This item was still reported missing as of June 10, 2019.

The following book was reported stolen from the 2012 Washington Antiquarian Book Fair:

Dahl, Roald. JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH. A Children's Story.  Illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, (1961),small 4to., publisher?s red cloth with blind stamped illustration, dust jacket. (viii), 118, (2) pages.  First edition, first state of the author's first book for children. Bound by H. Wolff. The US edition preceded the British edition by six years. There are four full-page color plates and many other illustrations, including one full-page, which are in black, white, and shades of peach. The book is fine, but the dust jacket shows wear at the spine ends and corners, with a few additional creases and tiny closed tears. Quite attractive.

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