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24 DAHL, Roald. James and the Giant Peach. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [c.1972] Inscribed for the children of the surgeon who saved his spine Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “Hilary & Rory, Love Roald Dahl. 1978”. The recipients were the children of Michael Briggs, who operated on Dahl’s spine in 1978. The operation was successful and, as a memento, Dahl lovingly kept shavings from his spine on a table in his writing hut. This is a later printing of Roald Dahl’s first book for children, originally published in the US in 1961. Quarto. Original dark blue cloth-backed light blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, front cover blocked in blind. With dust jacket. Colour frontispiece, 4 colour plates, 1 tinted, 19 illustrations to text, of which 10 are tinted. Extremities of boards toned, light foxing to edges; a very good copy. Spine of dust jacket faded, nicked at ends and with extremities rubbed, with previous owner’s plastic covering; good only. £1,250 [156668] 25 DAHL, Roald. The Twits. London: Jonathan Cape, 1980 Signed by Quentin Blake First edition, first impression, signed by the illustrator on the title page. Octavo. Original red boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Illustrated throughout by Quentin Blake. Spine very lightly faded, a superb copy. £1,500 [148401]
26 DAHL, Roald. The BFG. London: Jonathan Cape, 1982 First edition, first impression. Dahl’s fantastical tale was expanded from a short story within his 1975 book Danny, the Champion of the World , described in the dust jacket blurb as “Dahl’s most startling and wonderful tale since Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” . Octavo. Original light grey boards, spine lettered in gilt. With jacket designed by Quentin Blake. Black and white illustrations to the text, all by Blake. A sharp copy, minor foxing to endpapers and rear pastedown, overall in excellent condition, in near-fine dust jacket very slightly toned on the verso. £575 [154764] 27 DAHL, Roald. Revolting Rhymes. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983 a prize after a marvellous chocolate feast First US edition, first printing, presentation copy inscribed by the author, “To Alison, Love Roald Dahl, Great Missenden, 15/7/84”. The book was first published the previous year in the UK by Jonathan Cape. The US edition changes the original printed order of the rhymes. The recipient was a winner of a competition held by the Puffin Club. Winners were selected by Dahl to visit the author’s house on 15 July 1984. The event culminated with “a marvellous chocolate feast plus a special present”. We have seen one other copy of Revolting Rhymes inscribed on this date and it appears that Dahl had a small supply of US editions of this title for distribution. Giving signed copies of a book published by his American publisher to members of the English Puffin Club (a group closely associated with Penguin Books), would, undoubtedly, have appealed to Dahl.
Avon in November 2010. This production transferred to the West End a year later and opened on Broadway in April 2013. Quentin Blake’s spirited ink drawing of “the Trunchbull”, complete with riding-crop, measures 163 × 90 mm and is signed “Quentin Blake”. It appears on an otherwise blank page and the odious headmistress therefore stares at the published drawing of Matilda with which the text commences. This interaction is a fine example of the illustrator’s wit. Octavo. Original illustrated wrappers, lettered in blue, red, and black. Illustrated throughout by Quentin Blake. Book label for The Schøyen Collection on inside front wrapper. Spine slightly sunned and creased, else a bright copy. £5,750 [156825]
Octavo. Original pictorial boards, spine and front cover lettered in yellow and white. With dust jacket. Illustrated throughout by Quentin Blake. Head of spine very slightly faded and bumped; a near-fine copy. Worn dust jacket with fading, creases, tears and minor loss: good only. £2,000 [154849] 28 DAHL, Roald Boy. London: Jonathan Cape, 1984 Inscribed by the author First edition, first impression, presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title, “To Scott Love Roald Dahl”. In his autobiographical collection of stories from childhood, Dahl includes his fondness for confectionery, his Norwegian ancestry, and his loathing for most schoolteachers. Octavo. Original blue boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. With black and white photographic illustrations throughout the text and illustrated endpapers. Extremities a little bumped and faded; a very good copy. Dust jacket worn at head of spine with diagonal crease within the laminate of the front panel, a very good example of an unclipped jacket. £2,500 [156669] 29 DAHL, Roald. Matilda. London: Puffin Books, 1988 With an original drawing by Quentin Blake First paperback edition, first impression, signed by the author on the half-title and with a full-page original drawing of Miss Trunchbull by the illustrator on page 6. Matilda won the Children’s Book Award in the year of its publication. It formed the basis for both the 1996 film directed by Danny DeVito and the successful stage musical which premiered at the RSC’s Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-
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