James and The Giant Peach
by Dahl, Roald
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.
First edition identification
The first edition of James and The Giant Peach was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1961 in New York. The first edition was illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. The first edition dust jacket has a $3.95 price stamp. True firsts have a five-line colophon "Bound by H. Wolff, New York" on the copyright page.
Other Collectible or Notable Editions
Various illustrated versions have been done over the years by artists such as Michael Simeon for the first British edition, Emma Chichester Clark, Lane Smith, and Quentin Blake.
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James and the Giant Peach.
by Dahl, Roald; Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert
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- 1961
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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$14,000.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First edition of this Dahl classic. Octavo, original cloth, beautifully illustrated, many full-page and in color. Boldly signed by Roald Dahl on the front free endpaper and also signed by the illustrator, Nancy Ekholm Burkert on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Housed in… Read more about this item Item Price
$14,000.00
James and the Giant Peach; A Children's Story
by Dahl, Roald; Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1961
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- Hardcover
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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$600.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First Edition, Second Isssue, with Bound by The Book Press, New York at colophon page. Fine in bright red cloth, in Near Fine dust jacket, small spot of soil front cover, price on jacket flap of $3.95 inked out with inked price of $3.29, a few small edge tears and chips, mainly at… Read more about this item Item Price
$600.00
James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1961
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- Tight
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Portland , Oregon, USA
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$3,000.00
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First Edition, second issue (with 4 line colophon and The Book Press), however, this copy is signed boldly by the author, "love, Roald Dahl" on the front free endpaper and signed by the illustrator, Nancy Ekholm Burkette on the half title page. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight and the boards are beautiful. The pages are… Read more about this item Item Price
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James and the Giant Peach
by Dahl, Roald
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1961
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- Hardcover
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Beverly Hills, California, USA
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$3,500.00
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Knopf, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The first edition first state (with Wolff on colophon page), very good in a very good dust jacket. Signed by Dahl on a laid in publisher's bookplate. Precedes the first UK edition. Name of previous owner on front free end paper. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Item Price
$3,500.00
James and the Giant Peach
by Dahl, Roald
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1961
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- Hardcover
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Beverly Hills, California, USA
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$4,500.00
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Knopf, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine first edition, first issue, in a fine dust jacket, with "Bound by H., Wolff, New York" on the colophon page. Housed in a custom-made slipcase. Item Price
$4,500.00
James and the Giant Peach - SIGNED and INSCRIBED
by Dahl, Roald
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- 1961
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, GBR
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$1,887.30
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USA: Alfred Knopf, 1961. A first edition, first printing, second issue [Bound by the Book Press] published by Alfred Knopf in 1961. A very good copy without inscriptions. SIGNED and INSCRIBED on the front free endpaper 'To Andrew and Rebecca [Highton]/Love/Roald Dahl/1977'. Additionally, Dahl has written 'American Edition' on the front pastedown. In a very good unclipped wrapper with… Read more about this item Item Price
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James and the Giant Peach
by Dahl, Roald
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First
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- 1967
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Chelmsford, Essex, GBR
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$692.01
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First UK edition, first impression (George Allen and Unwin, 1967). Illustrated by Michel Simeon.
Original pictorial boards. Light spotting to edges and some tape marks to front and rear endpapers, near fine otherwise with boards in superb, pristine condition without the usual lifting, loss or splitting to laminate. A beautiful copy. Item Price
$692.01
James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story.
by DAHL, Roald.
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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- 1961
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- Hardcover
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Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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$1,500.00
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,500.00
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James and The Giant Peach [SIGNED BY AUTHOR]
by DAHL, Roald
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- (1961)
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East Woodstock, Connecticut, USA
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$1,500.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1961). First Edition, Second Issue with 4 line colophon, 'Bound by the Book Press', no ISBN. Dahl's classic young adult novel. This copy nicely signed 'Love / Roald Dahl / xxxx' at lower front endpaper. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, dime sized chip at top spine end, modest wear. Item Price
$1,500.00
James and the Giant Peach
by Dahl, Roald
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1961
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$2,000.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing with five line colophon with "Bound by H. Wolff, New York." Near Fine with cloth faintly spine faded, lightly wrinkled at rear cover. Rear corner bumped. In a Near Fine dust jacket with publisher's price of $3.95 intact and no ISBN on… Read more about this item Item Price
$2,000.00
James and the Giant Peach
by Dahl, Roald
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- Used - A fine copy in fine second issue dust jacket (with ISBN number on rear panel); the pictorial jacket has slight soiling on rear p
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- First edition, second printing; second printing [with "The Book
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- 1961
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- Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. 118, [2]pp. 8vo
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New York, New York, USA
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$400.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First edition, second printing; second printing [with "The Book Press" imprint on colophon page], in fine second issue dust jacket (with ISBN number on rear panel). Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. 118, [2]pp. 8vo. A fine copy in fine second issue dust jacket (with ISBN number on rear panel); the pictorial jacket has… Read more about this item Item Price
$400.00
James and the Giant Peach
by Dahl, Roald
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- Used - Good+
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- No Jacket (as Issued)
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1967
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- Hardcover
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, GBR
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$629.10
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London: George Allen and Unwin, 1967. 110pp, [2], original laminated boards. Laminate very slightly lifting to spine / upper cover, but no other cracking or lifting, very minor rubbing to extremities. A few light spots of foxing internally, but generally bright and clean and nicer than is usually found.. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/No Jacket (as Issued). Illus. by Simeon, Michel.… Read more about this item Item Price
$629.10
James and the Giant Peach
by Dahl, Roald
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1961
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- Hardcover
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Beverly Hills, California, USA
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$4,500.00
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Knopf, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Signed first edition, first issue with the five line colophon stating "Bound by H. Wolff, New York" (instead of The Book Press) and no Charlie series listed below; also, no edition or printing stated on copyright page. Flap price $3.95. SIGNED on a tipped-in page. Book fine, small spot rubbed on… Read more about this item Item Price
$4,500.00
James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
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- Used - Very Good
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- First edition
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- 1967
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- Hardback
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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$440.37
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London: George Allen & Unwin LTD, 1967. First edition. Hardback. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Michel Simeon. A lovely copy of the first U.K. edition, first impression, of Roald Dahl's beloved macabre and magical children's novel, with the original illustrations by Michel Simeon. The first U.K. edition, first impression of this work. First published in the U.S. in… Read more about this item Item Price
$440.37
James and Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
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- Used - Good
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- Hardcover
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- 0394912829
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Newport Coast, California, USA
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$78.39
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hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. Item Price
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James and the Giant Peach
by Dahl, Roald
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- Used - Very Good
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0141322632
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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$1.26
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Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
$1.26
James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story.
by DAHL, Roald.
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- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Published
- 1961
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- Hardcover
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Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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$1,250.00
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NY:: Knopf,. Near Fine 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… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,250.00
JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
by Dahl, Roald; (Burkert, Nancy Ekholm, Illus.)
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition, Later Printing
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- 1961
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- Hardcover in dust jacket
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Columbus, Ohio, USA
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$450.00
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
$450.00
James and the Giant Peach
by Dahl, Roald
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1961
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Beverly Hills, California, USA
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$4,000.00
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Knopf, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good first edition, first issue (with "Bound by H. Wolff" in the colophon in the back of the book)in a very good dust jacket. With inscribed cover from a paperback edition of this title laid in. Some small chips and some closed tears on the front of the… Read more about this item Item Price
$4,000.00
JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH
by Dahl, Roald
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- Used
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- Custom Clamshell Case (Book not included)
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- 1961
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- No Binding
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Montreal, Quebec, CAN
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$220.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Custom Clamshell Case (Book not included). No Binding. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Custom Clamshell Case (Book not included). No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by..... Item Price
$220.00