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Roald Dahl ''Charlie'' Signed

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Roald Dahl ''Charlie'' Signed
"WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED AFTER THE AUCTION ENDS BY THE AUCTIONEER ONCE ALL BIDS HAVE BEEN PROCESSED TO DETERMINE THE WINNER FOR EACH LOT."
Very rare signed copy of Roald Dahl's classic ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,'' inscribed to Eunice Kennedy Shriver. New York: Alfred A. Knopf: 1964. First edition (the American edition preceded the English edition by three years), first issue (with the six-line colophon), illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. Unusually inscribed on the front free endpaper, ''For Eunice and all her children with love from Roald Dahl May 1965''. In the publisher's original red cloth, with blindstamped title on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Top edge stained red/purple, and mustard colored endpapers. Some paper residue from the dampstained dustjacket has adhered to areas of the cloth along board edges and spine; water droplet stains to top page edges. Some discoloration from dampstaining to top margin of front free endpaper, not intruding into inscription. Else, contents bright and unaffected by any moisture damage. In the original first issue color pictorial dustjacket, with no ISBN number on the rear panel and with the price $3.95 on the front flap. Jacket is rubbed, with some small chips along top edge, light creasing and some dampstaining, most discernible on verso. In overall very good or better condition. A wonderful association copy of a children's classic, inscribed by the author. From the library at Hickory Hill, home of Robert and Ethel Kennedy.