Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, second state, with five lines below 'About the Author' at colophon. $3.95 cover price at front inner flap of DJ; no ISBN at jacket or in book. Oompa-Loompa illustration at page 72. Red cloth with gilt spine titling, title blind-stamped to front panel; boards about good- to good, stained to front, the spine gilt faded and dulled, with generally light rubbing edgewear but with tiny point of fraying to bottom fore-edge corner of front panel. Spine tilted forward. Binding sound. Dust jacket in poor condition, with full vertical tape repairs at front hinge and front fore-edge, another tape repair from top edge of front cover, numerous additional small closed tears along edges and chipping loss at spine ends. DJ protected in Mylar. Black topstain to textblock; staining to top of textblock, drifting down into slight dampstaining to top margin of interior at endsheets and a few other pages. Previous owner's name penned to top margin of FFEP. Large stain to top fore-edge quadrant of page 148, with faint echoes to few flanking pages. Interior else clean; pages toned; text free of any kind of notes, underlining, or highlighting. Used: Good / Poor. Item #BBS-2024534
Price: $50.00