TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED [with] MORE TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED

TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED [with] MORE TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED

By Roald Dahl

1979, 1980

First editions of these two collections of Dahl's most memorable short stories, published in conjunction with the Anglia Television series of the same name, for which Dahl provided frequent on-screen introductions.

Near fine in very good plus jackets.

Price: $350.00

TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED [with] MORE TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED

"I'm not short of money. I'll give them the best flipping wine in the world if that's what they want! What IS the best wine in the world?"

All of the stories in these two volumes were originally published in the Dahl collections SOMEONE LIKE YOU, KISS KISS, and THE WONDERFUL STORIES OF HENRY SUGAR, as well as a later omnibus volume, TWENTY-NINE KISSES FROM ROALD DAHL. Several had already been adapted for earlier anthology shows: "Lamb to the Slaughter" was the basis for an episode of ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS, and "William and Mary" was adapted for the short-lived CBS show WAY OUT (1961) before coming to life again as episodes 3 and 4 of the first season of TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED (1979).

The Object

First printing. London: Michael Joseph, 1979, 1980. 8.5'' 5.25''. Original black cloth. In original unclipped (£5.95 and £4.95) red and purple pictorial dust jackets. 255, [1] pages (TALES) and 127, [1] pages (MORE TALES). Light soil to edges of jacket and text block. Minor toning to rear jacket panels and spine of MORE TALES. Light offsetting to endpapers.

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