Search Results: james and the giant peach by dahl

NY: Disney Press Pub. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1996. 1st Edition,1p; 13579108642pt line. HARDCOVER. 8x11"oblong. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN GOOD UNCLIPT(S16.95) DUST JACKET Good Dust Jacket DJ has long clear taped tear to front panel dj..else nice ; ..movie cartoon version.. Gold Spine Titles On Brown Cloth Hard Covers. ; ps pages; Boy lives in Gypsie Caravan ... .

New York.: Alfred A. Knopf., 2002.. First edition thus. . Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). . Octavo.. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. Very scarce in this condition.

NY: ALFRED A KNOPF , 1961. 1st Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. BURKERT NANCY EKHOLM . SOLID CLEAN AND BRIGHT AN EARLY PRINTING LACKING THE ISBN NUMBER AND NICELY ILLUSTRATED BY NANCY ECKHOLM BURKERT BOOK STATES " BOUND BY BOOK PRESS NEW YORK ON 4 LINE COLOPHON ON LAST PAGE ONE SMALL INDENT TO TOP OF FRONT COVER OTHERWISE VERY BRIGHT AND WELL PRESERVED TOP OF TEXTBLOCK IS WHITE NOT DYED BOUND IN LIGHT RED WITH PERFECT GOLD LETTERING AND DESIGN BOOK MENTIONS CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY AND THE FANTASTIC MR FOX ON COPYRIGHT PAGE PREVIOUS OWNERS BOOKPLATE A VERY NICE EARLY PRINTING OF THIS BELOVED CLASSIC

Complete eight-volume softcover set with slipcase. Books are generally in Near Fine condition with some wear to top and bottom of book spines. Slipcase is in Very Good condition with wrinkle/crease on top; slipcase also states "SPECIAL BONUS Willy Wonka Bookmark Included!" but bookmark is NOT included.Penguin USA First edition, Seventh Printings as indicated by number line of "7 8 9 10" listed on copyright pages. Books include:

Matilda (crease and wrinkle to first interior page);
The BFG;
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory;
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator;
The Twits;
George's Marvelous Medicine;
James and the Giant Peach; and
Fantastic Mr. Fox

A terrific collection of Dahl's most popular books for children and young adults. All books are softcover, therefore unable to be protected by archival Mylar cover.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Nancy Ekholm Burkert. No Dust Jacket, but it has been partially preserved inside front cover. The "about the author" and "about the artist" and the plot summary have been cut out and pasted inside front cover. Very neat job, photos available by request. Presumed first edition. Binding is tight and pages are clean and unmarked

firsr edition

Knopf. Collectible - Good/Fair. 1961. First Edition Second Printing. Hard Cover. (I305) ; red cloth, book is in good condition but the dust jacket is worn and torn. It has the $3.95 price on dust jacket, which is worn and torn. It has a Four line colophon ["The Book Press"].red cloth; plain green endpapers, no ISBN number on book or DJ, DJ and 10 line bio at end of book refers to Dahl's three children, and DJ refers to Burkert's two-year-old daughter, Dj refers to this as Dahl's new and first book, and book and DJ have no reference to his later books .

LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN, 1967. 1ST EDITION. HARDCOVER. GOOD/NO JACKET. LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN, 1967. 1ST EDITION. GOOD/NO JACKET. LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN, 1967. 1ST EDITION. GOOD/NO JACKET. LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN, 1967. 1ST EDITION. GOOD/NO JACKET. George Allen and Unwin 1967, 1967. Book Condition: Good. No jacket. A first edition, published by George Allen and Unwin in 1967. A good copy with some loss to the foot and head of the spine and loss to the laminate as is usually seen, unmarked, corners and spine upper ,lower bumped, not remaindered or book club or library, unmarked throughout, foxing to end papers, pages crisp and clean.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Nancy Ekholm Burkert. First edition, 2nd state. Cover has some edgewear. Dust jacket edgeworn and chipped.

New York: Knopf, 1961. First. hardcover. near fine/very good. Nancy Ekholm Burkert. near fine in very good jacket 2nd

New York: Knopf, 1961 Second state with 'Bound by The Book Press' and a 4-line colophon.Book is clean and tight with light fading to boards. DJ is first state with no ISBN on back and original price intact. DJ has some chipping, mostly to spine tips.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Second state of the first edition, 1961, with the four line colophon and no ISBN on either book or dustjacket. Very good in fair dustjacket. Illustrated throughout in black and white plus peach. Vivid peach colored cloth, green endpapers, 119 pages plus colophon, illustrated dustjacket. The book has some minor uneven fading to the covers and very light edgewear, good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [3.95] and has considerable scuffing ans spotting, very minor chipping to the extremities, tiny closed tear to top edge of front panel.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

This is the hardcover only stated Knopf Edition from 1961. Other than a back cardholder flyleaf, this ex-library book has been well-read. There are small tears hither and thither. The dj, although still partially mylar-covered, has considerable wear and tear. The pages and binding are tight and the book is in very good reading condition (see photo). **Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe. So bid now for this magnificent, impossible-to-find CHILDREN'S COLLECTIBLE.Acceptable

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, [c. 1972]. First Edition, Later Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 119 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price is uncut: '$3.95.' Orange spine with white and black lettering. Light age toning to dust jacket. Mild shelf wear to head and tail of spine and minor tears along top and bottom edges of dust jacket. Bound in full orange/peach cloth. Top edge dyed orange/peach. Slight separation along gutter of front pastedown and first endpaper. Inscription of previous owner with date of 1974 on front endpage. White, black, and peach colored illustrations throughout textblock. Shelved case 2. First Edition, Later Printing with ISBN and mention of 'Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.' Date presumed from publication date of Glass Elevator. 1368614. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1961. Solid copy in second issue of the first edition. Red cloth with blindstamp of James in garland on front board. Tips still sharp. Price intact jacket($3.95) is tanned on spine and has fairly long closed tear along edge border wtih front panel. No ISBN number on jacket. It has the four line colophon on last page of book below the ABOUT THE AUTHOR bio which ends "Mr Dahl is a well-known author of short stories for adults but James and the Giant Peach is his first book for children. It also states that author married Patricia Nelal, the actress, and they now have two daughter and an infant son. Other dealers selling this book and stating that it is the second issue of the first edition have photos of this bio which show he has four children - clearly not the second issue. Jacket will soon be protected in mylar and jacket should show much better. There are two small chips at spine ends. . First American Edition. Hardccover. Very Good Minus to Very Good/Very… Read More

This is the First Edition, Second Printing of Roald Dahl's first book for children, published in the US in 1961, six years before his UK edition was published. Second issue indicated by 4line colophon where it states "Bound by the Book Press, New York" in addition, the Library of Congress catalog number is 61-8127, and DJ mentions no other children's books books on right inside flap.Hardback is red cloth with blind stamped pictorial of James surrounded by wreath, with gilt lettering on spine. binding is tight, no marks of flaws to the text, very slight age toning.DJ (as reflected n the price) is in only fair condition, with magic marker scribbles in red on front cover. Otherwise, the DJ has minor chipping on margins, two open tars on top front cover and one closed tear on front right bottom of DJ. $3.95 price has been clipped. n admirable collectible copy of the first children's book and first year of publication. See photos, Mylar protected.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961 Book. Illus. by illustrated by NANCY EKHOLM BURKERT. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Second state with four line colophon, BOUND BY The Book Press, New York. Blind-stamped burnt orange cover with gilt spine title. No ISBN. $3.95 dusk jacket. About 10-1/4 x 7-1/4 with 319 pages plus colophon. Book in nice condition with very light wear. The jacket is lightly foxed with mild wear to the extremities and edges. Hardcover book with jacket. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Early printing of this Dahl classic. Octavo, original cloth, beautifully illustrated, many full-page and in color. Boldly signed by the illustrator, Nancy Ekholm Burkert on the half-title page. Fine in a very good dust jacket. In 1953 Dahl married the actress Patricia Neal; they had three children, to whom he began to tell bedtime stories. James and the Giant Peach, the first of these to reach print, is a comic fantasy about a small boy who travels the world inside a huge peach, in company with several giant insects. Like most of Dahl’s children’s books, it first appeared in print in the United States (Carpenter & Prichard). It was made into the 1996 film produced by Tim Burton and Denise Di Novi, directed by Henry Selick, starring Paul Terry as James. "When Tim Burton approached Roald Dahl's widow about his plan to make a film of James and the Giant Peach, she asked him why he wanted to do it. Burton's answer clinched the deal:… Read More

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… Read More

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 top edge and flap folds. With wonderful illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. This was Roald Dahl's first book for children. Basis for the 1976 BBC TV film starring Simon Bell, Anna Quayle, and Ann Beach, and the 1996 animated film starring Paul Terry, Richard Dreyfuss, Peter Postlethwaite, and Susan Sarandon. A lovely copy of this enduring children's favorite story. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Tall 8vo.