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Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: Stories by Roald Dahl
by Roald Dahl
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394582659
- ISBN 13
- 9780394582658
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. 1st/1st. NF/NF. Stated First American Edition. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($18.95) with light shelf-wear and faint crinkles to spine ends. Seven stories plus a preface with 40 B&W illustrations by John Lawrence. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover.
The sweet scents of rural life infuse this beautifully crafted collection of Roald Dahl's country stories, but there is always something unexpected lurking in the undergrowth. Whether it is taking a troublesome cow to be mated with a prime bull; dealing with a rat-infested hayrick; learning the ways and means of maggot farming; or describing the fine art of poaching pheasants using nothing but raisins and sleeping pills, Roald Dahl brings his stories of everyday country folk and their strange passions wonderfully to life. Lacing each tale with dollops of humor and adding a sprinkling of the sinister, Dahl ensures that this short story collection celebrates the sweet mysteries of life.
Synopsis
A new collection of Roald Dahl stories, all on a theme of country matters; they will all feature those wily characters Claud, Rummins and Bert, who appeared so memorably in Dahl's famous story, parson's pleasure. There will be seven stories in the book, including one (Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life) that has never appeared in book form before. Roald Dahl has written a new introdution, and the book will be enhanced by line drawings.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2602
- Title
- Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life
- Author
- Roald Dahl
- Illustrator
- John Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition / First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394582659
- ISBN 13
- 9780394582658
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Armadillo Alley Books
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Carrollton, Texas
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