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New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 201pp, 1983. First American edition, 3rd printing. Hardcover in a very good dustjacket. No marks or tears.

0 7th imp. published by Jonathan Cape, London 1983. Toning to pages. No marks or inscriptions. DJ has minimal wear

London: Jonathan Cape, 2012. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing. Hardback book is tight clean and square. Boards clean, and sharp. Title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with light toning to edges. The pages are crisp and unblemished. Feels very lightly read. Light bumps to foot of spine. Near fine condition. Jacket grades near fine, some minor crimping to edges. 4mm tear to foot of spine, otherwise clean and unmarked. For grading accuracy books are photographed without a protective book cover. This book is fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A near fine copy of this Roald Dahl omnibus title, contains the fabulous stories George's Marvellous Medicine, Matilda and The Witches

London: Jonathan Cape, 1983. Clean dark turquoise cloth on boards with gilt titles. Edges: dark yellowed, moderate foxings. Half-title page and refp with vertical dj shadowing. Clean contents. Illustrated. Binding is As New. 208p Dj: faint dusting of a little soiling and rubbings. Spine: mildly sunned; head & foot with thin wear and chips. Not price-clipped.. First Edition. HB. VG/VG. Illus. by Quentin Blake.

LONDON: JONATHAN CAPE. Ex-library book. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Clear plastic cover over DJ. DJ edges taped to pastedowns. NB: book has probably received mild water damage at some point, leaving moderate staining on the DJ. Residue of issuing form on front free endpaper. Damage to edges of pre-title pages, near central binding(no affect on text). Tanned pages. Clean pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions . Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1983.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. DJ rubbed with some edge wear and closed tears, not price-clipped, interior clean, binding tight, First American Edition.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). Collectible - Good. NY: Farrar Straus and Cudahy 1983. Stated 1st American edition. Hardcover 8vo 202 pgs. B/w illustrations. Near very good in a good dust jacket. Bump and tear to top corner of front cover. Spine ends lightly bumped. Owner's ink gift inscription at top corner of half title pg. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket edgeworn and has a slight waterstain at top edge of front panel. Price clipped. (Witches, Juvenile Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.

Folio Society,, 2022. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous illustrations throughout; pictorial cloth, backstrips lettered in colours, metallic endpapers, ribbon markers, a near fine copy in publisher's printed board slip-case.

London: Cape, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (London: Jonathan Cape 1983). First UK Edition, first impression; 8vo; illustrations by Quentin Blake. Publisher's blue boards, titles to spine in gilt. With the Quentin Blake designed dustwrapper. Some foxing/browning to the top end fore-edges; base of spine bumped and bruised with little bit of surface loss. About VG. The dustwrapper (priced £6.50 net to the inside flap) is also about VG and is faded to the spine with a small chip at the bottom left hand corner of the spine with a tiny nick in the dustwrapper. Winner of the Whitbread Award for Children's Novel in 1983. The basis for the 2020 dark fantasy comedy horror film "Roald Dahl The Witches" co-produced and directed by Robert Zemeckis, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Kenya Barris and Guillermo del Toro starring Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, and Kristin Chenoweth. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1983. First printing. Fine in a near fine jacket.. First edition of Dahl's now-classic story of a young boy and his grandmother's dealings with a gathering of fearsome witches. Twice adapted into film, Dahl's titular antagonists have become fixtures in the canon of children's story villains. Distinct in their ability to pass as ordinary women, but bald, toeless, and clawed underneath their impeccable disguises, the Witches appear here in their first and arguably most memorable visual iteration: Blake's iconic illustrations. One of the BBC's "100 most influential novels." 9.25'' x 6.25''. Original teal paper boards, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped (£6.50) color pictorial jacket. Illustrated throughout in black and white. 208 pages. Jacket with light of wear to top edge, touch of rubbing to folds. Book with faint toning to leaves. Sharp.

London: Folio Society, 2021. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. All books are 1st Printings. Unaltered text. Brand new copies in slipcase.

Folio Society,, 2021-2022. 6 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous illustrations throughout; pictorial cloth, backstrips lettered in colours, metallic endpapers, ribbon markers, a near fine copy in publisher's printed board slip-cases.

Jonathan Cape. 8vo., aquamarine publisher's boards, lettered in gilt along the spine; in the unclipped pictorial dust jacket designed by Quentin Blake (£6.50 net); pp. [vi], 7-206, [ii]; illustrated throughout with line drawings by Quentin Blake; a near-fine copy of this classic children's work, the pages ever-so-slightly toned, with spine tips a touch pressed; jacket, aside from some minor creases and a couple of spots to the rear flap, also near-fine. First edition. The Witches, one of Dahl's best-selling books, tells the frightening story of a world in which Witches abound, occasionally gathering under the leadership of the Grand High Witch, who plots to turn all unsuspecting children into mice. Although now perceived to be one of his greats, the book received mixed reviews upon publication, but its popularity has remained and it has been adapted for film twice - once in 1990 and another in 2020, with Anne Hathaway in the lead role. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1983. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Illustrations by Quentin Blake. Small octavo. Red wrappers printed in black. Covers are lightly rubbed at extremities, a near fine copy. Winner of the 1983 Whitbread Prize for Children's Book of the Year. Filmed by Jim Henson featuring Anjelica Huston and Rowan Atkinson.

Very scarce, important, First American Edition, Limited Edition number 144 of 300 signed by both Roald Dahl and illustrator Quentin Blake. Sky blue boards without flaws. Red foil title stamping on spine, red foil mouse on cover. The spine on the top edge is barely cocked (see photo). Sunshine yellow original slipcase with 1" slight soiling (black scuff). Foot of slipcase has a tiny wear spot. Otherwise fine. Black and white illustrations throughout. Octavo. No dustjacket as issued. Winner of the Whitbread Book Award (1983). One of the most frequently challenged books on the ALA banned books list. The book was adapted into an unabridged audio reading by Lynn Redgrave, a stage play and a two part radio dramatization for the BBC, a 1990 film directed by Nicolas Roeg which starred Angelica Huston and Rowan Atkinson, a 2008 opera by Marcus Paus and Ole Paus, and a 2020 film directed by Robert Zemeckis.FIND ANOTHER ONE!

New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1983. Beautifully signed by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake at limitation page: "This edition of The Wtiches, signed by the author and the illustrato, is limited to three hundred copies, of which this is copy number '177'. 'Roald Dahl,' 'Quentin Blake.'" Stated First American Edition, 1983, at copyright. Brilliant blue cloth boards, stylized red metallic spine titles, slight shelf wear. Red metallic vignette of mouse about to feast on beans. Pages very good; no writing. Last couple with slight 1/2" blue bleed from bottom; also fairly faint bleed near gutter of lower exterior text block. Fine matte blue endpapers at front and back. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Beautiful original yellow slipcase, slight shelf wear; light blue bleed to interior. Dedication page To Liccy. Sharp near fine limited edition. The Witches was the 1983 winner of the Whitbread Award for Children's Books. Left an orphan at age 7, the hero… Read More

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1983. Signed Limited First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Blake, Quentin. First American edition. Number 24 of a limited 300 copies signed by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake. Bound in original blue cloth boards stamped in metallic red. Near Fine or better with lightly bumped corner in a Near Fine original yellow slipcase with light soiling, small area of abrasion near center of opening on one panel and bumped corner. A very lovely copy.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1983. Signed Limited First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Blake, Quentin. First American edition. Number 174 of a limited 300 copies signed by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake. Bound in original blue cloth boards stamped in metallic red. Fine in a Near Fine lightly soiled slipcase. A fantastic copy.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983. limited. hardcover. fine. SIGNED limited edition. First US edition. Signed by author and illustrator. 1/300 copies. Comes in publisher's yellow slipcase. Book and slipcase in fine condition. Both housed in supplied slipcase.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, 1983. This is not a fairy tale. This is about Real Witches First US edition, signed limited issue, number 179 of 300 copies signed by the author and the illustrator. The Witches was the second of only two Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake signed limited editions published exclusively in the US. Octavo. Original blue cloth boards, spine lettered in red, front cover with pictorial design in red, blue endpapers. No jacket as issued. In the publisher's slipcase. Illustrated throughout by Quentin Blake. Minor finger-soiling to slipcase: a fine copy in a near-fine slipcase.