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Blyton, Enid : Five Get Into A Fix

Hodder and Stoughton, 1958

182 pages (complete). Jacket worn, sunned, corner nip, chipped, marked. Boards a bit edge worn and marked. Tanning, foxing, damp stained on page edges- not affecting the text, marks. However, it is still in fair condition, tightly bound and intact. MK.. Book Condition: Fair. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fair

Blyton, Enid : Five Get Into A Fix

Hodder & Stoughton, 1958

182 pages (complete). Jacket torn, tapped, old tape residue marks. Boards shelf rubbed, a bit stained, marked. Tanning, foxing, ownership inscriptions and little stamp, markings. However, it is still in good condition, tightly bound and intact. 1st edition. MK.. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Poor

First Edition.

BLYTON**, ENID: : FIVE GET INTO A FIX.**

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED,1958.

ISBN No ISBN.

UK,slim 12mo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE. Owner's pencilled and inked inscrptn (name +address) to verso of front free endpaper and name to title page too (with another but different owner's name crossed through),minus issued dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean and generally sharp-cornered - front lower corner minimally bumped - red paper-covered boards with black ink printed titles and Famous Five group illustration to front along with author's facsimile signature to lower,right-hand corner and black ink printed letters to spine/ backstrip,and 3-colour block (blue,black and white) pictorial illustrated endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners. Top+fore-edges lightly aged but generally bright and clean and almost foxing free; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound,no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - apart from an accidental double creased corner on pp159/60 - otherwise appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK, slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,9-182pp [paginated] includes 22 chapters,two 3-colour block (red+b/w and blue+b/w) and b/w line illustrations - all by Eileen Soper,throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half title page with story precis,title page,separate contents and illustrations lists/tables,and publisher's advert for Famous Five Club membership to the rear. Famous Five's 17th adventure.Once more the Famous Five are up to their ears in adventure - this time in a lonely part of Wales.What are the rumblings and shimmerings and shudderings coming from the hill opposite? What is going on? How can they get inside the hill to see? Eileen [Alice] Soper (b. 1905 - d.1990) Daughter of George Soper under whom she studied and was artistically trained.She first exhibited at the Royal Academy at the early age of 15.She derived much of her subject matter from her father's garden,in the house her father built and which along with her sister she lived and inherited,the greater part of her life.She and her sister have maintained and preserved it as a nature sanctuary.A painter of wildlife,children, portraits and miniatures,and engraver.She was a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists,and elected to the RMS (Royal Society of Miniature Painters,Sculptors and Gravers) in 1972. Eileen is most remembered for her collaboration with Enid Blyton,notably for the 'Famous Five' series (1942-1963) - though she also published her own children's books in the 1940s,and then working mainly on her wildlife illustrations from the 1950s onwards,based on the wildlife in her garden. Enid Blyton's books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children's author.She wrote over 600 books and hundreds of short stories,including favourites such as 'The Famous Five','The Secret Seven','The Magic Faraway Tree','Malory Towers' and 'Noddy'. Born in London in 1897,Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and adored dogs, gardening and the countryside.She died in 1968 but remains one of the world's best-loved storytellers. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim 12mo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

BLYTON**, ENID: : FIVE GET INTO A FIX.**

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED,1960.

ISBN No ISBN.

UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp. [First published July,1958.This edn/imp 1960.] NFINE/VG. No owner's inscrptn - ffe removed leaving a residual stub at spine/ backstrip's gutter's edge and no price- clip (7s 6d) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp and clean colour pictorial artwork illustrated dw/dj panels+spine/backstrip with black, blue and red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear to edges.All corners with small closed tears with little loss and reciprocal creasing.Tiny nicks with miniscule losses at both foot+head of spine/backstrip of dw/dj and both with reciprocal creasing too.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's red paper-covered boards with black ink printed titles and Famous Five group illustration to front bd along with author's facsimile signature to lower, right-hand corner and black ink printed letters to spine/backstrip,and 3-colour block (blue,black and white) pictorial illustrated endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Top edges lightly aged with sporadic foxing/ spotting,fore-edges similar but without degree of foxing,but both generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean,solid and sound - near pristine - no noticed foxing in text body or page borders - and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread, apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp,9-182pp [paginated] includes 22 chapters,two 3-colour block (red+b/w and blue+b/w) and b/w line illustrations - all by Eileen Soper,throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half title page with story precis,title page,separate contents and illustrations lists/tables,and publisher's advert for Famous Five Club membership to the rear. Famous Five's 17th adventure.Once more the Famous Five are up to their ears in adventure - this time in a lonely part of Wales.What are the rumblings and shimmerings and shudderings coming from the hill opposite? What is going on? How can they get inside the hill to see? Eileen [Alice] Soper (b. 1905 - d.1990) Daughter of George Soper under whom she studied and was artistically trained.She first exhibited at the Royal Academy at the early age of 15.She derived much of her subject matter from her father's garden,in the house her father built and which along with her sister she lived and inherited,the greater part of her life.She and her sister have maintained and preserved it as a nature sanctuary.A painter of wildlife,children,portraits and miniatures,and engraver.She was a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists, and elected to the RMS (Royal Society of Miniature Painters,Sculptors and Gravers) in 1972. Eileen is most remembered for her collaboration with Enid Blyton,notably for the 'Famous Five' series (1942-1963) - though she also published her own children's books in the 1940s,and then working mainly on her wildlife illustrations from the 1950s onwards,based on the wildlife in her garden. Enid Blyton's books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children's author.She wrote over 600 books and hundreds of short stories, including favourites such as 'The Famous Five','The Secret Seven','The Magic Faraway Tree','Malory Towers' and 'Noddy'. Born in London in 1897,Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and adored dogs,gardening and the countryside.She died in 1968 but remains one of the world's best-loved storytellers. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim 12mo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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