Roald Dahl, Signed by Quentin Blake, Signed (57 results)

Condition: Very Good. 1990. paperback. Signed by the poet Gabriel Fitzmaurice. Good clean copy. Covers showing a little age and shelf wear. Spotting on page edges, lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a nice copy. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Quentin Blake (illustrator). 1st Edition. 4to, Bound in pictorial laminated boards. 64pp SIGNED BY QUENTIN BLAKE in ink on title page with music notes added to the pelican's mouth. Illustrated throughout in colour by Blake and photos by Jan Baldwin. No dust jacket as issued. From Plushnuggets to Nishnobblers, Tummyticklers to Spitsizzlers, this scrumptious book is packed with disgusterously delicious recipes. Introduction by Felicity Dahl, recipes by Lori-Ann Newman. A very nice fine copy. Size. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Illustrated Edition. Book is Brand New from Publisher. Bonus content includes lost chapters never included in the published book, pages of manuscript found on the authors estate, samples of illustrations by four artists through the history of this book and more. Limited to 1250 copies. Full cloth, smyth-sewn binding with embossed cover. Dust jacket resembling Wonka's Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight candy bar wrapper (the only edition featuring the dust jacket). Full color throughout with over 50 color illustrations by Quentin Blake. 72 additional illustrations from the artists who have illustrated Charlie and the Chocolate Factory through the years: Joseph Schindelman, Faith Jaques, Michael Foreman and Quentin Blake. Over 60 pages of bonus content including deleted chapters, an alternate ending, manuscript pages and handwritten notes from early drafts. 1986 reply letter from Roald Dahl to Paul Suntup. New exclusive introduction by Donald Sturrock, author of the critically acclaimed biography of Roald Dahl. Note by publisher Paul Suntup. Printed offset on archival Cougar Natural. Housed in an illustrated paper covered slipcase featuring wraparound artwork by Sue Gent. Signed by Sue Gent. Bookmark with all pre-orders. 7 x 10 trim size. 220 Pages. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Joseph Schindelman, Faith Jaques, Michael Foreman and Quentin Blake, Sue Gent (illustrator). First Edition/First Printing. One of the most beloved children's stories of the 20th century, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl is a masterpiece of pure imagination. Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie Bucket, our hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and true, and good and ready for the wildest time of his life! First published in 1964, the dark humor and cheerful gruesomeness of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory immediately endeared the book to children, making it an instant bestseller. Rarely has a tale of morality ever been more deliciously entertaining to read, as Roald Dahl's story warns children and adults alike of the dangers of bad parenting, spoiling children, and self-indulgence. Dahl drew inspiration for the story from his own childhood. In the 1920s, chocolate makers in England would frequently send samples to school children in exchange for their opinions on new products. Two of the largest competing chocolate companies, Cadbury and Rowntree, would send spies posing as employees to discover the other's trade secrets. As a result, the companies became highly protective of their chocolate making process. It was a combination of this secrecy and the elaborate, often gigantic, machines in the factory that inspired the author to write his story. Roald Dahl's classic tale has been adapted into two major motion pictures, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). In 1971, Dahl wrote a sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, published in 1972. ARTIST EDITION 7" x 10" trim size. 220 Pages. Limited to 1250 copies. Full cloth, smyth-sewn binding with embossed cover. Dust jacket resembling Wonka's Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight candy bar wrapper (the only edition featuring the dust jacket). Full color throughout with over 50 color illustrations by Quentin Blake. 72 additional illustrations from the artists who have illustrated Charlie and the Chocolate Factory through the years: Joseph Schindelman, Faith Jaques, Michael Foreman and Quentin Blake. Over 60 pages of bonus content including deleted chapters, an alternate ending, manuscript pages and handwritten notes from early drafts. 1986 reply letter from Roald Dahl to Paul Suntup. New exclusive introduction by Donald Sturrock, author of the critically acclaimed biography of Roald Dahl. Note by publisher Paul Suntup. Printed offset on archival Cougar Natural. Housed in an illustrated paper covered slipcase featuring wraparound artwork by Sue Gent. Signed by Sue Gent. Bookmark with all pre-orders. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. Signed Copy. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Quentin Blake (illustrator). A fine copy of Roald Dahl's beloved children's novel, signed by the illustrator - Quentin Blake - to the title page. First published in 1985, this edition, with some new illustrations, was published in 1992.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Flat signed by Quentin Blake to the title page.A charming tale following a young boy named Billy who meets a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey, who all work as window cleaners.Illustrated throughout by Blake. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Dust wrapper exceptionally bright. Internally, firmly bound. Flat signed to title page. Pages clean and bright. Fine. signed by author. book.

Later impression, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, "To Francesca, Love Roald Dahl". The book was first published in 1989; this is the fourth reprint. The volume contains 15 comic poems which are based on well-known children's stories. As noted on the dust jacket blurb, "the marvellously dastardly Dahl has joined forces with that bounder Blake to plunder a wealth of nursery heritage for the delight of the older reader in this wonderful addition to the literature of the absurd". Octavo. Original blue boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. With numerous full page and other illustrations within the text by Quentin Blake. Extremities a little bumped, mild browning to free endpapers, slight foxing to edges and to jacket, extremities of jacket a little rubbed, not price-clipped: a very good copy in like jacket.

Later impression, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, "To Adam, Love Roald Dahl". The book was first published in 1982; this is the eighth reprint. The work presents Dahl's reinterpretation of six classic fairy tales, including "Cinderella", "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", and "The Three Little Pigs". Octavo. Original pictorial boards, spine and front cover lettered in black and purple, buff endpapers. No jacket issued. With numerous full page and other colour illustrations within the text by Quentin Blake. Bookseller's ticket on front pastedown from Dahl's local bookshop (The Abbey Bookshop, Great Missenden). Head of spine slightly bumped, occasional light foxing: a near-fine copy.

Later impression, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, "To Adam, Love Roald Dahl". The title was first published in 1983 and first featured illustrations by Quentin Blake in 1984. This is the third reprint of the Blake edition. The book presents Dahl's nine poem on animals, including "The Tummy Beast". Large octavo. Original illustrated boards, spine and front cover lettered in black and brown, covers with colour illustrations, blue endpapers. Issued without jacket. With numerous full page and other colour illustrations within the text by Quentin Blake. Bookseller's ticket on front pastedown from Dahl's local bookshop (The Abbey Bookshop, Great Missenden). Head and foot of spine slightly bumped; a near-fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Later UK Printing. Hardcover. Near fine book in a very good unclipped dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf. Book is in red cloth stamped in gilt with The Abbey Bookshop sticker affixed to the front pastedown. Jacket has fading to the spine and some creasing to the back panel. Illustrations by Quentin Blake. Signed by Author(s).

Later impression, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, "To Adam, Love Roald Dahl". This was the first of Dahl's works to be illustrated by Blake and was originally published in 1978. This is the seventh reprint. A prophetic contemporary review in the Times Literary Supplement stated that "the combination of Roald Dahl as storyteller with Quentin Blake as illustrator must be the recipe for a bestseller". Times Literary Supplement, 29 September 1978. Quarto. Original pictorial boards, spine lettered in black, front cover lettered in red and black, green endpapers. No jacket issued. With numerous colour illustrations by Quentin Blake. Bookseller's ticket on front pastedown from Dahl's local bookshop (The Abbey Bookshop, Great Missenden). Slight foxing to endpapers; a near-fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. HARDBACK - A fine book, free of any previous owner names or Inscriptions. Boldly signed by the books illustrator, Sir Quentin Blake to the title page. The dust wrapper is also in fine condition, free of any chips, tears and with no fading to the spine. Correctly priced at £ 7.95net. Signed by Illustrator(s).

A first edition, first printing published by Cape in 1985. A near fine book (small and neat gift inscription to the title page), signed by Blake on the title page. Some light bumping to the boards. A very nice signed item.The plot follows a young boy named Billy who meets agiraffe, apelican, and amonkey, who work as window cleaners. In 1985, Dahl won the Kurt Maschler award runner-up for The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me.

Uncorrected proof copy with provisional details on front wrappers, signed by Quentin Blake on a slip laid down to the title page. Proof copies of Dahl's books published by Cape are becoming scarce. The proof features the poems in a different order to the published first edition, together with a different dedication ("For Clover and Luke"). "The marvellously dastardly Dahl has joined forces with that bounder Blake to plunder a wealth of nursery heritage for the delight of the older reader in this wonderful addition to the literature of the absurd" (first edition jacket blurb). Octavo. Original orange wrappers, lettering in black, publisher's device repeated in black. Illustrated throughout by Quentin Blake. Extremities a little worn, some minor soiling to wrappers, spine a little sunned: a very good copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Quentin Blake (illustrator). 1st Edition. A fine UK puffin paperback, a first printing (nick to front cover) - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED BY ROALD DAHL & QUENTIN BLAKE - Pictures available upon request. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. NEW. UNREAD. NUMBERED. SIGNED. First Suntup Numbered Edition. Limited to 350 copies. Single owner. Stored flat in a cushioned box. A tight unread protected copy. Will ship domestic US Priority. Description: Handmade full LEATHER Bradel binding. Gold leather adorning the spine. Brown LEATHER boards with debossed front cover. Full color throughout with over 50 color illustrations by Quentin Blake. 72 additional illustrations from the artists who have illustrated Charlie and the Chocolate Factory through the years. Over 60 pages of bonus content including deleted chapters, an alternate ending, manuscript pages and handwritten notes from early drafts. 1986 reply letter from Roald Dahl to Paul Suntup. New exclusive introduction by Donald Sturrock, author of the critically acclaimed biography of Roald Dahl. Printed letterpress on Mohawk Via with a spot color throughout. The color illustrations are printed offset. Housed in a GATE FOLD CLAMSHELL BOX COVERED IN JAPANESE CLOTH WITH LEATHER SPINE LABEL. SIGNED by Donald Sturrock and Paul Suntup. Premium packet includes a 6 x 9 print, a 2 x 8 bookmark. International will require Priority additional charge shipping. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. HARDBACK - The book is in near fine condition, free of any previous owner names or Inscriptions. The book has been inscribed by the author to the ffep. The title has also been signed by the books illustrator, Quentin Blake to the same page. The dust wrapper is in near fine condition. The wrapper is free of any loss, and has not been price clipped. There is a little ghosting to the front flap, where the author's inscription has partially transferred to it over the years. Signed by Author(s).

Full Leather. Condition: Fine. Quintin Blake (illustrator). 1st Edition. The Numbered edition is limited to 386 copies and is a full leather handmade Bradel binding with gold leather adorning the spine and brown leather boards with a debossed front cover. This copy is number 322 and printed letterpress on Mohawk Via with a spot color throughout. Housed in a gate fold clamshell enclosure covered in purple Japanese cloth and lined with suede. The color illustrations are printed offset. Includes full colour photograph of chocolates endpapers. Seventy-two illustrations from the artists who have illustrated Charlie and the Chocolate Factory over the years - Joseph Schindelman, Faith Jaques, Michael Foreman and Quentin Blake. Signed by Introducer Donald Sturrock and Publisher Paul Suntup. Includes a full colour illustration by Quintin Blake on card stock with book mark in loose envelope. Very attractive fine copy and case. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Publisher. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Quentin Blake (illustrator). First Edition. Sky blue boards with blue cloth to the spine and yellow and black titles. Internally it is clean and tight with just two small marks on the Half Title page. It is signed by the illustrator Quentin Blake, with no inscription, to the Title page. The dusjacket has slight edge wear and some small closed tears. It is not price clipped ($10.95) and the spine has not faded. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me" by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. Jonathan Cape, London. 1985 first UK edition first printing. Cut-out signatures of both author Roald Dahl and illustrator Quentin Blake on title page. Lovely first edition copy. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. As New in an As New custom gate fold clamshell enclosure covered in Japanese cloth with a leather spine label. With the custom premiums including a 6"x9" print, a 2"x8" bookmark and printed envelope. #233/350 copies of the Numbered Edition. In a handmade full leather Bradel binding with gold leather spine. In brown leather boards with debossed front cover. Full color throughout with over 50 color illustrations by Quentin Blake. Includes 72 additional illustrations from the artists who have illustrated Charlie and the Chocolate Factory throughout the years. Over 60 pages of bonus content including deleted chapters, an alternate ending, manuscript pages and handwritten notes from early drafts. With a copy of a 1986 reply letter from Roald Dahl to the publisher Paul Suntup. New exclusive introduction by Donald Sturrock, author of the critically acclaimed biography of Roald Dahl. SIGNED by Donald Sturrock and Paul Suntup. Printed letterpress on Mohawk Via with spot color throughout. The color illustrations are printed offset. Another stunning edition by Suntup Press that sold out immediately on release. We grade our books conservatively to insure your satisfaction. Additional photos available on request. NOTE: International shipping costs vary greatly and may differ from the initial quoted shipping cost. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Collectable - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Blake, Quentin (illustrator). 2nd print First Edition. Signed by Author. ~~Signed with dedication by Roald Dahl~~VG/VG 2nd print 1st ed 1983 Cape hardback, unclipped DJ with correct price of £6.50, illustrated by Quentin Blake. A little rubbing wear and pushing to spine ends, gentle page tan, tight and unmarked. Very scarce. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fiction; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0224021656. ISBN/EAN: 9780224021654. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 089030.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Blake, Quentin (illustrator). First Edition. Stated First Published 1980; fourth printing, 1985. Beautifully signed and inscribed by Roald Dahl at front endpaper: "Olwen, Love Roald Dahl." Bold large inscription and signature fills the page. According to prior collector, Olwen in this case refers to Olwen Barnard (born Hill-Duffy), a relation to Sir Joseph Brian Barnard of North Yorkshire. Olwen, pronounced O-loon, is of Welsh origin and a name for girls translating as "white footprint" or "white track." According to legend, the goddess Olwen was so gentle and fragile that white trefoils or clovers grew in her footprints. Olwen is a Welsh favorite, and was also the name of a legendary princess in what is believed to be the earliest Arthurian romance. Other sources cite Olwen as a Welsh sun goddess whose name means golden wheel. According to this tale, she overcame thirteen obstacles to obtain her true love; and thus teaches tenacity in obtaining goals. Red textured boards, gilt spine titles, light shelf wear, bump. Pages near fine; no writing. Dynamic illustration by Quentin Blake profusely throughout. Pictorial bookmark set in stating: "Signed." Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original dust wrapper, light shelf wear; clipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Bookstore label remains above price clipping at lower front flap with price marked out and appearing to say: "KG, Price in [GBP symbol]." Rather humorous and apropos dust wrapper features bold red and black titles with color illustration of the Twits at front panel; back panel features the monkeys standing on their heads with the repeated titles placed upside down. Scarce near fine signed early printing in same wrapper. Bored with playing minor juvenile tricks on each nother, the sick and satisfyingly revolting Twits turn attention to capturing a family of monkeys for a circus act. The monkey's cruel incarceration in a cage is avenged when the birds trick the Twits into believing the world has turned upside-down. Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, most abhorrent people in the world. They hate everything, except playing fiendish pranks on each other, catching unsuspecting birds to put in their bird pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough! With the help of Roly-Poly Bird, they prepare for some well-deserved revenge served cold. And. Roald Dahl's thrillingly grotesque tale features the deliciously wicked, and deftly appropos, artwork of Quentin Blake. They're disgusting and despicable--they're the Twits! "It's nothing but delicious riddance to rotten rubbish! Parents may turn chartreuse or puce at the descriptions of the Twits, but little ones will squeal in delighted disgust." - School Library Journal. Printed in Great Britain by Mackay's of Chatham. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. HARDBACK - A fine book, bound in the publishers blue cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine. Internally, the pages are very clean indeed, free of any previous owner names or inscriptions. Boldly signed by the books illustrator, Sir Quentin Blake to the half title page. The dust wrapper is in near fine condition with no loss or tears, but with light fading to the spine. The publisher's printed price of £3.95net is present to the front panel. A lovely copy. Signed by Author(s).

First edition, second impression, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper ("To Olivia, with love, Roald Dahl, 6/10/85"). The Witches was published in a tumultuous year for Dahl and is a difficult book to find inscribed. Winner of the Whitbread Award for Children's Novel in 1983, the book was adapted into a stage play, a two-part radio dramatization for the BBC, a 1990 movie directed by Nicolas Roeg which starred Anjelica Huston and Rowan Atkinson, and an opera by Marcus Paus and Ole Paus. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. With numerous in-text and full-page illustrations by Quentin Blake. Foot of spine very slightly bumped, small damp stain to fore edge; extremities of unclipped jacket a little rubbed with very minor closed tear to foot of spine, some offsetting from inscription: a very good copy in like jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Quentin Blake (illustrator). First edition. A superb first edition copy of Roald Dahl's popular 'The BFG', here signed by both Dahl and the illustrator, Quentin Blake, rare to find in such a lovely condition. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake, their signatures tipped in to the title page.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.'The BFG' is one of Roald Dahl's most popular children's novels, about a young orphan girl who is taken by the Big Friendly Giant.Illustrated with in-text illustrations throughout by Quentin Blake. Blake is well beloved for his iconic illustrations of Dahl's novels, the two becoming synonymous.Dahl is one of the most beloved children's writers of the twentieth century, known for his unsentimental and macabre children's novels, though he wrote extensively for adults too. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, fine. Marginal edge wear to the dustwrapper, a touch of discolouration to the reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. In a very bright condition for a children's novel. Fine. signed by author. book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Blake, Quentin (illustrator). First Edition. Stated First Published 1980. Beautifully signed by Roald Dahl at title page: "Roald Dahl." Very attractive. Red textured boards, gilt spine titles, light shelf wear. Pages very good; no writing. Front blank endpaper removed. Dynamic illustration by Quentin Blake profusely throughout. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original dust wrapper, light shelf wear; unclipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Rather humorous and apropos dust wrapper features bold red and black titles with color illustration of the Twits at front panel; back panel features the monkeys standing on their heads with the repeated titles placed upside down. True first edition wrapper without isbn and code at back panel. Rare near fine signed first printing in same wrapper. Bored with playing minor juvenile tricks on each nother, the sick and satisfyingly revolting Twits turn attention to capturing a family of monkeys for a circus act. The monkey's cruel incarceration in a cage is avenged when the birds trick the Twits into believing the world has turned upside-down. Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, most abhorrent people in the world. They hate everything, except playing fiendish pranks on each other, catching unsuspecting birds to put in their bird pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough! With the help of Roly-Poly Bird, they prepare for some well-deserved revenge served cold. And. Roald Dahl's thrillingly grotesque tale features the deliciously wicked, and deftly appropos, artwork of Quentin Blake. They're disgusting and despicable--they're the Twits! "It's nothing but delicious riddance to rotten rubbish! Parents may turn chartreuse or puce at the descriptions of the Twits, but little ones will squeal in delighted disgust." - School Library Journal. Printed in Great Britain by Mackay's of Chatham. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Blake, Quentin (illustrator). First Edition. Beautifully signed by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake at limitation page: "This edition of The Wtiches, signed by the author and the illustrato, is limited to three hundred copies, of which this is copy number '177'. 'Roald Dahl,' 'Quentin Blake.'" Stated First American Edition, 1983, at copyright. Brilliant blue cloth boards, stylized red metallic spine titles, slight shelf wear. Red metallic vignette of mouse about to feast on beans. Pages very good; no writing. Last couple with slight 1/2" blue bleed from bottom; also fairly faint bleed near gutter of lower exterior text block. Fine matte blue endpapers at front and back. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Beautiful original yellow slipcase, slight shelf wear; light blue bleed to interior. Dedication page To Liccy. Sharp near fine limited edition. The Witches was the 1983 winner of the Whitbread Award for Children's Books. Left an orphan at age 7, the hero of this story is sent to live with his Norwegian grandmother. After mistakenly wandering into the annual convention of the Witches of England, the boy overhears their horrible plot to turn all the children of England into mice. Now he and his grandmother, an expert in all things witchy, must stop the witches from carrying out their dastardly deed. Illustrated with b&w drawings by Quetin Blake; an oftentime match arranged in heaven with Dahl. Printed in the United States of America. 202 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author and Illustrator. Book.

Condition: Near Fine. Blake, Quentin (illustrator). Signed Limited First Edition. First American edition. Number 24 of a limited 300 copies signed by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake. Bound in original blue cloth boards stamped in metallic red. Near Fine or better with lightly bumped corner in a Near Fine original yellow slipcase with light soiling, small area of abrasion near center of opening on one panel and bumped corner. A very lovely copy.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Quentin Blake (illustrator). First. near fine in a near fine slipcase. limited edition signed by dahl and blake. housed in a custom made gray slipcase. limited to three hundred copies. signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. Limited edition: this copy is number 204 of 300 copies. SIGNED by the author and illustrator on the limitation page. Fine in a fine slipcase. ; 202 pages; Signed by Author & Illustrator.

First edition, early printing of this Dahl classic, which has sold over 20 million copies. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Love Doug Roald Dahl 1984." Additionally signed by Quentin Blake below. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Roald Dahl is now considered one of the most beloved storytellers of the twentieth century. Dahl's ability to twist words into a clever and creative new language is fascinating to children, and is evident in BFG. The gruesome descriptions of the horrid giants and the subtle allusions to other stories will entertain children young and old. An animated adaptation was released in theatres in 1987 with David Jason providing the voice of the BFG and Amanda Root as the voice of Sophie. It was also the basis for the 2016 film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and starring Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Rafe Spall and Bill Hader.

First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the front free endpaper. As noted on the dust jacket blurb, "the marvellously dastardly Dahl has joined forces with that bounder Blake to plunder a wealth of nursery heritage for the delight of the older reader in this wonderful addition to the literature of the absurd". The volume contains 15 comic poems which are based on well-known children's stories. Loosely inserted in this copy is the original Harrods receipt (dated 27 September 1989) and a Harrods Book Department bookmark. The uncorrected proof for this title notes a publication date of 21 September 1989 and this copy was therefore signed and sold within a week of publication. Octavo. Original blue boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. With numerous full page and other illustrations within the text by Quentin Blake. Minor marks to foot of front board, minor pale foxing to endpapers; slight foxing to jacket, unclipped: a fine copy in a fine jacket.

First edition, first impression, signed by both the author and illustrator on the front free endpaper. Dahl and Blake achieved considerable success with The Enormous Crocodile in 1978 and this, another picture book for young children, was a worthy successor. Dahl dedicated the work to his three stepdaughters. When Dahl delivered the typescript to his English publisher, Tom Maschler responded with a note stating "Vintage Dahl. And with new aspects as well. What more could one ask?" A review in the Times Literary Supplement noted "there are better things than this in children's literature but this will fill that space where the ego and the libido run riot, where the only relationship is the camaraderie between fellow gluttons". Quarto. Original illustrated boards, spine and front cover lettered in black, dark blue endpapers. No dust jacket issued. Illustrations throughout by Quentin Blake. Spine and extremities a little faded, sides bright, short split at head of rear joint, foot of spine and corners worn, short closed tear to lower margin of last leaf, otherwise internally clean. A very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HARDBACK - A very good book bound in the publishers illustrated cloth boards. Internally, the Quentin Blake illustrated pages are also in very good condition with the odd finger mark to the page edge. Inscribed by the author to the title page TO / SIMON / LOVE / ROALD DAHL. Clean navy blue end papers. The previous owner, Simon has added his name to the verso of the title page. No dust wrapper as issued. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Fine. Blake, Quentin (illustrator). Signed Limited First Edition. First American edition. Number 174 of a limited 300 copies signed by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake. Bound in original blue cloth boards stamped in metallic red. Fine in a Near Fine lightly soiled slipcase. A fantastic copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. Limited edition: this copy is number 94 of 300 copies. SIGNED by the author and illustrator on the limitation page. Fine in a fine slipcase. ; 220 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Dahl on front free endpaper: "To / Amanda / Love / Roald Dahl / 1980 / [flourish]". Publisher's original red cloth with titles in gilt to spine; original cream-colored dust jacket with Blake illustrations to front and rear panels, lettered in red and black. Two light creases to front board, else fine book; about fine unclipped dust jacket, with just some light fading to spine. Overall, a lovely copy. The Twits is a darkly humorous children's story that centers around a horrid married couple. The two, Mr. and Mrs. Twit, despise each other and engage in a series of abusive pranks against one another involving a glass eye, worms, and balloons. The two get their comeuppance when a group of monkeys called Muggle-Wumps glue the Twits' furniture to the ceiling, making them think that they are upside down. The Twits is a Roald Dahl classic, featuring two of his nastiest villains. The book was listed as number 81 in the BBC's The Big Read, a United Kingdom-wide survey to determine the 200 best-loved books. Amazingly, nine of Dahl's books made the list. Signed by Author.

First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author on the title page, "Happy Christmas Hugo, Love, Roald Dahl, 1985, x". Dahl and Blake had achieved considerable success with The Enormous Crocodile in 1978, and this, another picture book for young children, was a worthy successor. Dahl dedicated the work to his three stepdaughters. When Dahl delivered the typescript to his English publisher, Tom Maschler responded with a note stating "Vintage Dahl. And with new aspects as well. What more could one ask?" A review in the Times Literary Supplement noted "there are better things than this in children's literature but this will fill that space where the ego and the libido run riot, where the only relationship is the camaraderie between fellow gluttons". Quarto. Original illustrated boards, spine and front cover lettered in black, dark blue endpapers. No dust jacket issued. Illustrations throughout by Quentin Blake. Minor tears to head and foot of spine, corners slightly rubbed, minor indentations to front cover and edges, minor foxing to title page; a very good and bright copy.

First edition, first impression, signed and dated "Roald Dahl 1990" on the half-title. Esio Trot was the last book to be published in Dahl's lifetime and is described by the dust jacket blurb as "a quirky, tender and truly original love story". This is a rare title to find signed by the author. Esio Trot was reviewed in the Times Literary Supplement on 11 May 1990. An article about Dahl, published in The Guardian on 19 May 1990, notes that "the latest Dahl. came out a few weeks ago". The author died in November 1990 and, assuming publication in April, copies of this book were therefore signed within a short period of only seven months. Octavo. Original blue boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. With numerous full-page and illustrations within the text by Quentin Blake. Jacket unclipped; a fine copy in fine jacket.

First edition, first printing. Published by Cape in London, 1988. This is a fine copy. The signature of Blake flat-signed to the front endpaper shows above that of Dahl's to a personal bookplate beneath. The dust wrapper, illustrated by Quentin Blake is fine, save for a small nick to the head of the spine and has been neatly price clipped. The boards are free from notable chips and marks and the text blocks are immaculate. Overall, this is a fine copy. In 2003, Matilda was listed at number 74 in The Big Read, a BBC survey of the British public of the top 200 novels of all time. In 2012, Matilda was ranked number 30 among all-time best children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal, a US monthly. Time magazine named Matilda in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time. In 2012, Matilda Wormwood appeared on a Royal Mail commemorative postage stamp.

First US edition, signed limited issue, number 179 of 300 copies signed by the author and the illustrator. The Witches was the second of only two Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake signed limited editions published exclusively in the US. Octavo. Original blue cloth boards, spine lettered in red, front cover with pictorial design in red, blue endpapers. No jacket as issued. In publisher's slipcase. Illustrated throughout by Quentin Blake. Minor finger-soiling to slipcase: a fine copy in a near-fine slipcase.

Condition: Fine. Signed Limited First Edition. First American edition, first printing. Number 188 of a limited 200 copies signed by Roald Dahl. [vi], 160 pp. Bound in original brown cloth boards with upper board decorated in blind and spine stamped in gilt. Fine in a slipcase with light rubbing and sticker price sticker remnants on front board. A sharp copy of Roald Dahl's autobiography illustrated by Quentin Blake.

First British editionÂof Dahlâs popular story of a young girl, her genius, and her indifferent parents. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Andrew Love Roald Dahl." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. "Dahl seems to have made an art form of the rediscovery that children tend to warm to the sorts of horror that make lesser mortals (adults) squirm with displeasure He is undeniably special" (Connolly, 104). Basis for the 1996 Danny DeVito directed film, starring Mara Wilson, DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, and Pam Ferris.

Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. Deluxe limited first American edition, number 20 of 300 copies, signed by the Roald Dahl and illustrator Quentin Blake. Bound in publuisher's original red cloth stamped in gilt, housed in grey cloth-covered slipcase. Near Fine with a bump to one corner of the slipcase with a corresponding bump to the top corner of the covers of the book itself, else Fine.

First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the front free endpaper, of the last major book to be written by Dahl before his death in 1990. Matilda won the Children's Book Award in 1989. It formed the basis for both the 1996 film directed by Danny DeVito and the successful stage musical that premiered at the RSC's Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in November 2010. A film adaptation of the musical was released in December 2022. Octavo. Original red boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Line drawings by Quentin Blake. Author's signature offsetting to front pastedown and jacket front flap. Very light marking to boards and slight spotting to contents; unclipped jacket a little rubbed, creased to spine panel, rear flap, and around extremities, small patch of tape to front flap. A near-fine copy in very good jacket.

First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A lovely near fine square copy, the contents without foxing or previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the near fine lightly creased dustwrapper which remains without fading of the red lettering. A beautiful example of one of Dahl's most popular titles. Housed in a bespoke half morocco solander case. Inscribed by Roald Dahl in black ink on the front free endpaper "Johanna / Love / Roald Dahl". Provenance: Private UK collection (Signed by the author for the recipient in person at Waterstones bookshop in Bath, 1988). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author and the illustrator. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent very near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a hint of bumping at the spine tips. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with lightly spine faded dustwrapper which remains without loss or tears and retains the correct £3.50 net publisher's price to the front flap. A lovely copy. Inscribed by the author in black ink on the half title "Best wishes / Roald Dahl / 7 March 1981 [underlined]", inscribed by the illustrator in black ink on the title page "Best wishes from / Quentin Blake / Dec 1983". Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First edition, first impression, signed and dated "Roald Dahl 6 March, 1982" on the front free endpaper in purple. Jeremy Treglown found that the book "owes something to a circus act or a Punch and Judy show", and notes that Quentin Blake "lightens things by visually reminding the reader both how small George is, and. how lonely and innocent". A contemporary review noted that, "For some time now Roald Dahl has been the most popular living novelist that we have for children, despite, or sometimes possibly because of, lapses in taste. George's Marvellous Medicine is a good example of this ability he has to entertain the young often at the cost of offending many of the other sort". Times Literary Supplement, 24 July 1981, p. 839; Jeremy Treglown, Roald Dahl, a biography, 1994, p. 229. Octavo. Original light blue boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Illustrated throughout by Quentin Blake. A copy with notably bright contents. Minor damp staining to head of rear cover and free endpapers, foxing to top edge; some damp staining and light foxing to jacket, spine slightly sunned, occasional minor loss to extremities, unclipped: a very good copy in a very good jacket.

First edition, early printing of this Dahl classic, which has sold over 20 million copies. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Boldly signed by the author on the half-title page, "with love Roald Dahl April, 1989." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, bookplate. Roald Dahl is now considered one of the most beloved storytellers of the twentieth century. Dahl's ability to twist words into a clever and creative new language is fascinating to children, and is evident in BFG. The gruesome descriptions of the horrid giants and the subtle allusions to other stories will entertain children young and old. An animated adaptation was released in theatres in 1987 with David Jason providing the voice of the BFG and Amanda Root as the voice of Sophie. It was also the basis for the 2016 film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and starring Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Rafe Spall and Bill Hader.

First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title, "To Donn, Love, Roald Dahl, 1988". Matilda won the Children's Book Award in 1989. It formed the basis for both the 1996 film directed by Danny DeVito and the successful stage musical which premiered at the RSC's Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in November 2010. A film adaptation of the musical was released in December 2022. Octavo. Original red boards, spine lettered in gilt. With supplied dust jacket. With numerous in-text and full-page illustrations by Quentin Blake. Lightly marked and bumped, nick to spine foot, text clean; unclipped jacket with minor creases and pale foxing to flaps, else bright: a very good copy in near-fine jacket.