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First US edition, signed limited issue, number 214 of 300 copies signed by the author and the illustrator. The Witches was the second of only two Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake signed limited editions published exclusively in the US. Octavo. Original blue cloth boards, spine lettered in red, front cover with pictorial design in red, blue endpapers. No jacket as issued. In the publisher's slipcase. With numerous in-text and full-page illustrations by Quentin Blake. Foot of spine bumped, small mark on upper edge, else sharp; a little fingersoiling and couple of faint marks to slipcase: a near-fine copy in very good slipcase.

The Witches is a dark fantasy children's novel by the British writer Roald Dahl. The story is set partly in Norway and partly in the United Kingdom, and features the influence of Scandinavian folklore on the plot and characters.