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Roald Dahl – Matilda – SIGNED First Edition 1988
£1,450.00
First edition, first printing of ‘Matilda’. Published by Cape in London, 1988. This is a near fine copy. The signature of Roald Dahl to a personal (Good Reads) bookplate on the front endpaper. The dust wrapper, illustrated by Quentin Blake is fine, and is neatly price clipped. The boards are free from notable chips and marks and the text blocks are immaculate – neat non-filled bookplate to the front endpaper. 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 of ‘Matilda’. Published by Cape in London, 1988. This is a near fine copy. The signature of Roald Dahl to a personal (Good Reads) bookplate on the front endpaper. The dust wrapper, illustrated by Quentin Blake is fine, and is neatly price clipped. The boards are free from notable chips and marks and the text blocks are immaculate – neat non-filled bookplate to the front endpaper. 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.
