Matilda Agatha Christie Richard Sharpe and the battle

Richard Sharpe and the battle of Assaye

Introduced by Terry Jones

Page upon page is crimsoned with gore and turns with a ghostly flutter…

14th Printing 1979

Matilda Agatha Christie Richard Sharpe and the battleMatilda, by Roald Dahl. London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. First UK edition, first printing. Hardcover, 24. 1 x 16. 2 cm, pp. 224. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the correct dust jacket priced 8. 50 net to front flap. Illustrated with black ink and wash drawings by Quentin Blake throughout. A good only copy, binding slanted but firm, with corners worn and bumped, with spine tips heavily crushed, with a handful of water