Someone Like You

Sections: Information | Reviews | Covers | Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Russian, Slovenian, and Swedish Covers

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Information

Information on identifying editions is from Richard Walker’s “Roald Dahl – A Guide to Collecting His First Editions”.

• First editions:
  • Knopf, 1953, USA.
    • To identify: Used a standard ‘First Edition’ statement and published with a dust jacket priced $3.50.
  • Secker & Warburg, 1954, UK.
    • To identify: Used a standard single statement and published with a dust jacket priced at 12s/6d. Note: Note: this edition was missing two stories contained in the Knopf edition: “Neck” and “The Great Automatic Grammatisator.”
  • Michael Joseph, 1961, UK.
    • To identify: Used a standard single statement that included the wording: ‘This revised and expanded edition…’ Published with a dust jacket priced at 15s net. Note: this edition restored the two stories missing from the Secker & Warburg edition, making its contents identical to the original Knopf edition.

• Contains:
  • “Dip in the Pool”
  • “Galloping Foxley”
  • “Lamb to the Slaughter”
  • “Man From the South”
  • “Mr. Feasey”
  • “Mr. Hoddy”
  • “My Lady Love, My Dove”
  • “Neck”
  • “Nunc Dimittis”
  • “Poison”
  • “Rummins”
  • “Skin”
  • “Taste”
  • “The Great Automatic Grammatizator”
  • “The Ratcatcher”
  • “The Soldier”
  • “The Sound Machine”
  • “The Wish”
• Related books:
  • Roald Dahl Collection
  • Selected Works of Roald Dahl
  • The Complete Tales of the Unexpected and Other Stories
• Audio Books:
  • Someone Like You read by Julian Rhind-Tutt, Stephen Mangan, Tamsin Greig, Derek Jacobi, Richard Griffiths, Willl Self, Jessica Hynes, Juliet Stevenson, Adrian Scarborough, Richard E. Grant

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Reviews

• “Books and Authors” in July 29, 1954 issue of Western Mail (read online) 
• “Collection of Curiosos” by William Peden in December 26, 1953 issue of The Saturday Review (read online) 
• “Reviews in Brief” in August 28, 1954 issue of The Sydney Morning Herald (read online) 
• “Short and Original” in June 12, 1954 issue of The Advertiser (read online) 
• “Subtle Bludgeoner” by John Barkham in November 8, 1953 issue of The Toledo Blade (read online)

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Covers

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Dutch Covers – M’n liefje, m’n duifje

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Estonian Covers – Keegi sinu moodi

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Finnish Covers – Joku Kaltaisesi

Note: this book contains eight stories from Someone Like You and three from Kiss Kiss.

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French Covers – Bizarre! Bizarre!

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German Covers – … und noch ein Küsschen!

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Russian Covers

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Slovenian Covers – Takšen kot ti

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Swedish Covers – Någon Som Du