JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
by DAHL ROALD
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
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About This Item
NY: ALFRED A KNOPF , 1961. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. BURKERT NANCY EKHOLM . SOLID CLEAN AND BRIGHT AN EARLY PRINTING LACKING THE ISBN NUMBER AND NICELY ILLUSTRATED BY NANCY ECKHOLM BURKERT BOOK STATES " BOUND BY BOOK PRESS NEW YORK ON 4 LINE COLOPHON ON LAST PAGE ONE SMALL INDENT TO TOP OF FRONT COVER OTHERWISE VERY BRIGHT AND WELL PRESERVED TOP OF TEXTBLOCK IS WHITE NOT DYED BOUND IN LIGHT RED WITH PERFECT GOLD LETTERING AND DESIGN BOOK MENTIONS CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY AND THE FANTASTIC MR FOX ON COPYRIGHT PAGE PREVIOUS OWNERS BOOKPLATE A VERY NICE EARLY PRINTING OF THIS BELOVED CLASSIC
Synopsis
James and the Giant Peach is a popular children's novel written in 1961 by British author Roald Dahl. The novel features an English orphan boy named James Henry Trotter cared for by his two abusive aunts. James finds a tunnel in a gigantic peach and enters into a magical world where he befriends seven bugs. He proceeds to embark on a wild adventure with his insect friends, getting into trouble and saving them from sticky situations. The book has frequently become the target of censorship due to its infrequent gruesome and potentially horrifying content. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1996.
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Reviews
On Mar 13 2016, Peterfryer said:
This is a First printing of the trade edition bound in green and black cloth with gold lettering on spine. Not an ex-library Edition or the school edition which can be identified by the red binding.
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- Bookseller
- ardbooks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010191
- Title
- JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
- Author
- DAHL ROALD
- Illustrator
- BURKERT NANCY EKHOLM
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition Printing Unknown
- Publisher
- ALFRED A KNOPF
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- ROALD DAHL NANCY EKHOLM BURKERT
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