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The Commemorative Edition, number 123 of 500 copies. This edition was published on the 75th anniversary of the author's birth on 13 September 1991. The publishers announced this special limited edition stating that "only 500 sets are being produced and no further similar commemorative editions will be permitted for a period of 50 years". The paper used on the boards and the slipcases was a "special paper design... reproduced by courtesy of the Board of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the machine plates and film to be destroyed after printing". Furthermore, the text was "redesigned in a uniform typeface, and printed on heavy-weight Consort Royal Sword Tint, especially manufactured for this edition. The text plates and film will be destroyed after printing". The books were available only on subscription, with the allocation of sets to be decided by a draw. The original publication price was £1,000. Together 15 vols, octavo. Original blue quarter morocco, spines lettered in gilt, weave pattern paper boards, buff endpapers, top edges gilt. Each copy housed in a matching weave pattern paper-covered slipcase and the whole contained in a large slipcase. Illustrated throughout by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, Joseph Schindelman, William Pene du Bois, Donald Chaffin, Jill Bennett and Quentin Blake. Minor wear and repair to large slipcase; a fine set. .

The BFG is a children's book written by British novelist Roald Dahl. The story is about a young orphan girl named Sophie who encounters the eponymous Big Friendly Giant who, unlike his giant peers, does not eat boys and girls. The BFG and Sophie team up to stop the man-eating giants that terrorize the human world.