Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape. 1981. [Children's classic] CAPE SINGLE VOLUME IN HARDCOVEr, the third printing, originally published in three volumes. Bibliographer's copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.128. Illustrated by John Burningham. Gilt-titled orange cloth with plain green endpapers. With the dust-jacket, also illustrated by Burningham, priced at £4.95. As new. A superb example. Many copies of this printing appear to have gone to lending libraries; this is a clean and bright private example. Uncommon thus. A classic adventure story featuring a high-spirited family and their magical car. Basis for the Oscar-nominated film musical scripted by Roald Dahl. From the comprehensive archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencil ownership within). His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Item #67336
Gilbert A17a (11).
Price: £75.00
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