Danny. The Champion of the World. Illustrated by Jill Bennett. London: Cape, 1975. First Edition. Pp, 206. Orange cloth boards, title in gilt to spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Closed tear to upper cover of jacket, otherwise a nice bright copy.

One of the most tender depictions of the father-son relationship in literature, Dahl’s classic adventure of resourceful poachers and avaricious landowners is a hymn both to the countryside and the bonds of family.