DAHL, Roald.

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The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me. First edition, signed by the author on the title page in black ink. Dahl and Blake achieved considerable success with The Enormous Crocodile in 1978, and this, another picture book for young children, was a worthy successor.This copy was originally bought from a bookshop in Chesham shortly after publication. Chesham is approximately five miles from Dahl's home town of Great Missenden, and it appears that at least one local bookshop offered signed copies for sale.When Dahl delivered the typescript to his English publisher, Tom Maschler responded with a note stating "Vintage Dahl. And with new aspects as well. What more could one ask?" (Treglown, p. 252). A review in the Times Literary Supplement noted "there are better things than this in children's literature but this will fill that space where the ego and the libido run riot, where the only relationship is the camaraderie between fellow gluttons".

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