The Real (Story's) Much More Gory.
Revolting Rhymes
Cape, 1982.
First edition. 4to. Glazed pictorial boards with colour illustration to upper cover. Illustrated throughout in colour by Quentin Blake. A very near fine copy, the spine a little cocked and tanned.
In this book Dahl tells in rhyme the "true" version of some well known fairy tales. In Cinderella, for example, Dahl tells us that although we think we know the story "The real one's much more gory."
Stock ID: 42399
