Author: (Burkert, Nancy Ekholm). Dahl, Roald.
Title: James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story. Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert.
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1961). (1961). - Quarto, 10-1/4 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide. Orange cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a vignette stamped in blind on the front cover, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. The top edge is stained yellow. There are a few faint tan stains to the price-clipped dust wrapper. 118 & [2] pages with green endpapers, with textual black & white and color illustrations throughout and 6 full-page color plates by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. There is a light brown stain to the book's fore edge. A previous owner's gift inscription is penned on the front pastedown, Very good. First edition, second state or printing, with the 4-line colophon printed below the brief author's biography on the last page stating that the book was bound by "The Book Press". Very good .

Keywords: CHILDREN'S BOOK; ILLUSTRATED; ROALD DAHL; JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH: A CHILDREN'S STORY; LITERATURE; NANCY EKHOLM BURKERT; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY.


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