Matilda by Roald Dahl [FIRST U.S. PAPERBACK EDITION] 1990 • Puffin

Matilda by Roald Dahl w. illustrations by Quentin Blake. 

FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION [1990] PUFFIN BOOKS

U.S. Paperback first with metallic embossed cover fonts.  19th printing.

Vintage trade paperback in pristine condition.

Book is mint and unread with only minor trace shelf wear to cover.

Who put superglue in Dad's hat? Was it really a ghost that made Mom tear out of the house? Only sweet, gentle Matilda knows. Because she's the one playing all the jokes! She's a genius with idiot parents—and she's having a great time driving them crazy. But at school things are different. At school there's Miss Trunchbull, two hundred pounds of kid-hating bully. Pull a trick on "The Trunchbull" and she'll string you up. Get rid of The Trunchbull and you'll be a hero for every kid in Crunchem Hall. But that would take a superhuman genius. Or may a sweet, gentle—crafty—genius?