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Blyton, Enid. The Mystery of the Missing Necklace. Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 1947.
Price: US$21.97 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: The fifth adventure of the Five Find-Outers and Dog. Children's adventure fiction. A tidy first edition with a slight lean to the binding and some handling marks externally. The rear end paper is split over the hinge. No dust wrapper. All orders processed promptly and shipped from the UK. 160 p.
Seller: Joy Norfolk, Deez Books, IPSWICH, United Kingdom
Price: US$24.70 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pp.167. Previous owner's name in pen at top edge of f.e.p.
Seller: Dublin Bookbrowsers, Dublin, NONE, Ireland
Price: US$44.52 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1947 third printing of 1944 original. Pale blue textured cloth boards with yellow titling and tennis raquet motif. Name on flyleaf, no other markings and text clean and tight, with just a few freckles on the fore-edge. DJ fits snugly, age darkened with generla cornerwear and minor loss. mottling and spotting which is more noticable on the white of the spine and rear panel. Price-clipped. Front panel displays reasonably. The artwork overhangs the front fore-edge as this is a thin wartime printing made as small as possible, and there appear to be variations in size of the early printings, we know that Blyton was adept at maxxing out on what the publishers could do within the wartime restrictions. Size: 12mo
Seller: Book Bungalow, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Price: US$95.40 + shipping
Description: First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cream cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered maroon back and front. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 167 pp with monochrome illustrations throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. BLYTON, Enid (1897-1968)
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom