James and the Giant Peach
by Dahl, Roald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket (as Issued)
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1967. 110pp, [2], original laminated boards. Laminate very slightly lifting to spine / upper cover, but no other cracking or lifting, very minor rubbing to extremities. A few light spots of foxing internally, but generally bright and clean and nicer than is usually found.. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/No Jacket (as Issued). Illus. by Simeon, Michel. 4to.
Reviews
On Mar 13 2016, Peterfryer said:
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
- Temple Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000668
- Title
- James and the Giant Peach
- Author
- Dahl, Roald
- Illustrator
- Simeon, Michel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (as Issued)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Allen and Unwin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Noisbn, Dahl
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens and Illustrated;
- Size
- 4to
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Temple Rare Books
Biblio member since 2012
Oxford, Oxfordshire
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.