The Vicar of Nibbleswicke by Dahl, Roald; Blake, Quentin [illus.] - 1991

Hardback. Good.

Century, London, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Quentin Blake. 24 pages, text illustrated with colour, and black-and-white illustrations. Colour illustrated dustwrapper. The Reverend Robert Lee, Vicar of Nibbleswicke and a charming and God-fearing man, caused utter confusion and often genuine consternation among his devout parishioners. Robert Lee had suffered from severe dyslexia as a boy and had successfully overcome his problems with the help of the Dyslexia Institute. Later in life, soon after arriving at Nibbleswicke, he suddenly developed a particular and unusual sort of dyslexia. Roald Dahl describes the awkwardness of the Vicar's situation on many occasions and explains the simple cure. the dustjacket has a 1 inch tear at the top left of the rear panel, and there are marks as if the book had been used as a backrest for some paper writing impressed into the rear panel of the dustjacket . no other damage to describe.… Read More

Published by Century Publishing, 1991. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good/Good. Illustrated by Blake, Quentin. Good condition in a good dustwrapper. Written in the last months of Dahl's life for the benefit of The Dyslexia Institute. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations to text. Light stains to top and bottom edges of covers. Marks/stains to endpapers. Some wrinkling to top edges of pages. Dustwrapper is edge worn, stains to correspond with those on covers, only visible on verso.

London: Century, 1991 F-/VG+. 8vo. original blue boards gilt in dustwrapper (a little rubbed & a trifle frayed); pp. 24, with illustrations. A near fine copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/VG+. Illus. by Quentin Blake.

Published by Century Publishing, 1991. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrated by Blake, Quentin. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Written in the last months of Dahl's life for the benefit of The Dyslexia Institute. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations to text. Minimal bumping to corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.