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The BFG

by Dahl, Roald

$275 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · In dust jacket

New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux (1982), 1982. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Near Fine. Quentin Blake. 8vo. [6], vii-ix, [3], 3-219, [3] pp. Light blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine and a gold decoration on the front board. Green endpapers and pastedowns. Jacket art and several full-page and in-text drawings done by Quentin Blake. Dahl's tale of Sophie and her friend the BFG (the Big Friendly Giant), and how they fight against giants who wish to eat children. The boards slightly bowed, a brief gift inscription on the free front endpaper; jacket is price-clipped with a hint of edge wear.

  • Publisher: Farrar, Straus, Giroux (1982)
  • Year: 1982
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Binding: hardcover

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