Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Description

DAHL, Roald. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. And Six More. London: Jonathan Cape [1977]. 8vo, 249pp. Navy cloth with spine stamped in gold. Pale orange endpapers. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (slightest crinkling along top edge).

First edition. A collection of seven short stories from the author of Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, including two autobiographical tales, and the title story, which was adapted into a 2024 Academy Award winning short film starring Benedict Cumberbatch.