Roald Dahl
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DAHL, ROALD, 1916 to 1990

Roald Dahl

British writer and poet.

Books
40
Editions tracked
56
First editions
38
Nationality
Norway, United Kingdom

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Earliest first editionOver to YouReynal & Hitchcock, 1946 Most editions trackedBoy2 editions
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First editions, year by year

  1. 1946Over to YouReynal & Hitchcock
  2. 1953Someone Like YouKnopf
  3. 1960Kiss KissJoseph
  4. 1966The Magic FingerHarper & Row
  5. 1970Fantastic Mr FoxPuffin
  6. 1972Charlie and the Great Glass ElevatorKnopf
  7. 1974Switch BitchJoseph
  8. 1975Danny, The Champion of the WorldPuffin
  9. 1977The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six MoreJonathan Cape
  10. 1978The Enormous CrocodileJonathan Cape
  11. 1978The Best of Roald DahlVintage Books
  12. 1979My Uncle OswaldJoseph
  13. 1979Tales of the UnexpectedPenguin Books
  14. 1979Roald Dahl's Tales of the UnexpectedVintage Books
  15. 1980The TwitsJonathan Cape
  16. 1981George's Marvellous MedicineJonathan Cape
  17. 1982The BFGJonathan Cape
  18. 1982Roald Dahl's Revolting RhymesJonathan Cape
  19. 1983The WitchesJonathan Cape
  20. 1983Dirty BeastsJonathan Cape
  21. 1983Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost StoriesJonathan Cape
  22. 1984BoyFarrar, Straus and Giroux
  23. 1985The Giraffe and the Pelly and MeJonathan Cape
  24. 1986Going SoloJonathan Cape
  25. 1986The Roald Dahl OmnibusDorset Press
  26. 1988MatildaJonathan Cape
  27. 1989Rhyme StewJonathan Cape
  28. 1990Esio TrotJonathan Cape
  29. 1991The MinpinsJonathan Cape Children's Books (Random Century Group)
  30. 1991The Vicar of NibbleswickCentury
  31. 1993My YearJonathan Cape
  32. 1994Roald Dahl's Revolting RecipesJonathan Cape
  33. 1996The Great Automatic GrammatizatorViking
  34. 1997Roald Dahl TreasuryJonathan Cape
  35. 2000SkinPuffin
  36. 2006Collected StoriesKnopf
  37. 2006Uncertain EndingsPegasus Books
  38. 2010The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous SecretsPuffin
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When was Roald Dahl born?

Roald Dahl was born in 1916 and died in 1990.

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We track 40 books by Roald Dahl across 56 editions, 38 of them first editions.

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