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DAHL**, ROALD: : FANTASTIC MR FOX.** [Illus by Quentin Blake.**]

LONDON.VIKING,1996.

ISBN 0670852503.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st,2nd imp,illustrated edn thus.[Complete number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Originally published Geo Allen & Unwin,1970,then Viking,1996,this edition,completely re-illustrated with new illustrations by Quentin Blake.] NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no clip to dw/dj - no publisher's price - possibly an export edn? Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj by Quentin Blake; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges lightly aged,but generally bright and clean; contents bright, tight and clean.Light accidental dog-ear creasing to lower corners of pp27-58 and also some vertical & diagonal creasing to rear free endpaper - other pages fine and unaffected. Publisher's unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp thus,2-80pp [part paginated] includes 18 chapters,profuse part+ full-page b/w illus by Quentin Blake throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,a contents list/ table; plus to the rear,6pp blanks. Want more Roald DAHL titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue. Boggis,Bunce and Bean plan a trap for Mr Fox - but he's far too clever to fall for it! 'Well,my darling,' said Mr Fox.'What shall it be tonight?' 'I think we'll have duck tonight,' said Mrs Fox.'Bring us two fat ducks,if you please,one for you and me,and one for the children.' 'Ducks it shall be!' said Mr Fox. 'Bunce's best!' But Mr Fox would not have been quite so confident if he'd known that Boggis,Bunce and Bean,the three farmers,were lying in wait outside his hole that very night,each one crouching behind a tree with a gun,determined to shoot,starve or dig out Mr Fox even if it took them forever. . . . But Mr Fox's wife was right when she proudly told the children,'Your father is a fantastic fox! He has quite enough brains to fox much cleverer farmers than Boggis,Bunce and Bean!' A fast-paced comic adventure with delightful illustrations by Quentin Blake. 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 unmistakable 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.He was chosen as the first Children's Laureate in 1999. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct 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. 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 thus.
Not SIGNED.

DAHL**, ROALD: : FANTASTIC MR FOX.** [Illus by Quentin Blake.**]

LONDON.VIKING,1996.

ISBN 0670852503.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st illustrated edn thus. [Originally published Geo Allen & Unwin,1970, then Viking,1996,this edition,completely re-illustrated with new illustrations by Quentin Blake.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn and no clip to dw/dj - no publisher's price - possibly an export edn? Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj by Quentin Blake; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top third of rear wrap minimally creased /wrinkled.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned, but generally bright and clean; contents bright, tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Publisher's unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and clean plain white endpapers. UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st thus,2-80pp [part paginated] includes 18 chapters,profuse part+ full-page b/w illus by Quentin Blake,throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,a contents list/ table,plus to the rear,6pp blanks. Want more Roald DAHL titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue. Boggis,Bunce and Bean plan a trap for Mr Fox - but he's far too clever to fall for it! 'Well, my darling,' said Mr Fox.'What shall it be tonight?' 'I think we'll have duck tonight,' said Mrs Fox.'Bring us two fat ducks,if you please,one for you and me,and one for the children.' 'Ducks it shall be!' said Mr Fox. 'Bunce's best!' But Mr Fox would not have been quite so confident if he'd known that Boggis,Bunce and Bean,the three farmers,were lying in wait outside his hole that very night,each one crouching behind a tree with a gun, determined to shoot,starve or dig out Mr Fox even if it took them forever. . . . But Mr Fox's wife was right when she proudly told the children,'Your father is a fantastic fox! He has quite enough brains to fox much cleverer farmers than Boggis,Bunce and Bean!' A fast-paced comic adventure with delightful illustrations by Quentin Blake. 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 unmistakable 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.He was chosen as the first Children's Laureate in 1999. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct 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. 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 illustrated edn.
Not SIGNED.

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