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Published by May Fair Books, 1967
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Fair. 1967. First Edition Thus. 192 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have moderate edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners. Book has a rolled spine. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Visible wear marks to spine and covers.
Published by Armada, 1967
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1967. First Edition Thus. 192 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
Published by Armada, 1967
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1967. First Edition Thus. 192 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Black and white illustrations throughout by Stuart Tresilian. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
Published by Macmillan Children's Books,UK, 2014
ISBN 10: 0230770703ISBN 13: 9780230770706
Seller: S.Carter, NEWPORT, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Tresilian, Stuart (illustrator). 1st Edition. UK1ST.EDITION.1ST.PRINTING THUS-FULL NUMBERLINE.FINE HARDBACK WITH DECORATED BOARDS.NICE PRODUCTION Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1951
Seller: Finley's Books, Harvington, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. Hardback No Jacket. Illustrated boards. 327 pages. Some marks on the inside page. A rip in Page3/4 Illustrations by Stuart Tresilia.
Published by Armada, London, 1967
Seller: J J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk, Peter Tavy, United Kingdom
First Edition
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good (BELOW AVERAGE). No Jacket. Not Credited (illustrator). First Edition of This Edition. Last 2 paged missing. POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY. Please e-mail for further details. Size: MASS MARKET PAPERBACK. Not Signed or Inscribed. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK.
Published by MACMILLAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS, LONDON, 1982
ISBN 10: 0333344073ISBN 13: 9780333344071
Seller: TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS, THETFORD, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. First Thus. Large format hardcover. Photo illustrated boards. Slight wear on board edges. Previous owner name on Garfield bookplate on front endpaper(an otherwise blank page). Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. Derived the Enid Blyton novel 'The Island of Adventure' illustrated with scenes from a 1982 film adaptation of the novel(which starred Norman Bowler, Eleanor Summerfield, Wilfrid Brambell, John Rhys-Davies and Catherine Schell.). The original novel was published in the 1940s, the publishing details page of this book notes that dialogue and locations have been brought up to date(early 1980s). Colour and black and white photograph illustration. Location: CRO3 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Published by Published by Macmillan Children's Books, London First thus edition . 1982., 1982
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First thus edition hard back. Hard back illustrated pictorial laminated covers. ISBN 0333344073. Ink message inside the front paste down and in near Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. BLYTON, Enid (1897-1968).
Published by London: Hodder Children's Books a division of Hodder Headline Limited, 2004
ISBN 10: 0340893621ISBN 13: 9780340893623
Seller: Time Tested Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Number line beginning with 1. Fine hardback in fine dust jacket (£9.99). Only trivial signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket.
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Published by Macmillan & Co., London, 1952
Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd, London 1952 reprint. VG clean condition. Previous owner's name to top of ffep. No other marks or inscriptions. Clean cloth covers with mild spotting to spine. No dj.
Published by Macmillan Children's Books, 2002
ISBN 10: 0330398350ISBN 13: 9780330398350
Seller: Sapphire Books, Peterborough, CAMBS, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Published In 2002 : 1st. Edition : 7th. Printing : Macmillan Children's Books : The Condition Of This Copy Is Right At The Top Of Like New : Just A Tiny Amount Of Edge & Corner Rubbing : Otherwise, As New Throughout : Still Reasonably Crisp & Tight , With No Inscriptions : Good Solid Binding With Bright Clear Text : Overall, A Very Nice Book :
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Boards with rubbing, creasing, edge and corner wear, marks, wear top and bottom of spine, discolouration. Top, Tail and Fore edge with Age discolouration, Front Board loose from fep exposing netting, Back Board a little loose at top edge. Front Endpaper - Gift inscription written in ink, ghost pencils marks and small tear at edge. Light marks on Endpapers and Pages with a little Age discolouration and odd marks on some pages. A Fair/Good copy for a book of this Age. **369g ** All orders are sent with a tracking /signature service for your peace of mind, so that you can keep tabs on your parcel. For overseas customers - on some sites we use, parcels weighing over the standard rate may incur an additional charge and we will then contact you with the additional shipping fee required. This is for the postage only we do not charge you for our time or our excellent packaging, which we are noted for. Dispatched in cardboard mailers within 24/48 Hours Mon - Friday 2pm, except bank holidays, otherwise next business day - excellent service guaranteed.
Published by Hodder Children's Books, 2004
ISBN 10: 0340893621ISBN 13: 9780340893623
Seller: Alpha 2 Omega Books BA, Southampton, HANTS, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. VGC.Hodder Children's Books,2004.First edition-first impression of this edition.Three exciting mysteries! Includes: Five On a Treasure Island, Five Go Adventuring Again, and Five Go To Billycock Hill.Pictorial hardback (small nicks and scratches on the cover and spine) in VGC, no Dj cover as issued.Illustrated with b/w drawings.Nice and clean pages but slightly yellow on the outer edges,a couple of creases and light shelf wear on the edges of the pages, small pencil marks impressions inside the first blank page of the book.505pp.Heavy book. First edition-first impression of this edition.
Published by Macmillan Children's Books, 1944
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
First Edition
First Edition. Well worn copy in tight binding; illustrated beige boards showing 5 children in sailing boat in red & black print. Cloth rubbed at extremities; faded on spine; marked on rear board, balding at head & foot of spine. Name inked onto front free end paper; page edges darkened from foxing, but body of text fairly neat & well preserved. Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback.
Published by MacMillan and Co Ltd, 1944
Seller: Berrishill Books, Whitley Bay, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, 1st printing of The Island of Adventure, with illustrations by Stuart Tresilian, 327pp. Gift inscription to front free end paper, text clean with the very occasional light handling mark, rear hinge cracked and the spine cloth detached along rear edge, although this is hard to spot as the book is in a protective mylar cover.
Published by Macmillan, 1966
Seller: A Book Is Forever, Pershore, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A lovely, unadulterated copy (no text changes unlike later editions to make the story more "PC" Beige boards, illustrated front board, spine and throughout. Excellent. Please contact us for pictures and/or further details ? only too pleased to help!.
Published by Macmillan and Co Limited, London, 1944
Seller: Hencotes Books, Penny Pearce, Hexham Northumberland, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Stuart Tresilian (illustrator). 1st Edition. 8vo. cream, red, black pictorial cloth ,spine - minor creasing + sl grubby, creasing front board, + sl offset, corners bumped, 327 pp, b/w Tresilian illusns throughout - some full page, no inscriptions or markings.
Published by Macmillan and Co., London, 1944
Seller: Knights Rare Books (Est. 1994), Glastonbury, SOMER, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Stuart Tresilian (illustrator). 1st Edition. A complete set, each in the original pictorial cloth. All have varying degrees of bumping to the boards and some also have some fraying to the spine ends, generally the cloth is quite grubby, some have foxing, browning or soiling to the pages and some have an inscription, but anything more than this is mentioned. The Island of Adventure; 3rd printing 1949, creased to the front board, f.f.e.p. missing. The Castle of Adventure; 4th printing 1951, f.f.e.p. missing. The Valley of Adventure; 3rd printing 1950, address label to the f.f.e.p. The Sea of Adventure; 6th printing 1953. The Mountain of Adventure; 5th printing 1952, end papers missing, spine torn down one side, some pictures coloured. The Ship of Adventure; 5th printing 1954. The Circus of Adventure; 1st printing 1952, spine partly torn. The River of Adventure; 2nd printing 1956, f,f.e.p. missing.
Published by Macmillan, London, 1948
Seller: Neil Williams, Bookseller, Victoria, BC, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: NF/VG. Second Printing. Light wear to book and unclipped jacket (7s 6d). Nicely illustrated in black and white by Tresilian. The first of Blyton's Adventure books. Interestingly, the jacket is almost identical to that of the first printing, Lightest of wear to book, tidy handwritten prize certificate on front endpaper. Light wear to book, edges lightly worn on jacket, small tears at spine folds. 327 pp.
Publication Date: 1944
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition. Hardback NO DW. Illustrated boards. 327 pages. Extremities bumped, spine darkened, sl. creasing to boards; binding cocked with pronounced lean. Former owner's name to front paste-down and some light occasional foxing to o/w clean and sound contents.
Published by Macmillan, 1944
ISBN 10: 0333084063ISBN 13: 9780333084069
Seller: M Godding Books Ltd, Devizes, WILTS, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable Jacket. First Edition. Previous owner's ink inscription. First Edition. 1944 on the title page. No date on the copyright page, just 'COPYRIGHT'. About 3.5 centimetres of the jacket is missing at the top of the spine. This book costs more than 150 euros. Customs may charge the recipient tax on arrival if the destination country is within the European Union. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.
Published by MACMILLAN & CO, LONDON 1944, 1950 & 1952, 1952
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. ALL THREE BOOKS ARE FIRST EDITIONS & FIRST PRINTINGS. HARDBACKS BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL DECORATED CLOTH BINDINGS, FRONTIS PLATES TO ALL BOOKS PLUS SEVERAL BLACK & WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS TO EACH BOOK, NO JACKETS. EACH BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES. FEW MINOR MARKS TO CLOTH SPINES & BOARDS, SLIGHT PLAY TO ALL HINGES WITH BOARDS WELL ATTACHED, OCCASIONAL LIGHT FOXING OR MINOR MARK TO PAGES OR PAGE FORE-EDGES, SOME ENDPAPERS BROWNED, SEVERAL NAMES & LONG XMAS INSCRIPTION TO INNER FRONT OF THE ISLAND, BIRTHDAY INSCRIPTION TO FRONT ENDPAPER OF THE SHIP, NAMES, DATE & OWNERS ADDRESS TO FRONT ENDPAPERS OF THE CIRCUS. PLEASE NOTE: THE COVERS HAVE A CLEAR REMOVABLE COVERING THAT MAY SHOW SOME WRINKLES OR REFLECTIONS IN IMAGES. OVERALL THE BOOKS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH MAJORITY OF PAGES CLEAN. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.
Published by MACMILLAN & CO, LONDON, 1944
Seller: Elder Books, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. FIRST PRINTING. HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL DECORATED CLOTH BINDING, ORIGINAL DUST JACKET PRICED AT 7/6, NUMEROUS FULL PAGE BLACK & WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS. BOOK MEASURES APPROX 8 x 5 INCHES WITH 8 + 327 PAGES. DUST JACKET IS VERY WORN WITH LOSS, TEARS & ONE PIECE DETACHED [SEE IMAGE] FEW DARK MARKS TO CLOTH SPINE WITH A TEAR TO CLOTH AT TOP LEFT SIDE OF SPINE, VERY OCCASIONAL MINOR MARK TO PAGES. OVERALL THE BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH DUST JACKET IN FAIR ONLY CONDITION. EXTRA POSTAGE COSTS MAY APPLY TO OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS POSTED IN STURDY BOOK BOX.
Published by Macmillan and Co., London, 1944
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Tresilian, Stuart (illustrator). 1st Edition. 8vo. Pp viii, 327. Frontis & illustrations. Original cloth, inscription to ffep. Price-clipped d/w edge-worn with repaired short tears.Small areas of loss to spine ends & corners. A decent copy.
Published by Macmillan
Seller: SN Books Ltd, Thetford, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. ID939AE 4 x 1st Edition. General Overall Condition: "Island" and "Circus" are in Good condition overall, "Ship" and "Castle" are Acceptable. End Papers missing to "Castle" and one page loose to "Ship". Inscriptions to "Ship" and "Circus" and numbers to their Spines. Covers worn, with Corners bumped and rubbed to boards, and slight Leans to all Spines. Dust Jackets missing. Please see pics.
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1944
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Tresilian, Stuart (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1944. Very good condition in a dustwrapper in fair condition. Cream pictorial cloth. The first book in the "Adventure" series. 326 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Bottom 2.5" of spine are darkened/damp marked; a few other grubby marks to covers, with a little foxing. Inscription in ink to front endpaper (dated 1944); part of ink name has transferred across to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins internally. Binding is nice and tight. Pictorial wrapper is quite damaged, with front flap at one time being completely detached, but has been stuck back on with browning sticky tape. Bottom 2.5" of wrapper spine is missing and partially repaired with tape. Other splits and tears to wrapper down edges, with a couple of repairs - otherwise, showing signs of chipping. Front panel illustration is still bright (apart from tape). Still a collectable copy of this 1st edition. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 'The Island of Adventure' by Enid Blyton. MacMillan 1944 first edition. No inscription. Very good in good+ first state dust jacket. The jacket has a little rubbing and a little fraying to the top of the spine. There is a little very neat internal strengthening and has a 2" closed tear to the rear panel. A nice book and hard to find.
Published by Blackwell, Oxford, 1941
Seller: Michal Sawka Books, LONDON, United Kingdom
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Octavo. Signed and inscribed by the author: "Best wishes from Enid Blyton." Original green cloth with title on spine, colored frontispiece printed on glossy paper, and many illustrations throughout the text. Spine is leaning and sunned, cover is slightly soiled and faded, corners are bumped, front endpapers are cracked on the hinge but holding, and there is a short pencil inscription on the front free endpaper. Some foxing on the endpapers. Overall, a nice and clean copy. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Macmillan & Co., London, 1944
Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed and inscribed by Enid Blyton to Beryl directly to ffep. Additional Gift inscription dated 1944 to Beryl on ffep. First edition/First printing Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd, London 1944. VG clean condition internally. Browning to endpages and Browning/Spotting to page edges. Newspaper cutting re: Enid Blyton Signing books (1947) Stuck with brown paper to corners on front pastedown. Cloth covers have darkened with minor wear and few marks. Some mild creasing to spine. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Published by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., London First Edition . 1942., 1942
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original powder blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered black back and front. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 191 + i pp with 32 full-page monochrome illustrations throughout. Front free end paper missing, frontispiece and two other illustrations neatly coloured-in, spine sun faded, corners and spine ends rubbed, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. BLYTON, Enid (1897-1968).