selected by Andrew Motion
Red slipcase with reproduction on front of a detail from a Sandro Botticelli oil painting
Printed and bound by Neografia in three-quarter blue cloth with a cloth front board printed and blocked with a different design by Joe McLaren for each volume
The plates reproduce photographs held by Hull University Archives
The Father Christmas Letters
Danny the Champion of the World Agatha Christie selected by Andrew MotionDanny the Champion of the World, by Roald Dahl. London: Jonathan Cape, [1975]. First edition, second printing, 1976. Publisher's coral binding, gilt lettering to spine, plain endpapers; with unclipped dust wrapper showing price 2. 95 to front flap and with a design by Jill Bennett. Profusely illustrated throughout by Jill Bennett. Light bump to lower front corner, spine tips a little crushed, a handful of small foxing spots to fore edge, and an