Roald Dahl first editions
Collectible Dahl rare books including first edition and signed copies
Roald Dahl (1916-90), novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and fighter pilot.
Famous for his darkly comedic literary inventions written both for adults and children, which included Someone Like You and Kiss Kiss (stories from which went onto form the TV series Tales of the Unexpected) for older readers and such classics of modern children’s literature as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, The Twits, The Witches and Fantastic Mr Fox. Roald Dahl first editions are now considered highly collectable, especially signed or inscribed first editions which can fetch high prices at auction and retail, and due to his cross-generational appeal make excellent gifts.
Many of Dahl’s works have been successfully dramatised for film and/or stage, notably Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda, ensuring his work is constantly being taken up by new generations of readers. He was also a script-writer for several films, including the James Bond film You Only Live Twice (1967) and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968).
Take a look at Roald Dahl First editions available at Shapero.
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First edition, 8vo, colour frontispiece and monotone illustrations by Graham Dean, original cloth, dust-jacket, a fine copy.
£45 -
First American edition, 4to., illustrations by Rosemary Fawcett, original cloth, dust-jacket, closed tear to one corner, slight rubbing to extremities.
£65 -
First edition of the author's final book for children, published posthumously, 4to., colour illustrations by Patrick Benson throughout, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, laminated and stuck down at pastedowns, otherwise very good.
£55 -
First Australian edition; 4to; illustrations and pictorial endpapers, gift inscription dated Christmas 1943 to verso of front free endpaper, small closed tear to foot of same; publisher's cloth-backed pictorial boards, minor rubbing to extremities, small scratch to upper cover, but otherwise a better copy than many.
£200 -
First edition, signed by the author on half-title, 8vo, photographic portrait and illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, neatly price-clipped, otherwise a fine copy.
£680 -
First edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title verso; 8vo; publisher's boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, price sticker to upper flap, spine very slightly faded, otherwise excellent.
£1,150 -
First UK edition, small 4to, illustrations by William Pène du Bois, very small dent to upper joint, but overall a fine copy, uncommon in such condition.
£450
