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The Gremlins - Rare Proof

The Gremlins - Rare Proof

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The Gremlins - Rare Proof

by Dahl, Roald

  • Used
  • very good
  • Paperback
  • first
Condition
Very Good/No Jacket
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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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Bookseller
finecopy ltd GB (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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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...

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