Roald Dahl – Matilda – First UK Edition 1988
£400.00
First edition, first printing. Published by Jonathan Cape in London, 1988. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper, illustrated by Quentin Blake, is with some slight laminate lifting and general shelf wear throughout. The flaps are slightly spotted, though have not been price clipped. The boards are free from notable wear though slightly bumped at the corners. There is a small previous owners inscription in black ink to the front fly leaf. The text blocks are generally clean, though lightly foxed at the top and side. Overall, this is a near fine copy.
In 2003, Matilda was listed at number 74 in The Big Read, a BBC survey of the British public of the top 200 novels of all time. In 2012, Matilda was ranked number 30 among all-time best children’s novels in a survey published by School Library Journal, a US monthly. Time magazine named Matilda in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time. In 2012, Matilda Wormwood appeared on a Royal Mail commemorative postage stamp.
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First edition, first printing. Published by Jonathan Cape in London, 1988. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper, illustrated by Quentin Blake, is with some slight laminate lifting and general shelf wear throughout. The flaps are slightly spotted, though have not been price clipped. The boards are free from notable wear though slightly bumped at the corners. There is a small previous owners inscription in black ink to the front fly leaf. The text blocks are generally clean, though lightly foxed at the top and side. Overall, this is a near fine copy.
In 2003, Matilda was listed at number 74 in The Big Read, a BBC survey of the British public of the top 200 novels of all time. In 2012, Matilda was ranked number 30 among all-time best children’s novels in a survey published by School Library Journal, a US monthly. Time magazine named Matilda in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time. In 2012, Matilda Wormwood appeared on a Royal Mail commemorative postage stamp.
