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James and the Giant Peach
by Dahl, Roald
- Used
- near fine
- hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Chelmsford, Essex
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£550.00
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About This Item
First UK edition, first impression (George Allen and Unwin, 1967). Illustrated by Michel Simeon.
Original pictorial boards. Light spotting to edges and some tape marks to front and rear endpapers, near fine otherwise with boards in superb, pristine condition without the usual lifting, loss or splitting to laminate. A beautiful copy.
Original pictorial boards. Light spotting to edges and some tape marks to front and rear endpapers, near fine otherwise with boards in superb, pristine condition without the usual lifting, loss or splitting to laminate. A beautiful copy.
Synopsis
James and the Giant Peach is a popular children's novel written in 1961 by British author Roald Dahl. The novel features an English orphan boy named James Henry Trotter cared for by his two abusive aunts. James finds a tunnel in a gigantic peach and enters into a magical world where he befriends seven bugs. He proceeds to embark on a wild adventure with his insect friends, getting into trouble and saving them from sticky situations. The book has frequently become the target of censorship due to its infrequent gruesome and potentially horrifying content. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1996.
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On Mar 13 2016, Peterfryer said:
This is a First printing of the trade edition bound in green and black cloth with gold lettering on spine. Not an ex-library Edition or the school edition which can be identified by the red binding.
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Details
- book dealer
- Fine Book Cellar Limited ABA ILAB PBFA
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- Bookseller’s Inventory #
- 1476183139005
- Title
- James and the Giant Peach
- Author
- Dahl, Roald
- Illustrator
- Michel Simeon
- Book condition
- second hand - Near Fine
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Allen & Unwin
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Dahl, James and the Giant Peach, First
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Books to Film; Children's Literature; Roald Dahl;
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