DAHL, Roald; SCHINDELMAN, Joseph (illustrator).
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [with] Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [with] Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
Stock Code 116698
New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1964 & 1972.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory introduced the world to one of Dahl's most enduring characters, Willy Wonka, and his wacky & wonderful confectionary creations, as well as the Oompa-Loompas of course. The book went on to become Dahl's most famous work, adapted for film successfully twice, starring Gene Wilder & Johnny Depp respectively as the chief music maker and dreamer of dreams...
First editions, first printings, first issues (with 6-line colophon to first vol.); 2 vols, 8vo; frontispieces and illustrations by Joseph Schindelman, unmarked internally; [Chocolate Factory:] publisher's red cloth, titles to spine gilt and upper cover in blind, gilt lettering slightly dulled in parts, with the price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket, price in red ink to front flap, light spotting and soiling; [Great Glass Elevator:] publisher's blue cloth-backed grey boards, titles to spine in pink, design to upper board in blue, edges of boards browned, with the unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, very slightly toned; a very good set.
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