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FIVE ON A TREASURE ISLAND
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1328354
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The very first Famous Five book in which the Five encounter a ruined castle, a wreck and buried treasure. Red boards. 191 pages. Blue pictorial endpapers showing the island. B/w illustrations. 9th impression. Covers very slightly grubby at edges. Tear to top of inner margin of title-page. Heavy foxing to textblock and page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss and just a little grubby.

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ONCE ON A TIME
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1328349
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Good condition.

Pages: 316. Original blue cloth with pictorial panel. Colour frontispiece, 4 b/w plates, vignettes by Brock. Undated reprint. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Creasing to cloth of rear cover and spine, small split to rear edge of spine. Spine browned. Foxing. Some hinges cracked/pulled.

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WORRALS ON THE WAR-PATH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1328313
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Worrals of the W.A.A.F. on her second dangerous wartime sortie into France, where she meets an old enemy. Peach cloth with red titles and vignette to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Damp(?) spotting to front cover. Rear endpaper browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and a few edge tears, spine is slightly grubby and damp stained.

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THE FAMOUS FIVE SPECIAL
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1328224
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1959. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Three complete full-length stories of the Famous Five in one book. Includes Five Go Off To Camp, Five Go Off In A Caravan and Five Have A Wonderful Time. Red boards with black vignette to front cover. Black title label with gilt title on spine. Two tone illustrations. 512 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Some light fingering to textblock and to page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby with some slight loss to slightly browned spine.

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WHERE THE GOLDEN EAGLE SOARS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Colin Gibson.
Stock no. 1328215
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story for lovers of nature about wildlife in the Highlands of Scotland. Green cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations to text. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. A couple of small creases in cloth to edge of front cover and some slight fading to top edge of rear cover. Heavy foxing to page edges and margins, slight foxing to prelims. Very light patch of surface paper damage to front pastedown. A couple of pages have small margin tears at lower edge. White dustwrapper is nice and clean with some slight foxing.

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A PICNIC PARTY WITH ENID BLYTON
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Grace Lodge.
Stock no. 1328161
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

Dark red boards with black titles and vignettes. Two-tone text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some light fading to covers. Name in box on page 8. A few margin tears and page corner creases. Some light foxing.

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RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1328147
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Very good condition.

The perfect showcase for Dulac's genius in depicting eastern fantasy with 20 magnificent tipped-in colour plates. Cream buckram stamped in rich gilt. Front cover has peacock design above and elephants below a central wreath. Spine has gilt titles and vignette of a flower urn. Peacock feather design on endpapers. Brown decorative border to each page. 11.25 x 8.75". Unpaginated. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Covers slightly grubby, spine slightly browned. Bookplate(?) to front free-endpaper. All plates present and in fine condition. Small brown spot to lower margins of a couple of pages and a few very small, light fingermarks to page margins. Overall, contents are nice and clean (not forgetting this book is well over 100 years old!).

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FIVE ON KIRRIN ISLAND AGAIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1328056
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

Light blue ribbed boards with black title to spine. Colour frontis. Two-tone illustrations. 192 pages. Dark blue, black and white pictorial endpapers. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Spine browned. Covers slightly grubby. Name and date in ink to front fly-leaf. Foxing else contents clean.

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FIVE RUN AWAY TOGETHER
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1328055
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. Very good condition.

Burgundy textured boards with gilt titles to front and spine. Blue, white and black pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Second impression. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Fading to spine and some light damp staining to cover edges. Foxing to prelims and textblock. Grubby mark to inner margins of pages 106/113.

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FIVE GO OFF TO CAMP
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1328053
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition.

Pale blue boards, black titles. Blue/black pictorial endpapers. B/w and two-tone illustrations to text. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some light marks to covers. Name and date in ink to verso of front free-endpaper (some crossing out). Heavy foxing to textblock and some page margins. Rear joint is cracked. Grubby mark to last text page.

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FLIGHT FROM FEAR
Written by Deirdre Hill.
Stock no. 1328005
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Turquoise covers with white title to spine. ISBN: 0340419350. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Light scratch marks to front cover. Contents fine.

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BIGGLES FORMS A SYNDICATE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1327978
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1961. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Reissued the same year as the first. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Laminate to spine edges has cracked. Contents clean.

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