Housed in custom black leather-entry cloth slipcase.įirst work with couple of spots to prelims, second work with small scratch to foot of spine, contents clean fine copies.ĭonald Sturrock, Storyteller: The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl, 2010. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in full red and full blue morocco, spines lettered and ruled in gilt, covers and board edges ruled in gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. When we last saw Charlie, at the end of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, he was sailing through the sky with his family in Willy Wonkas Great Glass Elevator. In the mythic mode, Wonka is the god-like being, presiding over the Chocolate Factory and the world beyond its walls that craves its offerings. The first issue can be distinguished by the six lines of printing information on the final page this was cut to five in all subsequent issues. These American editions precede the first UK editions by three and one years, respectively.Ĭharlie and the Chocolate Factory, here in the first issue, was the author's second book for children and, in the words of biographer Donald Sturrock, his "most famous children's book" (p.
First editions, first printings, of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
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