Buy this book on-line DAHL, Roald : My Uncle OswaldKnopf, New York, 1980 ISBN 0394510119
245 pages; Remainder mark bottom edge, spine head lightly bumped, top edge very faintly faded. Dust wrapper, price clipped, has price sticker on back panel. White dw lightly soiled and edgeworn with one tiny closed tear and one tear on rear panel at spine gutter. ; Uncle Oswald, the great rogue and fornicator, has been mentioned in some of Dahl's short stories. In this, Dahl's first novel for adults, Uncle Oswald has discovered the world's most powerful aphrodisiac and a method of quick-freezing sperm. So with the help of the gorgeous Yasmin Howcomely, he sets out to preserve 51 living geniuses and crowned heads, from James Joyce to King Albert and Henry Ford. , Very Good+ in Very Good dust wrapper Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of DAHL, Roald : My Uncle Oswald. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. DAHL Roald : My Uncle OswaldMichael Joseph, London, 1979 ISBN 0718118162
8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. light lean to spine, faint foxing to DW fold in flaps, price clipped DW, adult fiction by Roald Dahl, 221pp. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of DAHL Roald : My Uncle Oswald. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Dahl, Roald : My Uncle OswaldHeritage Books, Knopf, 1980
013269; 013269; LIB2958003082; 245pp, vg/vg-dj Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Dahl, Roald : My Uncle Oswald. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. DAHL**, ROALD: : My Uncle OSWALDLONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH,1979. ISBN 0718118162.
UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£5.50) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,colour pictorial artwork by Dave Senior,illustrated fron panel of dw/dj with black outlined,graduated orange to yellow lettering to front+spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no major nicks,tears or splits present.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip gently pushed with minimal creasing,and two tiny,tiny snicks to front lower corner,the other corner tips unaffected.A small abrasion to front-facing spine/backstip's gutter's crease/fold,some inevitable but minimal,minor superificial scoring/indents to either panel but without penetration or affecting boards beneath.Top+fore -edges bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound,text body pristine – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages’ corners – appears unread, apart from my own collation.Publisher’s bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,original,plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-220pp [paginated] includes 25 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,epigraph (from Uncle Oswald's Diaries) and to the rear, 2pp blanks.
Described hard but fairly and honestly - very minor faults,and still a presentable collecor's item.
Although listed as the author's first novel,at his request and insistence to his publisher,it was preceded by his true first novel 'Sometime Never' [1948/US and 1949/UK].That title never sold well.The novel stars Uncle Oswald,a character from 'The Oswald Diaries' who previously,briefly appeared in 'The Visitor' describing an act of coitus between him and a female leper in the Sinai Desert,and another later reappearance in the story 'Bitch',two short stories also written by Roald Dahl (both of which were published in 'Switch Bitch'.)
In his third appearance in this novel - racy tale of serial seduction, Uncle Oswald makes a fortune by stealing and selling the semen of famous men,among them are Freud, proust, Puccini, Shaw, Renoir, Pablo Picasso, James Joyce, and Alfonso XIII of Spain, not to mention just about every crowned head in Europe.Dahl's [first-ever] novel is the funniest romp in years.
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