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The Gremlins: From the Walt Disney Production by Dahl, Roald - 1943

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The Gremlins: From the Walt Disney Production by Dahl, Roald - 1943

The Gremlins: From the Walt Disney Production

by Dahl, Roald

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New York: Random House, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Slim quarto [28.5 cm] Color illustrated boards. Rubbing to the head and foot of the boards. Contemporary gift inscription on the front free endpaper. About very good in like jacket. Restoration to jacket. Faint ghost impressions to the panel. $1.00 price on front flap. A Royal Air Force Story. A first edition of Dahl's first book. Dahl's story emphasizes the hazards of being in the Royal Air Force.
  • Bookseller Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA US (US)
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  • Edition First edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Random House
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1943
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The Gremlins: From the Walt Disney Production- A Royal Air Force Story

by Dahl, Roald

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Random House. Collectible - Good. New York: Random House, 1943. 4to. Unpaginated. Illus. Good book. Spine ends frayed and chipped; joints slightly torn at tail. Boards rubbed and edgeworn; corners frayed. Textblock detached. Small tear to front pastedown at lower stitch. Inquire if you need further information.
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The Gremlins

The Gremlins

by Dahl, Roald

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1946. Gebonden Redelijk. Disney, Walt. Het eerste boek wat door Roald Dahl is uitgegeven . De rug is gekwets en slecht tot redelijke staat . Boekblok is netjes met hier en daar wat oneffebnheden
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The Gremlins.: From the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story.

by DAHL, Roald

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New York: Random House,, 1943. First edition, first printing, of the author's first book. As noted by the original jacket blurb, "Everybody has heard about the gremlins, the fantastic Little People whose antics have become one of the great legends of the R.A.F." The book was written as a promotional device for a feature-length Disney animation that was never produced, partly because the studio could not establish firm copyright in the "gremlin" characters (Dahl claimed to have invented them, though they had been common currency in the RAF and had appeared in print at least once before) and partly because the British Air Ministry wanted final approval of the script and production. It was eventually agreed that royalties would be split between the RAF Benevolent Fund and Dahl. The book is described on the title and the front cover as being "From the Walt Disney Production"; the Disney studio wrote to Dahl in August 1943 after publication cancelling any further preproduction work. Quarto. Original… Read More
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The Gremlins - Rare Proof

by Dahl, Roald

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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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The Gremlins

The Gremlins

by Dahl, Roald

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1st Edition
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New York: Random House, 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Disney, Walt (Studios). Fair copy of this first children's book from Flight Lieutenant, Roald Dahl. Original jacket complete, though torn 2/3 of the way up the front panel, from spine through the "G" in Gremlins. Wear to edges, and a small chip from the bottom edge of front panel. The Jacket has also been price clipped. The book is fair with front hinge separated at ffep, scuffing to edges of boards and tanning to pages. Overall a serviceable copy of a scarce book in jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.
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The Gremlins: A Royal Air Force Story by Flight Lieutenant Roald Dahl from the Walt Disney...
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The Gremlins: A Royal Air Force Story by Flight Lieutenant Roald Dahl from the Walt Disney Production

by Dahl, Roald

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Rapid River, Michigan, United States
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New York: Random House, 1943. Oversize 9" x 11 1/4" design. Red pictorial boards with bold yellow titles, black spine titles on brick red cloth spine wrap, moderate corner wear, rub. Cover depicts the gremlins at work destroying an RAF fighter plane at front; back cover features similar vignette, hand drill and saw in hand on rear wing. Yellow endpapers feature monochromatic red collage scenes of the horned gremlins playfully using their tools of pickaxe, bombs, oil cans, saws, hammers, etc. with silhouette planes in b.g. Pages very good, clean; no writing. Bind good; hinges intact. Scarce sharp first edition with moderate wear. A whimsical tale of devilish imps creating aerial havoc for the Allied Forces in the skies of WWII. Full page color designs throughout, with b&w illustrations, partial-page imagery and vignettes. Roald Dahl was sent to Washington DC in 1942 as an assistant air attache for the British Embassy. After having a story published anonymously in the Saturday… Read More
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The Gremlins: From the Walt Disney Production- A Royal Air Force Story

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Random House. Collectible - Very Good. New York: Random House, 1943. 1st U.S. edition. 4to pictorial hardcover. Unpaginated. B/W and color llustrations. Very Good book and Fair dust jacket. Board edges and corners a just bit worn. The date "8-28-43" in ink to the upper right corner of the front pastown, small and neatly printed, and with the bookplate of "J. Rommel" the lower left. Lighltly toned. The dust jacket, in a protective mylar cover, is a bit edgeworn with chipped spine tips and a 2" tear to the center. A very nice copy! (Juvenile, Fantasy, Great Britain, Royal Air Force, Fighter Pilots, World War II) Inquire if you need further information.
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The Gremlins.: From the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story.

by DAHL, Roald

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London: Collins,, [1944]. First British edition, first impression, of the author's first book. The book was first published in the US in 1943. Writing in 2006, the Disney historian Leonard Maltin described the volume as "a milestone" and a "charming book". The book was written as a promotional device for a feature-length Disney animation that was never produced, partly because the studio could not establish firm copyright in the "gremlin" characters (Dahl claimed to have invented them, although they had been common currency in the RAF and had appeared in print at least once before), and partly because the British Air Ministry wanted final approval of the script and production. It was eventually agreed that royalties would be split between the RAF Benevolent Fund and Dahl. The book is described on the title and the front cover as being "From the Walt Disney Production"; the Disney studio would write to Dahl in August 1943 after American publication cancelling any further preproduction work. Quarto.… Read More
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The Gremlins

by Dahl, Roald

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1st Edition
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
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Random House, 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good first edition in a very good dust jacket with some internal tape repairs that have bled through the front of the jacket to be visible on the outside. Small price sticker at top of front paste-down.
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The Gremlins

by Dahl, Roald

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First Edition (US)
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New York: Random House, 1944. [52], original quarter cloth and boards in DJ, decorative endpapers. DJ chipped to spine ends with loss to head and more seriously to the foot, creased and slightly chipped to edges and spine, corners chipped. Inner joints repaired with cloth, text is quite bright and clean. The first edition with the correct price of $1.00 to DJ (BMC April 2002). First Edition (US). Quarter Cloth and Boards. Good/Fair. 4to.
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