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JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH

by Dahl, Roald; (Burkert, Nancy Ekholm, Illus.)

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
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About This Item

New York, NY.: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good. 1961. First Edition, Later Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in red orange cloth, with blind-stamping to the upper cover and gilt stamping to the spine, in a price-clipped, 2nd issue dust jacket with an ISBN on the lower panel. The DJ shows light soiling/foxing, and wear/a few closed tears to the edges. The covers show light rubbing to the corners and spine ends, light sunning to the bottom edge of the covers, and with a small, very faint stain to the bottom edge of the upper cover. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and generally clean with illustrations, including some in color but also with a bit of light scattered foxing to a few pages. This book is signed/inscribed by the illustrator Nancy Ekholm Burkert, on the half title-page. This book is hard-bound in red orange cloth, with blind-stamping to the upper cover and gilt stamping to the spine, in a price-clipped, 2nd issue dust jacket with an ISBN on the lower panel. The DJ shows light soiling/foxing, and wear/a few closed tears to the edges. The covers show light rubbing to the corners and spine ends, light sunning to the bottom edge of the covers, and with a small, very faint stain to the bottom edge of the upper cover. The binding is solid. .

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
Hoffman Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
76281
Title
JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
Author
Dahl, Roald; (Burkert, Nancy Ekholm, Illus.)
Format/Binding
Hardcover in dust jacket
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition, Later Printing
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication
New York, NY.
Date Published
1961
Keywords
Children's, Juvenile, Roald Dahl, Nancy Ekholm Burkert, Signed

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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....
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...
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...
Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Cloth
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Jacket
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