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Auction archive: Lot number 149

The Gremlins from the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story by Flight Lieutenant Roald Dahl

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$900
Auction archive: Lot number 149

The Gremlins from the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story by Flight Lieutenant Roald Dahl

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$900
Beschreibung:

Title: The Gremlins from the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story by Flight Lieutenant Roald Dahl Author: Dahl, Roald Place: New York Publisher: Random House Date: [1943] Description: Illustrated by Disney Studios, some in color. (4to) 11x8½, cloth-backed pictorial red boards, color pictorial jacket. First Edition. First edition of Roald Dahl's first book, a fanciful tale of the curious little creatures, driven from their homes in the trees by the march of wartime industries, that plagued aviators imaginations. Despite Dahl's British nationality, this was first published in the U.S., intended to accompany a Disney animated film that was never produced. Original $1.00 price sticker from Bullock's Department Store, Los Angeles on rear flap. Lot Amendments Condition: Dust jacket with some light chipping to edges, 2" piece lacking from foot of spine with resulting loss of publisher's name, splitting along front flap fold, some creasing and light soiling; volume with some light scratching to surface of boards, a bit of light edge wear; very good in a like jacket. Item number: 218229

Auction archive: Lot number 149
Auction:
Datum:
6 Jan 2011
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: The Gremlins from the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story by Flight Lieutenant Roald Dahl Author: Dahl, Roald Place: New York Publisher: Random House Date: [1943] Description: Illustrated by Disney Studios, some in color. (4to) 11x8½, cloth-backed pictorial red boards, color pictorial jacket. First Edition. First edition of Roald Dahl's first book, a fanciful tale of the curious little creatures, driven from their homes in the trees by the march of wartime industries, that plagued aviators imaginations. Despite Dahl's British nationality, this was first published in the U.S., intended to accompany a Disney animated film that was never produced. Original $1.00 price sticker from Bullock's Department Store, Los Angeles on rear flap. Lot Amendments Condition: Dust jacket with some light chipping to edges, 2" piece lacking from foot of spine with resulting loss of publisher's name, splitting along front flap fold, some creasing and light soiling; volume with some light scratching to surface of boards, a bit of light edge wear; very good in a like jacket. Item number: 218229

Auction archive: Lot number 149
Auction:
Datum:
6 Jan 2011
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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