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Lot 385

DAHL, Roald (1916?1990). The BFG. New York: Farrar, Straus ...

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DAHL, Roald (1916?1990). The BFG. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1982]. 8vo. Numerous in text illustrations by Quentin Blake. (Some light interior penciling on limitation and several textual leaves, else fine). Original gilt?decorated red cloth; original slipcase (few spots of white stains at foot of case). LIMITED EDITION, number 268 of 300 copies SIGNED BY DAHL AND THE ILLUSTRATOR. One of the rarer Dahl books that was adapted into an animated film in 1987 and again the basis for the 2016 film directed and co?produced by Steven Spielberg.