Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car

£1,000 · Offered by Goldsboro Books

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a fast-paced children's adventure story, originally written by Ian Fleming - the creator of James Bond - to read to his son, Caspar. It follows the Pott family: Caractacus, Mimsie, Jemima and Jeremy, who just invented an incredible whistling sweet. Their next project? Fixing up their new car - a very, very special car... It takes them on the adventure of a lifetime, over the sea, through the sky and into the clutches of some very villainous gangsters!

• Binding: Hardcover

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