Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

DAHL, Roald.

Item Number: 3653

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.

First edition, first issue, in full red cloth and with six lines of publishing information on last page (instead of five). First-issue dust jacket, with no ISBN number on the rear panel. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication, “For Jane and Alex with much love Roald Dahl October 1964.” Octavo, original publishers red cloth with blind stamped title to the front board, spine lettered in gilt. Fine in an excellent dust jacket that shows some light wear to the foot of the spine. The publication date was September 1964 and the first printing run consisted of 10,000 copies and sold out within four weeks. This copy was signed within a month of publication. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional copy, most rare signed and inscribed in the year of publication.

"Charlie earned for its author a cult following among child readers Dahl has been called a literary genius; his books have been considered modern fairy tales" (Silvey, 186). "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is already a great classic work [and] one of the most enduring post-war children’s books Dahl is undeniably special" (Connolly, 102).