The Twits. DAHL, Roald.

Uncorrected proof copy of this tale, which Dahl wrote as a deliberate reaction to the typical saccharine story for children that he thought flooded the market. His editor responded, "I like it VERY MUCH. You're right: what we want (or should want) for these little ones is stuff with meat, not the yuchy [sic] sweetly pretty material we're exposed to" (Sturrock, p. 504). Donald Sturrock, Storyteller: The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl, 2010. Octavo. Illustrated throughout by Quentin Blake. Original red wrappers, lettered in black. Some small creases to toned spine, a little rubbing to extremities, a handful of tiny marks to covers: a very good copy indeed.