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DAHL, Roald.. Rhyme Stew.. London: Jonathan Cape, 1989, 1989.
Price: US$581.15 + shipping
Description: Later impression, inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, "To Francesca, Love Roald Dahl". The book was first published in 1989; this is the fourth reprint. The volume contains 15 comic poems which are based on well-known children's stories. As noted on the dust jacket blurb, "the marvellously dastardly Dahl has joined forces with that bounder Blake to plunder a wealth of nursery heritage for the delight of the older reader in this wonderful addition to the literature of the absurd". Octavo. Original blue boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. With numerous full page and other illustrations within the text by Quentin Blake. Extremities a little bumped, mild browning to free endpapers, slight foxing to edges and to jacket, extremities of jacket a little rubbed, not price-clipped: a very good copy in like jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Roald Dahl. Rhyme Stew - SIGNED BY SIR QUENTIN BLAKE. Jonathan Cape, London, 1989.
Price: US$768.40 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: HARDBACK - A fine book, free of any previous owner names or Inscriptions. Boldly signed by the books illustrator, Sir Quentin Blake to the title page. The dust wrapper is also in fine condition, free of any chips, tears and with no fading to the spine. Correctly priced at £ 7.95net.
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom
Dahl, Roald. Rhyme Stew. Jonathan Cape, London, 1989.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, second printing. Signed by Roald Dahl on the front free end paper in black marker. Fine, with very light wear to spine ends and a small indentation to the rear board. In a Near Fine dust jacket with price intact though front flap slightly tripped along the vertical edge, and light surface indentations. A very bright copy.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Dahl, Roald. Rhyme Stew. Jonathan Cape, 1989.
Price: US$1775.72 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: FIRST UK EDITION. Published by Jonathan Cape in 1989. Original dark blue linson boards lettered gilt to spine, preserved in pictorial dustwrapper; illustrated throughout with drawings in monochrome by Blake; a near fine copy in a similarly bright and clean, unclipped, dustwrapper (£7.95); internally fresh with no previous owners marks. There is a light and short vertical crease to top edge of 4 or 5 leaves towards the end of the book. This near fine copy is signed by Roald Dahl in characteristic bold green felt pen to the front free endpaper and so very rare with these attributes.
Seller: The Plantagenet King ABA / ILAB, Birchington, KENT, United Kingdom
Dahl, Roald. Rhyme Stew. Jonathan Cape, 1989.
Price: US$1937.15 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper. Dark blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A little knocking to corners with often-seen ghosting of the author's signature to front paste-down, near fine otherwise in a near fine dust jacket with some creasing to top edge of upper panel.
Seller: Fine Book Cellar Ltd. ABA ILAB PBFA, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
DAHL, Roald.. Rhyme Stew.. London: Jonathan Cape, 1989, 1989.
Price: US$2582.87 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the front free endpaper. This work contains 15 comic poems based on well-known children's stories. "The marvellously dastardly Dahl has joined forces with that bounder Blake to plunder a wealth of nursery heritage for the delight of the older reader in this wonderful addition to the literature of the absurd" (jacket blurb). Octavo. Original blue boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Illustrated throughout by Quentin Blake. Spine ends bumped, small abrasion on front pastedown from gift label removal (now loosely inserted), contents clean; jacket bright, unclipped: a near-fine copy in like jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
(DAHL, Roald.). Rhyme Stew. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR.. Jonathan Cape, 1989.
Price: US$2841.16 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, first printing, inscribed by the Author on the front free endpaper: "Charles love Roald Dahl". Octavo, Publishers blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, Publishers dust jacket, profusely illustrated throughout by Quentin Blake, two printed postcards promoting the signing of the work at Harrods loosely inserted. Published by Jonathan Cape (London), 1989. A fine example with just a very tiny bump to the bottom of the spine and slight ghosting of the Author's signature to front paste-down. Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.
Seller: GEORGE HANCOCK RARE BOOKS PBFA, BATH, United Kingdom
DAHL, Roald.. Rhyme Stew.. London: Jonathan Cape, 1989, 1989.
Price: US$3228.59 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To Anna Love Roald Dahl 1990". Inscribed copies of this title are not common and this copy is dated in the year of the author's death. As noted on the dust jacket blurb, "the marvellously dastardly Dahl has joined forces with that bounder Blake to plunder a wealth of nursery heritage for the delight of the older reader in this wonderful addition to the literature of the absurd". Octavo. Original blue boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. With numerous full page and illustrations within the text by Quentin Blake. Foot of spine very slightly bumped; a fine copy in the like dust jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "Rhyme Stew" by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. 1989 first UK edition. Signed presentation inscription from the author "Tom love Roald Dahl" to front free endpaper and original pen and ink drawing by Quentin Blake of Tortoise from "The Tortoise and the Hare" racing downhill using his motorised shell signed by the artist below running across the rear endpaper and pastedown, illustrations by Quentin Blake, offsetting of Dahl's inscription onto front pastedown and jacket flap, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, minor chipping to corner tips, closed tear to head of lower fore-edge, light creasing to head, near-fine, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 4to. A wonderful copy of this classic collection of Dahl's rhyme's for children with superb drawing by Blake. Signed first edition copies with also original artwork by Blake are very hard to obtain.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands