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Blyton, Enid. The Second Form at Malory Towers. Methuen & Co Ltd, London, 1947.
Price: US$38.41 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: v, 151pp; frontispiece; b/w illustrations; no d/j, yellow boards, spine faded, brown title; presentation inscription to fep. with date. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Baggins Book Bazaar Ltd, Rochester, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$44.81 + 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
Enid Blyton. A Second Book of Naughty Children. Methuen, London, 1947.
Price: US$57.61 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first impression. 24 stories of deliciously bad behaviour with 18 full page line drawings by Kathleen Gell. Inscriptions on front endpapers (one scribbled out) otherwise in near fine condition. In a bright, near complete dust jacket, price-clipped and with two closed tears to back cover mended with tape on reverse.
Seller: Johnston's Arran Bookroom, Isle of Arran, United Kingdom
Enid Blyton. The Second Form at Malory Towers. Methuen & Co LTD, London, 1947.
Price: US$633.74 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition of Enid Blyton's second Malory Towers novel, an exciting children's novel set in the Cornish boarding school. The first edition, first printing.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The second of Enid Blyton's Malory Towers books, set in the fictional boarding school, based on Benenden School.This eventual term sees three new girls arrive at the school, with more exciting explorations of the Cornish coast.In total Blyton wrote six novels set at Malory Towers, published between 1946 and 1951.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and eight full-paged illustrations.One page of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. A few light marks to the boards. Very minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Light spots to the fore edge. Light edge wear to the dust wrapper, with tape repairs to the reverse. Small closed tear to the head of the front wrap, and a small chip to the tail of the rear joint. A few light marks to the dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Prior owner's ink inscription to the half-title. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom