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Danny: The Champion of the World

Roald Dahl

First published 1975
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Cover art Jill Bennett (I)
Pages 196
Price $5.95
ISBN 0394831039

  • 1st US ed. (perhaps simultaneous or simply 1st)
  • Title page illustrated, undated, displays on two lines centered:   Danny   The Champion of the World --images provided by two ABEbooks dealers (bi=19036688592, bi=16745778999) (The title pages are inscribed by Dahl and differently signed.)
  • Publication date 1975-09-12 and cover image from Amazon US 2018-07-06, and Amazon UK identically, except: • US: "Knopf Books for Young Readers; 1st edition" • UK: "Knopf Books for Young Readers; First U.S. Edition First Printing edition" Note that Amazon UK gives 1975-10-30, a later publication date, for the UK edition (see), where the US site gives simply 1975.
  • See that record of the UK ed. for information about the original cover illustration that spans front, spine, and back of the jacket. One dealer at ABEbooks (bi=22455145574) provides images that show the book undecorated and the Bennett illustration on the front jacket only; on the back jacket, a b/w photograph "The Dahl Family".
  • Price $5.95 stated on front inside flap, from another image provided by the latter dealer (bi=22455145574).

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Danny: The Champion of the World Cover 1975 Jonathan Cape Hardcover Novel Jill Bennett (I) 206
Danny the Champion of the World Cover 2013 Puffin Trade Paperback Novel Quentin Blake 214