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Later published in London by Jonathan Cape, Puffin Books and in America by Alfred A. Knopf. 1975. The Jill Bennett archive of illustrations for the first edition of Roald Dahl's Danny The Champion of The World. The Jill Bennett archive of illustrations for the first edition of Roald Dahl's Danny The Champion of The World. Including correspondence between the author, artist and the publishers Jonathan Cape, Alfred A. Knopf and Penguin (Puffin) Books. The illustrations begin with the three fine pencil character studies Jill Bennett sent to Dahl (who forwards them to his publisher) and includes the full colour dustjacket artwork and the 71 original pen and ink drawings (on 66 sheets) used to illustrate the story. Also present is the original photograph (believed to be Roald Dahl as a baby) used at the beginning of chapter one, and the "Sparky" lettering used at the conclusion of the final page. Correspondence includes two autograph letters from Roald Dahl to Jill Bennett, one… Read More

London: Cape, George Allen and Unwin, Century. A set of the first edition, first printings of Roald Dahl's seventeen novels for children. Published between 1943 to 1991 by numerous publishers including George Allen and Unwin and Cape and comprising: The Gremlins, James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Magic Finger, Fantastic Mr Fox, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, Danny The Champion of the World, The Enormous Crocodile, The Twits, George's Marvellous Medicine, The BFG, The Witches, The Giraffe, The Pelly and Me, Matilda, Esio Trot, The Vicar of Nibbleswicke and The Minpins. All books are in very good condition. The Gremlins without dust wrapper as issued. Some light edgewear to the dust wrappers, some neatly clipped but overall a very good set indeed and rarely sold as a set. Please do email for further details and photos of this superb collection.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1975. First US edition, first printing. First US edition, first printing. Inscribed presentation copy. Publisher's original quarter brown cloth over paper covered boards, stamped in blind to the upper board, with titles in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with drawings throughout by Jill Bennett. Top edge brown. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a little rubbing at the extremities. The contents, with spotting to the closed text block edge, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. The brown top stain remains vivid and without fading. Complete with lightly creased dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($5.95 to the upper front flap). Together with a signed original program for a unique production of the musical play Fantastic Mr. Fox. The play was specially commissioned for the Thornbury Arts Festival '76 and starred Roger Whittall in the title… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape. 1975. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author. Publisher's original brown cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Top edge brown. Illustrated with a photograph of the author as a baby, and line drawings throughout by Jill Bennett. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm with some slight bumps to the spine. The contents, are clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Complete with the bright original dustwrapper that is lightly rubbed and nicked at the spine tips and corners but has escaped the habitual fading of the spine. Correctly priced £2.25 net to the front flap. An attractive example. Inscribed by the author in blue ink on the front endpaper "To Joanne / With love / Roald Dahl / 1976". Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

UK: Cape, 1991. First Edition . Half-Leather. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quentin Blake. ?1st Edition 1991. Limited Edition of 500 copies this being number 164. The Commemorative Edition, published on what would have been the Author's 75th Birthday. It was released a year after his death. Bound in half leather and decorative paper covered boards. Matching card slipcase. Illustrations by Quentin Blake. Quality production. The Commemorative Limited Edition of the Works of Roald Dahl Including James and the Giant Peach; Fantastic Mr. Fox; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; The Magic Finger; Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator; Danny, the Champion of the World; The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar; The Twits; George's Marvellous Medicine; The BFG; The Witches; Boy; Going Solo; Matilda; Esio Trot. Books and slip cases are fine and very bright. Original outer slip case is missing. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 11804

30 Bedford Square, London: Jonathan Cape, Limited , 1976. First edition, first printing. Stated at copyright: "First Published in Great Britain 1975" Signed by Roald Dahl on signature cut at half-title page: "Roald Dahl" Very attractive. Sienna orange cloth boards, gilt spine titles, moderate shelf wear. Pages near fine; no writing Charmingly illustrated throughout by Jill Bennet. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original dust wrapper, light shelf wear, slight fox at flaps; unclipped 2.25 net, protected in new clear sleeve. Classic down-to-earth wrap around wrapper illustration of Danny and Dad walking the country trail with pheasant ahead. Rare near fine first printing in same original wrapper. From front flap: "Danny is the story of a father and his son, and the love they have for each other. A marvellous story-teller, a genius at kites, Danny's father is such a good teacher that before he even started school, Danny knew how to take apart an engine and put… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1975. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". Jill Bennett. A superb first edition copy of this popular whimsical Roald Dahl novel, signed by Dahl with his signature tipped-in to the title page, rare to find in such a lovely condition. The first edition, first impression of this work.Signed by Dahl, with his signature tipped-in to the title page.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.An entertaining children's novel, 'Danny the Champion of the World' embodies Dahl's whimsical storytelling abilities.It was this novel that first had an appearance of the BFG, when Danny's father tells him a version of the BFG as a bedtime story.Illustrated throughout by Jill Bennett.Dahl is one of the most beloved children's writers of the twentieth century, known for his unsentimental and macabre children's novels, though he wrote extensively for adults too. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, fine, with just a couple of very… Read More

290: Jonathan Cape, 1978. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Third printing. Signed by the author. Bookplate on half-title page. Dust jacket edgeworn.

London: Jonathan Cape 1975. 8vo.Illustrated. 208 pp. Salmon-coloured boards in pictorial dust jacket. Sunning to the jacket spine and minor creasing to the edges, not price clipped. Minor spotting to the internal flaps, and short split at base of front edge. Board clean with slight wear to the edge of the front board. Binding firm and internally fresh and bright. Jacket design and text illustrations by Jill Bennett. 0224012010 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1975.

LONDON: Cape, 1975. A first edition, first printing published by Cape in 1975. A near fine book without inscriptions. In a near fine dust wrapper with a little fading to the spine. Not price clipped. Dahl's masterpiece tells the story of a young boy named Danny and his close relationship with his father, William. Together, they live in a gypsy caravan and share a unique bond, centred around their love for poaching pheasants. When they discover a wealthy landowner's secret plan to eliminate all the local pheasants, they embark on a daring and clever scheme to outwit him and save the birds. The novel celebrates the power of imagination, resourcefulness, and the deep connection between parent and child, as Danny truly becomes the champion of his world.

USA: Knopf, 1975. A first edition, first printing published by Knopf in 1975. A fine book in like dust wrapper which is unclipped showing $5.95. A beautiful copy.

30 Bedford Square, London: Jonathan Cape, Limited , 1975. Stated at copyright: First Published in Great Britain 1975. Rare British first edition. Sienna orange cloth boards, gilt spine titles, light shelf wear; some black marker to back board, apparently from youngster. Pages very good. Light grey endpapers. Front endpaper w/apprx. 1/2" corner clipped. Bind fine; hinges intact. Danny’s life seems wondrous: his home is a traveller's caravan, he’s the youngest car mechanic around, and his best friend is his dad, who never runs out of wonderful stories to tell. Despite missing his mother, Danny is well-adjusted living with his father in a caravan behind his father's country station. Danny thinks he knows him very well, but at age nine, he discovers that his father has been hiding a big secret: he's a poacher. In fact, Danny's father likes nothing better than sneaking out of the caravan at night and stealing pheasants from the woodlands owned by the… Read More

New York: Knopf. 1975. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0394831039 . Very Good+ in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Wrinkling on front panel. ; 9.2 X 6.2 X 1.0 inches; 196 pages .

DAHL, Roald. Danny the Champion of the World. Illustrated by Jill Bennett. NY: Alfred A. Knopf [1975]. 8vo, [viii] 200pp. Brown quarter-cloth stamped in gold with orange boards pictorially blind stamped; top edge purple. Turquoise endpapers; 6 full-page and numerous smaller b&w illustrations. Spine ends and upper front corner a bit rubbed, faint foxing to foredge, else a fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (spine lightly sunned).
First US edition. Danny has a life any boy would love—his home is a gypsy caravan, he's the youngest master car mechanic around, and his best friend is his dad, who never runs out of wonderful stories to tell. But one night Danny discovers a shocking secret that his father has kept hidden for years. Now Danny finds himself the mastermind behind the most incredible plot ever attempted against nasty Victor Hazell, a wealthy landowner with a bad attitude. Can they pull it off?

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. First American Edition. Very Good+/Fine. First American edition. 198, [1] pp. Publisher's cloth. Very Good+ with bumped corners, slight lean to spine, lightly foxed edges, small bookplate on paste down. In Fine unclipped, un-faded dust jacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf [1975], 1975. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [11], 4-196, [4] pp. Quarter brown cloth over orange paper boards with gold lettering on the spine; purple topstain. Blue endpapers and pasteodwns. Illustrated with in-text drawings by Jill Bennett. A nice copy of one of Dahl's most popular books. Gift inscription on the free front endpaper dated December 1975, else Fine in a price-clipped, but otherwise Fine dust jacket.

KNOPF. Hardcover. Near Fine. A FINE FIRST IN NEAR FINE DJ. First printing with complete number line

Knopf Books for Young Readers. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0394831039 . The book has rubbing and toning overall, a light lean, and brief bumps to the spine ends and corners. The dust jacket has rubbing and toning overall, sunning to the spine, a small sticker to the rear, and bumps and a small closed tear to the crown. Photos on request. International shipping billed at cost. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 196 pages .

New York: Knopf, 1975. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Jill Bennett. near fine in a near fine jacket. basis for the film of the same name. another classic by the master 1st

New York: Knopf, 1975. 1st ed. Hardcover. Bennett, Jill. 8vo, cloth backed boards. Illustrated in line by Jill Bennett. A boy, his dad and pheasants. Light shelfwear to board bottoms, else fine in very good, unclipped, dj no previous owner's marks.