Roald Dahl. First edition (stated), first printing. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. The price-clipped dust jacket and hardcover in Very Good+ and Near Fine condition. Jacket in mylar protective wrapper. With illustrations by Joseph Schiendelman.
This original First Issue dustjacket (missing the $3.95 printed price) has NO fading to the spine which is scarce for this title. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with slight wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book, 163 pp.
The continuing adventures of the Bucket family and the splendid Willy Wonka, catapulted into the heavens via Wonka's special glass elevator, where they encounter the Vermicious Knids, Gnoolies and more. This is the sequel to the author's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
The American edition of Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator precedes the first UK edition.
