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James and the Giant Peach:  A Children's Story.

James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story.

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James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story.

by DAHL, Roald

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  • Hardcover
Condition
Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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About This Item

NY:: Knopf,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. The author's first book for children. Made into the 1996 film. First American edition (not stated), which precedes the British edition by six years, first issue (five line colophon, bound by H. Wolff). Measures 7.5" x 10.25", bound in red cloth with gilt lettering along the spine, green endpapers, top edge yellow. Very good or better in a very good (some minor edge wear with a couple of short closed edge tears, fading along the spine) dust jacket. The dust jacket has the original $3.95 price on the front flap and no ISBN number on the rear panel. ; 120 pages .

Synopsis

James and the Giant Peach is a popular children's novel written in 1961 by British author Roald Dahl. The novel features an English orphan boy named James Henry Trotter cared for by his two abusive aunts. James finds a tunnel in a gigantic peach and enters into a magical world where he befriends seven bugs. He proceeds to embark on a wild adventure with his insect friends, getting into trouble and saving them from sticky situations. The book has frequently become the target of censorship due to its infrequent gruesome and potentially horrifying content. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1996.

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On Mar 13 2016, Peterfryer said:
This is a First printing of the trade edition bound in green and black cloth with gold lettering on spine. Not an ex-library Edition or the school edition which can be identified by the red binding.

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Details

Bookseller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
84045
Title
James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story.
Author
DAHL, Roald
Illustrator
Nancy Ekholm Burkert
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Publisher
Knopf,
Place of Publication
NY:
Date Published
1961
Keywords
Children's Literature, First Book, Books To Film

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Glossary

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Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Colophon
The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
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....

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