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THE WITCHES

by Roald Dahl

Illustrated by Quentin Blake

Published by Jonathan Cape. 1983

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.

Spine and corners bumped, small dent to top edge of rear cover. Pale page browning. Light stain from a small label being removed to front pastedown. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed/creased. Reprint in same year as first edition.

ISBN: 0224021656
Stock no. 1318475

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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.

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