Blyton, Enid. Five Go Off to Camp. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1948.

Price: US$1776.74 + shipping

Description: (London: Hodder & Stoughton 1948). First UK Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Publisher's light blue boards with dark blue lettering to the spine and front board. Pictorial end-papers. Just the merest hint of spine fade (hardly worth mentioning) and a tiny bump at the base of the spine. Boards bright and clean. Clean interior. A VG+ copy. The dustwrapper is priced 6/- net to the inside flap (as called for) and is VG indeed with a couple of tiny, closed tears (and associated faint creases) to the top edge and a pale brown small stain at the head of the spine (above the lettering). Signed by Enid Blyton to half-title in black fountain pen: Cherry/ love from/ Enid Blyton". Early signed "Fives" (signed directly to the book as opposed to on a book-plate) are very scarce these days. Photographs/scans available upon request.

Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom