RHYME STEW

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Quentin Blake illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Quentin Blake. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper, which has a few light spots to the flaps and is otherwise free from fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£7.95 to the front flap).

"The marvellously dastardly Dahl has joined forces with that bounder Blake to plunder a wealth of nursery heritage for the delight of the older reader in this wonderful addition to the literature of the absurd" (publisher's blurb). A collection of 15 poems based on nursery rhymes, fables and fairy tales. Comprising of 'Dick Whittington and His Cat', 'St Ives', 'A Hand in the Bird', 'The Tortoise and the Hare', 'The Price of Debauchery', 'Physical Training', 'The Emperor's New Clothes', 'A Little Nut-Tree', 'The Dentist and the Crocodile', 'Hot and Cold', 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves', 'Hey Diddle Diddle', 'Mary, Mary', 'Hansel and Gretel', 'Aladdin and the Magic Lamp'.