Kiss Kiss.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1960. An inscribed copy First edition, first printing, of this collection of 11 short stories for adults, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Christopher Radmell, with all good wishes, from, Roald Dahl". The recipient is known to have had other books signed by Dahl including Fantastic Mr Fox and The Magic Finger. As noted by the blurb, "ever since his stories first appeared in the United States, people have been retelling each other... Roald Dahl's sometimes shocking and always unpredictable plots. The stories in Kiss Kiss are no less haunting and no less brilliantly told". Octavo. Original light purple cloth, spine and front cover lettered in black on pink ground, rear cover with publisher's device in black, top edge pink. With dust jacket. Extremities slightly bumped; jacket somewhat toned, extremities and hinges worn, damp staining to verso together with small adhesive tape repair to spine, paper slightly rippled, not price-clipped; a very good copy in a very good jacket.