Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$191.21 + shipping
Description: George Allen & Unwin. 1967. First edition, UK. Large 8vo. Illustrated. Original illustrated laminated boards, worn to corners, lacks spine, contents slightly shaken. Pages browned. "This book belongs to" stamp added to front pastedown in a messy way. Pages browned and lightly foxed to margins, first four illustrations coloured in otherwise a clean copy. This book has been used and loved and is priced to reflect this.
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Dahl, Roald. Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1967.
Price: US$388.80 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First UK Edition. 4to, original glazed coloured pictorial boards. Some edge wear to boards, spine and corners. Tear to top of spine. Generally nice and clean inside, occasional marks. Scarce. 127pp illustrated with line drawings by Faith Jaques. Dahl's classic tale of five children who get the opportunity to visit Wonka's chocolate factory.
Seller: Bird's Books, Edinburgh, SCOTL, United Kingdom
Roald Dahl. James and the Giant Peach. George Allen & Unwin, London, 1967.
Price: US$503.53 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed by Dahl on the front flap.This British first edition followed the US edition. Like the Charlie books, George Allen & Unwin published this book in pictorial boards with no dustjackets. The cellophane has gone from around the spine and there is resultant damage. Hence the reduced price. I have collected Dahl books for years (many are signed) and I am now selling them.
Seller: Bounteous, Buckingham, BUCKS, United Kingdom
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First U.K. edition: first impression. Bound in wraparound laminated boards; issued without dust jacket. Faint foxing to the page fore-edges, mild lean, else a near fine copy that is internally clean. No inscriptions. A nice U.K. first edition of this classic children's novel featuring the adventures of four nasty children with Mr. Willy Wonka and his famous candy plant.
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.
DAHL, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. George Allen & Unwin, 1967, 1967.
Price: US$1013.42 + shipping
Description: 1st edition. Hardcover. Very near fine illustrated covers, laminated as issued, tiny grazing at spine ends, the pages clean and tidy, small crease on lower edge of four leaves, very slight spotting to front text block. Illustrated in line throughout by Faith Jaques. Overall, a very nice copy of the first UK impression of Dahl's most famous book, introducing the memorable characters of Charlie Bucket, Veruca Salt, Augustus Gloop, Grandpa Joe, the Oompa-Loompas and, of course, Mr Willy Wonka.
Seller: Shellhouse Books, Quinton, Northants, United Kingdom
DAHL, Roald.. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1967, 1967.
Price: US$1019.80 + shipping
Description: First UK edition, first impression, following the US first edition of 1964. For several years Dahl was unable to achieve publication in the UK. Jeremy Treglown, in his biography of Dahl, notes that when he finally achieved UK publication it was "in a way that both pleased him very much and allowed him to use his commercial cunning". Tessa Dahl's school friend, Camilla Unwin, was the daughter of Rayner Unwin, the publisher. Tessa gave Camilla copies of the US editions of James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and, as noted by Treglown, "a letter from Allen and Unwin was soon on its way to the author". Unwin was unaware that the books had been rejected by most established publishers in the UK and Dahl sent him "a poker-player's reply" asking how Unwin might improve on rivals' terms. Allen and Unwin suggested an old-fashioned arrangement: the publishers would print and market the books but without any advance to the author. Treglown notes "if sales didn't cover the costs of production. Dahl would make nothing. But any profit would be divided equally. and if the books were a success, his share would be bigger than under his other publishing contracts" (Treglown, pp. 177-8). Allen and Unwin printed their first two Dahl titles economically in East Germany which were bound in hardback and issued without a jacket. As a result, they could be sold at twelve shillings and sixpence which was considerably cheaper than most British hardback illustrated children's books at the time. The artist for this edition, Faith Jaques, "was one of the outstanding illustrators responsible for the renaissance of British picture books during the last three decades. Her special gift was an ability to translate the emotional tone of a text into the strong visual atmosphere created by her pen-and-ink drawings" (Tucker). Jeremy Treglown, Roald Dahl, 1994; Nicholas Tucker, "Obituary: Faith Jaques", The Independent, 6 August 1997. Octavo. Original laminated pictorial boards, spine and front cover lettered in black. No dust jacket issued. Numerous illustrations within the text by Faith Jaques. Notably fresh, head and foot of spine slightly chipped, slight cracking to laminate at foot of front joint, minor browning to endpapers; a near-fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
DAHL, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. George Allen & Unwin, 1967.
Price: US$1077.16 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Large 8vo. Original laminated pictorial boards will illustrations by Faith Jacques. A near fine copy. Very clean boards with light wear to extremities. Internally complete with none of the usual childish inscriptions these young reader's books are prone to. One small mark to front endpaper & a couple of tiny spots to rear endpaper. An unusually attractive copy of a book which is often found in very worn condition. Charlie Bucket's amazing adventure starts when he finds one of Mr. Willy Wonka's Golden Tickets allowing him a whole day inside the mysterious chocolate factory.
Seller: Julian Roberts Fine Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
DAHL ROALD. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Allen & Unwin, London, 1967.
Price: US$1115.40 + shipping
Description: (London: George Allen and Unwin 1967). First UK Edition. Publisher's original laminated pictorial boards illustrated by Faith Jacques. Very clean boards with slight surface loss of paper at the left-hand head of the spine; head and foot of spine slightly bumped with the usual small loss of laminate. Overall a tight and clean VG++ copy. No inscriptions. No foxing. Very clean interior. No marks to the end-papers. No spine lean. No repairs. A much nicer copy than normally encountered. Photographs/scans available upon request.
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
Dahl, Roald. Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. London George Allen and Unwin 1967, 1967.
Price: US$1242.88 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing published by George Allen and Unwin in 1967. A very good copy. No inscriptions and internally a remarkably, clean copy. The laminate shows loss to the top of the spine. Some browning to the edges. Wear to the spine tips, including a bump to the spine top. Some wear to the corners. Illustrated by Faith Jacques the original text!
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Roald Dahl. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (signed by Roald Dahl). George Allen & Unwin, 1967.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl. George ALlen & Unwin, London. 1967 first UK edition first printing. With cut-out bookplate signed by Roald Dahl on title page. Book in original illustrated laminated covers as issued with some wear to spine edges. Illustrated by Faith Jaques. One of the best children's books of the 20th century with Dahl's signature. Highly collectible.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Price: US$2230.81 + shipping
Description: A pair of first edition, first printings published by George Allen and Unwin in 1967 and 1973. 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory': First edition, first printing published by George Allen and Unwin in 1967. A very good copy. No inscriptions and internally a remarkably, clean copy. The laminate shows loss to the top of the spine. Some browning to the edges. Wear to the spine tips, including a bump to the spine top. Some wear to the corners. Illustrated by Faith Jacques - the original text! 'Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator': A very good book without inscriptions. No real loss to the laminate. Some rubbing to the corners. A little fading to the spine and a publisher's price sticker to the rear panel. A very nice pair of books now in protective covers.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom