James and the Giant Peach

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At one point, Miss Spider tells James about her father’s death at the hand of Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spike. A fine first edition, first state ("Woolf" on colophon page) in a fine dust jacket with a tiny (1/4 inch deep) chip at the top of the spine. You've probably read all these books several times already, but you can never get tired of these individual pieces of magic. There have been re-illustrated versions of it over the years, done by Michael Simeon (for the first British edition), Emma Chichester Clark, Lane Smith and Quentin Blake.

Very good or better in a very good (some minor edge wear with a couple of short closed edge tears, fading along the spine) dust jacket. If you have specific questions or requests for a book cover just message me and we'll do our best to make it possible. If you’d like to file an allegation of infringement, you’ll need to follow the process described in our Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy. I was heavily inspired by traditional book design when it came to the typography and typesetting because of the classic nature and history of this book: careful attention was given when typesetting the justified blocks of text for an ultimately traditional and refined feeling. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives.The horrible aunts are really mean to James and it is a bit sad at the beginning but then when it gets to the bit when he goes inside the peach and so on it gets really funny and stupid at the same time. author and illustrator were made for each other, and it's of little consequence that it took almost 35 years for them to meet" --"Kirkus. It also demonstrates my ability to balance content with visuals, and typeset proficiently in Adobe Indesign. If you’ve already done that, your item hasn’t arrived, or it’s not as described, you can report that to Etsy by opening a case.

Quentin Blake is one of the best-known and best-loved children's illustrators and it's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations. The book has crisp, vibrant red cloth boards with an embossed image of a wreath and the head of a child to front.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Boldly signed by Roald Dahl on the front free endpaper and also signed by the illustrator, Nancy Ekholm Burkert on the half-title page. James and the Giant Peach features a cast of opinionated insects, unfathomably evil aunts, and a very sweet young boy who just wants a friend.