Books

illustrations, some full-page, by Quentin Blake, pp. 240, 8vo, original red boards, backstrip lettered in gilt, dustjacket with Quentin Blake's design, very bright excepting a short closed tear at head of rear flap-fold, very good. Signed by both author and illustrator on the flyleaf.

Matilda is a children's novel by British writer Roald Dahl. It was first published in 1988 by Jonathan Cape in London, with 232 pages and illustrations by Quentin Blake. The story is about a young prodigy named Matilda Wormwood, who loves reading books and has the power of telekinesis. She faces challenges from her neglectful parents and the tyrannical headmistress Miss Trunchbull, and seeks solace in books and her kind-hearted teacher, Miss Honey.