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DIRTY BEASTS. by DAHL, Roald and Quentin BLAKE:

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DIRTY BEASTS. by DAHL, Roald and Quentin BLAKE:

DIRTY BEASTS.

by DAHL, Roald and Quentin BLAKE:

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  • Hardcover
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London, Jonathan Cape, 1984.. FIRST EDITION WITH QUENTIN BLAKE ILLUSTRATIONS 1984. Slim 4to, 280 x 220 mm, 11 x 8½ inches, colour illustrated shiny white boards, blue endpapers, (32) pages. Humorous coloured illustrations throughout by Quentin Blake. No inscriptions, boards faintly discoloured, tiny bump to tail of spine and corners, tiny dent to lower edge of upper board, light score marks to upper board, occasional faint fingermarks and slight signs of page turning. A very good plus copy, issued without dustwrapper. This title was first published in 1983 with illustrations by Rosemary Fawcett. See Treglown p.221: 'There couldn't be a bigger contrast than between Quentin Blake's benignly funny sketches and the giddying, lurid, surrealistic images Rosemary Fawcett produced. ...Fawcett does more than justice to Dahl's ferocity, but not to his humour or his underlying traditionalism. Dahl himself hated the drawings.' He apparently offered to incinerate all unsold Fawcett copies and dance around the bonfire. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
  • Bookseller Roger Middleton GB (GB)
  • Book Condition Used
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  • Binding Hardcover
  • Place of Publication London, Jonathan Cape, 1984.
  • Keywords QUENTIN BLAKE CHILDREN'S Illustrated books humour

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by DAHL, Roald and Quentin BLAKE:

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  • Hardcover
  • first
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London, Jonathan Cape, 1984.. FIRST EDITION 1984. PROOF COPY, coloured illustrations throughout by Quentin Blake. Slim 4to, 280 x 220 mm, 11 x 8½ inches, colour illustrated white boards, no pagination. Spine just a touch darkened, otherwise near Fine, 'PROOF COPY ONLY' stamped on front endpaper. Issued without dustwrapper. This title was first published in 1983 with illustrations by Rosemary Fawcett. See Treglown page 221: 'There couldn't be a bigger contrast than between Quentin Blake's benignly funny sketches and the giddying, lurid, surrealistic images Rosemary Fawcett produced. ...Fawcett does more than justice to Dahl's ferocity, but not to his humour or his underlying traditionalism. Dahl himself hated the drawings.' He apparently offered to incinerate all unsold Fawcett copies and dance around the bonfire. The first edition of the Quentin Blake version is uncommon. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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