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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
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About This Item
1964. Signed, First Edition. BAS-Authenticated Roald Dahl Signature with Letter of Authenticity. Signed on the title page by Roald Dahl, not on a paste-in, but directly on the page (without any inscriptions to anyone). This is the second issue of the first edition. Bound in red cloth boards, mustard colored end-papers, chocolate colored top edge of text block, and five-line colophon. Illustrations of the original Oompa-Loompa characters; which were changed in later editions. The book is in Very Good condition, clean, tight and solid binding. Dust jacket is in very good condition and is not price clipped - $3.95. The dust jacket and book are protected in a clear, removable Mylar protective cover. Near Fine Condition except for the following minor issues: (1) Red cloth boards are lightly faded/discolored from age, however remain in very good condition. (2) Dust Jacket has a small 0.75 inch tear at the top of the front cover, near spine. See cover photo. (3) Back cover of dust jacket has a small amount of damage from the removal of the original purchase sticker. See photo of back cover. (4) Top of chocolate colored text block has a couple discoloration spots - see photo. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
Synopsis
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) is a children's book by Norwegian-British author Roald Dahl. This story is an adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric candymaker Willy Wonka. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1967, and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin in 1967.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Green Mountain Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 200715-D-1
- Title
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Author
- Roald Dahl
- Illustrator
- Joseph Schindelman
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition, Second Issue
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Classic Literature, Children's Literature, Signed, Rare
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Green Mountain Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2020
Anchorage, Alaska
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- First Edition
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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