James and the Giant Peach. Illustrated by Michel Simeon. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1967. First UK Edition, First Issue. Original pictorial boards, partial loss to lamination at spine ends, otherwise a very good copy.

Roald Dahl’s adventures of James, an orphaned boy forced to live with his cruel aunts. James finds a way out of his bleak existence when he discovers an enormous enchanted peach.

The first edition was published in America in  1961 by Alfred Knopf, featured illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert.