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Dahl, Roald. The Witches (signed). Jonathan Cape, 1983.
Price: US$1266.01 + shipping
Description: Signed by Author. ~~Signed with dedication by Roald Dahl~~VG/VG 2nd print 1st ed 1983 Cape hardback, unclipped DJ with correct price of £6.50, illustrated by Quentin Blake. A little rubbing wear and pushing to spine ends, gentle page tan, tight and unmarked. Very scarce. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fiction; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0224021656. ISBN/EAN: 9780224021654. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 089030.
Seller: 84 Charing Cross Road Books, IOBA, Cambridge, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Dahl, Roald. The Witches. Jonathan Cape, London, 1983.
Price: US$1400.00 + shipping
Description: Inscribed copy of Dahl's classic tale of real witches, published by Cape, London. 8vo, 206, [2]pp. Illustrations by Quentin Blake. Inscribed by Dahl to the former owner with love on the ffep. A near fine copy in publisher's turquoise paper over boards with silver spine lettering. Page block a bit toned, some offset from Dahl's signing marker to half title, else clean. Jacket with slight wear at upper corner. A sharp copy
Seller: Peruse the Stacks, Gig Harbor, WA, U.S.A.
Roald Dahl. The Witches - A PROOF COPY - INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Jonathan Cape, London, 1983.
Price: US$7403.92 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY - A very good or better book, bound by the publisher's in red paper covers. The paper covers are clean with no signs of fading or creasing to the corners. There are a couple of faint indentations to the boards, else a clean and fresh example. Inscribed by the author to the first page. The inscription reads CHRIS LOVE / ROALD DAHL / 6/10/85. The text blocks show signs of foxing, but the inner text is clean with no signs of foxing, but with a small mark present next to the author inscription. Free of any previous owner names or inscriptions. Illustrated throughout by Sir Quentin Blake. A scarce book, made more so inscribed by the author.
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom
Dahl, Roald; Illustrated by Quentin Blake. The Witches.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1983.
Price: US$8200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Dahlâs Whitbread Award-winning childrenâs novel, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Roald Dahl on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Dahl's The Witches centers on the experiences of a young British boy and his Norwegian grandmother in a world where child-hating societies of witches secretly exist in every country. "Don't be fooled by those witches with their black hats, black cloaks and broomsticks, though, those are not REAL WITCHES. Real witches are exceedingly difficult to spot in the wild and dress in ordinary clothes, looking very much like ordinary people." Dahl's vital indicators for spotting a real witch include facts like they always wear gloves, they have no toes, are bald as boiled eggs and they have blue spit. âDahl seems to have made an art form of the rediscovery that children tend to warm to the sorts of horror that make lesser mortals (adults) squirm with displeasure⦠He is undeniably specialâ (Connolly, 104).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$13500.00 + shipping
Description: "DAHL, Roald. The Witches. London: Jonathan Cape, (1983). Octavo, original blue-green cloth, original dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $13,500.First edition, presentation copy, of Dahl's Whitbread Award-winning children's novel, with in-text illustrations by Quentin Blake, warmly inscribed in the year of publication across the entire front endpaper to a close friend of Dahl's son, Theo, and a frequent visitor to Dahl's writing hut during the writing of Boy: "To Justin with love, Roald Dahl. Oct. 28th 1983."Roald Dahl knows every bit as well as Bruno Bettelheim that children love the macabre, the terrifying, the mythic. In his latest book, The Witches, a 7-year-old orphan boy, cared for by his Norwegian grandmother, discovers the true nature of witches and then has the misfortune to be transformed into a mouse by the Grand High Witch of All the World It is a curious sort of tale but an honest one, which deals with matters of crucial importance to children: smallness, the existence of evil in the world, mourning, separation, death The Witches is finally a love story the story of a little boy who loves his grandmother so utterly (and she him) that they are looking forward to spending their last few years exterminating the witches of the world together" (Erica Jong, New York Times). "Dahl seems to have made an art form of the rediscovery that children tend to warm to the sorts of horror that make lesser mortals (adults) squirm with displeasure He is undeniably special" (Connolly, 104). The recipient of this copy was a close friend of Theo Dahl, the author's third child and only son. The owner spent considerable time at the Dahl house in Great Missenden and even managed to secure an after-school job at Dahl and Son Antiques on the High Street, run by Theo and Roald Dahl's sister, Alf. He also frequently accompanied his stepfather, the Dahls' handyman, on jobs at the Dahl's home. During the construction of a bungalow on the property, the recipient found his way into Roald Dahl's writing hut, where he played on the floor and discussed boarding school. Dahl began writing Boy during this period. In a recent statement, the recipient recalled meeting Quentin Blake outside the hut as Dahl was completing Boy and said that Blake sketched him in ten minutes, using him as the model for the cover. This is one of five books Dahl specially inscribed to the recipient.A fine inscribed copy with an outstanding provenance."
Seller: Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.