Editore: Puffin, 1988
ISBN 10: 0140328718 ISBN 13: 9780140328714
Da: More Than Words, Waltham, MA, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. . . All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Your purchase supports More Than Words, a nonprofi t job training program for youth, empowering youth to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business.
Editore: Viking Books for Young Readers, 2000
ISBN 10: 0140374248 ISBN 13: 9780140374247
Da: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condizione: good. Smith, Lane (illustratore). May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.
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Editore: Seedlings, Braille Books for Children, 1994
ISBN 10: 0553151134 ISBN 13: 9780553151138
Da: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.45.
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Editore: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1996
ISBN 10: 0679880909 ISBN 13: 9780679880905
Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Lane Smith (illustratore). The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Editore: Turtleback Books, 1996
ISBN 10: 0613825160 ISBN 13: 9780613825160
Da: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Condizione: Good. Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers. 0.5.
Editore: Knopf
Da: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.9.
Condizione: Acceptable. 1961 printing w/ red boards. There is either a name, note, or inscription on the inside cover. There is some crinkling to some of the pages possibly from water. The cover has visible markings and wear. There are stains or residue on the cover. The dust jacket is missing. This is a hardcover copy. There is staining on the text block edges. The book is slightly cocked. Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!.
Da: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: very good. Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Editore: Bt Bound, 1999
ISBN 10: 0881033324 ISBN 13: 9780881033328
Da: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Library Binding. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.4.
Da: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condizione: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Editore: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1961
ISBN 10: 0394812824 ISBN 13: 9780394812823
Da: Books Again, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: Very good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. Later printing. Hardcover. Remainder stamp on the front endpaper, top front corner is bumped, still a very good plus copy with solid binding and clean contents in a bright very good dust jacket which is now protected in an archival cover.
Editore: NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961, 1961
Da: WellRead Books A.B.A.A., Northport, NY, U.S.A.
Early Printing with 4 line colophon with Bound by Bookpress; small 4to.; embossed cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine, hardcover; 119 pages; black and white and color illustrations; some internal foxing and foxing on the boards else good in a price-clipped, sunned and edgeworn dust jacket.
unknown_binding. Condizione: Acceptable. Withdrawn library book, Cover shows heavy wear. Book pages are in good condition. Could have usual library markings.
Editore: George Allen & Unwin 1978, 1978
Da: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Nuova Zelanda
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Prima edizione
FIRST EDITION, SIXTH IMP., super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 111pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & bruising to extrems- esp. at spine, moderate chafing & light peeling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor foxing to prelims & terminals).
Editore: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1961
Da: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: SNEAB
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Second state of the first edition, 1961, with the four line colophon and no ISBN on either book or dustjacket. Very good in fair dustjacket. Illustrated throughout in black and white plus peach. Vivid peach colored cloth, green endpapers, 119 pages plus colophon, illustrated dustjacket. The book has some minor uneven fading to the covers and very light edgewear, good hinges, firm text block, very clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [3.95] and has considerable scuffing ans spotting, very minor chipping to the extremities, tiny closed tear to top edge of front panel. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Editore: Knopf, New York, 1961
Da: B-Line Books, Amherst, NS, Canada
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert (illustratore). First Edition. Tight clean book in uniformly red (or burnt-orange) boards with blindstamp decoration to front and bright gilt titles to spine; unmarked but for name and place/date to copyright page. 4 line colophon indicating second issue. In price-clipped dust jacket, rubbed with various edgewear from 2 one inch tears to 2 cm deep chip rear top edge, and touches of corner wear. ; 120 pages.
Editore: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN, LONDON, 1967
Da: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST IMPRESSION. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL DECORATED BOARDS, NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS, NO DUST JACKET AS ISSUED. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 10 x 7 INCHES. SOME WEAR & TEARS AT THE TOP EDGES OF SPINE WHICH IS MOSTLY TO FRONT, THE USUAL LOSS TO SOME OF THE ORIGINAL LAMINATE COVERING AROUND THE SPINE & INNER EDGES OF FRONT & REAR BOARDS [SEE IMAGE] RUBBING TO FRONT EDGE OF SPINE, OCCASIONAL MARKS OR LIGHT FOXING TO PAGES, NAME TO FRONT ENDPAPER, OCCASIONAL MINOR WRINKLES TO PAGES. OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BOOK HAS A CLEAR REMOVABLE COVER THAT DOES SHOW SOME REFLECTIONS IN IMAGES. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS.
Editore: London, George Allen & Unwin 1967., 1967
Da: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia
Prima edizione
110pp. Small 4to. Original pictorial, papered boards, slight wear to backstrip. Black and white illustrations. Booksellers sticker on ffe. A very good, bright copy. First UK edition.
Editore: ALFRED A KNOPF, NY, 1961
Da: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
HB ORANGE. Condizione: very good. JACKET: GOOD. BURKERT, NANCY EKHOLM (illustratore). General shelf wear, gold gilt lettering on spine, blind stamped illustration on the front board, green end pages, some illustrations are grey tone and some have one or more colors. Last page of text "About the Author" are four lines of publishing info including "The Book Press." PO name on FEP, very good binding. DJ NOT price clipped ($3.95), a few closed tears on edges, chipped in a few places, rubbed extremities, rear of cover has 394-81282-4 at bottom right corner, worn at head and foot of spine, rear flap specifically states about Dahl "his first book for children." CR page also states "L.C. Catalog card number 61-8127" A SCARCE high grade copy of this 1961 first year American Publication. DATE PUBLISHED: 1961 EDITION: 119.
Editore: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1961
Da: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition, Second Isssue, with Bound by The Book Press, New York at colophon page. Fine in bright red cloth, in Near Fine dust jacket, small spot of soil front cover, price on jacket flap of $3.95 inked out with inked price of $3.29, a few small edge tears and chips, mainly at top edge and flap folds. With wonderful illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. This was Roald Dahl's first book for children. Basis for the 1976 BBC TV film starring Simon Bell, Anna Quayle, and Ann Beach, and the 1996 animated film starring Paul Terry, Richard Dreyfuss, Peter Postlethwaite, and Susan Sarandon. A lovely copy of this enduring children's favorite story. Size: Tall 8vo. Book.
Editore: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1961
Da: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: ABAA
Second State, with four-line colophon reading "Bound by The Book Press, New York." Octavo (26cm); orange cloth, titled in gilt on spine, with pictorial elements embossed onto front cover, and no ISBN present on rear cover; dustjacket; [viii],118,[2]pp; illus. Hint of sunning to spine, faint trace of foxing to text edges, else a bright, Near Fine copy. In the first state dustjacket, price-clipped, with no ISBN number on rear panel, and only Someone Like You and Kiss, Kiss listed beneath the "About the Author" paragraph on the rear flap; gently spine-sunned, lightly edgeworn, with a few tiny nicks and tears, and some faint, scattered foxing to upper front panel; Very Good+ or better. A pleasing copy of Dahl's beloved children's book, following the travels of a young orphan boy in a giant peach, with a group of magically-altered garden insects. Basis for the 1996 Walt Disney film directed by Henry Selick.
Editore: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961
Da: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Membro dell'associazione: IOBA
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Nancy Ekholm Burkert (illustratore). 1st Edition. First Edition, Second Issue, with Bound by The Book Press, New York at colophon page.Bright red cloth,Very Good unclipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear, chips, large chip to base of spine. Price on jacket flap of $3.95.
Editore: London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1967, 1967
Da: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
First UK edition, first impression. Dahl's first novel for children was originally published in the US by Alfred A. Knopf in 1961. Described as "rude, naughty, anti-adult, creepy, and sometimes cruel" (ODNB), it was adapted into a film of the same name in 1996, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Musical. An early advert for the US edition appeared in the New York Times on 26 October 1961: "one is tempted to say that not since Alice has there been such a wonderland. The difference is that James is all boy and what transpires in the story is anything but Victorian". The New York Times, 26 October 1961. Octavo. Original pictorial laminated boards, spine and front cover lettered in black. No dust jacket issued. Black and white illustrations throughout by Michel Simeon. Head of spine and top left corner of front cover chipped, some lifting to laminate as usual, minor foxing to endpapers: a very good copy.
Editore: London: George Allen and Unwin Limited, 1967, 1967
Da: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
[Children's classic] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.112. Publisher's glazed pictorial boards, illustrated throughout the text with black and white line drawings. Contents clean without spotting, no inscriptions. Notoriously fragile covers are in very good condition, showing minor wear to spine ends, some laminate shrink as usual, and a little wrinkling to lower edge. A presentable example. Basis for the Oscar-nominated 1996 family feature film [Best Original Musical]. Listed in BBC's Big Read (200 Best Novels) [2003].
Editore: Knopf,, NY:, 1961
Da: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert (illustratore). The author's first book for children. Made into the 1996 film. First American edition (not stated), which precedes the British edition by six years, first issue (five line colophon, bound by H. Wolff). Measures 7.5" x 10.25", bound in red cloth with gilt lettering along the spine, green endpapers, top edge yellow. Previous owner's name and date (1961) on front paste-down, else near fine in a very good (several small chips including some along the spine), price clipped dust jacket with no ISBN on the rear panel. ; 120 pages.
Editore: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1961
Da: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. First Edition. First edition, first printing with five line colophon with "Bound by H. Wolff, New York." [viii], 119, [1] pp. Publisher's red cloth with gilt spine lettering, yellow topstain. A Fine copy in correct dust jacket with publisher's price of $3.95 intact and no ISBN on the rear panel, easily Very Good+ with chipped head and tail, faint crease and a few small stains to spine panel, two small pieces of tape reinforcement to verso. The author's first book for children. This edition preceded the better-known British edition by a full six years, and features color illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, different from that edition, as well as a subtitle that was later dropped.
Editore: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961, 1961
Da: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
First edition, first printing, with the five-line colophon. The publisher wrote to Dahl on 5 July 1960 stating, "If this doesn't become a little classic, I can only say that I think you will not have been dealt with justly" (Treglown, p. 124). An early advert for the book noted "one is tempted to say that not since Alice has there been such a wonderland. The difference is that James is all boy and what transpires in the story is anything but Victorian". Described as "rude, naughty, anti-adult, creepy, and sometimes cruel" (ODNB), James and the Giant Peach was adapted into a film of the same name in 1996, which was nominated for the Academy Award for "Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score" the following year. There have been numerous stage adaptations and one musical version. The New York Times, 26 October 1961; Jeremy Treglown, Roald Dahl: A Biography, 1994. Quarto. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, design to front cover in blind, top edge yellow, green endpapers. With pictorial dust jacket. Colour frontispiece, 4 colour plates, tinted plate, 19 illustrations to text, of which 10 are tinted, all by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. Head and foot of spine very slightly bumped; hint of toning to edges of price-clipped jacket: near-fine in like jacket.
Editore: London Cape, George Allen and Unwin, Century
Da: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, Regno Unito
Prima edizione
A set of the first edition, first printings of Roald Dahl's seventeen novels for children. Published between 1943 to 1991 by numerous publishers including George Allen and Unwin and Cape and comprising: The Gremlins, James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Magic Finger, Fantastic Mr Fox, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, Danny The Champion of the World, The Enormous Crocodile, The Twits, George's Marvellous Medicine, The BFG, The Witches, The Giraffe, The Pelly and Me, Matilda, Esio Trot, The Vicar of Nibbleswicke and The Minpins. All books are in very good condition. The Gremlins without dust wrapper as issued. Some light edgewear to the dust wrappers, some neatly clipped but overall a very good set indeed and rarely sold as a set. Please do email for further details and photos of this superb collection.
Editore: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961, 1961
Da: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Regno Unito
Prima edizione Copia autografata
First edition, first printing, with the five-line colophon, signed by the author on the front free endpaper. An early advert for the book stated "one is tempted to say that not since Alice has there been such a wonderland. The difference is that James is all boy and what transpires in the story is anything but Victorian". The publisher wrote to Dahl on 5 July 1960 stating "If this doesn't become a little classic, I can only say that I think you will not have been dealt with justly" (Treglown, p. 124). Described as "rude, naughty, anti-adult, creepy, and sometimes cruel" (ODNB), James and the Giant Peach was adapted into a film of the same name in 1996, which was nominated for the Academy Award for "Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score" the following year. There have been numerous stage adaptations and one musical version of the book. The New York Times, 26 October 1961. Quarto. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, design to front cover in blind, top edge yellow, green endpapers. With pictorial dust jacket. Housed in a custom red morocco-backed folding box by the Chelsea Bindery. Colour frontispiece, 4 colour plates, 1 tinted plate, 19 illustrations to text, of which 10 are tinted, all by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. Worn at lower corners; jacket slightly toned, extremities a little rubbed, small nick to foot of spine, unclipped: a near-fine copy in a very good jacket.