Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator [The Further Adventures of Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka, Chocolate-Maker Extraordinary]

Puffin Books, 1985. Front cover neatly clipped along spine edge. Pages very good. Bind good. Charmingly illustrated throughout by Faith Jaques in a unique near sci-fi fashion with simple, yet great, detail reminiscent of the original Chocolate Factory imagery. Good reading copy. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator continues the adventures of Charlie Bucket, his family, and Willy Wonka, the eccentric candy maker. Picking up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory left off, Charlie and his family along with Mr. Wonka find themselves launched into space in a great glass elevator. Charlie Bucket has won Willy Wonka's chocolate factory and is on his way to take possession of it! When the elevator makes a fearful whooshing noise our heroes begin shooting into the sky headed for destinations unknown. Charlie and his family find themselves in orbit above the earth and a new daring adventure has begun with Mr. Willy Wonka leading the way. What follows is exactly the kind of high-spirited magical madness and mayhem we've all come to expect from Willy Wonka and his creator Roald Dahl. The American space race gets a send-up, as does the President, and Charlie's family gets a second chance at childhood. Throw in the Vermicious Knids, Gnoolies, and Minusland and once again we are privileged to enjoy pure whimsical genius. With a Note about Author at back. 136 pages. Insured post.. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Jaques, Faith. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.