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The Roald Dahl Treasury

by DAHL, Roald (1916-1990), [BLAKE, Quentin, illustrator]

$264 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

London: Jonathan Cape, 1997. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION, first impression, ASSOCIATION COPY from the library of Dahl's agent. Octavo (26 x 21cm), pp.444. Colour illustrations throughout, by Quentin Blake and others. Publisher's red cloth with yellow titles to spine, yellow endpapers. With the pictorial dust-jacket, priced at £19.99. Blake-illustrated Bookplate of Tom Maschler to pastedown. Clean and fresh throughout. An anthology of episodes taken from Dahl's various classic stories. Tom Maschler (1933-2020) was both Roald Dahl's publisher (at Jonathan Cape) and literary agent. Ex-Heywood Hill, Mayfair (book slip inserted).

  • Publisher: London: Jonathan Cape, 1997
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Printing: first
  • Binding: unknown

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