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Dahl, Roald. The Magic Finger. George Allen and Unwin, 1968.
Price: US$70.58 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 'The Magic Finger' by Roald Dahl. George Allen and Unwin 1968 first edition. Some tanning to covers with edge rubbing, spine slightly split. G. No dust jacket as issued.
Seller: D & M Books, PBFA, Mirfield, United Kingdom
DAHL, ROALD.. THE MAGIC FINGER.. London George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1968.
Price: US$121.91 + shipping
Description: FIRST U.K. EDITION 1968, small 4to, 230 x 190 mm, 9 x 7¼ inches, colour illustrated cream boards, blue and black pictorial endpapers, 41 pages. Illustrated throughout in black and white by William Pene du Bois. Spine firm and not worn, small light pink smear on upper board, about 20 x 3 mm (¾" x 1/8") maximum, affecting background only (see image), a couple of other very minor marks. 2 margins very slightly spotted, occasional signs of page turning to lower margins, no inscriptions. VG+ (no dustwrapper as issued). This is the first U.K. printing, this title was first published in the U.S.A. in 1966. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Seller: Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Description: First Impression. Octavo (23.25cm); original pictorial boards; decorative endpapers; [vi],40,[2]pp; illus. Faint vertical crease and a slight upward curl toward right edge of front cover, brief gift inscription to upper margin of title page, with some faint foxing and dust-soil to covers; contents clean; Very Good and sound, without dustjacket, as issued. Dahl's fourth children's book.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Dahl, Roald. The Magic Finger. George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1968.
Price: US$207.89 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 40pp. A super first edition copy of this classic childrens book by Roald Dahl. Colour pictorial hardboards and numerous b/w drawn illustrations throughout support the text. No inscriptions. Slight bumps to the head and tail of the spine and to the front edge of the front board. A little finger soiling to the margin of page 4, not affecting the text. Occasional slight thumbing. No wrapper. The book is very well preserved, being fresh and tight - especially so being a childrens book. A very good copy.
Seller: Trumpington Fine Books Limited, Gilmilnscroft, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dahl, Roald. Magic Finger. George Allen and Unwin Ltd., London, 1968.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Clean, tight, square and bright first British edition, bound incream boards with black title on spine and cover, and color illustration on front. Decorative black and blue endpapers. Faint discoloration to spine, and lightly soiled covers, else fine. Will send scan on request. An eight-year-old girl uses her magic finger to turn her badly behaved neighbors into bird-people. This fantasy is mirrored to perfection in the delightful B&W illustrations by Du Bois. 41 pages. Click on BOOKSTORES to view our selection of used, new, and some remainder-marked children's and young adult titles.
Seller: AFTER WORDS OF ANN ARBOR, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Dahl, Roald. The Magic Finger. George Allen and Unwin, London, 1968.
Price: US$320.82 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First UK edition. This is a near fine copy. Issued without a jacket. The boards are in clean condition with very few marks on the front and back boards. A better copy than is usually found. The pages are also clean and without marks, foxing or ink. A near fine copy. First published in the US two years earlier, it is a childrens story about a girl that whereever she points something happens. Illustrated by William Pene Du Bois. A rare copy in this condition.
Seller: The Plantagenet King ABA / ILAB, Birchington, KENT, United Kingdom
DAHL, Roald.. The Magic Finger.. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1968, 1968.
Price: US$320.82 + shipping
Description: First UK edition, first impression. The story was first published in the US in 1966. Dahl originally began work on The Magic Finger in 1962, under the original title of The Almost Ducks. In the story, an eight-year-old girl, who hates to see animals killed for fun, develops a special power, similar to that of Matilda. The book was part of a project in which a group of writers was asked to create a story for children using a limited vocabulary. Dahl, who was very much opposed to animal cruelty, wrote this anti-hunting story against "all the brave deer hunters and duck hunters in the country". However, Macmillan, who had originally commissioned the story, refused it. Then Knopf, Dahl's regular US publishers, also turned it down. Both, it has been suggested, were wary of repercussions from the US gun lobby. Harper & Row was a new publishing firm for Dahl and they responded with an attractively produced book. The UK edition uses the same setting of text as the US edition. Octavo. Original pictorial boards, spine and boards lettered in black, blue pictorial endpapers. No dust jacket issued. Illustrated by William Pène du Bois. Light soiling to covers, spine a little toned, occasional light foxing and occasional marks to a few leaves: a very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Dahl, Roald. THE MAGIC FINGER .. George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London, 1968.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Square octavo, illustrations by William Pène du Bois, pictorial boards. First British edition. Dahl's third children's book. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. A very nice copy; scarce thus. (#161771)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Roald Dahl. The Magic Finger. George Allen and Unwin LTD, London, 1968.
Price: US$365.73 + shipping
Description: The first UK edition of Roald Dahl's charming children's novel, about an eight-year-old girl with special powers. The first UK edition of this work, which was first published two years prior by Harper & Row in New York.In the publisher's original pictorial paper covered boards.Illustrated throughout by American writer and illustrator William Pène du Bois.'The Magic Finger' is a charming and gripping children's fantasy, in which a young girl has the ability to shoot a beam of electrical energy at anyone who has angered her. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Externally, very smart, with light shelf wear to spine tail. Internally, firmly bound. Small ink inscription to title page head. Pages clean and bright, with only the odd light handling mark. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$544.50 + shipping
Description: First UK edition, small 4to, illustrations by William Pène du Bois, very small dent to upper joint, but overall a fine copy, uncommon in such condition. A near fine copy of Roald Dahl's third children's book The Magic Finger.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom