82. Dahl (Roald) The Gremlins from the Walt Disney Production, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title, 12 full-page and 1 double-page colour illustrations, black & white vignette illustrations, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, a few small bumps and marks to extremities, dust-jacket, elegantly laid-down, a few small repairs and restorations, mostly to spine ends and corners, in effect a near-fine copy, preserved in custom drop-back box, 4to, New York, 1943.
est. £1500 – £2000
The author's first published work, scarce in the dust-jacket. We can trace no other inscribed copies at auction.