DAHL, Roald (author). Quentin BLAKE (illustrator). Rhyme Stew. London; Jonathan Cape. 1989.

4to.; original royal blue linson boards lettered gilt to spine, in pictorial dustwrapper with wrap-around design by Blake; pp. [ix], 10-78 + [ii]; with drawings throughout in monochrome, on every page; a fine copy, both externally and internally, without ownership marks or inscriptions, in an all-but-fine fine unclipped dustwrapper (£7.95) with just a tiny bruise to head of spine.

First edition, first printing.  Irreverent topsy-turvy adaptations of famous fables and tales in rhyme such as “Dick Whittington and His Cat”; “Hansel & Grethel” and “Aladdin and his Magical Lamp”.