{"product_id":"roald-dahl-first-edition-collection-sixteen-books-dust-jackets","title":"Roald Dahl - A Library of Mischief and Magic - Sixteen First Editions, 1972-1991 - In Dust Jackets","description":"\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"1k3y9aj\" data-start=\"2049\" data-end=\"2210\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003eDAHL, ROALD. \u003cem data-start=\"2065\" data-end=\"2099\"\u003eA Library of Mischief and Magic.\u003c\/em\u003e Sixteen First Editions, 1972-1991, Including \u003cem data-start=\"2145\" data-end=\"2154\"\u003eThe BFG\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"2156\" data-end=\"2165\"\u003eMatilda\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"2170\" data-end=\"2183\"\u003eThe Witches\u003c\/em\u003e, in Original Dust Jackets.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2212\" data-end=\"2638\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2212\" data-end=\"2228\"\u003eDAHL, Roald.\u003c\/strong\u003e A highly appealing collection of sixteen first edition, first impression books, published between 1972 and 1991, bringing together many of the author's most enduring works for children alongside his two autobiographical volumes. Illustrated principally by Quentin Blake, with \u003cem data-start=\"2509\" data-end=\"2522\"\u003eThe Minpins\u003c\/em\u003e illustrated by Patrick Benson and \u003cem data-start=\"2561\" data-end=\"2599\"\u003eCharlie and the Great Glass Elevator\u003c\/em\u003e illustrated by Joseph Schindelman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2640\" data-end=\"2918\"\u003eSixteen volumes, octavo and quarto, in their original pictorial dust jackets. Some jackets neatly price-clipped; condition varies slightly across the set, with light rubbing, handling marks and minor age-related wear, but overall a very attractive and well-presented collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2920\" data-end=\"3437\"\u003eRoald Dahl created one of the most distinctive imaginative worlds in modern children's literature: a world of extraordinary children, repulsive adults, secret schemes, giants, witches, chocolate inventors, talking animals, airborne elevators and gleefully subversive verse. This collection gathers together many of the books through which that world became familiar to generations of readers, from \u003cem data-start=\"3318\" data-end=\"3356\"\u003eCharlie and the Great Glass Elevator\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"3361\" data-end=\"3394\"\u003eDanny the Champion of the World\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem data-start=\"3398\" data-end=\"3407\"\u003eThe BFG\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"3409\" data-end=\"3422\"\u003eThe Witches\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"3427\" data-end=\"3436\"\u003eMatilda\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3439\" data-end=\"4176\"\u003eAt the heart of the collection are several of Dahl's defining children's books. \u003cem data-start=\"3519\" data-end=\"3528\"\u003eThe BFG\u003c\/em\u003e introduced Sophie and the dream-blowing giant in 1982; \u003cem data-start=\"3584\" data-end=\"3597\"\u003eThe Witches\u003c\/em\u003e followed in 1983; and \u003cem data-start=\"3620\" data-end=\"3629\"\u003eMatilda\u003c\/em\u003e, published in 1988, became one of Dahl's final and best-loved major novels. Alongside these stand the comic inventiveness of \u003cem data-start=\"3755\" data-end=\"3766\"\u003eThe Twits\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"3771\" data-end=\"3801\"\u003eGeorge's Marvellous Medicine\u003c\/em\u003e, the warmth of \u003cem data-start=\"3817\" data-end=\"3850\"\u003eDanny the Champion of the World\u003c\/em\u003e, and the later charm of \u003cem data-start=\"3875\" data-end=\"3886\"\u003eEsio Trot\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"3888\" data-end=\"3915\"\u003eThe Vicar of Nibbleswicke\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"3920\" data-end=\"3933\"\u003eThe Minpins\u003c\/em\u003e. The Roald Dahl Museum records \u003cem data-start=\"3965\" data-end=\"3989\"\u003eThe Enormous Crocodile\u003c\/em\u003e as the first Dahl book illustrated by Quentin Blake, marking the beginning of the visual partnership now inseparable from Dahl's children's writing. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4178\" data-end=\"4625\"\u003eThe collection also extends beyond the novels. \u003cem data-start=\"4225\" data-end=\"4274\"\u003eThe Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More\u003c\/em\u003e gathers stories for older children; \u003cem data-start=\"4311\" data-end=\"4323\"\u003eRhyme Stew\u003c\/em\u003e presents Dahl's mischievous comic verse; while \u003cem data-start=\"4371\" data-end=\"4376\"\u003eBoy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"4381\" data-end=\"4393\"\u003eGoing Solo\u003c\/em\u003e form his autobiographical sequence, carrying the reader from childhood and schooldays into Africa and wartime flying. Together, the sixteen books offer a broader and more revealing portrait of Dahl than a selection of novels alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"q6m49z\" data-start=\"4627\" data-end=\"4644\"\u003eBooks Included\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"4646\" data-end=\"5187\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"15ggagv\" data-start=\"4646\" data-end=\"4695\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"4648\" data-end=\"4686\"\u003eCharlie and the Great Glass Elevator\u003c\/em\u003e - 1972\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"h3ckcn\" data-start=\"4696\" data-end=\"4740\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"4698\" data-end=\"4731\"\u003eDanny the Champion of the World\u003c\/em\u003e - 1975\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"85ol9e\" data-start=\"4741\" data-end=\"4801\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"4743\" data-end=\"4792\"\u003eThe Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More\u003c\/em\u003e - 1977\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"ibkue7\" data-start=\"4802\" data-end=\"4837\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"4804\" data-end=\"4828\"\u003eThe Enormous Crocodile\u003c\/em\u003e - 1978\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1htvdw1\" data-start=\"4838\" data-end=\"4860\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"4840\" data-end=\"4851\"\u003eThe Twits\u003c\/em\u003e - 1980\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"70lk0d\" data-start=\"4861\" data-end=\"4902\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"4863\" data-end=\"4893\"\u003eGeorge's Marvellous Medicine\u003c\/em\u003e - 1981\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1no8ql\" data-start=\"4903\" data-end=\"4923\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"4905\" data-end=\"4914\"\u003eThe BFG\u003c\/em\u003e - 1982\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"hx04eg\" data-start=\"4924\" data-end=\"4948\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"4926\" data-end=\"4939\"\u003eThe Witches\u003c\/em\u003e - 1983\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1g95sf\" data-start=\"4949\" data-end=\"4985\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"4951\" data-end=\"4976\"\u003eBoy: Tales of Childhood\u003c\/em\u003e - 1984\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1f8oj30\" data-start=\"4986\" data-end=\"5031\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"4988\" data-end=\"5022\"\u003eThe Giraffe and the Pelly and Me\u003c\/em\u003e - 1985\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"comtas\" data-start=\"5032\" data-end=\"5055\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"5034\" data-end=\"5046\"\u003eGoing Solo\u003c\/em\u003e - 1986\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"cwnqs5\" data-start=\"5056\" data-end=\"5076\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"5058\" data-end=\"5067\"\u003eMatilda\u003c\/em\u003e - 1988\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"9ilno2\" data-start=\"5077\" data-end=\"5100\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"5079\" data-end=\"5091\"\u003eRhyme Stew\u003c\/em\u003e - 1989\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"icnbs9\" data-start=\"5101\" data-end=\"5123\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"5103\" data-end=\"5114\"\u003eEsio Trot\u003c\/em\u003e - 1990\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1r06vis\" data-start=\"5124\" data-end=\"5162\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"5126\" data-end=\"5153\"\u003eThe Vicar of Nibbleswicke\u003c\/em\u003e - 1991\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"eigl9u\" data-start=\"5163\" data-end=\"5187\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"5165\" data-end=\"5178\"\u003eThe Minpins\u003c\/em\u003e - 1991\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5189\" data-end=\"5613\"\u003eThe photographs illustrate the particular appeal of the set: the familiar jackets of \u003cem data-start=\"5274\" data-end=\"5283\"\u003eMatilda\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"5288\" data-end=\"5297\"\u003eThe BFG\u003c\/em\u003e standing above a colourful gathering of Dahl's children's books, with the spines forming an immediately recognisable library of his later work. The presence of the original jackets is central to the collection's desirability, preserving the visual identity through which many of these titles were first encountered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"5615\" data-end=\"5867\"\u003eA delightful group of sixteen first editions by one of the most widely read children's authors of the twentieth century, including several of his most important and most sought-after titles. Offered together as a collection and not sold separately.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DAHL, Roald.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46523662336267,"sku":"","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0794\/7848\/9355\/files\/RoaldDahlCollectionSquare.jpg?v=1779806241","url":"https:\/\/www.archbooks.co.uk\/products\/roald-dahl-first-edition-collection-sixteen-books-dust-jackets","provider":"Arch Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}