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Dahl (Roald) James and the Giant Peach, first edition, first issue, New York, [1961].
Dahl (Roald) James and the Giant Peach, first edition, first issue, New York, [1961].
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Dahl (Roald) James and the Giant Peach, first edition, first issue with five-line colophon including "Bound by H. Wolff, New York", illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, original cloth, slight bowing to covers, first issue dust-jacket without ISBN, very light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, extremities rubbed, a very good example, 4to, New York, [1961].
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Dahl (Roald) James and the Giant Peach, first edition, first issue, New York, [1961].

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