Matilda. de DAHL, Roald - 1988

London: Jonathan Cape,, 1988. First edition, first impression, of the last major book to be written by Dahl before his death in 1990. Matilda won the Children's Book Award in the year of publication. Dahl's novel formed the basis for both the 1996 film directed by Danny DeVito and the stage musical by Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly, 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. Original red cloth, spine lettered and with publisher's device in gilt. With dust jacket. Illustrated throughout by Quentin Blake. Head and foot of spine very slightly bumped; some minor creases to unclipped jacket: a near-fine copy in like jacket.