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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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NODDY GOES TO TOYLAND
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 1326362
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The very first Noddy book, in which Big-Ears discovers the little nodding man who has run away from Old Man Carver and takes him back to Toyland. Red pictorial covers with rounded spine. 61 pages. 7.5 x 5.5". Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers partly browned. Some light browning to textblock and some light marks to page margins. A couple of hinges slightly cracked. Dustwrapper is edge torn with magic tape repairs on verso, small peice torn and missing from top edge of front panel.

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FIVE FALL INTO ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1326355
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1957. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

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. Spine slightly bumped. A few marks to textblock. Erased writing to textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with some loss.

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FIVE GET INTO TROUBLE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1326258
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Yellow and black pictorial endpapers. Two-tone and b/w illustrations. 190 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock and some page margins. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn with small pieces of loss, tear to lower corner of front panel with small piece missing (see photo). Spine of wrapper is slightly browned.

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THE ENCHANTED WOOD
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Rene Cloke.
Stock no. 1326013
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1971. Very good condition.

Revised edition. Green glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Enid Blyton's Rewards Series. ISBN: 0603032834. Spine and corners bumped, corners slightly worn. Light foxing to textblock. Pale yellow stains to a few pages.

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THE ENCHANTED WOOD
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Rene Cloke.
Stock no. 1326010
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1971. Very good condition.

Revised edition. Green glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Enid Blyton's Rewards Series. ISBN: 0603032834. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight foxing to textblock. Some light page corner creases.

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