Buy this book on-line DAHL**, ROALD: : More Tales of the UnexpectedLONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH,1980. ISBN 0718119193.
UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip - absence of publisher's price - to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj with white,and black outlined,graduated yellow to orange lettering to front,white background spine/backstrip wih blue+black lettering,rear panel with white background and thumbnail b/w portrait of author photograph and black lettered newspaper's critic review; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no major nicks,tears or splits present other than an approx. 1.5cm closed tear to top,rear corner tip and an approx. 0.5cm closed tear to top of spine/backstrip's rear-facing gutter's fold/crease.Head+foot of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasinG,tiny laminate peel/curl to foot of same,minor wrinkling creases to front panel and both panels with superficial scoring/indents without penetration to boards beneath.Small water/fluid stain internally to foot of spine of dw/dj, visible externally.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean but with notable paperstock's tonal difference to approximately the front signatures half of book - this discrepancy facilitates its Near Fine,and not FINE grading; contents otherwise bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corners – text body near pristine and appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher’s bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original, unblemished,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/ backstrip and immaculate/clean plain white endpapers - without blemish or off-setting.UK, slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,7-127pp [paginated] includes 9 short stories; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and contents list/table.
In this,Dahl's latest selection of short stories,the surprises are as wicked and witty as ever.Taken from 'Someone Like You','Kiss Kiss' and 'The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar'; plus four brand new stories,they lure you into a world as full of unease,coincidence and black humour as you could wish.This title contains stories including: 'Poison','The Sound Machine', 'Georgy Porgy','Genesis and Catastrophe','The Hitch-Hiker','The Umbrella Man','Mr Botibol', 'Vengeance is Mine Inc.',and 'The Butler'. Coincides with the successful tie-in (British) Anglia TV dramatisation series.
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