The Gremlins - Rare Proof
by Dahl, Roald
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Westbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Collins London nd [1943 or 1944]. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A rare Proof copy of Dahl's first work. Original plain brown wrappers. Contents appears to be the same as for the final published UK first except the endpapers (with the correct red and yellow illustrations) are included as four leaves (2 front and rear) rather than pasted to the hard covers. The last text leaf has some colouring in to the black and white illustrated characters, seemingly with water based paint, several other leaves have very faint occasional pencil shading, but generally the condition is extremely good, with solid bright illustrations. The paper wrappers have a chip to the foot of the spine and minor creasing.A rare proof, distributed by the publisher to families with children to test market the book. Possibly only a dozen or so were made up.
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Details
- Bookseller
- finecopy ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 108789
- Title
- The Gremlins - Rare Proof
- Author
- Dahl, Roald
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Collins London nd [1943 or 1944]
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finecopy ltd
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About the Seller
finecopy ltd
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Westbury, Wiltshire
About finecopy ltd
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- ND
- no publisher's date given
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...