60 Great Books - 29 - Bauman Rare Books “Roald’s limitless imagination and his ability to see the world through a child’s eyes created some of the world’s most treasured children’s stories.” —Culture Trip “This Book Is For Children Over Six. You Qualify—Just”: First Edition Of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Delightfully Inscribed By Roald Dahl And His Wife, Patricia Neal, In The Year Of Publication 27. DAHL, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. New York, 1964. Octavo, original red cloth, dust jacket, custom half morocco clamshell box. $18,000. First edition, first issue, with numerous in-text illustrations by Joseph Schindelman, boldly inscribed in red crayon by Dahl and his wife, actress Patricia Neal, with the inscription likely in Neal’s hand and the signature in Dahl’s: “Dear Anette and Gerald, This book is for children over six. You qualify—just. With love from Pat and Roald. Christmas 1964.” “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is already a great classic work… one of the most enduring post-war children’s books—and I think we will not see its like again… Dahl is undeniably special” (Connolly, 102). First issue, in full red cloth and with six lines of publishing information on last page (instead of five). Book fine. Dust jacket near-fine, with slightest rubbing, front fold splitting but stable, only two tiny closed tears to spine head. A wonderful inscribed copy.
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