A first edition, first printing of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, published by George Allen and Unwin, London in 1967. A very good book inscribed and dated in black ink to the front free end paper, rubbing to the spine tips, binding half-cocked with laminate lifting to the spine and rear board, toning to the text block.

The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka.