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FIVE GO OFF TO CAMP
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1328540
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black titles. Blue illustrated endpapers. Two-tone and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine slightly bumped with slight fading at base. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with some loss at edges, spine is very slightly grubby.

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FIVE ON A HIKE TOGETHER
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1328522
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tenth in the series. Red boards, blue pictorial endpapers. Two-tone and b/w illustrations. 192 pages. 6th impression. Minimal bumping to spine. Endpapers partly browned. Very light foxing to textblock. Contents otherwise fine. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed with a small tear to top of spine.

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FIVE ON A TREASURE ISLAND
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1328521
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1956. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Reset. Red boards, black titles. Blue pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. The Famous Five's first adventure featuring a ruined castle, a wreck and buried treasure. 191 pages. 12th impression. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Endpapers partly browned, foxing to textblock. Lower corner tip creased to one page. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and creased with slight loss to spine and corners.

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FIVE HAVE A MYSTERY TO SOLVE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1328520
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Nothing could please the Five better than a mystery that no one can understand - but they never give up... Number 20 in the series. Red boards, black titles. B/w illustrations and pictorial endpapers. 184 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Light horizontal mark across preliminary pages (printing error). A few light brown margin spots to pages 32/33. Dustwrapper is edge rubed with some light creasing.

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FIVE GO ADVENTURING AGAIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1328517
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1947. Almost very good condition.

Dark blue simulated leather boards, gilt titles to spine and front board. Colour frontis. B/w text illustrations. Bumping to upper corner of rear cover and also to page corner tips throughout. Covesr edge rubbed, spine bumped. Slight fading to spine and spine edge of rear cover, black mark to centre of spine. Light foxing to textblock. Name in ink and ink address stamp to front free-endpaper. Condition sounds much worse than it really is!

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SERGEANT BIGGLESWORTH C.I.D.
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1328466
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition.

Blue boards with black titles. Colour frontis and 8 other illustrations. The first post-war Biggles story. Third impression. Spine bumped and faded. Slight mark to rear cover (old tape?). Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing.

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WHERE THE WILDFLOWERS GROW: MY BOTANICAL JOURNEY THROUGH BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Written by Leif Bersweden.
Stock no. 1828607
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 2022. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

'When was the last time you stopped and noticed a wild plant?' An intriguing and timely exploration of the importance of Britain and Ireland's plant life. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 389 pages. ISBN: 9781529349535. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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MR BUBBUS AND THE RAILWAY SMUGGLERS
Written by Joan Drake. Illustrated by Biro.
Stock no. 1828591
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Why was the new railway track ripped up as soon as it was laid? Who was using Princess, the 2-6-2 locomotive, at dead of night when the whole village as asleep? Ambrose and Poppy began to investigate - and something very unexpected happened to them! Another mystery story about Mr Bubbus, Mr Deggas and all the Deggas children. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 87 numbered pages. ISBN: 0340196149. SIGNED by the author (TWICE). Once as a gift dedication to free front endpaper and once with no dedication to the top of the title page. Top of spine is bumped which means the contents are also creassed to top gutter edge throughout. Tape stuck to front pastedown and a small patch of surface paper loss where some tape has been removed. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, rubbed at corners, lightly creased and a little grubby to rear panel.

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PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS
Written by J.M. Barrie; May Byron. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1328361
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1943. Good condition.

Retold by Byron for little people. Brown boards, black titles and vignette. 6 colour plates plus some b/w illustrations. 123 pages. Covers are worn, faded and marked. Tear to lower 2" of inner margin of title-page. Foxing.

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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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