Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (SIGNED)
by Dahl, Roald; Joseph Schindelman
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. SIGNED on the front endpaper by Roald Dahl, not on a bookplate, but directly on the page (without any inscriptions to anyone) ; This is the scarce second issue of the First Edition bound in red cloth with embossed title design on front board and gilt titles to spine, mustard colored endpapers, chocolate colored top edge of text block, and five line colophon. Illustrated by Joseph Schindelman, including the original Oompa-Loompa illustrations, changed and/or suppressed in later editions. The book is in Very Good condition, clean, tight and solid binding. With previous owner's bookplate neatly affixed to front pastedown and halfway hidden under the jacket flap, which is not price clipped - $3.95 to top. Dustjacket is slightly age-toned with a few minor tears and chips along the edges, however, the jacket looks Very Good in the new removable Mylar cover that now protects it. No inscriptions. Not ex-library. ; 9.30 X 5.90 X 0.90 inches; 162 pages; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) is a children's book by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the 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 1964, and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin in 1967.
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- Bookseller
- Eliabooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26418
- Title
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (SIGNED)
- Author
- Dahl, Roald; Joseph Schindelman
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1964
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- Tight
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- Price Clipped
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- New
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- Text Block
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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- Edges
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- Colophon
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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