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Roald Dahl, born 1916 and died 1990 is still one of the world's
most popular children's author, indeed in a poll to mark the 2000 World Book Day
he was voted Britain's most popular author. His popularity has been enhanced by
the hugely successful Willy Wonka film, and subsequently the remake by Tim
Burton featuring Johnny Depp. The television series, Tales of the Unexpected,
was a huge hit on both sides of the AtlanticThere is a darkness to his stories
that sets him apart from his contemporaries. It is arguable whether children who
read his work pick up on the darker side, it is never the less there. For
collectors first editions are highly sought after. The early titles were first
issued in America and consequently those editions are more valuable than their
English counterparts. In the mid 1970s and onwards, English titles tend to
precede. Early UK titles were issued sans dust jacket in laminated pictorial
boards. The boards are of a fragile nature making fine copies difficult to find.
Copies with unrubbed boards with undamaged laminate do fetch a premium.
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Children's Titles
| Title |
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Date |
Notes |
| The Gremlins |
Random |
1943 |
UK: 1944 Collins, no dw. Both ND |
| James and the Giant Peach |
Knopf |
1961 |
UK: 1967 Unwin, no dw |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
Knopf |
1964 |
UK: 1967 Unwin, no dw |
| The Magic Finger |
Harper |
1966 |
UK: 1968 Unwin, no dw |
| Fantastic Mr Fox |
Knopf |
1970 |
UK: 1970 Unwin, no dw |
| Charlie and the great Glass Elevator |
Knopf |
1972 |
UK: 1973 Unwin, no dw |
| Danny Champion of the World |
Cape |
1975 |
US: 1975 Knopf |
| The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar |
Cape |
1977 |
US: 1977 Knopf |
| The Enormous Crocodile |
Cape |
1978 |
US: 1978 Knopf, UK no dw |
| The Twits |
Cape |
1980 |
US: 1981 Knopf |
| Georges's Marvellous Medicine |
Cape |
1981 |
US: 198 Knopf |
| Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes |
Cape |
1983 |
US: 1983 Knopf . UK no dw |
| The BFG |
Cape |
1982 |
US: 1982 Straus |
| Dirty Beasts |
Cape |
1983 |
US: 1983 Straus. UK no dw |
| The Witches |
Cape |
1983 |
US: 1983 Straus |
| The Giraffe the Pelly and Me |
Cape |
1985 |
US: 1985 Straus, both no dw |
| Matilda |
Cape |
1988 |
US: 1988 Viking |
| Rhyme Stew |
Cape |
1989 |
US: 1990 Viking |
| Esio Trot |
Cape |
1990 |
US: 1990 Viking |
| The Vicar of Nibbleswicke |
Random |
1991 |
US: 1991 Viking |
| The Minpins |
Cape |
1991 |
US: 1991 Viking |
| My Year |
Cape |
1993 |
US: 1993 Viking |
| The Mildenhall Treasure |
Cape |
1999 |
US: 2000 Knopf |
Other Titles
| Title |
|
Date |
Notes |
| Over to You |
Hitchcock |
1946 |
UK: 1946 Hamilton |
| Someone Like You |
Knopf |
1953 |
UK: 1954 Secker |
| Kiss Kiss |
Knopf |
1960 |
UK: 1960 Joseph |
| A Roald Dahl Selection |
Longman |
1960 |
US wraps |
| Twenty Nine Kisses |
Joseph |
1969 |
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| Switch Bitch |
Knopf |
1974 |
UK: 1974 Joseph |
| Tales of the Unexpected |
Joseph |
1979 |
US: 1979 Random, wraps |
| Taste and Other Tales |
Penguin |
1979 |
UK paperback |
| More Tales of the Unexpected |
Joseph |
1980 |
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| Boy Tales of Childhood |
Cape |
1984 |
US:1984 Straus |
| Completely Unexpected Tales |
Penguin |
1986 |
wraps |
| Two Fables |
Viking |
1986 |
300 signed copies also |
| Going Solo |
Cape |
1986 |
US: 1986 Straus |
| Taste a 1934 Chateau Branaire Ducru Tainted |
Redpath |
1986 |
wrappers |
| Ah Sweet Mystery of Life |
Joseph |
1989 |
US: 1989 Knopf |
| Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety |
BR |
1991 |
wrappers |
| The great Automatic Grammatizator |
Viking |
1996 |
US as the Umbrella Man |
| Skin |
Viking |
2000 |
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