[FLEMING, IAN]. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car [volumes 1-3]. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964-1965.
FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS. Complete in three volumes; hardcovers with dust jackets; octavos (23.5 x 16 cm); pp. 48; 48; 48. English text. Original pictorial boards, spines and front covers lettered in black, green pictorial endpapers. Complete with dust jackets. Illustrations throughout by John Burningham. Condition: VERY GOOD. Bindings tight, secure, and square. Covers and contents very well-preserved. Dust jackets to volumes one and two neatly price-clipped, all three with very slight shelf wear. Without previous ownership markings. An excellent set.
Notes: First editions, first impressions, of the complete set of the classic adventure story featuring a high-spirited family and their magical car. Famously, the work served as the basis for the 1968 Oscar-nominated film musical scripted by Roald Dahl and starring Dick van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, and Lionel Jeffries. Gilbert A17a (1), (4), (6).
