1988, ISBN: ce85635b96773584a471e8da126afe93

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[SC: 17.39], [PU: London: Jonathan Cape, 1988], NOISBN, Jacket, [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. Pictorial wrap… Plus…

[SC: 17.39], [PU: London: Jonathan Cape, 1988], NOISBN, Jacket, [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. Pictorial wraparound dust-wrapper illustrated by Blake, showing printed price of £8.50 net. Numerous in-text illustrations by Blake. A couple of tiny spots to edges, binding and wrapper very lightly handled, trace of an old price sticker over printed price to front flap, small crease to the laminate to the spine. A crisp, bright copy with an unfaded jacket. Near fine. Lovingly and hilariously illustrated by Dahl's long term collaborator, Quentin Blake. A children's classic, Matilda tells the story of a highly intelligent girl repressed by both her family and the educational system, and whose frustration manifests itself as telekinesis. Featuring some of Dahl's most memorable creations, such as the bullying headmistress Miss Trunchbull and the put upon but fundamentally good Miss Honey, the novel remains one of the best pieces of children's literature of the past century. In 2010 it was adapted into an award-winning stage musical of the same name. "Even before she is five years old, Matilda has read Dickens, Hemingway, Kipling and Steinbeck, and still her parents think her just a nuisance."<

1988, ISBN: ce85635b96773584a471e8da126afe93

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[SC: 17.78], [PU: London: Jonathan Cape, 1988], NOISBN, Jacket, [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. Pictorial wrap… Plus…

[SC: 17.78], [PU: London: Jonathan Cape, 1988], NOISBN, Jacket, [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. Pictorial wraparound dust-wrapper illustrated by Blake, showing printed price of £8.50 net. Numerous in-text illustrations by Blake. A couple of tiny spots to edges, binding and wrapper very lightly handled, trace of an old price sticker over printed price to front flap, small crease to the laminate to the spine. A crisp, bright copy with an unfaded jacket. Near fine. Lovingly and hilariously illustrated by Dahl's long term collaborator, Quentin Blake. A children's classic, Matilda tells the story of a highly intelligent girl repressed by both her family and the educational system, and whose frustration manifests itself as telekinesis. Featuring some of Dahl's most memorable creations, such as the bullying headmistress Miss Trunchbull and the put upon but fundamentally good Miss Honey, the novel remains one of the best pieces of children's literature of the past century. In 2010 it was adapted into an award-winning stage musical of the same name. "Even before she is five years old, Matilda has read Dickens, Hemingway, Kipling and Steinbeck, and still her parents think her just a nuisance."<

1988, ISBN: ce85635b96773584a471e8da126afe93

London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. Pictorial wraparound dust-wrapper illustrated by… Plus…

London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. Pictorial wraparound dust-wrapper illustrated by Blake, showing printed price of £8.50 net. Numerous in-text illustrations by Blake. A couple of tiny spots to edges, binding and wrapper very lightly handled, trace of an old price sticker over printed price to front flap, small crease to the laminate to the spine. A crisp, bright copy with an unfaded jacket. Near fine. Lovingly and hilariously illustrated by Dahl's long term collaborator, Quentin Blake. A children's classic, Matilda tells the story of a highly intelligent girl repressed by both her family and the educational system, and whose frustration manifests itself as telekinesis. Featuring some of Dahl's most memorable creations, such as the bullying headmistress Miss Trunchbull and the put upon but fundamentally good Miss Honey, the novel remains one of the best pieces of children's literature of the past century. In 2010 it was adapted into an award-winning stage musical of the same name. "Even before she is five years old, Matilda has read Dickens, Hemingway, Kipling and Steinbeck, and still her parents think her just a nuisance., London: Jonathan Cape, 1988, 0<

1988, ISBN: ce85635b96773584a471e8da126afe93

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[SC: 9.57], [PU: London Jonathan Cape], Jacket, First edition, first impression; 8vo; illustrations by Quentin Blake; publisher's red boards; pictorial dust jacket. Trace of 'bleed' from … Plus…

[SC: 9.57], [PU: London Jonathan Cape], Jacket, First edition, first impression; 8vo; illustrations by Quentin Blake; publisher's red boards; pictorial dust jacket. Trace of 'bleed' from the boards to the verso of the dust-jacket at the head of the spine panel but an exceptional copy, entirely free from the fading, which plagues this publication. A near-fine copy of Dahl's superb tale of a little girl whose innate genius has her pitted against her inane parents and irate headmistress. A classic of modern children's literature, Matilda was the winner of the Children's Book Award in the year of its publication., Books<