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EIGHT O'CLOCK TALES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler.
Stock no. 1326752
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 5th 1950. Very good condition.

A book of short stories by the children's favourite writer. Small format. Green cloth, dark titles. 185 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners have minimal bumping and rubbing. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers are browned. Very light foxing to textblock. Contents clean.

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THE CONJURING WIZARD AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1326751
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1950. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial cloth. Two-tone text illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Endpapers browned. Name and address in pencil to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is missing the rear flap, 2" to base of spine and 0.5" to top. The remains of the wrapper is very worn, torn and creased. A nice copy in a poor wrapper.

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FIVE RUN AWAY TOGETHER
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1326750
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition.

The third story of the adventures of the four children and their dog. Pale blue boards with black titles. Blue and black endpapers showing children shining a torch in a cave. B/w and two-tone illustrations. 192 pages. Fourth impression. Spine slightly bumped. Covers slightly grubby and spine lightly browned. Foxing to textblock. Pale page browning to prelims and last couple of pages. Name and address in light pencil to half title-page.

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THE YELLOW STORY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Kathleen Gell.
Stock no. 1326749
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1950. Good condition.

The fourth of Enid Blyton's Colour books. Yellow cloth, dark green title to spine. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, spine very slightly grubby. There is a small patch to the front cover where a compass has been used to pierece the cloth, the indentations from this go through the prelims of the contents. Name and address in biro to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock which is also slightly grubby. Rear page is browned.

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FIFTEEN-MINUTE TALES
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1326747
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 14th 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A follow-up to Five-Minute and Ten-Minute tales containing 19 stories, all original and wholly delightful. Small format. Blue cloth with dark blue titles. 164 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped, slight fading to base of spine. Light foxing to textblock, contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with minimal loss at corners.

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FIVE ON A SECRET TRAIL
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1326729
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1956. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The 15th Famous Five adventure which all began because of Timmy's wounded ear and the collar he had to wear... Red boards, black lettering. Pictorial blue and black endpapers. Two-tone & b/w illustrations throughout. 182 pages. Covers grubby, spine and corners bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing and grubbiness to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with some slight loss. Large tear/creases to top of front panel.

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THE SHIP OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1326711
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1950. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The sixth book in the Adventure series. Cream pictorial cloth, blue titles. B/w illustrations throughout. 327 pages. 8 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped. Wear to lower cover edges, mark to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Front joint cracked. Foxing to free-endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss and foxed to verso (showing on flaps), spine of wrapper is slightly browned.

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THE ISLAND OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1326665
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial cloth. The first book in the "Adventure" series. 326 pages. B/w illustrations. Corner tips creased to some early pages and to page 165. Tiny nick to margin of page 307. Dustwrapper is foxed, browned to spine and also edge worn with minimal loss.

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FIVE RUN AWAY TOGETHER
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1326632
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1944. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with black titles. Blue pictorial endpapers. B/w and two-colour illustrations. Colour frontis. The third Famous Five book. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some very faint white spots to spine edges and a light tape(?) mark to rear cover and spine. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a small patch of loss to base of spine, slightly grubby to spine and rear panel and some tears tape repaired on verso. Overall, a nice copy in a decent wrapper of this scarce Blyton first edition. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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SHOCK FOR THE SECRET SEVEN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Burgess Sharrocks.
Stock no. 1326508
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Thirteenth Secret Seven story in which quarrels threaten to disband the Secret Seven. But dog-thieves are at work in the village so the children turn detective. Pale blue boards decorated with SS symbol. Two-tone and b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Child's writing in belongs to box. Some light foxing and other marks to textblock. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge rubbed.

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MR. TUMPY AND HIS CARAVAN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler.
Stock no. 1827133
Published by Cresta Books. Circa 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red pictorial boards with red cloth spine. 4 b/w illustrations to each page with text below (264 scenes). Edges lightly rubbed. Boards nice and bright. Joints starting to split but binding tight. Light page browning. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and creased with some loss at folds, spine and corners.

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NODDY AND THE BUMPY DOG
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Robert Lee; Robert Tyndall.
Stock no. 1326363
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson Ltd.. 1st 1957. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Dark blue pictorial boards. Colour pictorial endpapers and illustrations throughout. Noddy Book 14. No Noddy picture to top of spine (later reprints feature Noddy). Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edge rubbed. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased, heavy pencil mark to front panel (not obvious due to the colour of the wrapper).

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