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FIVE ON A HIKE TOGETHER
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1331415
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Almost very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Grey boards, red titles. Orange and black pictorial endpapers. B/w & two-tone illustrations. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Browning to lower 2" of spine (where piece is missing from dustwrapper). Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Foxing and some finger but contents generally clean. Price-cut wrapper is badly worn and torn with extensive tape repairs on verso, lower 2" of wapper spine is missing. A decent first edition in a poor wrapper.

FIVE GO TO MYSTERY MOOR
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1331414
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1955. Almost very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

The Thirteenth Famous Five adventure in which the Five explore why the gypsies set up camp on Mystery Moor - and find out they are not welcome....! Red boards, black titles, blue and white pictorial endpapers, two-tone & b/w illustrations. Second impression. Spine bumped. Covers slightly dusty to front, marked to rear. Some slight foxing else contents are clean. Two page corners are creased (where book page has been used as a bookmark). Dustwrapper has a large section missing from across top of both panels and spine, remains of wrapper is slightly edge worn.

FIVE HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1331412
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The 11th Famous Five adventure. Red boards, black lettering. Blue and black pictorial endpapers. B/w and two-tone illustrations. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to base of spine and some tape repairs on verso at corners.

FIVE GO TO MYSTERY MOOR
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1331411
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1955. Good condition.

The Thirteenth Famous Five adventure in which the Five explore why the gypsies set up camp on Mystery Moor - and find out they are not welcome....! Red boards, black titles, blue and white pictorial endpapers, two-tone & b/w illustrations. Second impression. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Small mark to top corner of front cover. Endpapers, prelims and textblock slightly foxed. Colouring to some of the illustrations.

FIVE GET INTO TROUBLE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1331408
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1949. Very good condition.

Red boards, black titles. Yellow and black pictorial endpapers. Two-tone and b/w illustrations. 190 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers a little dusty/grubby. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Embossed address stamp to half title-page. Foxing to textblock. Contents clean.

FIVE FALL INTO ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1331407
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Very good condition.

The Famous Five in the 9th adventure, alone at Kirrin Cottage with the problem of Gipsy-girl Jo. Red boards. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Blue and white endpapers. 192 pages. Second impression. Spine bumped. Covers scuffed and marked with a couple of small dents at edges. Foxspots to textblock. Orange mark to pages 126/7. A few pages have a small piece torn from lower margin (no text affected).

COMRADES: A STORY OF THE AUSTRALIAN BUSH
Written by Joseph Bowes. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo.
Stock no. 1331394
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 288 pages, all edges blue. 6 colour plates. Spine bumped. Cover edges slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some hinges cracked/pulled but binding still tight. Some foxing to contents.

COCKERILL THE CONJURER; OR, THE BRAVE BOY OF HAMELN
Written by Mrs Robert Richardson.
Stock no. 1331393
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1885. Almost very good condition.

Sunday Library for Young People. Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Cream endpapers. 139 pages plus 16 page booklist to rear. B/w frontis. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Spine darkened, covers a bit grubby/marked. Prize plate to front pastedown. Some fingermarks to contents.

HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1331382
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Boots the Chemists. Circa 1930. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Published for Boots The Chemist. Large format. Red cloth covers, gilt titles. 16 colour tipped-in plates. Many b/w illustrations. 319 pages. 10 x 7.5". Spine and corners bumped. Faded patch to base of spine (where there is a piece of the dustwrapper missing). A few tiny dents to cover edges. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing, especially to prelims and textblock. Some of the b/w text illustrations has been neatly coloured. Dustwrapper has a piece missing to base of spine and a smaller piece missing above. Rear panel and spine of wrapper are slightly faded.

SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY OF THE TEMPEST
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1331343
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

40 tipped in colour plates, tissue guarded. Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration to front cover and spine. 143 pages. 11 x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. A few small dents to cover edges. Spine is foxed and has a small worn patch to rear edge with slight loss of cloth. Front joint is cracked. There is some light foxing to the contents. Some of the tissue-guards are creased but all plates are present and in fine condition.

KINGS OF SPACE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1331318
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1954. Good condition.

A Story of Interplanetary Exploration. Blue boards, black titles and vignette of flying saucer. Colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Spine and cover edges are faded. Some light spotting/foxing to page edges.

THE MAN WHO VANISHED INTO SPACE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1331317
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Another adventure of the spacecraft Tavona in the Great Unknown. Blue boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Ex-lib (police) with label to front free-endpaper and remains of a label to rear pastedown. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, rear panel is grubby.