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First edition, first impression, presentation copy from the author to his dentist and his family, inscribed on the half-title "Happy Christmas to the Rigdens from Roald Dahl 1984". The book was directly acquired by Peter Harrington from a family member. In his autobiographical collection of stories from childhood, Dahl includes his fondness for confectionery, his Norwegian ancestry, and his loathing for most schoolteachers. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial endpapers. With dust jacket. Black and white illustrations, and photographic reproductions in the text. Covers lightly bowed, else a very good copy in the dust jacket, slightly creased at extremities and to rear fold and flap. .