Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Illustrated by Faith Jacques. London: Puffin Books, 1983. Later paperback printing. Pictorial card wrappers. Light age-toning to fore-edges, otherwise a good copy. Housed in collectors’ solander box.

Inscribed by the Author verso title-page:

‘To Max, Love Roald Dahl.’

First published in America by Knopf in 1964 & by George Allen in the UK in 1968. Dahl’s deliciously delightful tale of magic and morality and basis for the Paramount Film “Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory”, which was released in 1972.