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An excellent copy of the true first printing of the author's first book for children. Precedes the U.K. first edition. In excellent embossed red cloth boards stamped in gilt, and covered with a barely worn jacket with sunning to spine, shallow chips to spine ends and a nick or two, with original $5.95 price. All points present within the 5-line colophon, including the H. Wolff Binding. A treasure, scarce in this condition.

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.