The BFG
by Roald Dahl
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374304696
- ISBN 13
- 9780374304690
- Seller
-
Carrollton, Texas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Light-blue and dark blue boards with yellow writing on spine; image of giant and Sophie embossed in gold on front board. Bottom of book spine rumpled; top and bottom of dust jacket spine show very slight shelf wear. Author's picture on back dust jacket flap; no marks or writing in the book. Book has overall tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.
Farrar Straus Giroux (FSG) First Edition, Twelfth Printing as indicated by "First American Edition, 1982" and "Twelfth Printing, 1995" on copyright page.
Dahl's famous children's book with pristine and vibrant black and white drawings by Quentin Blake. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
Synopsis
The well-loved story of a big friendly giant who spirits a child out of bed to the land of the child-eating giants. This edition has a great new cover by Quentin Blake as well as a whole new exciting end section about Roald Dahl and his world.
Reviews
a wonderful book, by a honest and wonderful and colorful author. you can picture each and everything Mr. Dahl writes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sherlock Joe's Book Hunting (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- DAHL006
- Title
- The BFG
- Author
- Roald Dahl
- Illustrator
- Quentin Blake
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition; Later Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374304696
- ISBN 13
- 9780374304690
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus And Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Pages
- 221
- Keywords
- roald dahl; bfg; quentin blake
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Children's;
Terms of Sale
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...