Matilda
by Roald Dahl
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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About This Item
DAHL, Roald. Matilda. Illustrations by Quentin Blake. London: Jonathan Cape [1988]. 8vo, 240pp. Red cloth with spine stamped in gold foil. Half-tone illustrations throughout. Spine ends a tad rubbed, else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (slight crease and slightest soiling at flap folds). With bookplates signed by the author, Roald Dahl, and the artist, Quentin Blake, laid in.
First edition. Dahl's beloved tale of Matilda Wormwood, the precocious and magical child who uses her powers to free herself from her distracted parents and the tyrannical Miss Trunchbull. The basis for the 1996 feature film starring Mara Wilson and Danny DeVito, as well as the 2010 West End and 2013 Broadway musicals, which was made into the 2022 film starring Emma Thompson.
Synopsis
Roald Dahl does it again with his tale of little Matilda . Matilda is a genius. She knows that, and so does her teacher Miss Honey, but every other adult in her life is short-sighted and mean. Can this odd, lovable little girl manage to find a better family to live with? Prijs van de Nederlandse Kinderjury (1989) , Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards for Read Aloud (1990), Younger Readers (1997) (1990) , Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (1991) , Blue Peter Book Award for Voter's Award - Book that Made Me Laugh the Loudest (2000) , Red House Children's Book Award (1989) ...more Red House Children's Book Award (1989) , Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award for Book Award (1991) , Massachusetts Children's Book Award (1992) , Nevada Young Readers' Award for Intermediate Category (1992) , Beehive Awards for Children's Fiction (1991) , Virginia Readers' Choice for Elementary (1990) , Indian Paintbrush Book Award (1991)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books of Wonder (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1112001
- Title
- Matilda
- Author
- Roald Dahl
- Illustrator
- Quentin Blake
- Format/Binding
- Red cloth with spine stamped in gold foil
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Pages
- 240pp.
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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