(DAHL, Roald.) The BFG. Deluxe Limited First US Edition.
Deluxe Limited First US Edition, 1 of 300 copies numbered and signed by the Author and Illustrator Quentin Blake. 8vo., Publisher’s red cloth, gilt design on upper cover, gilt blocked and lettered spine, grey marbled endpapers, profusely illustrated throughout in black and white, housed in Publisher’s light blue cloth slipcase. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (New York), 1982.
A fine example of this signed limited edition, which has no UK equivalent.
One of the rarer Roald Dahl titles, which was adapted into an animated film in 1987, and again the basis for the 2016 film directed and co–produced by Steven Spielberg. The world was first introduced to the BFG as a story told to Danny by his Father, in “Danny, the Champion of the World”, published in 1975.
“This story by Roald Dahl is about a young girl named Sophie who is whisked away from her home in an orphanage by the BFG – the Big Friendly Giant. He tells her about his job, to blow dreams into the rooms of children, and also about his terrifying neighbours – other giants who EAT children. Together, Sophie and the BFG manage to defeat the other giants, with a little help from Her Majesty the Queen of England.” (The British Library.)
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Deluxe Limited First US Edition, 1 of 300 copies numbered and signed by the Author and Illustrator Quentin Blake. 8vo., Publisher’s red cloth, gilt design on upper cover, gilt blocked and lettered spine, grey marbled endpapers, profusely illustrated throughout in black and white, housed in Publisher’s light blue cloth slipcase. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (New York), 1982.
A fine example of this signed limited edition, which has no UK equivalent.
One of the rarer Roald Dahl titles, which was adapted into an animated film in 1987, and again the basis for the 2016 film directed and co–produced by Steven Spielberg. The world was first introduced to the BFG as a story told to Danny by his Father, in “Danny, the Champion of the World”, published in 1975.
“This story by Roald Dahl is about a young girl named Sophie who is whisked away from her home in an orphanage by the BFG – the Big Friendly Giant. He tells her about his job, to blow dreams into the rooms of children, and also about his terrifying neighbours – other giants who EAT children. Together, Sophie and the BFG manage to defeat the other giants, with a little help from Her Majesty the Queen of England.” (The British Library.)
Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.
Deluxe Limited First US Edition, 1 of 300 copies numbered and signed by the Author and Illustrator Quentin Blake. 8vo., Publisher’s red cloth, gilt design on upper cover, gilt blocked and lettered spine, grey marbled endpapers, profusely illustrated throughout in black and white, housed in Publisher’s light blue cloth slipcase. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (New York), 1982.
A fine example of this signed limited edition, which has no UK equivalent.
One of the rarer Roald Dahl titles, which was adapted into an animated film in 1987, and again the basis for the 2016 film directed and co–produced by Steven Spielberg. The world was first introduced to the BFG as a story told to Danny by his Father, in “Danny, the Champion of the World”, published in 1975.
“This story by Roald Dahl is about a young girl named Sophie who is whisked away from her home in an orphanage by the BFG – the Big Friendly Giant. He tells her about his job, to blow dreams into the rooms of children, and also about his terrifying neighbours – other giants who EAT children. Together, Sophie and the BFG manage to defeat the other giants, with a little help from Her Majesty the Queen of England.” (The British Library.)
Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.