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Uncorrected Proof copy of the first edition, first printing. Signed by the illustrator. Publisher's original matt boards, issued without a dustwrapper. Illustrated in colour by Quentin Blake throughout. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with just light bumping and rubbing to the spine tips and corners, the boards lightly dust-marked. The contents, with the publisher's 'Proof Copy Only' ink stamp to the front endpaper, are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks.

Signed by the illustrator Quentin Blake in blue ink on the title page. Uncommon in this proof form. The proof has several subtle differences to that of the published version. The proof is bound in matt boards where as the published edition was laminated. The border to the board edges in black, was changed to purple in the published form. The publisher's price on the lower left of the rear board on the proof copy is '£4.25 net', this was changed to '£3.95' in the published form, on the opposite lower side, the ISBN number is printed in purple on the proof, but in black on the published book. Internally, the endpapers in the proof are of different weave and colour to those of the published form. The chapter heading on the last page of the 'Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs' verse, incorrectly states 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' in the proof copy, this error is corrected in the published version. An excellent pre-publication example of Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake's poetic interpretation of popular fairy tales.