Some Time Never

London: Jonathan Cape, 1949. First UK edition, first impression, inscribed by Dahl on the title page, "Ian love Roald Dahl". The book was first published the previous year in the USA, and is notable as the first book about nuclear war to be published there after the bombing of Hiroshima. The final chapter is slightly rewritten and expanded in… Read more

THE FIFTH COLUMN AND THE FIRST FORTY-NINE STORIES, Jonathan Cape, 1939, first English edition, vg+ in a vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear.

New: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full red cloth. 244 pp. White spotting to fore edges, some small spots of wear to spine and tail edges of boards. Dust jacket is rubbed, damp stained to fore edges, a few small chips and short tears, small perforations… Read more

SOME TIME NEVER, Scribners, 1948, first edition, lower fore edge corner tips gently bumped, evidence of a faint moisture stain to the upper right corner of the rear cover with some minor bleed through to the r.p.d., some off-setting to the fore edge of the paste-downs no doubt due to the dust-wrapper flaps, else a tight, bright vg+ copy… Read more