First UK edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout in colour by Roswitha Quadflieg. Text printed in red and green. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth lightly rubbed and mottled. The closed text block edges are very lightly spotted and toned, the contents are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that is a little toned at the spine. Clipped and re-priced £9.95 by the publisher on the front flap).
First published in German in 1979. This first English translation was published simultaneously by Allen Lane in London and Doubleday in New York. A magical fantasy tale which formed the basis for the 1984 cult classic film of the same name.
Stock code: 25739
£110
London: Allen Lane.
1983