Roald Dahl — James and the Giant Peach

London, George Allen & Unwin LTD, 1967. First edition. Hardback. A lovely copy of the first U.K. edition, first impression, of Roald Dahl's beloved macabre and magical children's novel, with the original illustrations by Michel Simeon. The first U.K. edition, first impression of this work. First published in the U.S. in 1961.In the original decorative colour boards. In a nice condition for a children's novel.Illustrated with eleven full-paged illustrations, and many in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.Roald Dahl's classic children's novel, following a young orphan boy who enters a ginormous magical peach, going on adventures with the magic bugs he meets in the peach.A macabre novel, 'James and the Giant Peach' has often become a target of censors since its publication.Dahl is one of the most beloved children's writers of the twentieth century. Illustrated by Michel Simeon. In the original publisher's colourful pictorial boards. Externally, smart. Small crack to the tail of the joints, with a little loss of laminate. A few light marks to the boards. Light bumping to the spine and extremities. Odd spots to the fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some spots. In a nice condition for a children's novel. Very Good . Ill.: Michel Simeon. Very Good .