Matilda. DAHL, Roald.

First US edition of the author's last major book. Matilda won the Children's Book Award in 1989. It formed the basis for both the 1996 film directed by Danny DeVito and the successful stage musical which premiered at the RSC's Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon in November 2010. A film adaptation of the musical was released in December 2022. Octavo. Line drawings by Quentin Blake. Original red quarter cloth, spine lettered in gilt, blue board covers with gilt Matilda vignette on front, buff endpapers. With dust jacket. A fine copy in fine, unclipped jacket.