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NY: Alfred A Knopf 1961. 1st edition, 1st state. 5 line colophon at rear, bound by H Wolff, paper supplied by Glatfelter. Hardcover 4to 119 pgs. Color plates, color and b/w illustrations. Very good in a poor dust jacket. Red cloth, green endpapers. Top edge dyed yellow. Sunning to spine ends. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket worn and has large chips and tears. Rear panel soiled. 3.95 orig price on front flap. (Juvenile Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.

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.