The Gremlins

Spine and corners of boards slightly rubbed; a little scuffing to the lower corners of the front endpapers and two neat repairs to clean tears to one leaf and the rear free endpaper; a few short marginal tears; replacement to corner cut from front free endpaper with a small loss; still a remarkably clean, tight (no splits at staples) and… Read more about this item

Milwaukie:: Dark Horse Books,. Near Fine. 2006. Hardcover. 1593074964 . The author's first book. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Introduction by Leonard Maltin. A reissue of the 1943 edition, first printing thus. Near fine in a near fine (short closed edge tear on the rear panel) wrap-around band. .

New York: Random House, 1943. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. Large thin quarto. Corners bumped else near fine in a good dust jacket with scraping and loss of paper mostly on the front panel. Roald Dahl's first book, ironically enough a children's book. Dahl was recuperating from a crash while serving with the RAF when, encouraged by his… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1943. 1st ed. Hardcover. Disney Studio. 4to, cloth-backed pictorial boards, with color and gray-scale illustrations from the Disney Studio. Light wear to board edges, previous owner added cartoon captions to the front endpaper drawings. Near fine.