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DAHL**, ROALD: : BOY - Tales of Childhood

LONDON.CAPE,1984.

ISBN 0224029851.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around white background with a superimposed,brown single-line bordered cream+brown Quentin Blake illustration of a young boy's part portrait to upper panel,author's full-length b/w portrait photographic illustrated rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - inner flaps of dw/dj minisculely and sporadically foxed/spotted along portions of top +bottom edges of those inner flaps that are without lamination.Top edges minimally,lightly and barely discernble dust-soiling with miniscule spotting,fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly an unread copy,other than my own collation? Bright,clean and unblemished,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blockeded gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate b/w contemporary subject's biographical photographic-montage illustrated endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,13- 160pp [paginated] includes 4 sections, profuse contemporary b/w photographs+facsimile hand-written extracts and b/w comic illus (assumed by author's own hand?] throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated],half-title +title pages,a dedication,contents list/table, author note/introduction and 4 section separator pages. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of it’s age. It is only the the minimal interior faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading for the dw/dj. Despite them,it really is still an exceptional copy for its cleanliness and brightness. Every child who loves the books of Roald Dahl (and try to find a child who doesn't) will be intrigued to discover some of the remarkable things that happened to the writer as a boy and as a young man.'I have never been able to get them out of my mind,' says Dahl of these incidents.'Some are funny.Some are painful.Some are unpleasant.I suppose that is why I have always remembered them so vividly.All are true.'                                           Hilariously true are the details of the Great Mouse Plot of 1924,when an eight-year-old Dahl and his gobstopper-loving friends took a just revenge on the disgusting sweetshop owner Mrs Pratchett.All too true were the deaths of Dahl's father and his sister within the space of a few short weeks,the canings by Headmaster and older schoolboys,the grisly methods of Matron and the motor-car ride which nearly lost the author his nose.There were glorious times too,with his big family at home in Wales; on holiday each summer on a remote island in Norway,'one of the greatest places on earth',and in the class of an endearing maths teacher who thought figures the dreariest things in the world.  As full of excitement and the unexpected as even Roald Dahl's own fiction,this book provides glimpses of one of the world's most popular writers for children that no one will want to miss.  'The Boy' is about the author's life from birth until his leaving school, focusing on living conditions in Britain in the 1920's and 1930's, the public school system at the time,and how his childhood experiences led him to writing as a career.It ends with his first job,working for Royal Dutch Shell. Want more Roald DAHL titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!   ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.  ** N.B. Buyers in EU countries may be required to pay Import VAT and a handling fee to the courier/mail service on items costing more than 150 Euros (including shipping costs). For items less than 150 Euros to EU buyers, charges may be minimised by opting to pay direct,via my account at Paypal. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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