DAHL, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, 1964 [WITH:] GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR, 1972 (2 VOL.)

i) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964, 8vo (235 by 152mm.), FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (six line colophon on the last page), original red cloth lettered in blind and gilt, DUST-JACKET, FIRST ISSUE (priced "$3.95" on upper flap and without ISBN number on the rear panel), very slightly skewed, minor wear to corners, slightly soiled dust-jacket slightly frayed at extremities; ii) Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972, 8vo (234 by 154mm.), FIRST EDITION, original blue cloth-backed boards lettered in pink, DUST-JACKET, price-clipped dust-jacket slightly soiled and frayed at head of spine (2)

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