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THE GREMLINS

by Roald Dahl

Illustrated by Walt Disney

Published by Random House. 1st USA. 1943

Very good condition. Red cloth spine, red pictorial boards. Full-page colour and b/w text illustrations from the Walt Disney production (the film was never released). This US edition precedes the UK edition by one year.

Spine and corners are bumped and worn, with a little chipping. Some fraying and couple of tiny splits to top of spine. Uneven fading to cover edges. Orange mark to top of front cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few light margin marks. Illustrations are still lovely and bright.

Stock no. 438624

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Contents

  • The story concerns mischievous mythical creatures, the Gremlins of the title, often invoked by Royal Air Force pilots as an explanation of mechanical troubles and mishaps. In Dahl's book, the gremlins' motivation for sabotaging British aircraft is revenge of the destruction of their forest home, which was razed to make way for an aircraft factory. The principal character in the book, Gus, has his Hawker Hurricane fighter destroyed over the English Channel by a gremlin, but is able to convince the gremlins as they parachute into the water that they should join forces against a common enemy, Hitler and the Nazis, rather than fight each other.

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