The Magic Finger
197068065New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1970. Early printing. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good. William Pène du Bois. 40pp. Slim square octavo 23.5 cm 1/4 black cloth with olive green paper over boards. Illustrated endpapers. With very light edgewear to the spine and boards and a faint thin 1 1/2 inch mark to the front board. In a price-clipped dust jacket with light soiling to the rear panel and several closed tears to the edges one backed with tape. The longest tear measures just over 1" deep. Roald Dahl's third book for children. The story of a little girl who dislikes hunting and who uses the power of her magic finger to turn the people who live on the neighboring farm into birds.<br /> <br /> "How the Greggs build a nest and spend a stormy night in a tree and what they have to promise before they can regain their human shapes round out a tale of magic that all young lovers of fantasy will enjoy reading." from the dust jacket. Harper & Row, Publishers hardcover
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