Two Fables.
by Dahl, Roald
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Middlesex: Viking, 1986. Signed limited edition of Dahl's short fable collection. Octavo, original half leather with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated by Graham Dean. One of a limited edition of 300 books signed by Dahl and published by Viking in honor of Dahl's seventieth birthday, this is number 267. In near fine condition. As at 2019, British author Roald Dahl's works have been translated into 63 languages and have sold more than 200 million books worldwide. His awards for contribution to literature include the 1983 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, and the British Book Awards' Children's Author of the Year in 1990. In 2008 The Times placed Dahl 16th on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945." Two Fables contains the short tales "Princess and the Poacher" and "Princess Mammalia.
Synopsis
Two Fables is a collection of two short stories by Roald Dahl, first published in 1986 by Penguin in London and Farrar, Straus, & Giroux in the USA. It contains the following two stories: Princess and the Poacher Princess Mammalia
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 129318
- Title
- Two Fables.
- Author
- Dahl, Roald
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- Middlesex
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- roald dahl first edition signed, Two Fables First Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...