89 “This Book Is For Children Over Six. You Qualify—Just”: First Edition Of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Delightfully Inscribed By Roald Dahl And Wife Patricia Neal For Christmas In The Year Of Publication 104 DAHL, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. New York, 1964. Octavo, original red cloth, dust jacket, custom half morocco clamshell box. $18,000 First edition, first issue, boldly inscribed in red crayon by Dahl and his wife, actress Patricia Neal, the inscription likely in Neal’s hand, the signature in Dahl’s: “Dear Anette and Gerald, This book is for children over six. You qualify— just. With love from Pat and Roald. Christmas 1964.” It is in this famous work that the world was introduced to Willie Wonka. Inscribed copies of Dahl’s books are uncommon, particularly with such a lengthy and highly personal inscription. First issue, in full red cloth and with six lines of publishing information on last page (instead of five). Book fine. Dust jacket near-fine, with slightest rubbing, front fold splitting but stable, only two tiny closed tears to spine head. A wonderful inscribed copy. First Edition Of Fox In Socks, Inscribed By Seuss 105 SEUSS, Dr. Fox in Socks. New York, 1965. Octavo, original pictorial boards, dust jacket, custom half morocco clamshell box. $7500 First edition of Seuss’ series of tremendous tongue-twisters for ready readers, inscribed by him, “for JOE with Best Wishes from Dr. Seuss.” In this book for young readers, Mr. Fox and Mr. Knox begin a dialogue involving a box and some socks, only to find themselves caught up with clocks and blocks, bricks and chicks, and everything else necessary to get buried in a very long tongue-twister. First-issue dust jacket, with “reading easiness (175-300 Word Vocabularies)” on rear panel. Younger & Hirsch 24. Interior clean, a couple stray marks to boards, boards with edges slightly rubbed. Dust jacket with spine ends lightly rubbed, a few soiled spots to panels. A near-fine copy, most desirable inscribed by Seuss.
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