Games & Juvenilia

First edition, first impression; large 8vo (230 x 165 mm.); colour illustrations throughout by Roy McKie, with moveable parts, onlaid string and elastic band all present & correct, the 'Brice-Mice Mail Box' gear a little worn but working, otherwise all in working order; publisher's pictorial boards, a little rubbed at corners, spine mildly discoloured, otherwise very good.

Christmas card signed by Roald Dahl; 180 x 250 mm. (unfolded); colour illustration of 'Mother Christmas' by Quentin Blake to front cover, with printed poem ''Where art thou, Mother Christmasý' by Roald Dahl to verso and printed Christmas greetings to facing, with additional autograph of Roald Dahl to head thereof and inscribed by original sender 'Love Josie X' below printed greetings.

Sixth edition; oblong folio (190 x 310 mm.); 6 double-page panels mounted onto 12 card sections, with the first & last forming the cover, joined into one continuous strip to form a panorama, the hand-coloured scene with rhyming couplets beneath, folded concertina style with cloth hinges, paper splitting along most hinges, cover hinges slightly splitting and ends a little worn, variable toning possibly from the glue, some spotting, front cover with hand-coloured pictorial paper label, minor edge wear but overall a very good.