Memories with Food at Gipsy House
by Felicity & Roald Dahl
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Viking, 1991 . First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 10.5" by 8.5". Jan Baldwin; Quentin Blake. A fine example of the first edition of this collection of anecdotes and recipes authored by Roald Dahl, and his wife Felicity. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated throughout with colour photographs by Jan Baldwin.Published the year after Dahl's death, the work offers an insight into the life of Roald Dahl, including anecdotes covering his upbringing, youth and early days in Africa and his later life at home with his wife.The text is interspersed with sketches by Quentin Blake. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Dust wrapper exceptionally bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 901F57
- Title
- Memories with Food at Gipsy House
- Author
- Felicity & Roald Dahl
- Illustrator
- Jan Baldwin; Quentin Blake
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 10.5" by 8.5"
- Keywords
- Memories with Food at Gipsy House Felicity Dahl Roald Dahl food Felicity Dahl
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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