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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First Edition, First Issue. American edition precedes the Birtish and is the first issue with 5-line colophon stating "Bound by H. Wolff, New York.". Hardcover. Very good +/Good. 118, [2] p. 26 cm. 5 full page illustrations and numerous smaller, in partial colour or b&w. Red cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Jacket has some chips and tears to extremities and faded spine. Three inch tape repair on front of jacket. A little soiling to rear. Slight fading to book spine ends. A little discolouration to front free endpaper. Nancy Ekholm Burkert is an American artist and illustrator whose most celebrated work is the picture book Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1972), a New York Times Notable Book and a Caldecott Honor Book. James and the Giant Peach was her first illustration work. This is Dahl's second book after Gremlins.

James and the Giant Peach is a popular children's novel written by British author Roald Dahl. It was first published in 1961 and tells the story of a young English orphan boy who enters a gigantic, magical peach, and has a wild and surreal cross-world adventure with seven magically-altered garden bugs he meets along the way. The novel is known for its whimsical narrative, imaginative description, and creative characters.

One can determine if a copy of 'James and the Giant Peach' is a first edition by looking for the publisher's name and the original publication date on the copyright page, as well as identifying the presence of a specific cover design or illustrations that were unique to the first edition.