THE WITCHES
Written by Roald Dahl
Illustrated by Quentin Blake
Published by Jonathan Cape
in 1983
ISBN: 0224021656
THE WITCHES
Written by Roald Dahl.
Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1329193
Circa.
1983.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
'This is not a fairy-tale. This is about REAL Witches. None of your silly black hats and broomsticks - the truth is MUCH MORE SCARY...' Gloriously gruesome secrets aptly illustrated in b/w by Blake. Dark green boards, gilt titles to spine. 208 pages. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. ISBN: 0224021656. 7th printing. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Light page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges and slightly faded to spine.
Front cover
Contents
- This is not a fairy tale. It is about REAL WITCHES. Real witches dress in ordinary clothes and look very much like ordinary women, living in ordinary houses and working in ordinary jobs. How are we supposed to know who they are? This book will help. A real witch spends all of her time plotting to get rid of the children in her territory. She absolutely loathes children.
- The story is set in Norway and the Hotel Magnificent in Bournemouth and features one of the loveliest grandmothers you could ever read about plus the most revolting, monstrous and unnatural group of 'ladies' imaginable.