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Boy; Tales of Childhood
by Dahl, Roald
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux (1984), 1984. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [12], 13-160 pp. Quarter brown cloth over pale yellow paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Endpapers and pastedowns illustrated with black and white photographs. Price of $10.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. With several in-text black and white photographs and drawings. Flaps somewhat toned, the spine panel lightly sunned.
Synopsis
The remarkable story of Roald Dahl's early years at school and with his family. Like his stories, Dahl's childhood tales are unmissable. This edition has a great new Quentin Blake cover and a new end section of facts about Roald Dahl.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000012972
- Title
- Boy; Tales of Childhood
- Author
- Dahl, Roald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux (1984)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
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Evening Star Books
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Madison, Wisconsin
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We buy and sell rare and fine books in many fields. Our interests include philosophy, modern first editions, and works of historical or intellectual interest. In addition to bookselling, we regularly do valuations and appraisals for non-IRS purposes. Evening Star Books is a Limited Liability Company.
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- Fine
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