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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Dahl, Roald
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Publisher's red cloth, near fine, in price clipped dust-jacket with oint ends and head of spine unobtrusively reinforced with Ja
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. First edition, first issue with 6 line colophon. Illustrations by Joseph Schindelman. 162 pp. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth, near fine, in price clipped dust-jacket with oint ends and head of spine unobtrusively reinforced with Japanese tissue. With Custom clamshell box. First edition, first issue with 6 line colophon. Illustrations by Joseph Schindelman. 162 pp. 8vo. The US edition precedes the British by 3 years.
Synopsis
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) is a children's book by Norwegian-British author Roald Dahl. This story is an adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric candymaker Willy Wonka. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1967, and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin in 1967.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 345515
- Title
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Author
- Dahl, Roald
- Format/Binding
- Illustrations by Joseph Schindelman. 162 pp. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Publisher's red cloth, near fine, in price clipped dust-jacket with oint ends and head of spine unobtrusively reinforced with Ja
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first issue with 6 line colophon
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Children's Books | British | Popular Literature | Children's Books | British | Gift Ideas
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
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