The Witches by Roald Dahl [U.K. FIRST EDITION / FIFTH PRINTING]

The Witches by Roald Dahl w. illustrations by Quentin Blake

U.K. FIRST EDITION / FIFTH PRINTING [1988] JONATHAN CAPE 

True UK First Edition printed in London by Jonathan Cape.

Hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition. 

Mild shelf wear to dust jacket, bumping to edges / corners.   Book itself is like new; cover is perfect w/ gilded spine.  *small handwritten gift inscription on flyleaf page. 

This is not a fairy-tale. This is about real witches. Real witches don't ride around on broomsticks. They don't even wear black cloaks and hats. They are vile, cunning, detestable creatures who disguise themselves as nice, ordinary ladies. So how can you tell when you're face to face with one? Well, if you don't know yet you'd better find out quickly-because there's nothing a witch loathes quite as much as children and she'll wield all kinds of terrifying powers to get rid of them. - Bookshop Apocalypse