15 volumes uniformly bound in quarter dark blue leather and patterned paper sides, top edges gilt, with blue silk place markers and illustrations by the original artists including Quentin Blake, Joseph Schindelman, Nancy Ekholm Burkert, Willian Pène du Bois, DonaldChaffin and Jill Bennett, each volume contained in matching paper covered slip case. A very good set lacking the publisher’s blue paper covered box.
Roald Dahl. 1916-1990
The Limited Commemorative Edition, published on the seventy-fifth anniversary of his birth, 13th September 1991.
Number 10 of 500.
Unfortunately Dahl died during the production and was therefore unable to sign the limitation pages.
The titles included are:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
James and the Giant Peach
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Magic Finger Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Danny, the Champion of the World
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
The Twits
George's Marvellous Medicine
The BFG
The Witches
Boy
Going Solo
Matilda
Esio Trot
- Overall Condition: A Very Good Set
- Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
- Contact Person: Paul Mills
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 021 794 0600
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