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Uncorrected proof copy with provisional publication details on the front wrapper. Proof copies of Dahl's books published by Cape are becoming scarce. Jeremy Treglown found that the book "owes something to a circus act or a Punch and Judy show" and notes that Quentin Blake "lightens things by visually reminding the reader both how small George is, and. how lonely and innocent" (p. 229). A contemporary review noted that, "For some time now Roald Dahl has been the most popular living novelist that we have for children, despite, or sometimes possibly because of, lapses in taste. George's Marvellous Medicine is a good example of this ability he has to entertain the young often at the cost of offending many of the other sort". Times Literary Supplement, 24 July 1981, p. 839; Jeremy Treglown, Roald Dahl, a biography, 1994. Octavo. Original orange wrappers, lettering in black, publisher's device repeated in black. Illustrated throughout by Quentin Blake. Spine slightly rubbed, minor closed tear to front wrapper: a very good copy.

George's Marvellous Medicine is a book written by Roald Dahl. It revolves around a young boy named George who concocts a magical medicine to cure his grandmother of her grumpiness.