Roald Dahl, a biography, 1992?

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Roald Dahl, a biography, 1992?

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Photocopy of the typescript first draft of Treglown's biography of Roald Dahl, published New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1994. A covering letter from John Buchtel explains the gift of the typescript to the Rare Book School in 1992 by Stephen Roxburgh, Dahl's editor at Farrar, Straus, Giroux.

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Buchtel, John

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Roxburgh, Stephen

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Treglown, Jeremy

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Dahl, Roald, 1916-1990

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Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, and wartime fighter ace. Dahl was born in Wales to affluent Norwegian immigrant parents, and spent most of his life in England. He served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He became a fighter pilot and, subsequently, an intelligence officer, rising to the rank of acting wing commander. He rose to prominence as a writer in the 1940s with works ...