Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$23.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., (1944). First Edition, First Printing - "First published in 1944" on copyright page. 8vo. 170pp. Green cloth, yellow letters and vignette. Good only (cloth faded and moderately worn and soiled, scattered spot to text, one corner of text creased, front hinge stabilized with archival glue), no dj. Illustrated by J. Abbey.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 170 pages
Seller: Dale A. Sorenson, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Enid Blyton. The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage. Methuen, London, 1944.
Price: US$23.06 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The first adventure of The Five Find-Outers and Dog. Second edition (the first edition was previous year). Blue cloth faded and marked with fraying to spine. Neat gift inscription to front free endpaper and some faint foxing. Contents otherwise in nearly very good conition.
Seller: Johnston's Arran Bookroom, Isle of Arran, United Kingdom
Price: US$40.07 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: v / 170 pp bw illustrations, green cloth with yellow title and motif. Corners bumped and rubbed, backstrip much sunned with nicks to ends, endpapers a little spotted
Seller: Your Book Soon, Stroud, GLOS, United Kingdom
Price: US$115.73 + shipping
Description: Illus by J. Abbey War economy standard; green cloth faded on spine & top edge of front board; dust jacket worn & chipped at edges, with small loss to back panel & foot of spine; some writing on front panel of dj, with the addition of glasses to the gardener Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Fair price-clipped dustjacket
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
BLYTON, ENID. The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat. Methuen, London, 1944.
Price: US$149.60 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Both book and jacket well worn. Jacket chipped at head and heel of spine. Prize bookplate on ffep. Overall however not a bad copy.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
BLYTON, Enid. The Mystery Of The Disappearing Cat. London Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1944.
Price: US$192.13 + shipping
Description: 1st Impression. 12.7 x 19cm green cloth with yellow stamped vignette to the front and titles to the front and spine 170pp, including 10 full page black and white illustrations. With original clipped dust jacket. Generally bright boards with a hint of fading to the spine tips echoing loss to the jacket and a little pushing to the corners and shelf wear along the bottom edge. Internally pretty clean with only an ownership name on both the front paste down and a gift inscription dated 12th August 1944 on the front free endpaper. The dust jacket is good plus condition slightly grubby with losses of 2mm - 1.5 cm to both the head and foot of the spine, minor loss to the corners and a little chipping and creasing along the top and bottom edges, closed tears of 0.5 to 2.5 cm extending along the fore edge from the corners. The dust jacket is now protected in a removable clear jacket (not shown) which makes this a very presentable first edition of the second, Five Find-outers book. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Seller: Rainford & Parris Books - PBFA, Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom