Switch Bitch, Signed (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st printing 1974. Firmly bound and has been carefully read. SIGNED & inscribed on the endpaper ' Martyn Love Roald Dahl 6/10/85' No further inscriptions or ownership markings. The top edge is dust spotted & there is a small amount of foxing to the endpaper but inside the pages are clean. The original jacket is discoloured at the edges ( not noticeable from the outside) but & there is some light edge wear but no tears or loss. Signed by Author(s).

First American edition of this collection of Dahl's short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Jon Walley Thanks Roald Dahl 1975." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles Shields. The book that introduced Dahl's notorious character, Uncle Oswald, Switch Bitch contains four outrageous, cynical and controversial tales that first appeared in Playboy between 1965 and 1974. The book includes four short stories: The Visitor, The Great Switcheroo, The Last Act, and Bitch.

First British edition of this collection of Dahl's short stories. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Ann Love Roald Dahl." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Charles Nickelaides. The book that introduced Dahl's notorious character, Uncle Oswald, Switch Bitch contains four outrageous, cynical and controversial tales that first appeared in Playboy between 1965 and 1974. The book includes four short stories: The Visitor, The Great Switcheroo, The Last Act, and Bitch.

First UK edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Mike Mann, with lots of good wishes, from Roald Dahl. Christmas 1974." Octavo. Original dark blue boards, titles to spine in silver. With dust jacket. Ownership inscription to verso of front free endpaper. Very faint foxing to fore-edge; an excellent, fresh copy in the bright jacket.