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INSCRIBED BY ROALD DAHL

DAHL, Roald. The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar and Six More. London: Jonathan Cape, (1977). Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket.

First edition of this collection, boldly inscribed in the year of publication by the author, “Thomas, Love, Roald Dahl, Oct. 22, 1977.”

Includes the titular story as well as “The Boy Who Talked to Animals,” “The Hitch-hiker” and “The Swan”; the non-fiction works “A Piece of Cake”—Dahl’s first written and published story, about his experiences in the RAF—and “The Mildenhall Treasure”; and “Lucky Break” an essay about his writing career and his advice for aspiring authors.

Dust jacket price-clipped. A fine inscribed copy.