Matilda.
by DAHL, Roald; BLAKE, Quentin (illustrator)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Jonathan Cape, 1988. . First edition, first impression; 8vo; illustrations by Quentin Blake; publisher's crimson cloth, pictorial dust-jacket, correctly priced at £8.50 nett, minor rubbing and wear to top edge, otherwise a near-fine copy; 240 pp.
A first edition of Dahl's superb tale of a little girl whose innate genius has her pitted against her inane parents and irate headmistress. A classic of modern children's literature, Matilda was the winner of the Children's Book Award in the year of its publication.
A first edition of Dahl's superb tale of a little girl whose innate genius has her pitted against her inane parents and irate headmistress. A classic of modern children's literature, Matilda was the winner of the Children's Book Award in the year of its publication.
Synopsis
Matilda is a sweet five-year-old with extraordinary mental powerspowers she uses to teach her school’s evil head mistress a lesson she’ll never forget!
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- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 111566
- Title
- Matilda.
- Author
- DAHL, Roald; BLAKE, Quentin (illustrator)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Jonathan Cape, 1988.
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