx. 0.5cm closed tear to top of spine/backstrip's rear-facing gutter's fold/crease.Head+foot of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasinG,tiny laminate peel/curl to foot of same,minor wrinkling creases to front panel and both panels with superficial scoring/indents without penetration to boards beneath.Small water/fluid stain internally to foot of spine of dw/dj, visible externally.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean but with notable paperstock's tonal difference to approximately the front signatures half of book - this discrepancy facilitates its Near Fine,and not FINE grading; contents otherwise bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corners – text body near pristine and appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher’s bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original, unblemished,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/ backstrip and immaculate/clean plain white endpapers - without blemish or off-setting.UK, slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,7-127pp [paginated] includes 9 short stories; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and contents list/table. In this,Dahl's latest selection of short stories,the surprises are as wicked and witty as ever.Taken from 'Someone Like You','Kiss Kiss' and 'The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar'; plus four brand new stories,they lure you into a world as full of unease,coincidence and black humour as you could wish.This title contains stories including: 'Poison','The Sound Machine', 'Georgy Porgy','Genesis and Catastrophe','The Hitch-Hiker','The Umbrella Man','Mr Botibol', 'Vengeance is Mine Inc.',and 'The Butler'. Coincides with the successful tie-in (British) Anglia TV dramatisation series. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja965521. ISBN: 0718119193.

£ 45.00 (approx. $US 58.56 )

DAHL, SOPHIE:
Playing with the Grown-ups. [Author SIGNED copy.]

Imprint: LONDON.BLOOMSBURY,2007.
Edition: UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Author SIGNED - without dedication.

UK,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten black ink signature - without dedication - to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,grey+pink pictorial illustrated dw/dj design by Sarah Morris,with grey,white and pink lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a white headband and sewn in grey silk bookmark ribbon and immaculate plain,pale pink endpapers.UK, small 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,1-285pp [paginated] includes 14 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,author SIGNED title page,a dedication,an epigram (Antoine de Saint-Exupery,The Little Prince),and to the rear,acknowledgements,a note on type and 6pp blanks. For Kitty,growing up at Hay House amongst bluebell woods and doting relations is heaven. But for her mother,the restless Marina,a silver-eyed beauty who paints and weeps with alacrity, this comfortable domesticity cannot provide the novelty and excitement she craves. Swami-ji,Marina's guru,sees her future in New York,and so the family is scooped up and relocated,leaving Kitty exiled in a colourless boarding school.Reprieve comes in the form of the guru's summons to the ashram; but then,just as Kitty is approaching enlightenment,they are off again,leaving for an England that is now fast and unfamiliar.This time no god,man or Martini can staunch Marina's hunger for a happiness that proves all too elusive. And Kitty,turning fifteen,must choose: whether to play dangerous games with the grown-ups or begin to put herself first. Witty,lyrical and heartbreaking,'Playing with the Grown-ups' is a modern coming-of-age story that confirms the arrival of a unique new talent.Author's 2nd novel,her first and debut 'The Man with the Dancing Eyes' was highly praised and acclaimed. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja588815. ISBN: 9780747577775.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

DAHL**, ROALD:
RHYME STEW.**

Imprint: LONDON.CAPE,1989.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Quentin Blake illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creases to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges minimally aged/toned,but bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,original,plain blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,78pp [not all paginated - but present] includes 15 Quentin Blake b/w line illustrated poems,plus full-page,b/w line illustrated half-title page, b/w vignetted title-page,and contents list/ table. Want more Roald DAHL titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue. The Hare likes a flutter,the Tortoise cheats, and they're racing for right of veto on a vegetable patch; the Emperor's new ski clothes tickle the court ladies but leave him cold on the slopes; let loose in the Ritz,Ali Baba open-sesames bedroom doors to find the rich stripped of their assets; and Dick and his cat discover the call of Bow Bells is really a crazy vicar who's a dab hand at fiddling the electrics. The marvellously dastardly Dahl has joined forces with that bounder Blake to plunder a wealth of nursery heritage for the delight of the older reader in this wonderful addition to the literature of the absurd. "Raucous,irreverent,inventive,richly colloquial in its language,never afraid to pressgang the inappropriate into its service . . . . pure pleasure." The Times Literary Supplement. "Beside such full-blooded sky-larking some other books of comic verse look decidely anaemic." The Times. "The rhymes themselves cross the Grimm Brothers with Raymond Chandler - Little Red Riding Hood keeps a pistol in her knickers, shoots the wolf before he's half-way through his set speech,and under pretence of rescuing the third of the little pigs turns him into a pigskin travelling case by way of an encore - and the pictures are in Quentin Blake's best sardonic style." Margaret Fisher,Sunday Times. Quentin Blake,born 1932,Sidcup,Kent.Son of a civil servant.Educated at Chiselhurst, Sidcup Grammar School and Cambridge University.Attended life classes at Chelsea College of Art.Tutor in illustration at the Royal College of Art (1965-78) and Head of the Illustration Dept since 1978.He works in pen and ink and watercolour in a popular and unmistakable style,capturing essential character and movement with wit and gaiety in a few rapid strokes.He has illustrated many editions of the BBC Jackanory television programme.He was chosen as the first Children's Laureate in 1999. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. ** q52.CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.ISBN 0224026607.Children's illustrated poetry_verse.Books illus by Quentin Blake. Nonsense Nursery Rhymes.ROALD DAHL'S Revolting Rhymes.Books new,used,signed,rare. rja31298

Stock number: rja31298. ISBN: 0224026607.

£ 85.00 (approx. $US 110.62 )

DAHL**, ROALD:
RHYME STEW.**

Imprint: LONDON.CAPE,1989.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Quentin Blake illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creases to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges minimally aged/toned,but bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean,solid and sound.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,original,plain blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,78pp [not all paginated - but all present] includes 15 Quentin Blake b/w line illustrated poems,plus full-page,b/w line illustrated half-title page,b/w vignetted title page,and a Contents list/table. Want more Roald DAHL titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue. The Hare likes a flutter,the Tortoise cheats, and they're racing for right of veto on a vegetable patch; the Emperor's new ski clothes tickle the court ladies but leave him cold on the slopes; let loose in the Ritz,Ali Baba open-sesames bedroom doors to find the rich stripped of their assets; and Dick and his cat discover the call of Bow Bells is really a crazy vicar who's a dab hand at fiddling the electrics. The marvellously dastardly Dahl has joined forces with that bounder Blake to plunder a wealth of nursery heritage for the delight of the older reader in this wonderful addition to the literature of the absurd. "Raucous,irreverent,inventive,richly colloquial in its language,never afraid to pressgang the inappropiate into its service . . . . pure pleasure." The Times Literary Supplement. "Beside such full-blooded sky-larking some other books of comic verse look decidely anaemic." The Times. "The rhymes themselves cross the Grimm Brothers with Raymond Chandler - Little Red Riding Hood keeps a pistol in her knickers,shoots the wolf before he's half-way through his set speech,and under pretence of rescuing the third of the little pigs turns him into a pigskin travelling case by way of an encore - and the pictures are in Quentin Blake's best sardonic style." Margaret Fisher, Sunday Times. Quentin Blake,born 1932,Sidcup,Kent.Son of a civil servant.Educated at Chiselhurst,Sidcup Grammar School and Cambridge University.Attended life classes at Chelsea College of Art.Tutor in illustration at the Royal College of Art (1965- 78) and Head of the Illustration Dept since 1978.He works in pen and ink and watercolour in a popular and unmistakable style,capturing essential character and movement with wit and gaiety in a few rapid strokes.He has illustrated many editions of the BBC Jackanory television programme.He was chosen as the first Children's Laureate in 1999. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja360610. ISBN: 0224026607.

£ 85.00 (approx. $US 110.62 )

DAHL**, ROALD [as presented by Gary Rhodes on BBC TV]:
ROALD DAHL's REVOLTING RECIPES.

Imprint: LONDON.TED SMART/RED FOX,1997.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st thus.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Cape, 1994 is the true first edn,this, publisher TED SMART/Red Fox - Red Fox edn first published 1996,this 1st reprint,1997.No ISBN.]FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Crisp,clean,glossy laminated,Quentin Blake colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf- wear and minimal creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present. Top edge lightly creased with a tiny,tiny nick to head of spine/backstrip.Top+fore- edges bright and clean,contents bright, tight and clean also.Crisp,clean,glossy laminated bds with repeated dw/dj design with clean, plain purple eps.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,8-61pp [paginated] includes title-page,Felicity Dahl intro, profuse colour illus by Quentin Blake throughout the text and book,some recipe colour photographs by Jan Baldwin,a recipe list to rear comprising 31 recipes, covering starters,snacks,main courses, cakes and desserts,drinks and confectionery - recipes compiled by Josie Fison and Felicity Dahl. Roald Dahl's own favourite and principal illustrator,Blake illustrated several other books of the author's work,during the author's lifetime,and these illustrations bring considerable enchantment to this book. Quentin Blake,born 1932,Sidcup,Kent.Son of a civil servant.Educated at Chiselhurst,Sidcup Grammar School and Cambridge University.Attended life classes at Chelsea College of Art.Tutor in illustration at the Royal College of Art (1965-78) and Head of the Illustration Dept since 1978.He works in pen and ink and watercolour in a popular and unmistakable style,capturing essential character and movement with wit and gaiety in a few rapid strokes.He has illustrated many editions of the BBC Jackanory television programme.He was chosen as the first Children's Laureate in 1999. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja24677. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 10.00 (approx. $US 13.01 )

DAHL**, ROALD:
SONGS AND VERSE.

Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,2005.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around matt, cream background with glossy,colour pictorial illustration artwork by Quentin Blake illustrated dw/dj with capitalised,glossy brown-lettered author name and capitalised,glossy, multi-coloured lettered title,with repeated, glossy Dahl book titles to background; spine/ backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name+title as the front's and publisher's black+cream illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with Quentin Blake glossy colour illustration.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – one corner tip (fronts top) with very miniscule paper loss,otherwise no other nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright crisp,clean without blemish/foxing/spotting ; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain navy blue textured cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip,a navy blue+white chequered headband,and immaculate plain pale blue endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,14-191pp [part-paginated] includes Pts 1-7 with rhymes,songs and verse(s) from Dahl's books accompanied with colour illustrations from a variety of illustrators and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title,thumbnail illustrated title page, Quentin Blake character illustrated Contents list/table,A Foreword by Quentin Blake,single+double-paged illustrated individual Pts separator pages.                              Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 15+ year-old age and nature, i.e. a child's book.It is only the minor fault described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite that it really is still an exceptional example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of other detracting faults.                                The book is divided into seven sections: 1) There are Things to See and Do, (2) Best Behaviour, (3) Unlikely Creatures, (4) Poisonous Possibilities, (5) Look Who's Here, (6) All Together Now, (7) And a Few Surprises. Each section opens with three pages of illustration from Dahl's best-known and much-loved illustrator, Quentin Blake; then follow visual treats from some of the most exciting artists working in illustration today.Familiar tales such as 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' (from Revolting Rhymes) feature alongside lesser-known or unpublished gems such as 'The Shark'.These verses are unparalleled in their verve, wit and appeal and the marvellous illustrations really do them justice, making this the perfect gift choice for Dahl fans and lovers of children's books and illustration everywhere.Featured illustrators (in alphabetical order): Russell Ayto, Peter Bailey, Quentin Blake, Geefwee Boedoe, Emma Chichester Clark, Lauren Child, Babette Cole, Alexis Deacon, Mini Grey, William Joyce, Satoshi Kitamura, John Lawrence, Neal Layton, David McKee, Helen Oxenbury, Chris Riddell, David Roberts, Tony Ross, Gerald Scarfe, Axel Scheffler, Joann Sfar, Posy Simmonds, Lane Smith, Joel Stewart, Bee Willey and Chris Wormell.                                Please contact seller,item is just under 1Kg unpackaged, for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.    ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja1107423. ISBN: 022407038X.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

DAHL**, ROALD:
The BFG. [Exclusively for Marks & Spencer. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.**

Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE/an imprint of Random House Children's Books,2007.
Edition: UK,12mo French flaps,illustrated,1st edn thus.
Binding: No dw/dj - French flaps - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,12mo French flaps,illustrated,1st edn thus. [Originally first published,1982 (CAPE,London, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,BLAKE illustrated,1st edn),this BLAKE illustrated title again,as UK,HB edn in 2002,and this particular French flap issue/edn published exclusively for Marks & Spencer p.lc., in 2007.] FINE. No owner inscrptn and an absence of a published price.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,matt paper-covered card covers with French flaps with black-lettered text - synopsis to front and potted biographies of author+illustrator to rear flap - each flap with a Blake's small colour illustration,a larger glossy,colour pictorial illustration by Quentin Blake,to front cover with author's capitalised, glossy,embossed white-lettered name and a matt yellow-lettered title and illustrator's name credited,in blue-green lettering,to lower edge of his illustration.Spine/backstrip with a glossy red panel at head of same with black-outlined,capitalised,white-lettered author name within; a glossy thumbnail colour detail from front's illustration,a yellow-lettered title,and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered initials and white illustrated colophon to foot of same, rear cover with a pale blue-green background with a black partial illustration,stopping at the top's edge,and a b/w barcode thus - M 5130 511 S. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present and immaculate plain pale yellow endpapers.Top+fore-edges with sporadic but miniscule,minimal spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,12mo French flaps, illustrated,1st edn thus,8-272pp [paginated] includes a list of Characters [Humans - 6 and Giants - 10],24 partitions with either full+part -page b/w illustrations by Quentin Blake throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title,b/w illustrated title page,a dedication,and a Contents list/table.      Seems to be an uncommon,if not scarce,format issue/edn.See also my book IDs' rja1159824 and rja1159924 for similar M&S Exclusive format issues of of 'The Twits' and 'The BFG' respectively.  Visually,the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 15+ year-old age and nature, i.e. a children's ephemeral softback.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for it's brightnesss, cleanliness and lack of age-acquired detracting faults commonly encountered in a softback. When Sophie is snatched from her bed in the middle of the night by a giant four times as tall as the tallest human,she thinks she is about to be breakfast.But luckily for Sophie,her giant is the only nice and jumbly giant in Giant Country,and the pair are soon thinking of ways to disappear the BFG's nasty neighbours. Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **                                                                                                                                                                

Stock number: rjaa1160024. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

DAHL**, ROALD:
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me.** [illus by Quentin Blake.**]

Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1985.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , No dw/dj - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued.1st edn. NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no price removal from rear cover.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,glossy laminated,wrap-around orange background with a royal blue bordered white background panel with a colour pictorial illustration by Quentin Blake within,paper-covered card boards with capitalised,black-lettered author name,black-lettered lower case title and illustrator name to front panel,a very lightly sunned/faded spine/backstrip with capitalised black-lettered title and lower cased black-lettered author+illustrator name and black illustrated publisher's colophon to foot of same,rear cover with colour pictorial illustration within a repeated thick royal blue bordered panel. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping creases to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - rear board's front lower corner's fore-edge with a minisule abrasion to it,with very miniscule colour paper loss - just tiny dots as opposed to shreds.Both the head+ foot of spine/backstrip with inevitable but minor pushing with reciprocal creases,but no nicks,tears or splits.Under angled light,faint, superficial scoring,doodle+writing impressions to front board and minimal light,superficial scoring to rear board,and immaculate plain royal blue endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB,1st edn,32pp [unpaginated],no chapters - a continuous story, part-page and page-edge colour illustrations throughout the text and the book,all by Quentin Blake,as is the colour vignette illustrated title page. Want more Roald DAHL titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED and SIGNED catalogue. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature, i.e. a child's book.It is only the minimal exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Nevertheless, despite them,it really is still an exceptional example for its cleanliness,brightness and minimal degree of wear and tear. What else could a giraffe with an extending neck,a pelican with an expanding beak and an athletic monkey be but The Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company? When this amazing trio are invited to try and clean all the 677 windows belonging to His Grace the Duke of Hampshire,it is no wonder that they have the most incredible adventures,with young Billy there to join in the fun. When Roald Dahl tells a wonderful story and Quentin Blake creates hilarious pictures to go with it,no child will be able to resist the magical result.This ingenious and adventurous new trio will delight and amaze young readers everywhere.A real treat for Roald Dahl fans! Quentin Blake,born 1932,Sidcup,Kent.Son of a civil servant. Educated at Chiselhurst,Sidcup Grammar School and Cambridge University.Attended life classes at Chelsea College of Art.Tutor in illustration at the Royal College of Art (1965- 78) and Head of the Illustration Dept 1978-1986, and is now a visiting professor.He was honoured with an OBE in 1988.He works in pen and ink and watercolour in a popular and unmistakable style, capturing essential character and movement with wit and gaiety in a few rapid strokes.He has illustrated many editions of the BBC Jackanory television programme.Whilst he illustrated many of his own works, he is renowned for his collaboration with Roald Dahl.Quentin Blake was the first Children's Laureate from 1999-2001. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included. Available UK only, unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja1049923. ISBN: 0224029991.

£ 250.00 (approx. $US 325.35 )

DAHL**, ROALD:
THE MINPINS.** [Illus by Patrick Benson.**]

Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1991.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj,by Patrick Benson - design repeated to glazed boards - with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - a small closed tear (internally sellotape repaired) to upper front edge - but no other nicks or tears present and miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing,to head+foot of spine backstrip.Top+fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - an unread copy? Dw/dj design/illustration repeated to glazed boards with clean,plain brick-red endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn,5-47pp [paginated] includes half-title,a vignette colour illustrated title page,8 full-colour,full-page illustrations,4 full-colour double-page illustrations,plus other thumbnail colour illustrations in the text and page edges/borders (virtually an illustration to every page) - all by Patrick Benson. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 30+ year-old age and nature, i.e. a child's book.It really is still an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of other detracting faults.             Want more Roald DAHL titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED and SIGNED catalogues. Beware! Beware! The Forest of Sin! None come out,but many go in! Little Billy was awfully tired of being good.He longed to explore the big black secret wood - the Forest of Sin.So,despite warnings about Whangdoodles,Snozzwanglers, Vermicious Knids,and other even more terrible beasts,he is tempted to go through the gate,into the forest beyond. . . Once inside,he encounters the extraordinary Minpins,who live in terror of the most awesome creature invented:the Red-Hot Smoke-Belching Gruncher! and it is Little Billy - with some very special help from the Minpins themselves - who comes up with a plan to defeat the dreaded monster, and finds himself proclaimed a hero! A compelling adventure that will ensure Dahl's unique storytelling magic will live on in the abundant imaginations of children everywhere.The Minpins is told with all the darkly imaginative flair of the Master Storyteller,and Patrick Benson's vivid illustrations provide an inspired interpretation of Dahl's fantastical world.Roald Dahl had personally asked him to illustrate 'The Minpins' which turned out to be one of Dahl’s last ever books.The author's final work for children and was published posthumously. Dahl was a double winner of the Children's Book Award and Whitbread Children's Book Award. Benson,himself,is a winner of the prestigious Kurt Maschler Award,and this copy is a superb example of the collaboration between author and artist. Patrick Benson studied at the Chelsea Art School and St Martin's School of Art.He first entered the world of book illustration with William Mayne's 'Hob Stories' in 1984,for which he won the Mother Goose Award.Since then he has continued to illustrate other people's stories, as well as his own.He received world-wide accolades for his interpretation of Roald Dahl's final book,'The Minpins' (see my book ID's rja32168,rja393911,rja416912 and rja1114923 for more of the same 1st edns),and the two J.R. Hartley 'Fly Fishing books (see book ID rja26597).His illustrations for 'The Willows in Winter' (see my book ID's rja1132,rja596116 and rja682917),and his new edition of 'The Wind in the Willows' also received outstanding praise. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight an value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja26467. ISBN: 0224028995.

£ 60.00 (approx. $US 78.08 )

DAHL**, ROALD:
THE MINPINS.** [Illus by Patrick Benson.**]

Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1991.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj by Patrick Benson - design repeated to glazed boards; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - miniscule bumping with reciprocal creasing,to head+foot of spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - an unread copy? Dw/dj design/illustration repeated to boards,top board's upper right-hand corner minimally bumped,others fine,with clean,brick-red endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn,5-47pp [paginated] includes half-title,a vignette colour illustrated title page,8 full-colour,full-page illustrations,4 full-colour double-page illustrations,plus other thumbnail colour illustrations in the text and page edges/borders (virtually an illustration to every page) - all by Patrick Benson. Beware! Beware! The Forest of Sin! None come out,but many go in! Little Billy was awfully tired of being good.He longed to explore the big black secret wood - the Forest of Sin. So,despite warnings about Whangdoodles, Snozzwanglers,Vermicious Knids,and other even more terrible beasts,he is tempted to go through the gate,into the forest beyond. . . . Once inside,he encounters the extraordinary Minpins,who live in terror of the most awesome creature invented:the Red-Hot Smoke-Belching Gruncher! and it is Little Billy - with some very special help from the Minpins themselves - who comes up with a plan to defeat the dreaded monster, and finds himself proclaimed a hero! A compelling adventure that will ensure Dahl's unique storytelling magic will live on in the abundant imaginations of children everywhere.The Minpins is told with all the darkly imaginative flair of the Master Storyteller,and Patrick Benson's vivid illustrations provide an inspired interpretation of Dahl's fantastical world.Roald Dahl had personally asked him to illustrate 'The Minpins' which turned out to be one of Dahl’s last ever books.The author's final work for children and was published posthumously.Dahl was a double winner of the Children's Book Award and Whitbread Children's Book Award. Benson,himself,is a winner of the prestigious Kurt Maschler Award,and this copy is a superb example of the collaboration between author and artist. Want more Roald DAHL titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED and SIGNED catalogues. Patrick Benson studied at the Chelsea Art School and St Martin's School of Art.He first entered the world of book illustration with William Mayne's 'Hob Stories' in 1984,for which he won the Mother Goose Award.Since then he has continued to illustrate other people's stories, as well as his own.He received world-wide accolades for his interpretation of Roald Dahl's final book,'The Minpins' (see also my book ID's rja26467,rja393911,rja416912 and rja1114923 for more of the same 1st edns),and the two J.R. Hartley 'Fly Fishing books (see book ID rja26597).His illustrations for 'The Willows in Winter' (see my book ID's rja1132,rja596116 and rja682917),and his new edition of 'The Wind in the Willows' also received outstanding praise. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja32168. ISBN: 0224028995.

£ 60.00 (approx. $US 78.08 )

DAHL**, ROALD:
THE MINPINS.** [Illus by Patrick Benson.**]

Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1991.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illuistrated,1st edn. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj by Patrick Benson - design repeated to glazed boards; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - an unread copy? Dw/dj design/illutrations repeated to boards,with clean plain brick-red endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+ dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,5-47pp [paginated] includes half-title,a vignette colour illustrated title page,8 full-colour,full-page illustrations,4 full-colour double-page illustrations; plus other thumbnail colour illustrations in the text and page edges/borders (virtually an illustration to every page) - all by Patrick Benson. Want more Roald DAHL titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED and SIGNED catalogues. Beware! Beware! The Forest of Sin! None come out,but many go in! Little Billy was awfully tired of being good.He longed to explore the big black secret wood - the Forest of Sin. So,despite warnings about Whangdoodles, Snozzwanglers,Vermicious Knids,and other even more terrible beasts,he is tempted to go through the gate,into the forest beyond. . . . Once inside,he encounters the extraordinary Minpins,who live in terror of the most awesome creature invented:the Red-Hot Smoke-Belching Gruncher! and it is Little Billy - with some very special help from the Minpins themselves - who comes up with a plan to defeat the dreaded monster, and finds himself proclaimed a hero! A compelling adventure that will ensure Dahl's unique storytelling magic will live on in the abundant imaginations of children everywhere. 'The Minpins' is told with all the darkly imaginative flair of the Master Storyteller,and Patrick Benson's vivid illustrations provide an inspired interpretation of Dahl's fantastical world.Roald Dahl had personally asked him to illustrate 'The Minpins' which turned out to be one of Dahl’s last ever books.The author's final work for children and was published posthumously.Dahl was a double winner of the Children's Book Award and Whitbread Children's Book Award. Benson,himself,is a winner of the prestigious Kurt Maschler Award,and this copy is a superb example of the collaboration between author and artist. Patrick Benson studied at the Chelsea Art School and St Martin's School of Art.He first entered the world of book illustration with William Mayne's 'Hob Stories' in 1984,for which he won the Mother Goose Award.Since then he has continued to illustrate other people's stories, as well as his own.He received world-wide accolades for his interpretation of Roald Dahl's final book,'The Minpins' (see my book ID's rja26467,rja32168,rja416912 and rja1114923 for more of the same 1st edns),and the two J.R. Hartley 'Fly Fishing books (see book ID rja26597).His illustrations for 'The Willows in Winter' (see my book ID's rja1132,rja596116 and rja682917), and his new edition of 'The Wind in the Willows' also received outstanding praise. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja393911. ISBN: 0224028995.

£ 60.00 (approx. $US 78.08 )

DAHL**, ROALD:
THE MINPINS.** [Illus by Patrick Benson.**]

Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1991.
Edition: UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj by Patrick Benson - design repeated to glazed boards; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - an unread copy? Dw/dj design/illustration repeated to boards,with clean plain brick-red endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+ dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn,5-47pp [paginated] includes half-title,a vignette colour illustrated title page,8 full-colour,full-page illustrations,4 full-colour double-page illustrations,plus other thumbnail colour illustrations in the text and page edges/borders (virtually an illustration to every page) - all by Patrick Benson. Want more Roald DAHL titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED and SIGNED catalogues. Beware! Beware! The Forest of Sin! None come out,but many go in! Little Billy was awfully tired of being good.He longed to explore the big black secret wood - the Forest of Sin. So,despite warnings about Whangdoodles, Snozzwanglers,Vermicious Knids,and other even more terrible beasts,he is tempted to go through the gate,into the forest beyond. . . . Once inside,he encounters the extraordinary Minpins,who live in terror of the most awesome creature invented:the Red-Hot Smoke-Belching Gruncher! and it is Little Billy - with some very special help from the Minpins themselves - who comes up with a plan to defeat the dreaded monster, and finds himself proclaimed a hero! A compelling adventure that will ensure Dahl's unique storytelling magic will live on in the abundant imaginations of children everywhere. 'The Minpins' is told with all the darkly imaginative flair of the Master Storyteller,and Patrick Benson's vivid illustrations provide an inspired interpretation of Dahl's fantastical world.Roald Dahl had personally asked him to illustrate 'The Minpins' which turned out to be one of Dahl’s last ever books.The author's final work for children and was published posthumously.Dahl was a double winner of the Children's Book Award and Whitbread Children's Book Award. Benson,himself,is a winner of the prestigious Kurt Maschler Award,and this copy is a superb example of the collaboration between author and artist. Patrick Benson studied at the Chelsea Art School and St Martin's School of Art.He first entered the world of book illustration with William Mayne's 'Hob Stories' in 1984,for which he won the Mother Goose Award.Since then he has continued to illustrate other people's stories, as well as his own.He received world-wide accolades for his interpretation of Roald Dahl's final book,'The Minpins' (see my book ID's rja26467,rja32168,rja393911 and rja1114923 for more of the same 1st edns),and the two J.R. Hartley 'Fly Fishing books (see my book ID rja26597).His illustrations for 'The Willows in Winter' (see book ID's rja1132,rja596116 and rja682917),and his new edition of 'The Wind in the Willows' also received outstanding praise. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja416912. ISBN: 0224028996.

£ 60.00 (approx. $US 78.08 )

DAHL**, ROALD - compiled by Tom Maschler:
The Roald Dahl Treasury.

Imprint: LONDON.CAPE,1997.
Edition: UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.Neat, ink,gift presentation inscrptn (Christmas 1998) to front paste-down,price-clip to dw/dj.Glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork by Quentin Blake illustrated dw/dj; with minimal shelf-wear and creasing to edges - two miniscule closed tears to head of spine/backstrip and top rear corner respectively.Miniscule rubbing to corners; bumped to middle of top edge of front board and also to head of spine/backstrip with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges minimally thumbed,but generally clean; contents bright, tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creasing to any pages' corners.Bright,clean,red paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,yellow ink impressed letters to spine/backstrip with clean, cream endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4-444pp includes half-title page,colour vignette Quentin Blake illustrated title page,colour vignetted illustrated contents list /table (Quentin Blake),Tom Maschler intro [Dahl's publisher], contrib by Ophelia Dahl,short illustrated story by Ralph Steadman;thematic Parts (1-4),profuse colour illustrations - part+full+double- page throughout the text and book by assorted illustrators but principally Quentin Blake. For another UK,1st edn of this same title - see my book ID rja857619.American illustrator and writer of children's books,Lane Smith did the illustrations for US,Random House,1996 HB,James and the Giant Peach and which appear in this edn.See my book IDs' rja1088223 and rja1088323 for examples of his work: 'Cat Problems' and 'Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! respectively. 'The Roald Dahl Treasury' brings together some of the most dazzling moments in the work of this extraordinary writer.In this collection we see Roald in all his moods and it shows why his writing has become an essential part of childhood. Four themed sections - Animals; Magic; Family, Friends and Foes;and Matters of Importance - take the reader on a journey into Roald Dahl's unique imagination.In each section,you will find complete stories,extracts from longer fiction, rhymes and memoirs as well as some previously unpublished poetry and letters. A host of Roald Dahl's best-loved characters are here,from the Enormous Crocodile to Willy Wonka,from the Minpins to the Twits,from James to Matilda. 'The Roald Dahl Treasury' features a large number of pictures by Quentin Blake, Roald Dahl's principal and favourite illustrator; many of these have been drawn especially for this collection.In addition there is work by a few selected artists: Patrick Benson, Raymond Briggs, Babette Cole, Bert Kitchen, Lane Smith, Posy Simmonds, Ralph Steadman, Fritz Wegner and Christopher Wormell. "Above all," Roald Dahl once implored his readers,"watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places.Those who don't believe in magic will never find it." You will find a touch of magic on every single page of this book.It is the perfect gift for any child (if there is such a child) unfamiliar with the work of Roald Dahl - just as it is perfect for all Dahl's fans.Roald Dahl is the most important children's writer of this century (then 1997). His stories and rhymes will delight children and adults long into the next. Roald Dahl's own favourite and principal illustrator,Blake illustrated several other books of the author's work,during the author's lifetime.He has also written and illustrated a great many of his own. Blake was the first Children's Laureate from 1999-2001. Want more Roald DAHL titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue. Quentin Blake,born 1932,Sidcup,Kent.Son of a civil servant.Educated at Chiselhurst,Sidcup Grammar School and Cambridge University.Attended life classes at Chelsea College of Art.Tutor in illustration at the Royal College of Art (1965-78) and Head of the Illustration Dept since 1978.He works in pen and ink and watercolour in a popular and unmistakable style,capturing essential character and movement with wit and gaiety in a few rapid strokes.He has illustrated many editions of the BBC Jackanory television programme. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item - in excess of 1.5 Kg unpackaged,for correct,insured shipping/ P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja24767. ISBN: 0224046918.

£ 20.00 (approx. $US 26.03 )

DAHL**, ROALD:
The Twits. [Exclusively for Marks & Spencer. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.** ]

Imprint: LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE/an imprint of Random House Children's Books,2007.
Edition: UK,12mo French flaps,illustrated,1st edn thus.
Binding: French flaps., No dw/dj - French flaps - as issued.
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 12mo French flaps,illustrated,1st edn thus. [Originally first published,1980 (CAPE, London,UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,BLAKE illustrated,1st edn),this BLAKE illustrated title again,as CAPE/RANDOM HOUSE CHILDREN'S BOOKS,UK,HB+dw/dj edn in 2003,and this particular French flap issue/edn published exclusively for Marks & Spencer p.lc.,2007 in this different format.] FINE. No owner inscrptn and an absence of a published price.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,matt paper-covered card covers with French flaps,each with black-lettered text - synopsis to front and potted biographies of author+illustrator to rear respectively - and each flap with a Blake's small colour illustration,a larger glossy,colour pictorial illustration also by Blake,to front cover with author's capitalised,glossy,embossed white-lettered name and a matt brown-lettered title and illustrator's name credited in brown-lettering,to lower edge of his illustration. Spine/backstrip with a glossy mauve panel at head of same with black-outlined,capitalised, white-lettered author name within; a glossy thumbnail colour detail from front's illustration,a brown-lettered title and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered initials and white illustrated colophon to foot of same, rear cover with a pale blue background with a single brown bird-pie illustration and a b/w barcode thus - M 8348 982 S.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present and immaculate plain pale white endpapers.Top+fore-edges with sporadic but miniscule spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.UK,slim 12mo French flaps,illustrated,1st edn thus, 9-270pp [paginated] includes 29 partitions most with full+part-page b/w and some with head+ tailpiece illustrations too,by Quentin Blake to some partitions,and throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title,b/w illustrated title page,a dedication,and a Contents list/table.                 Seems to be an uncommon,if not scarce,format issue/edn.See also my book IDs' rja1159824 and rja1160024 for similar M&S Exclusive format isuues of 'Danny the Champion of the World' and 'THE BFG'.  Visually,the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's 15+ year-old age and nature, i.e. a child's ephemeral softback.It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for it's brightnesss, cleanliness and lack of age-acquired detracting faults commonly encountered in a softback.        With filthy hair all over his face and horrid plots growing in his mind,Mr Twit is one of the nastiest people you'll ever meet and Mrs Twit is just as bad and even uglier! But they don't stop at tricking each other: neighbouring children and even the local birds are in danger,and that's where the Muggle-Wumps come in.            This family of monkeys has had enough of the Twits' tricks and,with the help of the handsome Roly-Poly bird,they decide its time for sweet revenge. . .              Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE.  ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja1159924. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 25.00 (approx. $US 32.54 )

DAHL**, ROALD:
THE VICAR OF NIBBLESWICK.** [Illus by Quentin Blake.**]

Imprint: LONDON.GUILD PUBLISHING in arrangement with RANDOM CENTURY LTD.,1991.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Published in arrangement with Random Century Group Ltd,1991. Identical in every aspect of the true UK,1st edn as to the colour of binding,the colour illustrated endpapers,the pagination and the internal illustrations by Blake; but with the exception of publisher+publishing details/ colophon and with no ISBN as a book club subscription edn.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price to dw/dj - as a book club edn/issue.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated royal blue background,repeated colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj panels; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, appears unread,other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain royal blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain dark blue glossy endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4-24pp [paginated] includes both b/w+colour line illustrations by Quentin Blake,and 2pp footnote by him to rear,describing his work with Roald Dahl and the way this book came to be written and illustrated. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature, i.e. a children’s book.It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness, brightness,and appears uncommon as a comparable book club issue/edn. Author's last book for children,as he died in 1990,a few months before book's publication. Roald Dahl's own favourite illustrator,Blake illustrated several other books of the author's work,during the author's lifetime,and these illustrations bring considerable enchantment to this story. The Reverend Robert Lee,Vicar of Nibbleswicke and a charming and God-fearing man,caused utter confusion and often genuine consternation among his devout parishioners.Robert Lee had suffered from severe dyslexia as a boy and had successfully overcome his problems with the help of the Dyslexia Institute.Later in life,soon after arriving at Nibbleswicke,he suddenly developed a particular and unusual sort of dyslexia.Occasionally,and without his knowledge, the words he used turned themselves around and came out of his mouth backwards and quite the wrong way round.For example,trap became part and his own name became Eel. The outrage and embarrassment which resulted was considerable. Roald Dahl describes the awkwardness of the Vicar's situation on many occasions and explains the simple cure found in walking constantly walking backwards. Quentin Blake,born 1932,Sidcup,Kent.Son of a civil servant. Educated at Chiselhurst,Sidcup Grammar School and Cambridge University.Attended life classes at Chelsea College of Art.Tutor in illustration at the Royal College of Art (1965- 78) and Head of the Illustration Dept since 1978.He works in pen and ink and watercolour in a popular and unmistakable style,capturing essential character and movement with wit and gaiety in a few rapid strokes. He has illustrated many editions of the BBC Jackanory television programme.He was chosen as the first Children's Laureate in 1999. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

Stock number: rja1048923. ISBN: No ISBN.

£ 35.00 (approx. $US 45.55 )

DAHL**, ROALD:
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke.**

Imprint: LONDON.CENTURY,1991.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,royal blue background,repeated colour pictorial illustrated panels to dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore -edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine.Clean, publisher's original plain royal blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain dark blue glossy endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4- 24pp [paginated] includes both b/w+colour line illustrations by Quentin Blake,and 2pp footnote by him to rear,describing his work with Roald Dahl and the way this book came to be written and illustrated. Author's last book for children,as he died in 1990,a few months before book's publication. Want more Roald DAHL titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue. Roald Dahl's own favourite illustrator,Blake illustrated several other books of the author's work,during the author's lifetime,and these illustrations bring considerable enchantment to this story. The Reverend Robert Lee,Vicar of Nibbleswicke and a charming and God-fearing man,caused utter confusion and often genuine consternation among his devout parishioners. Robert Lee had suffered from severe dyslexia as a boy and had successfully overcome his problems with the help of the Dyslexia Institute.Later in life,soon after arriving at Nibbleswicke,he suddenly developed a particular and unusual sort of dyslexia.Occasionally,and without his knowledge,the words he used turned themselves around and came out of his mouth backwards and quite the wrong way round.For example,trap became part and his own name became Eel.The outrage and embarrassment which resulted was considerable.A really superb copy in superb condition. Roald Dahl describes the awkwardness of the Vicar's situation on many occasions and explains the simple cure found in walking constantly backwards. Quentin Blake,born 1932,Sidcup,Kent.Son of a civil servant.Educated at Chiselhurst,Sidcup Grammar School and Cambridge University.Attended life classes at Chelsea College of Art.Tutor in illustration at the Royal College of Art (1965- 78) and Head of the Illustration Dept since 1978.He works in pen and ink and watercolour in a popular and unmistakable style,capturing essential character and movement with wit and gaiety in a few rapid strokes.He has illustrated many editions of the BBC Jackanory television programme.He was chosen as the first Children's Laureate in 1999. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja30748. ISBN: 0712649913.

£ 125.00 (approx. $US 162.67 )

DAHL**, ROALD:
THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR and six more.**

Imprint: LONDON.CAPE,1977.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clipped dw/dj.Minimal shelf-wear to dw/dj edges with a small water-stain to top front edge of same - boards unaffected. Spine/backstrip slightly sunned/faded.Contents bright,tight and clean.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 249pp [paginated],7 stories,2 of which The Mildenhall Treasure and A Piece of Cake as earlier versions,were first published in the Saturday Evening Post. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja977. ISBN: 0224015478.

£ 125.00 (approx. $US 162.67 )

DAHL**, ROALD:
THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR and six more.**

Imprint: LONDON.CAPE,1977.
Edition: UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp. [Complete number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - usually indicates an export edition,and generally believed to precede UK trade issue/distribution the country of its origin.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Susan Shields,illustrated dw/dj with red+ black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present - and spine/backstrip unusually,without any sunning or fading.Head of spine/backstrip minisculey bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges ubiquitously, but lightly toned - to a much lesser degree than usually encountered - due to quality of paper used at the time - but overall clean without foxing/spotting or other markings; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners and the merest hint of page-edge toning.Bright,crisp,clean and unblemished, publisher's original dark brown cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters (author+ title but no publisher's name) to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp,8- 249pp [paginated] includes,7 stories; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents list/table with a dedication to verso and to the rear of the book,6pp blanks. Want more Roald DAHL titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue. 'The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar and six more.',a favourite among fans of Roald Dahl, tells of people with peculiar and unlikely powers.British hooligans pitch their strength against a boy whose will to survive is as powerful as the magnificent white wings of a swan.Who can say what drew Gordon Butcher to that particular field one squally day? If the honest man hadn't ploughed his furrows so deeply,no one might have found the green crusted metal that turned out to be Britain's greatest hoard of buried treasure.Guests at a Jamaican hotel stand aghast as a small boy rushes to rescue an enormous upturned turtle and,flinging his arms around the old winkled neck,soothes the animal's rage with his secret whispers. Perhaps the most curious tale is of the rich and idle man who learns to see without his eyes.It costs him gruelling feats of concentration and years of careful practice,but once mastered,the temptations and excitements of the roulette table are for Henry Sugar transformed for ever. This collection is certain to captivate every child and grown-up who reads it.For there is something secret in these stories,something not quite familiar - something that,just as it seems to have escaped your grasp,settles lingeringly, delicately in the mind. 2 of the seven stories - 'The Mildenhall Treasure' and 'A Piece of Cake' as earlier versions - were first published in the Saturday Evening Post. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

Stock number: rja804418. ISBN: 0224015478.

£ 115.00 (approx. $US 149.66 )

DAICHES, DAVID:
EDINBURGH.

Imprint: LONDON.HAMISH HAMILTON,1978.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,scenic colour photographic upper panel,and pictorial colour engraving illustrated rear panel of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Spine/ backstrip is sunned/faded though.Top+fore- edges clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine.Clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original pale green textured cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and near immaculate plain white eps.Spine/ backstrip,along with both top edges, lightly sunned/faded.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-272pp [paginated] includes part- paginated illus list/table,prologue,13 chapters,profuse contemporary b/w illus, maps,diagrams,photographs etc.,throughout the text and the book,an appendix,a biblio,an index,plus [unpaginated] half- title page,contemporary scenic/bw photographic illustrated double-paged title page,contents list/table. 'Mine own romantic town' Sir Walter Scott wrote of Edinburgh.This is another man's view of the history of his city,from early Celtic times to the present day: a conscious sttempt,he says - selective,even at times impressionistic - to stand back from a subject in which his heart and mind are deeply involved. Few places can be so rich in drama, anecdote and achievement. Edinburgh is a city of contrasts,rugged and elegant,spacious and confined,genteel and warmly human.A city that has seen much cruelty and brutality; that was famous as the Athens of the North,the centre of intellectual and scientific life in Britain; that was and is one of the greatest monuments to the Neo-classic age. Festival visitors may arrive in search of pageantry and entertainment.Few can leave without having been aware of the subtleties of Edinburgh's atmosphere. Edinburgh is what history has made it.The story of its past is the clue to the appeal of its present. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja446813. ISBN: 0241898781.

£ 15.00 (approx. $US 19.52 )

DALBY**, RICHARD - Edited by:
CHILLERS FOR CHRISTMAS.

Imprint: LONDON.MICHAEL O'MARA,1989.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial art-work illustrated dw/dj by Clifford Harper (design repeated to glossy laminated boards,with immaculate plain white endpapers.); with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creases to edges - no nicks or tears present.Head of spine/ backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing,corners not bumped. Top+fore-edges lightly aged but clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-311pp includes half+title pages,contents list,editor,27 stories. 'At Christmas time,' said the stranger in the chimney corner,'folks seem to think themselves privileged to ask other folks to tell stories.' Arm yourself with the seasonally gripping stories contained in Chillers for Christmas and you will never be at a loss when, gathered around the flickering hearth on a Christmas Eve, someone suggests the traditional Christmas tale.Chillers for Christmas brings together twenty-seven deliciously spine-chilling tales set in locations as diverse as India,France and Somerset and spanning over a century of story-telling,but all united by their Christmas theme. Here you will find not only stories of the supernatural,but also classic Christmas thrillers from such well-loved writers as Rudyard Kipling and Arthur Conan Doyle. The traditional Victorian Christmas ghost story is well represented with seasonal offerings by Frank Cowper and George Manville Fenn while modern chillers from the best of our contemporary writers of the genre are included in six stories written especially for this volume.So close the curtains against the howling wind, pull up a chair to the fire and settle down with this festive collection of hauntings and horrors.And don't forget to bolt the door, just in case . . .See also rja2213,rja2214 and rja2216 for other Christmas anthologies by this editor. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja2215. ISBN: 1860191525.

£ 14.99 (approx. $US 19.51 )

DALBY**, RICHARD - Edited by:
MYSTERY FOR CHRISTMAS.

Imprint: LONDON.MICHAEL O'MARA,1990.
Edition: UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding: Hardback , With Dust Jacket
Inscription: Not SIGNED.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial art-work illustrated dw/dj by William Geldart (design repeated to glossy laminated bds,with immaculate,plain white eps.); with minimal shelf-wear and negligible creases to edges,one tiny nick to rear,top edge towards head of spine/ backstrip with reciprocal split to board. No bumping to corners nor head+foot of spine/backstrip.Head+foot of spine/ backstrip minisculely creased.Top+fore- edges lightly aged but clean and unmarked,contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to page corners.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,viipp +1-292pp includes half+title pages, contents list,editor foreword,23 stories. Ghosts,murders,bizarre disappearances and journeys back through time,every conceivable type of mystery can be found within the pages of 'Mystery for Christmas',but with one thing in common: they all take place during the short days and dark nights,the festivities and tensions of Christmas time.Writers have long been inspired by this season of peace and goodwill to tell tales of murder, mystery and the supernatural,and the stories in this collection range from work by classic 19thC writers such as Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy to popular contemporary writers like Muriel Spark and H.R.F. Keating. Several of the stories have been written especially for this volume.Mysteries can take many different forms - as the stories in this intriguing collection prove.There are seasonal crime mysteries: an apparently impossible murder at a family gathering; a homicidal Santa Claus,and a chilling case of mistaken identity in Victorian London.There are some atmospheric encounters with the supernatural; some nightmarish,as in the murdered husband who returns to confront his murderer; others less frightening than bewildering or even amusing.And as Christmas,a festival around which traditions abound,can also be a time at which the past seems particularly close, 'Mystery for Christmas' includes stories in which the past becomes indistinct from the present,and in one case threatens to take over the present.Other writers/ contributors include E. L. White, Marjorie Bowen, Margery Lawrence, Ronald Duncan, Derek Stanford, Ron Weighell, Maggie Ross, John Whitbourn et al. See also rja2213,rja2215,and rja2216 for other Christmas anthologies by this editor. Want more DICKENS-related titles? For similar and other available titles use keywords q52_Charles Dickens - or please search my BIOGRAPHY,GENERAL and SIGNED catalogues. Please contact seller,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

Stock number: rja2214. ISBN: 1860191371.

£ 14.99 (approx. $US 19.51 )