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First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author; 8vo; frontispiece and illustrations by Joseph Schindelman; publisher's cloth-backed grey boards, titles to spine in link. With the pictorial dust jacket. Minor toning to the text but an excellent copy in the dust jacket. Housed in a custom-made, black quarter morocco box.
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Christmas card signed by Roald Dahl; 180 x 250 mm. (unfolded); colour illustration of 'Mother Christmas' by Quentin Blake to front cover, with printed poem ''Where art thou, Mother Christmasý' by Roald Dahl to verso and printed Christmas greetings to facing, with additional autograph of Roald Dahl to head thereof and inscribed by original sender 'Love Josie X' below printed greetings.
£475 -
First edition, one of 150 copies only; large 8vo (268 x 175 mm.); 5 plates by Charles Ricketts, internally very good; original burgundy morocco, elaborately ruled & blocked in gilt to a design by Ricketts, with his monogram to the foot of upper & lower panel, a little rubbed at spine-ends, but really an exceptional copy, top edge gilt, others uncut.
£950 -
2 vols, one of 600 copies & 550 copies respectively; 8vo; titles printed in red & black, vol. I with 5 etched plates by Charles Ricketts, 1 engraved bookplate design by William Bell Scott, tissue guards; vol. II with 16pp. advertisements at end; both in publisher's gilt-patterned green cloth, an attractive, clean pair.
£200 -
Number 773 of 800 copies; tall 8vo (260 x 155 mm.); title with vignette printed in red; original near-white cloth gilt, designed by Ricketts, top edge gilt, others uncut, an excellently bright & sharp copy.
£400 -
First edition, first printing, signed by the author; 8vo; frontispiece and illustrations by Joseph Schindelman, some minor toning to text-block; publisher's cloth-backed boards, slightly toned towards top edge, dust-jacket, a little toned at top edge but overall a very good example.
£1,750 -
First edition, first impression, signed copy with dedication from the author; 8vo; publisher's boards, dust-jacket, a little toning but overall very good.
£700 -
First UK edition, first impression; large 8vo; black & white illustrations by Faith Jacques, contemporary ink name to front free endpaper, overall internally very good; original boards with wrap-around artwork, laminated as issued, slight wear to corner-tips and spine ends but overall very good.
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First edition, second issue with 4-line colophon; large 8vo; frontispiece, plates and illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine slightly dulled as usual, otherwise fine.
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First edition, first printing; 8vo; frontispiece and illustrations by Joseph Schindelman, internally fine; publisher's cloth-backed pictorial boards, near-fine, dust-jacket, price-clipped, but overall a near fine, bright example with no fading to spine.
£375