James and the Giant Peach
by Dahl, Roald
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Minus to Very Good/Very Good Minus
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
James and the Giant Peach is a popular children's novel written in 1961 by British author Roald Dahl. The novel features an English orphan boy named James Henry Trotter cared for by his two abusive aunts. James finds a tunnel in a gigantic peach and enters into a magical world where he befriends seven bugs. He proceeds to embark on a wild adventure with his insect friends, getting into trouble and saving them from sticky situations. The book has frequently become the target of censorship due to its infrequent gruesome and potentially horrifying content. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1996.
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This is a First printing of the trade edition bound in green and black cloth with gold lettering on spine. Not an ex-library Edition or the school edition which can be identified by the red binding.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018170
- Title
- James and the Giant Peach
- Author
- Dahl, Roald
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus to Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Childrens Books;
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- First Edition
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- Colophon
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...