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THE ISLAND OF ADVENTURE

by Enid Blyton

Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian

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.

Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few small spots to covers. Inscription in ink and also name and address in ink (blue biro for both) to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing to endpapers. Textblock is a little grubby. Foxed dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with loss.

Stock no. 1317723

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Contents

  • Four children in an old half-ruined house set on a wild cliff by the sea, a strange island, called the Isle of Gloom, in the distance - and a ship to sail out to the island to see what is going on there. Secret passages, old forgotten copper-mines on the island, men hidden there doing strange things. a path under the sea-bed itself - there are no end to the adventures that the four children have, Then there is Kiki, the parrot, whose ridiculous chatter delights the children and who shares in their amazing adventures.

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