This copy was acquired from the private library of a discerning and avid collector of rare children's books. I would love to read these to my nieces and nephew one day, I'm sure they would love it just as much as I do. Slight lean to spine; rubbing and light creasing to cover; previous owner details erased but faintly visible to half-title page. She taught for five years before her 1924 marriage to editor Hugh Pollock, with whom she had two daughters.

Blyton was a prolific author of children's books, who penned an estimated 800 books over about 40 years. Card covers have minor edge wear with creasing, paper chipped and torn to the toe of the spine, covers lightly rubbed and marked, 80 pages, tanning, some tears at the edges/gutter, some minor stains and use marks, binding tight. Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out. foxed,one section taped at gutters,spine cracked) in G d/w (rubbed and soiled,external tape repairs to hinges and edges,chipping and wear to extrems.

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Her stories were often either children's adventure and mystery stories, or fantasies involving magic. I’m still smirking when I think of the mysterious disembodied voice neatly putting in eighteen grapefruit instead of fifteen.Born in South London, Blyton was the eldest of three children, and showed an early interest in music and reading. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Kids love the character of Mr Pink-Whistle, who is very matter-of-fact and unassuming, yet so powerful and benevolent.

Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality. x 1"; this has also lead to a water mark on the corner of the pages underneath throughout the book starting at the back about 3/4 of the way through the book.The only thing is this edition has lesser stories than quoted for this title , I read that it would have 12 stories but it had only 8.