Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl [1975 HARDCOVER]

Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl with illustrations by Jill Bennett

U.S. FIRST EDITION / LIBRARY EDITION [1975] ALFRED A. KNOPF

Rare turtleback full-sized hardcover with laminated pictorial boards.  Same size, cover art and illustrations art as the US first edition but issued without a dust jacket.

Cover has some light wear; some denting to corners.  Reads good as new. 

*name of orig. owner on front endpaper; patched with a removable bookshop apocalypse sticker.  

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Danny’s life seems perfect: his home is a gypsy caravan, he’s the youngest car mechanic around, and his best friend is his dad, who never runs out of wonderful stories to tell. And when Danny discovers his father’s secret, he’s off on the adventure of a lifetime.