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Matilda.

by DAHL, Roald.

$5,689 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

London: Jonathan Cape,, 1988. Wonderful onlaid binding First edition. Matilda won the Children's Book Award in 1989. It formed the basis for both the 1996 film directed by Danny DeVito and the successful stage musical which premiered at the RSC's Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in November 2010. Octavo (202 x 147 mm). Illustrations. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in yellow morocco, titles to spine and front board onlaid in red and blocked in black, pictorial onlay wrapped around front and back board copied from dust jacket, twin rule to turn-ins in black, plain black endpapers, gilt edges. A fine copy.

  • Year: 1988
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Binding: unknown

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