THE GREMLINS from the Walt Disney Production
Roald Dahl
Verlag: Random House, New York, 1943
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48p. A large hardcover book with a red cloth spine and pictorial boards. Good+ condition. Slits forming in the cloth on the spine and edges of boards are visibly rubbed. Small scuffs here and there on the surfaces of the boards, due to years of normal shelf wear. Early owner's signature on front endpaper. Scattered foxing, all fairly mild, plus occasional small spots and blemishes on the pages; otherwise, text clean and binding tight. The first edition of Roald Dahl's first book, a children's story based on his experiences as an RAF pilot. The story was originally intended to serve as the basis for an animated Disney feature film, but the film was never made. Measures approx. 11.25" x 9". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 189634
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Titel: THE GREMLINS from the Walt Disney Production
Verlag: Random House, New York
Erscheinungsdatum: 1943
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Good
Auflage: First Edition, First Printing.
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The Gremlins: A Royal Air force Story (From the Walt Disney Production)
Verlag:
New York: Random House, 1943
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Anbieter: Jeffrey Blake, Willow Grove, PA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No dust jacket. Illustrations (Color) (illustrator). First Edition, 1st Printing. unpaiginated Moderate wear to extremities and boards else very good condition. Binding sound. Unusually solid copy of this fragile book. Roald Dahl's first book. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers JH1151453
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The Gremlins. From the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story.
Verlag:
New York: Random House, 1943, 1943
Gebraucht
Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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First edition, first printing, of the author's first book. As noted by the original jacket blurb, "Everybody has heard about the gremlins, the fantastic Little People whose antics have become one of the great legends of the R.A.F." The book was written as a promotional device for a feature-length Disney animation that was never produced, partly because the studio could not establish firm copyright in the "gremlin" characters (Dahl claimed to have invented them, though they had been common currency in the RAF and had appeared in print at least once before) and partly because the British Air Ministry wanted final approval of the script and production. It was eventually agreed that royalties would be split between the RAF Benevolent Fund and Dahl. The book is described on the title and the front cover as being "From the Walt Disney Production"; the Disney studio wrote to Dahl in August 1943 after publication cancelling any further preproduction work. Quarto. Coloured illustrations throughout. Original illustrated boards, red cloth backstrip, spine lettered in black, yellow and red pictorial endpapers. Bookplate of one Roger Marchand to front pastedown, ownership ink stamps to front free endpaper and half-title. Some creases to spine, extremities a little worn with minor colour restoration: a very good copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 169875
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The Gremlins from the Walt Disney production
Verlag:
Collins, London & Glasgow, 1944
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, NOTTS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. No jacket. Colour and plain illustrations from the proposed Walt Disney film throughout. (illustrator). First UK edition. First UK edition. 4to. Original cloth-backed boards with illustration to upper cover. A very good first UK edition of Roald Dahl's first book, that launched his career as a writer of nuanced children's literature. The story builds on an RAF legend of mischievous/malicious sprites that hamper the missions of fighter & bomber pilots during the Second World War. Boards a little rubbed and bumped at fore-corners, but overall an unusually good example. Book. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 86164
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The Gremlins: A Royal Air Force Story by Flight Lieutenant Roald Dahl from the Walt Disney Production
Verlag:
Random House, New York, 1943
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Erstausgabe
Anbieter: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, USA
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Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Walt Disney Artists (illustrator). First Edition. Oversize 9" x 11 1/4" design. Red pictorial boards with bold yellow titles, black spine titles on brick red cloth spine wrap, moderate corner wear, rub. Cover depicts the gremlins at work destroying an RAF fighter plane at front; back cover features similar vignette, hand drill and saw in hand on rear wing. Yellow endpapers feature monochromatic red collage scenes of the horned gremlins playfully using their tools of pickaxe, bombs, oil cans, saws, hammers, etc. with silhouette planes in b.g. Pages very good, clean; no writing. Bind good; hinges intact. Scarce sharp first edition with moderate wear. A whimsical tale of devilish imps creating aerial havoc for the Allied Forces in the skies of WWII. Full page color designs throughout, with b&w illustrations, partial-page imagery and vignettes. Roald Dahl was sent to Washington DC in 1942 as an assistant air attache for the British Embassy. After having a story published anonymously in the Saturday Evening Post, he was encouraged by C. S. Forester to pursue his writing talent. He then wrote The Gremlins, a children's story expanding on a mythical creature enshrined for years in RAF lore, although Dahl claims to have invented the word himself. He sent short story to Sidney Bernstein, the head of the British Information Service, who forwarded it on to Walt Disney. Disney decided to make it into a movie, at one point bringing Dahl to Hollywood for the screenplay. The story was published in Cosmopolitan in December of 1942, and as a book by Random House six months later. The film, however, was sidelined and was never produced. The Gremlins was well received and Eleanor Roosevelt read it to her grandchildren, and even invited Roald to the White House. Apprx. 75 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 022030
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The Gremlins: From the Walt Disney Production- A Royal Air Force Story
Verlag:
Random House
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, USA
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Zustand: Very Good. New York: Random House, 1943. 1st U.S. edition. 4to pictorial hardcover. Unpaginated. B/W and color llustrations. Very Good book and Fair dust jacket. Board edges and corners a just bit worn. The date "8-28-43" in ink to the upper right corner of the front pastown, small and neatly printed, and with the bookplate of "J. Rommel" the lower left. Lighltly toned. The dust jacket, in a protective mylar cover, is a bit edgeworn with chipped spine tips and a 2" tear to the center. A very nice copy! (Juvenile, Fantasy, Great Britain, Royal Air Force, Fighter Pilots, World War II) Inquire if you need further information. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers MA05A-08745
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The Gremlins From The Walt Disney Production Royal Air Force Story
Verlag:
Oxford University Press London [ 1944 ], 1944
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Deightons, Bournemouth, Vereinigtes Königreich
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1st edition. 4to. Unpaginated circa 28pp. 13 single & 1 double page colour plate + numerous bw illustrations in text. Red paper covered boards, beige cloth spine, yellow lettering + Spitfire aeroplane with 3 little funny creatures on wings on front. Original yellow decorated eps. Covers : shelf knock front top edge, rubs front corners, slight rubs rear corners, tiny hole in fold of spine, slight mark front else very clean& complete. Contents : faintest fox marks to eps else very clean & tight Very clean complete copy. VG. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 52554
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The Gremlins. From the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story.
Verlag:
London: Collins, [1944], 1944
Gebraucht
Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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First British edition, first impression, of the author's first book. The book was first published in the US in 1943. Writing in 2006, the Disney historian Leonard Maltin described the volume as "a milestone" and a "charming book". The book was written as a promotional device for a feature-length Disney animation that was never produced, partly because the studio could not establish firm copyright in the "gremlin" characters (Dahl claimed to have invented them, although they had been common currency in the RAF and had appeared in print at least once before), and partly because the British Air Ministry wanted final approval of the script and production. It was eventually agreed that royalties on the book would be split between the RAF Benevolent Fund and Dahl. The book is described on the title and the front cover as being "From the Walt Disney Production"; the Disney studio wrote to Dahl in August 1943 after the American publication cancelling any further preproduction work. Leonard Maltin, "The Gremlins Got 'Em" in Roald Dahl, The Gremlins, 2006. Quarto. Colour frontispiece, 12 full-page colour illustrations (including one double-page illustration), numerous black and white illustrations in text. Original cloth-backed boards, red pictorial front cover lettered in yellow and black, unlettered grey rear cover, red and yellow pictorial endpapers. Issued without dust jacket. Creases and light soiling to spine, extremities slightly rubbed, minor loss to top right corner of front cover, other creases and minor abrasions, hinges splitting as usual, occasional foxing: a very good copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 169824
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The Gremlins. From the Walt Disney Production.
Verlag:
New York Random House, 1943
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Shapero Rare Books, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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First edition, sole printing; 4to (28.6 x 23 cm); colour frontispiece, 11 full-page colour illustrations and one double-page colour illustration, plain line illustrations throughout, pictorial patterned endpapers, with additional black & white photographic print (image size: 288 x 143mm, sheet size 305 x 202mm); publisher's red cloth-backed pictorial boards, minor chaffing along the bottom edge of the boards but a superb copy in the somewhat frayed, price-clipped dust jacket with a couple of very minor chips. A very smart first edition copy of Roald Dahl's first book The Gremlins, a collaborative effort with Walt Disney for a feature-length film which was originally planned to include live-action and animation. Although Dahl's collaboration with Walt Disney in Burbank was successful, wht the book appearing in 1943, by then the public were growing tired of war-related films and the project was shelved. This was also due to copyright issues revolving around the 'gremlin' characters, since they were not an original creation (RAF pilots referred to them throughout WWII). Fortunately the planes and Air Force pilots featured in the story had better luck getting off the ground, but only to be subsequently plagued by these mischievous sprites with mechanical failures and worse. Laid into this copy is a black and white photograph of Walt Disney, with one of his team literally knelling at his feet, looking at a story board with concept artwork. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 108644
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THE GREMLINS FROM THE WALT DISNEY PRODUCTION.
Verlag:
Random House: NY, 1943
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Erstausgabe
Anbieter: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Random House: NY (1943). Color illus, 11 x 9", cloth backed pict boards, unpaged, most pp with clean short tears at bottom, eps spotted, ink inscription, stamped dates & two labels on rep, one bottom edge with very minor stain, in torn, worn, chipped but very scarce dw. Dahl was a Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant at this time. FIRST EDITION OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 96-0469
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The Gremlins: From the Walt Disney Production- A Royal Air Force Story
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 1st Australian edition, Sydney: Ayres [sic] and James: Copyright 1943 by Walt Disney Productions) Printed in Australia by Shepherd and Newman. Autographed by Roald Dahl. Dahl's first book. Illustrated with 13 full page (one double page) color plates and black and white drawings by the Walt Disney Studio throughout the text. 29 cm. Inscribed, "Love from Roald Dahl". Roald Dahl Foundation book plate (established by Dahl's widow after her husband's death in 1990. Housed in gorgeous custom made red leather clam shell case with inlaid Gremlins on front. Some restoration work done to binding. Lacking dust jacket. Roald Dahl served in the Royal Air Force as a fighter pilot and Wing Commander. In 1940 Dahl's plane was hit by a machine gun fire and he was severely injured. He was sent to the United States as an attache while secretly working for British Secret Service to elicit American support for the British war effort. "His wartime experiences led him to write The Gremlins, a fantasy about a race of tiny people who live in Air Force planes and cause all the technical troubles that pilots experience; the story was serialized in Cosmopolitan Magazine in 1942 and the film rights were bought by Disney, though filming never took place" (The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature). According to Penguin Press, the book "caught Eleanor Roosevelt's eye and Roald became a not infrequent guest at the White House and FDR's weekend retreat, Hyde Park. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1607200162
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