The BFG
by Dahl, Roald
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- Condition
- very good/near fine
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1985. 5th. hardcover. very good/near fine. Fifth UK printing, INSCRIBED by the author. Book very good, some soiling on covers, a few indents on rear cover of which one also indented the rear down-paste and rear free end paper, some minor bumping to corners and spine ends, small water damage to top and bottom of front paste-down and front free end paper. Dust jacket near fine, minor wrinkling to front hinge ends and spine ends.
Synopsis
The well-loved story of a big friendly giant who spirits a child out of bed to the land of the child-eating giants. This edition has a great new cover by Quentin Blake as well as a whole new exciting end section about Roald Dahl and his world.
Reviews
On Jan 23 2012, Duchess0914 said:
a wonderful book, by a honest and wonderful and colorful author. you can picture each and everything Mr. Dahl writes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookbid Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2107004
- Title
- The BFG
- Author
- Dahl, Roald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 5th
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bookbid Rare Books
Biblio member since 2009
Beverly Hills, California
About Bookbid Rare Books
Bookbid Rare Books is a rare book dealer located in Beverly Hills, California. The family run company has sold modern literary first editions and children's books for over 20 years. Member of ABAA, ILAB.
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- Hinge
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- Paste-down
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