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First edition, first printing, with the six-line colophon on the last page (this was cut to five in all subsequent printings). This US edition precedes the English by three years. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in purple morocco, spine lettered in gilt, decorative multi-coloured title and chocolate bar inlay to front board, twin rule to turn-ins, dark green endpapers, edges gilt. A fine copy. Grolier Children's 100, 98.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a delightful novel by Roald Dahl that tells the story of a poor boy named Charlie Bucket who finds a golden ticket in a chocolate bar, granting him a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious and magical chocolate factory.