Rhyme Stew
by Dahl, Roald
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine /Near Fine
- Seller
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Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Jonathan Cape. FIRST UK EDITION. Published by Jonathan Cape in 1989. Original dark blue linson boards lettered gilt to spine, preserved in pictorial dustwrapper; illustrated throughout with drawings in monochrome by Blake; a near fine copy in a similarly bright and clean, unclipped, dustwrapper (£7.95); internally fresh with no previous owners marks. There is a light and short vertical crease to top edge of 4 or 5 leaves towards the end of the book. This near fine copy is signed by Roald Dahl in characteristic bold green felt pen to the front free endpaper and so very rare with these attributes. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2nd Printing. 1989.
Synopsis
"Mary, Mary, quite contrary / How does your garden grow? / 'I live with my brat in a high-rise flat / so how in the world would I know?" This book is a collection of Roald Dahl's poems for older children or adults.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Plantagenet King (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002692
- Title
- Rhyme Stew
- Author
- Dahl, Roald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Date Published
- 1989
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
The Plantagenet King
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Canterbury, Kent
About The Plantagenet King
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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