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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First editions. Near Fine/Near Fine. Chocolate Factory was originally published in the US three years before being published in the UK. True first issue of this children's classic with the six line colophon on the last page of the book and no isbn number on the dust jacket. A just about Fine copy of the book with the spine a trifle cocked, otherwise without any real faults. In a Near Fine dust jacket with faint offsetting to the rear panel from a smaller book next to it on the shelf. Great Glass Elevator is Near Fine in like dust jacket. A previous owner's bookplate is on the front free end paper, otherwise a handsome, unmarked copy. Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s book about the poor Charlie Bucket winning a ticket to a tour of Willy Wonka’s legendary and mysterious candy factory. The book was inspired by Dahl’s own experiences with chocolate as a young boy and the fierce rivalry between the two principal English chocolate makers,…

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.