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First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the front free endpaper, of the last major book to be written by Dahl before his death in 1990. Matilda won the Children's Book Award in 1989. It formed the basis for both the 1996 film directed by Danny DeVito and the successful stage musical that premiered at the RSC's Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in November 2010. A film adaptation of the musical was released in December 2022. Octavo. Original red boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Line drawings by Quentin Blake. Author's signature offsetting to front pastedown and jacket front flap. Very light marking to boards and slight spotting to contents; unclipped jacket a little rubbed, creased to spine panel, rear flap, and around extremities, small patch of tape to front flap. A near-fine copy in very good jacket. .

Matilda is a children's novel by British writer Roald Dahl. It was first published in 1988 by Jonathan Cape in London, with 232 pages and illustrations by Quentin Blake. The story is about a young prodigy named Matilda Wormwood, who loves reading books and has the power of telekinesis. She faces challenges from her neglectful parents and the tyrannical headmistress Miss Trunchbull, and seeks solace in books and her kind-hearted teacher, Miss Honey.