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First gift edition, first impression, signed by both author and illustrator on the title page, including an ink drawing of the mouse by Scheffler. The story won the Smarties Book Prize following publication in 1999. Quarto, pp. 25, [1]. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, arboreal gilt frame on front cover enclosing mounted colour plate of the Gruffalo, gilt vignette of the mouse on rear cover, illustrated endpapers. Housed in the original pictorial card slipcase with stickers issued by the publisher and Waterstones. Colour illustrations throughout. Spot of wear to fore edge of rear cover, occasional light finger-soiling. A near-fine copy. .

The Gruffalo is a children's book by writer and playwright Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler. It tells the story of a mouse taking a walk in the forest and featuring encounters with several dangerous animals, depicted humorously and with rhyme.