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ENID BLYTON. Five go Off in a Caravan. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1946.
Price: US$19.32 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Binding sound, pictorial endpapers are bright, colour frontis and line illus by Soper, some two-tone. "First printed November 1946". Free of markings. Freckling to fore-edge and some foxing freckles to title page, top edge darkened and dusty. Boards very mottled, especially at edges of front panel. Spine panel has large coffee/tea splash mark, so this is no looker on the shelf. A little shelf-wear, no fraying or weakness thereby. Size: 8vo
Seller: Book Bungalow, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.32 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Illustrated by Eileen Soper. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, London 1946. col frontis, b/w illus (some with minimal colour) 208pp hb blue cloth with illus eps, spine semi-detached, frayed & faded, covers rubbed & stained, front hinge cracked, pages browned, previous owners' details, poor
Seller: Occultique, Northampton, United Kingdom
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "Trouble" and "Mystery Tour" in red cloth, both tight and square, the former slightly soiled; both have bright endpapers and clean bright text, with sligthly dusty top edges; very good. The earlier "Caravan" is in blue cloth with shelwear to extremeties, particularly down the spine edges, with 1 cm break to cloth at base of spine; book is still tight with clean endpapers (but for tiny stain that has browned throught to next page); contents bright and clean but for small pencilled erasure to title page; colour frontispiece bright and unmarked; foreedge soiled; good only. All three are first printings without dust jackets.
Seller: B-Line Books, Amherst, NS, Canada
Blyton Enid. Five go Off in a Caravan. Hodder & Stoughton Limited, London, 1946.
Price: US$25.77 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st Edition, Ist Printing. The 5th book in the Famous Five series. Exciting adventure with Julian, George, Dick, Anne and Timmy the Dog. The Five go on holiday in Horse drawn Caravans and find a Circus camp, a friendly boy with 2 performing dogs and Pongo the Chimpanzee, a sinister Clown and Acrobat, and a mystery. Colour Frontis, Part-Colour Endpapers and B&W Illustrations by Eileen Soper. Frontis illus, the children by their caravan overlooking a lake. Endpapers illustrated with the Five in a tunnel. Blue cloth cover with Black lettering to front and spine. 208 p. pages, 290g, 7 3/4" Tall. Some wear to cloth on tips of corners and sides of spine. Some fading to cloth especially on spine. Gift inscription on back of half-title page. No other inscriptions.
Seller: Bay Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
Price: US$328.51 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Extremely Scarce First edition, first printing published by Hodder and Stoughton in November 1946. Hardcover NO Dust Jacket. Condition: Acceptable. Stains and rubbing to covers, tanned edge paper with foxing. Inscription to first blank page dated 1946. Binding is secure but net is visible at some points. Summary by Poppy Hutchinson: Inspired by a passing circus: in this Famous Five book, the children hire two caravans and horses and head off to Merran Lake, to join the circus folk there - including their new friend, Nobby and become surrounded by a picturesque environment and long lasting days of glorious sunshine. The children and Timmy are thrilled to be so close to such interesting and unusual people, but are later disappointed to be forbidden to go anywhere near the camp, by Nobby's unfriendly Uncle Dan (known as Tiger Dan) and his friend Lou. Why are Tiger Dan and Lou so anxious to keep them away? Find out by reading this fifth gripping Famous Five adventure." Enid Blyton Society. From The Julia Sesemann Collection of Enid Blyton. Over the course of nearly 50 years Julia Sesemann amassed thousands of books written by the famous children s author including valuable first editions of every book she ever wrote. Julia s reputation as a collector of Enid Blyton books even reached Buckingham Palace. Consequently, she supplied books for Prince Harry and Prince William to enjoy when they were young.U5A17.
Seller: Eurobooks Ltd, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Enid Blyton. Five Go Off in a Caravan. Hodder and Stoughton, UK, 1946.
Price: US$386.48 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition 1946. Correct 1st printing. A very difficult title as 1st edition especially in this condition. Book is very good++ and very bright. Spine very slightly lightened. Contents good. Small inscriptions to half title pages and name to endpaper. A really nice example. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18658
Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom
Enid Blyton. Five Go Off In a Caravan. Hodder & Stoughton, 1946.
Price: US$2557.20 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A remarkable clean bright copy of this scarce early famous five first edition, being the fifth title in the series. In post war 1946 paper shortages meant that books such as this were produced using cheap quality paper which makes a bright complete example all more scarce. The Dustwtapper is remarkably clean with a crisp quality.Two short closed tears where the front panel meets the inside flap. A little ruffled at the spine extremities but no other edge wear. the flaps are are bright and unclipped.The blue cloth binding is bright with a hint of softening at the spine top and bottom, one corner a little rounded. No inscriptions or blemishes or foxing. Overall a lovely bright example.
Seller: Love Rare Books, St Leonards On Sea, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$2576.53 + shipping
Description: First 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, 208 pp with two-tone and monochrome illustrations throughout. Very near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small piece of paper missing to the top left hand side of the spine not affecting the type face, 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)
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom