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First Edition. First Edition. From the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story by Flight Lieutenant Roald Dahl. 12 full-page color illustrations, one double-page, and text illustrations in black and white tbroughout. 1 vols. 4to. Dahl's First Book. Written for Walt Disney Productions in anticipation of making a feature-length film, the project was eventually abandoned due to many wartime complications. Quarter cloth and pictorial board in pictorial dust jacket, loose at fore-edge, else almost fine From the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story by Flight Lieutenant Roald Dahl. 12 full-page color illustrations, one double-page, and text illustrations in black and white tbroughout. 1 vols. 4to.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Chatteron, Chris (illustrator). The side-splittingly funny follow-up to Supermarket Gremlins, from bestselling husband and wide duo, Adam and Charlotte Guillain. Cheeky gremlins are guzzling school dinners, howling in music class, and is that a GREMLIN BOTTOM peeking out of the paint box?! Lift the flaps to find them all! Another rhyming romp from Adam and Charlotte Guillain, packed with madcap fun and silly humour, perfectly matched with Chris Chatterton's joyous artwork. With tons of flaps to lift, cheeky gremlins to find and a settling ending about quiet storytime, this is the perfect picture book to help parents, teachers and librarians calm down lively little gremlins age 3 years and up. Look out for more zany fun in Adam and Charlotte's other adventures: Spaghetti with the Yeti, Marshmallows for Martians, Doughnuts for a Dragon, Pizza for Pirates, Socks for Santa and Treats for a T. rex. Praise for Supermarket Gremlins "Supermarket Gremlins is the FUNNIEST book of 2016!" Little Likely Lads Adam Guillain is a performance storyteller and was the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre Writer in Residence. Charlotte Guillain taught English to air traffic controllers and nurses before deciding a career in publishing would endanger fewer lives. They have written several books together including Supermarket Gremlins, School for Dads and the George's Amazing Adventures series. The first title in the series, Spaghetti with the Yeti, was nominated for nine awards including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and has co-editioned in seven territories. Chris Chatterton is an illustrator and animator from County Durham, England. He has a background in graphic design and corporate / commercial animation. His passion for illustration has led him to pursue a career as a freelance artist working for a wide array of clients. He has upcoming books with Scholastic, Little Tiger Press and Egmont. Chris loves all things creative and geeky. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A rare Proof copy of Dahl's first work. Original plain brown wrappers. Contents appears to be the same as for the final published UK first except the endpapers (with the correct red and yellow illustrations) are included as four leaves (2 front and rear) rather than pasted to the hard covers. The last text leaf has some colouring in to the black and white illustrated characters, seemingly with water based paint, several other leaves have very faint occasional pencil shading, but generally the condition is extremely good, with solid bright illustrations. The paper wrappers have a chip to the foot of the spine and minor creasing.A rare proof, distributed by the publisher to families with children to test market the book. Possibly only a dozen or so were made up.

Zustand: Wie neu. 25. - 32. Tausend. 2. Auflage. 237 (3) Seiten. 21,9 cm. Schutzumschlag und Einbandentwurf:.Jürgen Wulff. Sehr guter Zustand. Frisches Exemplar. Wie ungelesen. Die Millionen Freunde Roald Dahls kennen Onkel Oswald und Kostproben seiner Tagebücher schon aus dem erfolgreichen Erzählungsband «Kuschelmuschel» (rororo 23255). Endlich gibt er hier nun weitere Indiskretionen aus den Tagebüchern seines Onkels Oswald Hendryks Cornelius preis. Und diesmal füllen sie ein pralles, haarsträubend frivoles Buch, das alles übertrifft, was wir von Dahl bisher gewohnt sind! Denn neben Onkel Oswald wirken selbst Casanova und Don Juan wie Stümper. «Ein respektloses Buch für Feinschmecker.» Münchner Merkur. «Roald Dahl ist ein schelmischer Mann und hat es auf die Lachmuskeln seiner Leser abgesehen.» Neue Zürcher Zeitung. - Roald Dahl (* 13. September 1916 in Llandaff bei Cardiff, Wales; 23. November 1990 in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire) war ein norwegisch-walisischer Schriftsteller. Er verfasste Romane und Kurzgeschichten, die von einem feinen schwarzen Humor geprägt sind und oft überraschend enden. Bekannt ist er sowohl für seine Kinderbücher als auch für seine Werke, die eher dem Genre schwarzer/makabrer Humor zuzuordnen sind. Künstlerisches Schaffen: Angeregt von einem Treffen mit C. S. Forester veröffentlichte Dahl seine erste Geschichte in der Saturday Evening Post für ein Honorar von 1000 Dollar. Sein erstes Kinderbuch war 1943 The Gremlins, über kleine bösartige Tierchen, die Teil der Folklore innerhalb der Royal Air Force sind. Diese Geschichte wurde von Walt Disney in Auftrag gegeben, um daraus einen Film zu machen, der aber nie verwirklicht wurde. Dahl schrieb einige der beliebtesten Kinderbücher des 20. Jahrhunderts, zum Beispiel Danny oder Die Fasanenjagd oder Der fantastische Mister Fox. Seine Bücher dienten häufig als Vorlage für Verfilmungen, so Matilda, James und der Riesenpfirsich, Hexen hexen und Charlie und die Schokoladenfabrik. Viele seiner Kinderbücher wurden von Quentin Blake illustriert. Dahl verfasste zwei Autobiographien: Boy sowie Im Alleingang. Neben den Kinderbüchern schrieb er auch makabre Kurzgeschichten für Erwachsene, üblicherweise mit schwarzem Humor und einem überraschenden Ende. Die bekanntesten sind in Küsschen, Küsschen, sowie in der Fortsetzung und noch ein Küsschen enthalten. Viele wurden für US-amerikanische Magazine geschrieben, wie das Ladies' Home Journal, Harper's, den Playboy und The New Yorker. Zusammengefasst in Anthologien mehrten sie den Ruhm des Autors. Insgesamt schrieb er über 60 Kurzgeschichten. Eine seiner bekanntesten Erwachsenengeschichten, The Smoker (auch bekannt als Man from the South), wurde in einer Episode von Alfred Hitchcock Presents verfilmt und auch als Segment in Quentin Tarantinos Four Rooms von 1995 verwendet. Die englische Fernsehserie Tales of the Unexpected, die 1979 begann, adaptierte viele seiner Geschichten. Zwei seiner Kurzgeschichten und der Roman Onkel Oswald und der Sudan-Käfer sind Ausschnitte aus dem Tagebuch seines fiktiven Onkels Oswald, eines reichen Gentleman, dessen sexuelle Ausschweifungen die Basis dieser Geschichten bilden. Große Bekanntheit erreichte auch die makabre Kurzgeschichte The Landlady (Die Wirtin) (erschienen 1959). In den sechziger Jahren schrieb Dahl auch einige Drehbücher, um Geld zu verdienen. Zwei davon, der James-Bond-Film You Only Live Twice und Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, waren Adaptionen von Romanen von Ian Fleming. Ein eigenes Werk adaptierte er für die 1971er Fassung von Willy Wonka und die Schokoladenfabrik. Memories with Food at Gipsy House, das er mit seiner Frau Felicity schrieb und das 1991 postum erschien, ist eine Mischung aus Rezepten, Familienerinnerungen und Betrachtungen zu Dahls Lieblingsthemen wie Schokolade, Zwiebeln und Bordeauxwein. . Aus wikipedia-Roald_Dahl Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 479 Gemustertes Leinen mit Schutzumschlag.

First edition, sole printing; 4to (28.6 x 23 cm); colour frontispiece, 11 full-page colour illustrations and one double-page colour illustration, plain line illustrations throughout, pictorial patterned endpapers; publisher's red cloth-backed pictorial boards, minor chaffing along the bottom edge of the boards but a superb copy in the somewhat frayed, price-clipped dust jacket with a couple of very minor chips. A very smart first edition copy of Roald Dahl's first book The Gremlins, a collaborative effort with Disney for a feature-length animation which, in part due to copyright issues revolving around the 'gremlin' characters, never took off. Fortunately the planes and Air Force pilots featured in the story had better luck getting off the ground, but only to be subsequently plagued by these mischievous sprites with mechanical failures and worse. Laid into this copy is a black and white photograph of an animator and Walt Disney looking at some of the concept art for the abandoned movie upon which this book was based.

Pictorial boards. Zustand: Near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. The first edition of The Gremlins by Roald Dahl, in the publisher's scarce illustrated dust jacket. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, [52pp]. Red cloth spine, title in black on spine. Vibrant pictorial boards and illustrated endpapers. No additional printings mentioned. Solid text block, light rubbing to corners, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $1.00 retail price on front flap, sunned spine, short closed tears along top edge. Archival tissue repair to verso to stabilize the hinge at the spine. A bright example of a scarce dust jacket. Complete with twelve full-page color illustrations and a color frontispiece. The Gremlins was Roald Dahl's debut novel, and his only one to be initially published by Random House. The story describes the experience of a Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot whose plane is damaged by a gremlin - a folkloric creature imagined by 20th century military members to explain odd faults in machinery. The RAF pilot convinces the gremlins to unite against the common enemy of Hitler and the Nazis. This book was originally designed by Walt Disney Productions to be released in tandem with a full-length animated film of the same story, but the film was never made.

First edition, first printing, inscribed on the half-title "To Ann with love from Roald Dahl 9/7/43." Roald Dahl's first book and his only collaboration with Walt Disney, The Gremlins was written as a promotional device for a feature-length Disney animation that was never produced, partly because the studio could not establish firm copyright in the "gremlin" characters (Dahl claimed to have invented them, though they had been common currency in the RAF and had appeared in print at least once before) and partly because the British Air Ministry wanted final approval of the script and production. It was eventually agreed that royalties would be split between the RAF Benevolent Fund and Dahl. The book is still described on the title and the front cover as being "From the Walt Disney Production", although the Disney studio had written to Dahl in August 1943 cancelling any further preproduction work. Quarto. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in red morocco, spine lettered in gilt, single rule to boards gilt, block to front board gilt with multi-coloured morocco onlay of seven cavorting gremlins with a further onlay of the cavorting gremlins to the back board, twin rule to turn-ins, dark green endpapers, gilt edges. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. The occasional minor blemish, an excellent copy finely bound.

Complete with original typed & signed Roald Dahl letter (loosely laid in) on Dahl's "Gypsy House" notepaper dated 27/9/90 - "Dear Mr, Martin/Thank you for your letter. I will buy your "Gremlins" copy. Here's my cheque/Yours Roald Dahl". True first edition, first printing. 4to. A very good+ copy with clean boards. Some edgewear to extremities. Internally very clean indeed with no inscriptions & importantly with this title - non of the usual splitting to Gremlin illustrated endpapers. The very good dustwrapper has a few short closed tears - a couple with old tape strengthening to rear. Some edgewear to other extremities with nicking at spine corners. Original first issue price of $1.00 to top right of front flap. None of the usual fading to red spine. An attractive copy of the true first printing of Dahl's first book complete with original dustswrapper and with provenance which suggests it was owned by the author himself just three months before his death on 23rd November 1990. Dahl's first children's book about mischevious little creatures that were part of RAF folklore.

Zustand: Gut. 61. - 63. Tausend. 218 Seiten. Einbandentwurf: Jürgen Wulff. Sehr guter Zustand. Seiten papierbedingt leicht gebräunt. Wenn Onkel Oswald Skorpione, Spazierstöcke und schöne Mädchen sammelt, ein Duftwasser mit betörender Wirkung mischen lässt oder ein leidenschaftlicher Vorstadt-Casanova ein neuartiges System des Partnertausches ersinnt: "Stets stellen sich beim Lesen die angenehmsten Schauer ein." - Roald Dahl (* 13. September 1916 in Llandaff bei Cardiff, Wales; 23. November 1990 in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire) war ein norwegisch-walisischer Schriftsteller. Er verfasste Romane und Kurzgeschichten, die von einem feinen schwarzen Humor geprägt sind und oft überraschend enden. Bekannt ist er sowohl für seine Kinderbücher als auch für seine Werke, die eher dem Genre schwarzer/makabrer Humor zuzuordnen sind. Künstlerisches Schaffen: Angeregt von einem Treffen mit C. S. Forester veröffentlichte Dahl seine erste Geschichte in der Saturday Evening Post für ein Honorar von 1000 Dollar. Sein erstes Kinderbuch war 1943 The Gremlins, über kleine bösartige Tierchen, die Teil der Folklore innerhalb der Royal Air Force sind. Diese Geschichte wurde von Walt Disney in Auftrag gegeben, um daraus einen Film zu machen, der aber nie verwirklicht wurde. Dahl schrieb einige der beliebtesten Kinderbücher des 20. Jahrhunderts, zum Beispiel Danny oder Die Fasanenjagd oder Der fantastische Mister Fox. Seine Bücher dienten häufig als Vorlage für Verfilmungen, so Matilda, James und der Riesenpfirsich, Hexen hexen und Charlie und die Schokoladenfabrik. Viele seiner Kinderbücher wurden von Quentin Blake illustriert. Dahl verfasste zwei Autobiographien: Boy sowie Im Alleingang. Neben den Kinderbüchern schrieb er auch makabre Kurzgeschichten für Erwachsene, üblicherweise mit schwarzem Humor und einem überraschenden Ende. Die bekanntesten sind in Küsschen, Küsschen, sowie in der Fortsetzung und noch ein Küsschen enthalten. Viele wurden für US-amerikanische Magazine geschrieben, wie das Ladies' Home Journal, Harper's, den Playboy und The New Yorker. Zusammengefasst in Anthologien mehrten sie den Ruhm des Autors. Insgesamt schrieb er über 60 Kurzgeschichten. Eine seiner bekanntesten Erwachsenengeschichten, The Smoker (auch bekannt als Man from the South), wurde in einer Episode von Alfred Hitchcock Presents verfilmt und auch als Segment in Quentin Tarantinos Four Rooms von 1995 verwendet. Die englische Fernsehserie Tales of the Unexpected, die 1979 begann, adaptierte viele seiner Geschichten. Zwei seiner Kurzgeschichten und der Roman Onkel Oswald und der Sudan-Käfer sind Ausschnitte aus dem Tagebuch seines fiktiven Onkels Oswald, eines reichen Gentleman, dessen sexuelle Ausschweifungen die Basis dieser Geschichten bilden. Große Bekanntheit erreichte auch die makabre Kurzgeschichte The Landlady (Die Wirtin) (erschienen 1959). In den sechziger Jahren schrieb Dahl auch einige Drehbücher, um Geld zu verdienen. Zwei davon, der James-Bond-Film You Only Live Twice und Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, waren Adaptionen von Romanen von Ian Fleming. Ein eigenes Werk adaptierte er für die 1971er Fassung von Willy Wonka und die Schokoladenfabrik. Memories with Food at Gipsy House, das er mit seiner Frau Felicity schrieb und das 1991 postum erschien, ist eine Mischung aus Rezepten, Familienerinnerungen und Betrachtungen zu Dahls Lieblingsthemen wie Schokolade, Zwiebeln und Bordeauxwein. . Aus wikipedia-Roald_Dahl Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 440 22 cm. Illustriertes Leinen mit Schutzumschlag.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First edition. Large thin quarto. Corners bumped else near fine in a good dust jacket with scraping and loss of paper mostly on the front panel. Roald Dahl's first book, ironically enough a children's book. Dahl was recuperating from a crash while serving with the RAF when, encouraged by his friend C.S. Forester, he began writing. A manuscript of this first novel was sent to Walt Disney, who decided to make the story into a film, and Dahl went to Hollywood to help with the screenplay. Though Dahl later claimed he invented the term "Gremlins," the pesky devils had actually been part of RAF lore since the previous war. However, they were unknown in the U.S. and Disney, intending to pave the way for the film in the American market, arranged for the publication of this book. Though uncredited, one of the primary artists for this volume was Walt Kelly. Disney's plan was too successful - Warner Brothers produced two short Gremlin cartoons and shortly afterwards Walt Disney lost interest in the project and stopped production on the film. Eleanor Roosevelt enjoyed reading the book to her grandchildren and invited Dahl to the White House (there have been claims, perhaps self-aggrandizing on Dahl's part, that based upon this introduction Dahl served as an unofficial liaison between FDR and Churchill). A nice copy, in a flawed jacket.

First edition, first printing, of the author's first book. As noted by the original jacket blurb, "Everybody has heard about the gremlins, the fantastic Little People whose antics have become one of the great legends of the R.A.F." The book was written as a promotional device for a feature-length Disney animation that was never produced, partly because the studio could not establish firm copyright in the "gremlin" characters (Dahl claimed to have invented them, though they had been common currency in the RAF and had appeared in print at least once before) and partly because the British Air Ministry wanted final approval of the script and production. It was eventually agreed that royalties would be split between the RAF Benevolent Fund and Dahl. The book is described on the title and the front cover as being "From the Walt Disney Production"; the Disney studio wrote to Dahl in August 1943 after publication cancelling any further preproduction work. Quarto. Original illustrated boards, red cloth backstrip, spine lettered in black, yellow and red pictorial endpapers. Coloured illustrations throughout. Bookplate of one Roger Marchand to front pastedown, ownership ink stamps to front free endpaper and half-title. Some creases to spine, extremities a little worn with minor colour restoration: a very good copy.

First British edition, first impression, of the author's first book. The book was first published in the US in 1943. Writing in 2006, the Disney historian Leonard Maltin described the volume as "a milestone" and a "charming book". The book was written as a promotional device for a feature-length Disney animation that was never produced, partly because the studio could not establish firm copyright in the "gremlin" characters (Dahl claimed to have invented them, although they had been common currency in the RAF and had appeared in print at least once before), and partly because the British Air Ministry wanted final approval of the script and production. It was eventually agreed that royalties would be split between the RAF Benevolent Fund and Dahl. The book is described on the title and the front cover as being "From the Walt Disney Production"; the Disney studio would write to Dahl in August 1943 after American publication cancelling any further preproduction work. Leonard Maltin, "The Gremlins Got 'Em" in Roald Dahl, The Gremlins, 2006. Quarto. Original cloth-backed boards, red pictorial front cover lettered in yellow and black, unlettered grey rear cover, red and yellow pictorial endpapers. Issued without dust jacket. Colour frontispiece, 12 full-page colour illustrations (including one double-page illustration), numerous black and white illustrations in text. Worn at extremities, some light abrasions to front cover, minor split at head of front hinge, internally clean: a very good copy.

Zustand: Very Good. New York: Random House, 1943. 1st U.S. edition. 4to pictorial hardcover. Unpaginated. B/W and color llustrations. Very Good book and Fair dust jacket. Board edges and corners a just bit worn. The date "8-28-43" in ink to the upper right corner of the front pastown, small and neatly printed, and with the bookplate of "J. Rommel" the lower left. Lighltly toned. The dust jacket, in a protective mylar cover, is a bit edgeworn with chipped spine tips and a 2" tear to the center. A very nice copy! (Juvenile, Fantasy, Great Britain, Royal Air Force, Fighter Pilots, World War II) Inquire if you need further information.

First edition, first printing, of the author's first book. As noted by the dust jacket blurb, "Everybody has heard about the gremlins, the fantastic Little People whose antics have become one of the great legends of the R.A.F." The book was written as a promotional device for a feature-length Disney animation that was never produced, partly because the studio could not establish firm copyright in the "gremlin" characters (Dahl claimed to have invented them, though they had been common currency in the RAF and had appeared in print at least once before), and partly because the British Air Ministry wanted final approval of the script and production. It was eventually agreed that royalties would be split between the RAF Benevolent Fund and Dahl. The book is described on the title and the front cover as being "From the Walt Disney Production"; the Disney studio would write to Dahl in August 1943 after publication cancelling any further preproduction work. Quarto. Original red cloth-backed illustrated boards, spine lettered in black, yellow and red pictorial endpapers. With dust jacket. Coloured illustrations throughout. Edges a little worn; dust jacket worn at extremities with some minor loss and tears, some minor colour restoration, minor adhesive tape repairs to reverse, spine slightly sunned, price-clipped; a very good copy in a very good jacket.

First edition of Dahlâ s rare first book, with 14 vibrant full-page illustrations by Walt Disney Productions. Quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Walt Disney on the half-title page, "To Joan With Best Wishes Walt Disney." In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Dahl was sent to Washington in 1942 as an assistant air attachà for the British Embassy. After having a story published anonymously in the Saturday Evening Post, he was encouraged by C. S. Forester. He produced The Gremlins, a childrenâ s story expanding on a mythical creature enshrined for years in RAF lore (notwithstanding Dahlâ s claims to have invented the word) and sent it to Sidney Bernstein, the head of the British Information Service, who sent it on to Walt Disney. Disney decided to make it into a movie, at one point bringing Dahl to Hollywood to work on the screenplay. The story was published in Cosmopolitan in December of 1942, and as a book by Random House six months later. The film project, however, was sidelined and has never been produced. The story was received positively: Eleanor Roosevelt read it to her grandchildren, and invited Dahl to the White House. The 1984 film Gremlins, produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Joe Dante, is loosely inspired by Dahl's characters, featuring evil and destructive monsters which mutate from small furry creatures.

First editionÂof Dahlâ s rare first book, with 14 vibrant full-page illustrations by Walt Disney Productions. Quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "To Tim xxx from Roald Dahl 19/6/43 There should be a bowler hat and a tail." Dahl has added a drawing of a hat and a tail on the gremlin. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed in the year of publication. Dahl was sent to Washington in 1942 as an assistant air attachà for the British Embassy. After having a story published anonymously in the Saturday Evening Post, he was encouraged by C. S. Forester. He produced The Gremlins, a childrenâ s story expanding on a mythical creature enshrined for years in RAF lore (notwithstanding Dahlâ s claims to have invented the word) and sent it to Sidney Bernstein, the head of the British Information Service, who sent it on to Walt Disney. Disney decided to make it into a movie, at one point bringing Dahl to Hollywood to work on the screenplay. The story was published in Cosmopolitan in December of 1942, and as a book by Random House six months later. The film project, however, was sidelined and has never been produced. The story was received positively: Eleanor Roosevelt read it to her grandchildren, and invited Dahl to the White House.

First edition, first printing. Inscribed presentation copy. Publisher's original pictorial boards, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with 13 full page (one double page) colour plates and black and white drawings by the Walt Disney Studio artists throughout the text. An attractive near fine copy, the binding square and fresh with just a little shelf wear rubbing at the corners. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Complete with the very good rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that has several small chips to the edges and some archival strengthening to short closed tears and splits on the underside. Not price-clipped ($1.00 to the top of the front flap). Signed and inscribed by Walt Disney in black ink on the half title "To Ann Gale / from / Walt Disney". A highly desirable example of Roald Dahl's first book. The Walt Disney Production referred to on the upper cover was abandoned due to copyright issues surrounding the "Gremlin" character, thus copies inscribed by the legendary studio owner and animation pioneer are very scarce. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First Dark Horse edition, first printing; a facsimile reviving the author's first book, which had previously only been published in the American (1943) and British (1944) editions. The work was originally intended as a promotional device for a feature-length Disney animation which was abandoned before completion. In his preface, Disney historian Leonard Maltin outlines the project's fascinating history. The production had cost Walt Disney $50,000 at the time of cancellation. Part of the difficulties laid in establishing copyright, as Dahl was at that time serving in the RAF where "gremlins" were traditionally blamed for mechanical failures. "It didn't take long for the name to become part of common language. If a book or pamphlet had typographical errors in it, one could always blame it on Gremlins who gummed up the works. [But] this in no way discredits Dahl's charming story or his invention of the details surrounding their origins" (p. vi). In a deal with the British Air Ministry, Dahl gave the royalties to the RAF Benevolent Fund. Quarto. Original red pictorial boards lettered in black and yellow, illustrated endpapers. With publisher's wraparound band. No dust jacket issued. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white, mostly by the renowned Disney animator Bill Justice (1914-2011). A fine copy.

First edition of Dahlâ s rare first book, with 14 vibrant full-page illustrations by Walt Disney Productions. Quarto, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Disney animator Bill Justice on the half-title page with a large drawing of a Gremlin, "Sorry Ray That's a lousy Gremlin Bill Justice." Justice joined Walt Disney Studios as an animator in 1937 and worked on such features as Fantasia, The Three Caballeros, Alice in Wonderland, and Peter Pan. He is arguably best known as the animator of the rabbit Thumper from Bambi and chipmunks Chip 'n Dale. He was the director of The Truth About Mother Goose, Noah's Ark, and A Symposium On Popular Songs, all of which were nominated for Academy Awards as Best Short Subject, Cartoon. In total, Justice worked on 57 shorts and 19 features. Good in the rare original dust jacket with some chips and wear. Dahl was sent to Washington in 1942 as an assistant air attachà for the British Embassy. After having a story published anonymously in the Saturday Evening Post, he was encouraged by C. S. Forester. He produced The Gremlins, a childrenâ s story expanding on a mythical creature enshrined for years in RAF lore (notwithstanding Dahlâ s claims to have invented the word) and sent it to Sidney Bernstein, the head of the British Information Service, who sent it on to Walt Disney. Disney decided to make it into a movie, at one point bringing Dahl to Hollywood to work on the screenplay. The story was published in Cosmopolitan in December of 1942, and as a book by Random House six months later. The film project, however, was sidelined and has never been produced. The story was received positively: Eleanor Roosevelt read it to her grandchildren, and invited Dahl to the White House.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition. First printing, demy 4to (11.25 x 8.75 inches), pp. (52) without pagination, 12 full page color illustrations including one double-page and b/w illustrations throughout. Original black spine titled red cloth backed color pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. Very good+ copy with minor wear to edges and extremities, some minor scratches and rubs to boards. H10690 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full red cloth. 244 pp. White spotting to fore edges, some small spots of wear to spine and tail edges of boards. Dust jacket is rubbed, damp stained to fore edges, a few small chips and short tears, small perforations to spine. Some Time Never is a blend of superbly written realism and outrageous fantasy, with an almost Swiftian quality in its savage wit and subtle humor. It is the story of the hitherto little-known Gremlins. It is a moreover a piercing commentary on Man and the qualities in Man which are leading him to his destruction.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The side-splittingly funny follow-up to Supermarket Gremlins, from bestselling husband and wide duo, Adam and Charlotte Guillain. Cheeky gremlins are guzzling school dinners, howling in music class, and is that a GREMLIN BOTTOM peeking out of the paint box?! Lift the flaps to find them all! Another rhyming romp from Adam and Charlotte Guillain, packed with madcap fun and silly humour, perfectly matched with Chris Chatterton's joyous artwork. With tons of flaps to lift, cheeky gremlins to find and a settling ending about quiet storytime, this is the perfect picture book to help parents, teachers and librarians calm down lively little gremlins age 3 years and up. Look out for more zany fun in Adam and Charlotte's other adventures: Spaghetti with the Yeti, Marshmallows for Martians, Doughnuts for a Dragon, Pizza for Pirates, Socks for Santa and Treats for a T. rex. Praise for Supermarket Gremlins: Supermarket Gremlins is the FUNNIEST book of 2016! (Little Likely Lads). Adam Guillain is a performance storyteller and was the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre Writer in Residence. Charlotte Guillain taught English to air traffic controllers and nurses before deciding a career in publishing would endanger fewer lives. They have written several books together including Supermarket Gremlins, School for Dads and the George's Amazing Adventures series. The first title in the series, Spaghetti with the Yeti, was nominated for nine awards including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and has co-editioned in seven territories. Chris Chatterton is an illustrator and animator from County Durham, England. He has a background in graphic design and corporate / commercial animation. His passion for illustration has led him to pursue a career as a freelance artist working for a wide array of clients. He has upcoming books with Scholastic, Little Tiger Press and Egmont. Chris loves all things creative and geeky. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

[Childrens classic] FIRST BRITISH EDITION. Quarto (28 x 23cm), pp.[52], with 13 colour plates (one double-page), and many in-text illustrations throughout. In the publisher's red pictorial paper-covered boards, cream cloth spine, pictorial end-papers. Gift inscription (31/10/44) to half title, contents clean, staples rusted and showing, light wear to covers, backstrip a little soiled, rear cover gently sunned. Very good. The author's first book, produced as a tie-in for an unrealised Disney animated film.

First UK edition, first impression. The title was first published the previous year in the US, and is notable as the first book about nuclear war to be published there after the bombing of Hiroshima. The final chapter is slightly rewritten and expanded in the UK edition. Dahl would later suppress the novel. Jeremy Treglown notes that "Dahl may. have had Tolkien in mind in writing the story. there are echoes too of Lewis Carroll's mixture of the irrational and the commonsensical. But these elements are combined with the realism of his tougher war stories". Dahl's biographer also suggests that the Leader of the Gremlins in the novel "is a prototype of Mr Willy Wonka" (Treglown, p. 82). Jeremy Treglown, Roald Dahl, 1994. Octavo. Original purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt, cream endpapers, lower edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Extremities a little bumped, crease to front free endpaper, minor foxing to endpapers; unclipped jacket worn with loss to head and foot of spine, closed tear to rear panel, spine sunned: a very good copy in like jacket.

First UK edition, first impression, signed by the author on the front free endpaper. The book was first published the previous year in the US, and is notable as the first book about nuclear war to be published there after the bombing of Hiroshima. The final chapter is slightly rewritten and expanded in the UK edition. Jeremy Treglown notes that "Dahl may. have had Tolkien in mind in writing the story. there are echoes too of Lewis Carroll's mixture of the irrational and the commonsensical. But these elements are combined with the realism of his tougher war stories". Treglown also suggests that the Leader of the Gremlins in the novel "is a prototype of Mr Willy Wonka". Treglown, Roald Dahl, 1994, p. 82. Octavo. Original purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt, cream endpapers, lower edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper. A crisp copy, spine slightly bumped, minor crease to spine, some foxing; extremities of jacket slightly rubbed, spine slightly sunned, some foxing, unclipped: a very good copy in a very good jacket.

[Literary biography] FIRST EDITION, with strike-line ending '1'. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xiv; 307; [1], blank. Illustrated with two suites of eight photographic plates. Publisher's black cloth, photographic jacket priced £17.50. Minor toning to text block else fine. Biography of the award-winning children's author and screenwriter Roald Dahl (1916-1990). A certified Royal Air Force 'air ace', Dahl was a friend and wartime colleague of Ian Fleming, and would often meet in New York with Fleming and mutual pal, the Old Etonian Ivar Bryce, (who was, at the time, Britain's only member the OSS). Following the war Dahl worked on the official government report of the BSC network's activities, and remained friends with 'real James Bond' Sir William Stephenson, Bryce and Fleming. His first children's book was The Gremlins, and by the sixties he was one of the world's bestselling authors. His most famous book 'Charlie and The Chocolate Factory' was published in 1964, followed by numerous classics including Fantastic Mr. Fox (1970), The BFG (1982) and Matilda (1988), all of which were successfully filmed. Dahl was asked by EON Productions to adapt Ian Fleming's original novel 'You Only Live Twice' for the big budget 1967 movie, and, following the success of this venture, he was hired by 'Cubby' Broccoli for his next Fleming screen adventure 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' (1968). This copy is part of the comprehensive collection assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencilled notes and signature within), whose comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert, Jon. Ian Fleming: The Bibliography, page 639.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Curnick, Pippa (illustrator). Neuware - An easter EGGS-travaganza from bestselling authors Adam and Charlotte Guillain with illustrations by rising star, Pippa Curnick. Poor Easter Chick works so hard to make Easter eggs for everyone, but the Easter Bunny always gets all the credit. It's time for Chick to hatch a cunning plan . which accidentally turns into the first ever Easter egg hunt! It's three cheers for chick in this deliciously chocolatey tale. This rhyming picture book is choc full of Easter fun and has a brilliant message about teamwork that is great for reading all year round. Pippa Curnick's bright illustrations are packed with humour and bring this Easter story to life. Perfect for anyone who loved We're Going on an Egg Hunt, this un-eggs-pected story will delight children age 3 years and up. Adam Guillain is a performance storyteller and was the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre Writer in Residence. Charlotte Guillain taught English to air traffic-controllers and nurses before deciding a career in publishing would endanger fewer lives. They have written several children's picture books together including Supermarket Gremlins, School for Dads and the George's Amazing Adventures series. Pippa Curnick is an illustrator and freelance designer who grew up in rural Essex and spent most of her childhood climbing trees, jumping over ditches and daydreaming in her treehouse. She studied at Camberwell College of Art before graduating from the University of Derby with a degree in illustration. She recently illustrated the picture book Lucie Goose, written by Danny Baker. She also enjoys puppet and model-making. She lives in Derbyshire with her partner, their little boy and an ever-expanding menagerie of pets. 32 pp. Deutsch.

Original manuscript first draft of Roald Dahl's screenplay for the screen adaptation of Fleming's You Only Live Twice, released in 1967 starring Sean Connery, with Dahl's signature boldly across the title leaf. This is the most substantial Roald Dahl manuscript to exist in private hands and to come on the market in decades. Roald Dahl, though a good friend of Ian Fleming, was an unlikely choice to write the adaptation, having never worked with screenplays before. As in virtually all film projects, several drafts were needed before the screenplay was finally approved, and Dahl quickly managed to provide a finished screenplay to the satisfaction of the producers Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman (though some additional story material was supplied by the television writer Harry Jack Bloom). Dahl admired Ian Fleming's writing, and later also adapted his Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for the screen. Many critics have commented on how much the finished screenplay of You Only Live Twice owed to Dahl's invention, rather than Fleming's novel. In fact, Dahl's script set a template for the Bond film series, and his story structure would be re-used extensively in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979), and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). Dahl's friendship with Ian Fleming began with their joint activities in spying. Dahl was posted to Washington as assistant air attaché (1942-3) and worked in security (1943-5). Dahl, with a successful book (The Gremlins) under his belt, became a frequent guest of Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House and their weekend retreat, Hyde Park. British Intelligence exploited his access and recruited him to spy for the British. Dahl's co-conspirators included future advertising legend David Ogilvy and Ian Fleming. The future author of the James Bond books was also high in joint intelligence circles, having worked with Colonel Bill Donovan, the special representative of President Roosevelt, on intelligence co-operation between London and Washington before Pearl Harbor. In May 1941 he accompanied Admiral Godfrey to America, staying to help write a blueprint for the office of co-ordinator of information (the forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency). Both men came under the control of the British spymaster Sir William Stephenson (code-named "Intrepid"), who ran the entire complex British Intelligence network he had built up throughout North and South America. After the war Fleming and Dahl maintained their friendship, meeting frequently at the New York house of Fleming's friend Ivar Bryce. Dahl was a great admirer of Fleming's charisma: "There was," he wrote later, "a great red glow when Ian came into the room". This screenplay comes from the significant Ian Fleming collection of Martin Schøyen (b.1940), with his bookplate within the solander box. Schøyen's private collection of manuscripts, which span all cultures and all time periods, is one of the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. Approximately 244 unbound leaves, yellow writing paper, feint ruled, written on one side of the leaf by Dahl in pencil in screenplay format. Housed in custom red cloth chemise and red morocco-backed solander box. Some erasures, some passages excised, a few leaves with additional sections taped in, minor creasing to leaf edges. Overall in remarkably well-preserved near-fine condition.