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BIMBO AND TOPSY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Lucy Gee.
Stock no. 813620
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Top and tail of spine faded. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pages lightly browned with odd foxspot. Pictorial wrapper is grubby with slight loss to corners and top and tail of spine. Red title to wrapper spine is faded.

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BIMBO AND TOPSY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Lucy Gee.
Stock no. 813628
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Top of spine bumped. Inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Page edges are browned, with the odd foxspot. Wrapper is edge-chipped with surface paper damage, mainly to top of spine. Reduced from £160.

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THE ADVENTUROUS FOUR AGAIN!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Jessie Land.
Stock no. 381877
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 2nd 1950. Good condition.

Orange cloth, black titles. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. The Second Story of the Adventurous Four. Spine and corners bumped. Spine lightly browned and covers grubby. Inscription in ink to front pastedown has been blotted out with blue ink, a couple of old tape marks to pastedowns. Rear joint cracked. Foxing and grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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THE NEW BIG NODDY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Peter Wienk.
Stock no. 381585
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The eighth big Noddy book. Large format. Red cloth spine, pink pictorial boards show Noddy in an aeroplane. First story is "A Horrid Little Trick". Colour illustrations throughout. Spine slightly bumped. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Colouring page of Noddy and Tessie Bear has been completed with crayons. Some light fingering and foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, faded to spine and a bit grubby, ink doodles to front panel of wrapper.

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ENID BLYTON'S LITTLE BOOKS NO. 4 - HO-HO AND TOO SMART
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Alfred E. Kerr.
Stock no. 381355
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. Circa 1942. Almost very good condition.

Small format. White pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. Covers slightly grubby. Spine worn. Some page corner tips creased. Contents generally clean.

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MISTER MEDDLE'S MISCHIEF
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Joyce Mercer; Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 806249
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 2nd 1940. Very good condition.

Red cloth with black title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Mister Meddle is just like his name! He meddles with everything and everyone and gets into the most surprising mischief. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Repaired margin tear to page 159. Browning to endpapers.

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THE TWELFTH HOLIDAY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Weink; Grace Lodge; Yvonne Perrin; et al..
Stock no. 806236
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine with gilt title, pale blue boards with gilt title and vignette to front. Colour plates and text illustrations. 156 pages. First story is "One Christmas Eve". Light wear to cover edges. Name and address in ink to half-title page. Dot-to-dot on page 73 completed. Page 96/97 have some surface paper damage. It looks like at one time, the pages got a little damp and the pages were stuck together next to spine. Now some of page 97 (illustration page) has stuck to edges of page 96, making a 1" hole in illustration, so affecting illustration to verso of page 97. Rest of contents are excellent. Pictorial wrapper is a little edge-torn and chipped, with only a couple of small chips of loss.

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THE ISLAND OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 598744
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1944. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial cloth. The first book in the "Adventure" series. 326 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Bottom 2.5" of spine are darkened/damp marked; a few other grubby marks to covers, with a little foxing. Inscription in ink to front endpaper (dated 1944); part of ink name has transferred across to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins internally. Binding is nice and tight. Pictorial wrapper is quite damaged, with front flap at one time being completely detached, but has been stuck back on with browning sticky tape. Bottom 2.5" of wrapper spine is missing and partially repaired with tape. Other splits and tears to wrapper down edges, with a couple of repairs - otherwise, showing signs of chipping. Front panel illustration is still bright (apart from tape). Still a collectable copy of this 1st edition.

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DON'T BE SILLY, MR. TWIDDLE!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Hilda McGavin.
Stock no. 380160
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1967. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps priced at 2'6. B/w illustrations to text, 79 pages. Covers lightly creased, lower corner tip of rear cover torn off. Light page browning and foxing throughout. One page has a light blue mark to the margin else contents clean.

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WE WANT A STORY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by George Bowe.
Stock no. 597304
Published by Pitkin. Almost very good condition.

Imitation brown leather covers with gilt title. B/w illustrations. 96 Pages. Covers and spine and edges are bumped and worn. Name in ink to front pastedown and inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins.

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SILVER AND GOLD
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Lewis Baumer.
Stock no. 597149
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Small format, pink cloth, black titles and vignettes. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. A charming book of poetry. Spine is browned, with some light scuffing. Couple of cover edges are unevenly faded. Corners are a little worn. Browning to endpapers. Some foxing internally and to outer page edges.

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HELLO TWINS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Molly Brett.
Stock no. 596689
Published by The Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

Enid Blyton 'Little' Book No 4. Small format. Pictorial card wraps with cloth spine. Colour and b/w illustrations to text. Illustrations in the 1st edition are wrongly credited to Molly Brett - they were actually done by E. Soper. A few light marks to covers and outer page edges. Contents are bright.

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