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DAHL**, ROALD: : George's Marvellous Medicine. [ Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.JONATHAN CAPE,1985.

ISBN 00224019015.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,reprint.[Originally and first published,(UK,London), JONATHAN CAPE,in 1981.Reprinted in 1982 and this SIGNED edn,reprinted 1985,so its a 2nd reprint.A scarce title,even more so,author SIGNED.] FINE-/VG+. No owner inscrptn but a neat, handwritten,black ink gift presentation inscrptn: 'Christmas 1988, Love Trisha XXX' to top edges of front free endpaper,AND author's black felt-tip ink handwritten signature - without dedication - to half-title page.Price-clipped dw/dj but with publisher's adhesive price sticker/label (£5.95) in situ beside the clip.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,wrap-around red background with colour pictorial artwork by Quentin Blake,illustrated central panels with white lettering above+below each panel repeated to each cover; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Tiniest sliver of red colour paper loss at head of rear-facing fold/crease of spine/backstrip's gutter,white lettering and publisher's white colphon to foot of same; and some superficial writing indent impressions to front panel of dw/dj,some minor, faint,superficial scoring to rear panel - but all without penetration to boards beneath.There is light pushing to the base and head of the spine with a small bump to the upper corner of the front board.Top edges with minimal sporadic dust-flecking blemishes otherwise still white and bright,fore-edges brighter and cleaner; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean and unblemished, sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain pale blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers - inscrptns excepted.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,author SIGNED,early 2nd reprint,7-96pp [paginated] includes 15 chapters with profuse part,single and double paged b/w line illustrations by Quentin Blake; plus [unpaginated] author's handwritten signature - without dedication - to half-title page, thumbnail b/w line illustrated title page with a dedication to its reverse,contents list/table with a blank verso and a thumbnail b/w line illustration with no text to verso of the last page of the book. Described honestly and fairly,nowhere as affected as it reads or sounds. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable,and even internally,the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it's age and nature, i.e. a child's book.It is virtually only the exterior faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite them,it really is a remarkable copy for its age, cleanliness and brightness. George had a miserable Grandma - a grousing old thing who wouldn't leave him alone.She was selfish and ugly,hated children and sometimes was so frightening that George suspected her of being a witch.'Don't forget my medicine,' she bullied.No,George would not forget Grandma's medicine.He had special plans for her 11 o'clock spoonful - the nasty devilish sort of plan hatched only in a Roald Dahl story.If the medicine George was concocting didn't actually cure Grandma,it would at least produce some interesting results.It contained everything he could find around the house - including shaving cream and a yellow liquid to cure cows with crumpled horns.It was a brew so full of wizardry,with a smell so bewitching,that George found himmself chanting strange words that came into his head out of nowhere.And what it did to Grandma must be seen in Quentin Blake's fabulous pictures to be believed - not to mention what happened in the farmyard. Some children may have thought that the Twits - the ghastly couple in Roald Dahl's last story illustrated by Quentin Blake - were about as horrible as people can get.But then they haven't yet met Grandma. Quentin Blake,born 1932,Sidcup,Kent.Son of a civil servant. Educated at Chiselhurst,Sidcup Grammar School and Cambridge University.Attended life classes at Chelsea College of Art.Tutor in illustration at the Royal College of Art (1965- 78) and Head of the Illustration Dept since 1978.He works in pen and ink and watercolour in a popular and unmistakeable style,capturing essential character and movement with wit and gaiety in a few rapid strokes.He has illustrated many editions of the BBC Jackanory television programme. Please contact seller,becuase of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. 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UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,author SIGNED,reprint.
Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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