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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.

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.

Paperback. Zustand: Fine. 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.

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.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Wildish, Lee (illustrator). Join George on a new rhyming adventure in the latest title in the bestselling picture book series, from award-winning authors, Adam and Charlotte Guillain. A boy called George had a breathtaking thought, that giants might really exist When George plants a jellybean in his garden it grows into an enormous beanstalk and George is sure there must be a friendly giant at the top. As he climbs bravely up the beanstalk, higher and higher, George encounters a magical pixie, a stinky troll and gets stuck in a very sticky web Combining a classic fairytale story with fun rhyming text and silly humour, Jellybeans for Giants is the perfect picture book fun for children aged 3 years and up. All of Georges adventures are available to collect with brilliant new bright covers. Find more treats and daring feats in: Spaghetti with the Yeti Marshmallows for Martians Doughnuts for a Dragon Pizza for Pirates Socks for Santa Treats for a T. rex Muffins for Mummies Praise for George's Amazing Adventures series: 'a completely engaging and entertaining world' The Bookbag 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. Lee Wildish lives in Lancashire and has been illustrating from a very young age. He loves illustrating children's books and thinks there's nothing better than seeing people laughing at a book he's illustrated. His titles include The Spooky Spooky House which was the winner of the Red House Children's Book Award 2013, and the New York Times bestselling How to Babysit a Grandpa. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Wildish, Lee (illustrator). George bravely explores the museum to see, Who's been stealing the cakes on the sly. It could be the mammoth or maybe the knight? Or that mummy who's lurking nearby Join George for a Night at the Museum-style adventure in the latest title in the bestselling picture book series Georges Amazing Adventures. This time someones been stealing cakes from the museum cafe and George (armed with 25 muffins as bait) is off to crack the crime! Can George and his faithful puppy Trixie track down the criminal without getting squashed by a great big mammoth? Another fast-paced rhyming picture book tale from husband and wife duo Adam and Charlotte Guillain, whose Georges Amazing Adventures titles have won several awards including Gold in the Practial Pre-School Awards and Highly Commended in the Junior Design Awards. Adam and Charlotte's joyful rhyming text is great fun to aloud and offers the perfect picture book fun for children aged 3 years old and up. Winner of the Mumsnet Rated Badge: Of 49 Mumsnet testers 88% would recommend Muffins for Mummies to a friend or family member and 84% would buy another book by the same authors. All of Georges adventures are available to collect with brilliant new bright covers. Find more treats and daring feats in: Spaghetti with the Yeti, Marshmallows for Martians, Doughnuts for a Dragon, Pizza for Pirates, Socks for Santa Treats for T. rex Praise for George's Amazing Adventures series: 'Adam Guillain, Charlotte Guillain and Lee Wildish have worked together to create a completely engaging and entertaining world' The Bookbag 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. Lee Wildish lives in Lancashire and has been illustrating from a very young age. He loves illustrating children's books and thinks there's nothing better than seeing people laughing at a book he's illustrated. His titles include The Spooky Spooky House which was the winner of the Red House Children's Book Award 2013, and the New York Times Bestselling How to Babysit a Grandpa. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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, 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, with additional black & white photographic print (image size: 288 x 143mm, sheet size 305 x 202mm); 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 Walt Disney for a feature-length film which was originally planned to include live-action and animation. Although Dahl's collaboration with Walt Disney in Burbank was successful, wht the book appearing in 1943, by then the public were growing tired of war-related films and the project was shelved. This was also due to copyright issues revolving around the 'gremlin' characters, since they were not an original creation (RAF pilots referred to them throughout WWII). 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 Walt Disney, with one of his team literally knelling at his feet, looking at a story board with concept artwork.

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 of Dahlâs 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 childrenâs story expanding on a mythical creature enshrined for years in RAF lore (notwithstanding Dahlâs 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 of Dahlâs 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 made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed by Walt Disney. 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 childrenâs story expanding on a mythical creature enshrined for years in RAF lore (notwithstanding Dahlâs 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 Dahlâs 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 childrenâs story expanding on a mythical creature enshrined for years in RAF lore (notwithstanding Dahlâs 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 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. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white, mostly by the renowned Disney animator Bill Justice (1914-2011). Original red pictorial boards lettered in black and yellow, illustrated endpapers. With publisher's wraparound band. No dust jacket issued. A fine copy.

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. Coloured illustrations throughout. Original illustrated boards, red cloth backstrip, spine lettered in black, yellow and red pictorial endpapers. 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 on the book 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 the American publication cancelling any further preproduction work. Leonard Maltin, "The Gremlins Got 'Em" in Roald Dahl, The Gremlins, 2006. Quarto. Colour frontispiece, 12 full-page colour illustrations (including one double-page illustration), numerous black and white illustrations in text. 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. Creases and light soiling to spine, extremities slightly rubbed, minor loss to top right corner of front cover, other creases and minor abrasions, hinges splitting as usual, occasional foxing: a very good copy.

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. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 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. The occasional minor blemish, an excellent copy, finely bound.

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. Coloured illustrations throughout. Original red cloth-backed illustrated boards, spine lettered in black, yellow and red pictorial endpapers. With dust jacket. 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.

[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.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First American edition. Fine in very good dust jacket with a chip and a couple tears on the front panel, and slight sunning at the spine. The author's third book, and first novel, in which Gremlin's inherit the Earth after WWII.

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.

[James Bond films] Original manuscript first draft of Roald Dahl's screenplay for the screen adaptation of Fleming's You Only Live Twice, 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. 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 a custom-made cloth chemise with 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. Roald Dahl [1916-1990], was born in Wales of Norwegian parents, named after polar hero Roald Amundsen. A certified Royal Air Force 'ace', he 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 O.S.S.). Following the war Dahl worked on the official government report of the B.S.C. 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 best-selling authors. His most famous book 'Charlie and The Chocolate Factory' was published in 1964. Following Ian Fleming's death, Dahl was brought in by the James Bond film producer Cubby Broccoli to adapt their friend's original novel for the big budget 1967 movie. Following the success of this venture he was hired once again by the filmmakers for their next Fleming adventure, 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'. 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). Ex-Adrian Harrington Ltd, September 2008. Jon Gilbert, The Schøyen Collection: Ian Fleming & James Bond, 2020. MS6505.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good +. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 118, [2] p. 26 cm. 5 full page illustrations and numerous smaller, in partial colour or b&w. Red cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Jacket has some chips and tears to extremities and faded spine. Three inch tape repair on front of jacket. A little soiling to rear. Slight fading to book spine ends. A little discolouration to front free endpaper. Nancy Ekholm Burkert is an American artist and illustrator whose most celebrated work is the picture book Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1972), a New York Times Notable Book and a Caldecott Honor Book. James and the Giant Peach was her first illustration work. This is Dahl's second book after Gremlins. First Edition, First Issue. American edition precedes the Birtish and is the first issue with 5-line colophon stating "Bound by H. Wolff, New York.".

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.

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.