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BLYTON**, ENID: : THE VALLEY OF ADVENTURE

LONDON.MACMILLAN,1947.

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UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.[The 3rd of 8 adventures and all of them were illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.] FINE/GOOD.Neat inked owner inscrptn: name/ address+contemporary date (April 1947) to sporadically foxed/spotted to both sides of front free endpaper and no price-clip (7s. 6d. net) to dw/dj.Matt,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj panels+spine/backstrip,with black lettering; with some minimal shelf-wear, nicks and creasing to edges and corners.Front inner flap of dw/dj with browned+aged sellotape repair/strengthening its whole length both internally+externally which seems to have caused the front panel to contract and wrinkle and an approx 2.5" 'ghost' residue sellotape repair to top,rear spine/backstrip's gutter's edge.A 1.5" loss to dw/dj's foot of spine/ backstrip,head of same with chipping and minimal loss,top rear corner with rubbing/ chipping and small tear, along with closed tears+nicks on top edges,rear lower corner also with minimal loss.Dw/dj approx 90% present but with listed faults.Top edges minimally and very faintly dust-soiled and with lightest of any ageing,fore-edges with lightest hint of ageing - very considerably much less than is usual/normal or encountered - so bright and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - text body bright and clean and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Really remarkably bright,crisp,clean and unblemished,sharp-cornered,publisher's original brown+green pictorial decorated cream cloth boards (front cover+spine) with bright,crisp,blocked green+black letters to same and plain white endpapers with minimal spotting/ foxing to same and to both pastedowns.Boards/ covers and spine/backstrip without any nicks, splits or tears.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-xpp+1- 340pp [paginated] includes author's foreword, contents list/ table,31 chapters,profuse full-page,chapter head+ tail pieces and part page b/w illustrations by Stuart Tresilian throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] half-title with b/w illus frntis to it's recto,title page with b/w vignette illustration and date,1947. Uncommon example with a dw/dj in a book of its age and given the period of production,i.e. 1942-1947 - with wartime paper-rationing,and the poor quality of paper generally used and survival rates of air-raids on domestic and commercial properties i.e publishers+printers. Any dw/dj would have been of substandard quality and fragility and be prone to subsequent disintegration - as this example can testify - and usually discarded,or be reverse printed - possibly coming from an entirely different book/ title. Once again we meet the characters we all know so well - Jack and Lucy-Ann,Philip,Dinah,and Bill Smugs,always ready to help in time of trouble; and of course,Kiki,the parrot,who,with her ridiculous chatter,is an essential part of the story. This time the children literally drop from the skies into a strange and thrilling adventure.A lonely and deserted valley - half-ruined houses - towering mountains - caves and underground passages - treasure! But what treasure? and where is it hidden? Who is after it? This is the riddle the children set themselves to solve,and in the solving they have many hair-raising adventures,and narrow escapes. An important and welcome addition to the Enid Blyton adventure story canon for all Blyton fiction collectors/officianados. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct, insured 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. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** 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,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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