Charlie and the Chocolate Factory First edition in book form

First edition in book form

This title was published as Aldiss’s ‘Castaway’s Choice’

crease down the spine

Frontispiece and 8 full-page watercolours by Sophie MacCarthy

Printed and bound by Kösel in full blue cloth printed in black and blocked in gold with design by Cooper

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory First edition in book formCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1967. First UK edition, first impression, with the original Faith Jacques illustrations. Publisher's illustrated and laminated boards, black lettering to front cover and spine, plain endpapers. 9. 5" by 6. 5", Pp 127. Externally, with some loss of the plastic lamination to the boards, mostly focused to the spine and joints. Front and rear joints are torn at ends, with