JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
by ROALD DAHL
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good (-) Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961 Book. Illus. by illustrated by NANCY EKHOLM BURKERT. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Second state with four line colophon, BOUND BY The Book Press, New York. Blind-stamped burnt orange cover with gilt spine title. No ISBN. $3.95 dusk jacket. About 10-1/4 x 7-1/4 with 319 pages plus colophon. Book in nice condition with very light wear. The jacket is lightly foxed with mild wear to the extremities and edges. Hardcover book with jacket. .
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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Reviews
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
- Bookseller
- Rose City Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 111030872
- Title
- JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
- Author
- ROALD DAHL
- Illustrator
- illustrated by NANCY EKHOLM BURKERT
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good (-) Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rose City Books
Biblio member since 2004
Portland, Oregon
About Rose City Books
Rose City Books is an independent, antiquarian bookseller and publisher, located in Portland, Oregon (The City of Roses); specializing in rare and hard-to-find books, magazines, and vintage sheet music. Serving a world of literary enthusiasts from the beautiful, Pacific Northwest.
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- Second State
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- Colophon
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