Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG- (Very Good Minus)/G+ (Good Plus)
- Seller
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Buffalo, New York, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf / Junior Deluxe Editions, 1964. BCE (Book Club Edition) . Hardcover. VG- (Very Good Minus)/G+ (Good Plus). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Joseph Schindelman. Pink/gray boards with trace edgewear and lightly bumped spine ends. Jacket in new archival mylar sleeve has light edgewear, rubbing and soil; several tiny chips and tears plus a 1" closed tear at spine heel; flaps not clipped. Binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned. "31J" gutter code. Unused bookplate affixed to half-title page. No prev owner names or stamps. Not ex-library. 178 pp.
Synopsis
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) is a children's book by Norwegian-British author Roald Dahl. This story is an adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric candymaker Willy Wonka. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1967, and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin in 1967.
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- Seller
- Albion Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 002501
- Title
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Author
- Roald Dahl
- Illustrator
- Joseph Schindelman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG- (Very Good Minus)
- Jacket Condition
- G+ (Good Plus)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- BCE (Book Club Edition)
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf / Junior Deluxe Editions
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 2.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Albion Books
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Buffalo, New York
About Albion Books
Albion Books deals in fine used, out of print and rare books on a wide variety of topics. Specialties include Buffalo/New York history, science, religion, occult, and foreign language. The proprietor has been in the antiquarian book business since 2006.
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- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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