Published by Hodder Children's Books, 1997
ISBN 10: 034068111X ISBN 13: 9780340681114
Language: English
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
First Edition
Condition: New. 1997. 01st Edition. Paperback. Classic editions of the timeless adventure stories where there's always a mystery to solve for Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy! Illustrator(s): Soper, Eileen. Series: Famous Five. Num Pages: 208 pages, B&w Line Drawings. BIC Classification: 5AK; YFC. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164. . . . . .
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1947
Language: English
Seller: Joy Norfolk, Deez Books, IPSWICH, United Kingdom
First Edition
£ 18.50
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Soper, Eileen (illustrator). 1st Edition. 192 pages. The 6th adventure for the five friends in this popular series. Sound binding, clean pages, no marks or inscriptions, although externally the boards are faded and shows signs of handling. Evidence of previous ownership opposite the half title page. No dust jacket. All orders processed and shipped promptly from the UK. Please email with your questions.
Published by London : Hutchinson, 1955
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
£ 11.65
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Add to basket1st edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Light, scattered foxing internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Previous owner's marks in ink to the list of the other Fives books. Physical description; 182 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. Subjects; Famous Five (Fictitious characters) ; Juvenile fiction. Circus ; Juvenile fiction. Adventure stories ; Juvenile fiction. Adventure stories. Famous Five (Fictitious characters) ; Juvenile fiction. Crime & mystery fiction (Children's / Teenage). Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage). 3 Kg.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton Limited, London, United Kingdom, 1958
Language: English
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
First Edition
£ 14.95
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Soper, Eileen (illustrator). 1st Edition. British edition, eleventh printing, 1958. No jacket. Illustrated by Eileen Soper. Red boards are very good with one small (approx. 3mms) split to the cloth at head of spine, very minor pushing to corners (not major), the odd small mark, fading to spine and a little pushing to head/tail of spine. The binding is tight. Top of pages little dusty. There is some minor foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Occasional mark to pages (nothing much). Smells a little musty. Odd scratch to page edges and tops. Page edges little tanned. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, 1958
Seller: BookAddiction (IOBA, IBooknet), Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
£ 18
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Soper, Eileen (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st ed, 11th impression, published in 1958 following true first in 1947. Red boards (gently rounded and faded patch in front). Gloriously illustrated endpapers. 12mo. Dust jacket in parts but near complete barring spine, laid out. Later state dust jacket, which appeared from the 6th impression onwards. 6th of the famous five stories. Notes on the different state dust jackets for this title appear on the BookAddiction blog.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1947
Language: English
Seller: Black Cat Bookshop P.B.F.A, Leicester, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
£ 30
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Publishers black ribbed cloth, white title on spine which is a little indistinct now. Colour frontis with telescope the wrong way round as called for. Nice clean copy.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1947
Seller: Florence books, Salisbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
First Edition
£ 25
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. First impression.August 1947 Colour frontispiece; 33 illustrations in the text, 9 coloured; The sixth of the 'Famous Five' books; Hardback: red boards, lettered in black on spine, illustrated end-papers; Spine lightly faded, corners bumped, a little wear at the head/tail of the spine. Contents clean and tight. No insc.192pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1949
Language: English
Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
£ 59.99
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition/Third imp. published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, June 1949. Gift inscription to ffep. Spotting/Browning to endpages and page edges. Red cloth covers have minor wear. Minor bumps to corners. Dustjacket not price clipped (6/- net) General minor wear with some loss to bottom of spine. Foxing to verso showing through to front. Foxing to flaps. Protected in archive cover.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1949
Language: English
Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
£ 75
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition/Third imp. published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, June 1949. Gift inscription to ffep. Spotting/Browning to endpages and page edges. Red cloth covers have minor wear. Minor bumps to corners. Dustjacket not price clipped (6/- net) General minor wear with some loss to bottom of spine. Foxing to verso showing through to front. Foxing to flaps. Protected in archive cover.
Published by London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1955
Seller: Sillan Books, Cootehill, CAVAN, Ireland
First Edition
£ 40.49
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Add to basketNinth impression of first edition. 8vo. pp192. Illustrated with black and white illustrations and blue and red and black illustrations by Eileen Soper. Red cloth. Illustrated endpapers. Inscription of previous owner. A very good copy in chipped but otherwise very good unclipt dustwrapper.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1947
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
£ 33.60
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Soper, Eileen (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1947. Very good condition with no wrapper. Light blue ribbed boards with black title to spine. Colour frontis. Two-tone illustrations. 192 pages. Dark blue, black and white pictorial endpapers. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Spine browned. Covers slightly grubby. Name and date in ink to front fly-leaf. Foxing else contents clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1947
Seller: Bookfare, Ambleside, United Kingdom
First Edition
£ 25
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Colour frontispiece; 33 illustrations in the text, 9 coloured; The sixth of the 'Famous Five' books; Hardback: red boards lettered in black on spine, illustrated end-papers; Spine faded, cover wear, previous owner's inscriptions to prelims, old price inked on front free end-paper, g+.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1947
Seller: Lewes Book Centre, LEWES East Sussex, ES, United Kingdom
First Edition
£ 50
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. VG HARDBACK,WITH AN INSCRIPTION,IN FAIR UNCLIPPED DJ.PRICED AT 6/-.1947,1ST EDITION.192,PAGES.ILLUSTRATED BY EILEEN A.SOPER.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1947
Language: English
Seller: Joelle Godard Books, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, United Kingdom
First Edition
£ 120
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. In publishers' dark blue, ribbed cloth with white titling. Coloured frontispiece plate and illustrations in black and red and illustrated endpapers. A square, tightly bound copy with clean pages apart some faint spotting at the page edges. The d/j has chips at the top and bottom of the spine and the two top corners with the original price (6/-) intact. A very nice cope of one of the scarcest books in the series. Payment by credit card through ABE. Paypal accepted.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., London, 1947
Language: English
Seller: Nik's Bookstore Versandantiquariat, PBFA, Oestrich-Winkel, Germany
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
£ 178.17
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. Dust Jacket Condition: Gut. Eileen Soper (illustrator). 1. Auflage. First Edition London 1947. 192 pp. Book very good++, Dustwrapper good+. Correct first printing with the telescope the wrong way round. Not Price clipped. Book is clean and with quite boards (blue ribbed with white title to spine). Some slight browning to the edges of the text block. Small inscription to inner page. Pictorial Dustwrapper is near very good and has a number of closed tears to edges. Miniscule loss to spine base. Light soiling to white rear and edges rubbed and lightly creased and nicked. With protective plastic cover. See photos.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1947
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
£ 54
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Add to basketCondition: Good. 1947. First Edition. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Blue paper covered boards. Contains colour illustrations throughout. Pages are lightly tanned with visible foxing. Heavy cracking to gutters. Moderate foxing to text block edges. Boards have mild edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Heavy tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean.
Published by hodder and stoughton, 1947
Language: English
Seller: Bicknell books, Worcester, United Kingdom
First Edition
£ 210
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. red pebble cloth192pp no inscriptions internally no marks or foxing unclippedd/w one mark front cover tiny piece replaced top of spine mylar cover lovely example of this early blyton pics to follow better than higher priced first printed august 1947 better than same book £100 more on abe bagain.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, 1947
Seller: The Topsham Bookshop, EXETER, DEVON, United Kingdom
First Edition
£ 40
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Blue/black cloth binding with white lettering of title down spine, title rubbing off but cover overall is clean. All pages are clean and clear.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1947
Seller: Really Good Books, Stockport, United Kingdom
First Edition
£ 40
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st UK, 1st impression (book). The sixth book in the series, becoming scarcer. The book is the first printing; the jacket is a facsimile. In the book, there is no foxing; the pages are clean with no marks or inscriptions except a very discreet school stamp to the front end paper.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1947
Seller: Really Good Books, Stockport, United Kingdom
First Edition
£ 40
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. The sixth book in the series. The book is the first printing; the jacket from later printing. In the book, there isfoxing to text block edges and some internal staining; however mostly clean. Stitching showing. The jacket is alater version. A little creased overall. Old label mark verso. First impression book, later dust jacket.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1947
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
First Edition
£ 225
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Add to basketHard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. Publisher's dark-blue ribbed boards with white lettering to the spine. Pictorial end-papers printed in dark blue and black. A faint crease to the spine and a hint of fading at the tip and tail of the spine otherwise a VG+ copy. The D/W is priced 6/- net to the inside flap (as called for) and has the all-important telescope the wrong way round on both the front cover and the frontispiece. The D/W is foxed to the verso of the spine and is chipped at the head of the spine (just affecting the lettering) with a 5.5 cm, closed tear to the left hand edge at the top of the spine. Looks nicer than it sounds. Photographs/scans available upon request.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1947
Seller: Really Good Books, Stockport, United Kingdom
First Edition
£ 228
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st UK, 1st impression. The sixth book in the series, becoming scarcer. This is a first edition book in an original dust jacket. In the book, there is no foxing; the pages are clean with no marks or inscriptions. The ribbed blue boards are clean and fresh and only slightly discoloured to the spine extremities. The jacket is very good and shows the required telescopy issue, although has owner's marks to the front and rear flaps. The correct 6/- price is showing intact.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1947
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
£ 370.80
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Soper, Eileen (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Red textured boards with black title to spine. Blue and black pictorial endpapers. Two-colour and b/w illustrations. Colour frontis. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light foxing and page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, grubby to white spine and rear panel, large tear across front panel has been neatly repaired on verso (so hardly noticeable on front now). Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1947
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
£ 432.60
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Soper, Eileen (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Light blue ribbed boards with black title to spine. Colour frontis. Two-tone illustrations. 192 pages. Dark blue, black and white pictorial endpapers. Light browning to top and tail of spine and top corners. Corners slightly bumped. Boards clean. Faint foxing to title page, light brown mark to last two pages. Contents clean. Wrapper is grubby on rear panel, is rubbed at edges and has some edge-tears with slight loss. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Published by Published by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., London First Edition . 1947., 1947
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
£ 750
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Add to basketFirst edition hard back binding in publisher's original powder blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered black back and front, two-tone illustrated end papers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains colour frontispiece, 192 pp with two-tone and monochrome illustrations throughout. Very near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small nicks to the spine ends, white paper and coloured lettering down the spine not faded, not price clipped, 6/-. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. BLYTON, Enid (1897-1968).
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1947
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
First Edition
£ 695
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Add to basketHard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. (London: Hodder & Stoughton 1947). First UK Edition. Publisher's light-blue ribbed boards with black lettering to the spine. Pictorial end-papers printed in dark blue and black. A near fine copy with just a hint of foxing to page block edges but with no previous owner's inscriptions in like D/W with the all-important telescope the wrong way round on both the front cover and the frontispiece. The D/W is priced 6/- net to the inside flap (as called for) with a touch of fraying at the head of the spine and a short, imperceptible. closed tear to the bottom left-hand corner of the front panel. A very nice copy indeed. Famous Five # 6. Photographs/scans available upon request.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1947
Seller: West Hull Rare Books - ABA, ILAB, P.B.F.A., Hull, YORKS, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
£ 895
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. HARDBACK - A near fine book with the scarcer red boards that are un bumped. Internally, the pages are very clean with just a hint of toning to the page block when the book is closed. There is a contemparary inscription to the second front end-paper. The dust wrapper is in near fine or better condition. There is very light rubbing to the extremeties, but the wrapper is extremely clean with fresh colours, and covers the book tightly. The wrapper is priced at 6/- to the flap as called for. The printing error to the front panel with the telescope the wrong way round is present. A very attractive copy of a scarce title, seldom found in this condition.