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BLYTON**, ENID: : The RILLOBY FAIR MYSTERY

LONDON.COLLINS,1950.

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UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.[The 2nd of 8 adventures and all of them were illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.] VG-. Neat,blue inked familial gift presentation inscrptn and date (13th April, 1946) to front free endpaper and further owner (recipient) childish handwritten name/address to top of half-title page.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and generally clean with the usual minimal soiling/grubbing seen when lacking a dw/dj for protection,publisher's original cream cloth boards with colour (black+green) pictorial decorated front+spine with bright,crisp,blocked black+green letters to same,all corners minimally bumped,rubbed and with some fraying and plain,generally clean,white endpapers - inscrptn excepted.Top edges minimally dust-soiled and minimally speckled with blemishes, fore-edges with lightest hint of ageing - very considerably much less than is usual/normal or encountered - so bright and clean with no foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - minimal foxing/blemisheing to text body and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn, v-viiipp+1-318pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,31 chapters,profuse part-page and full-page b/w line illustrations by Stuart Tresilian throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] half-title page with b/w line illustrated frntis to its verso and b/w vignette illustrated title page - both pages minimally foxed/spotted. Author's 2nd title in this series of 8 adventures and quite scarce as a true UK,HB 1st edn - particularly with a dw/dj. Uncommon example with a dw/dj in a book of its age and given the period of production,i.e. 1942-1947 - with wartime paper-rationing,and the poor quality of paper generally used and survival rates of air-raids on domestic and commercial properties i.e publishers+printers. Any dw/dj would have been of substandard quality and fragility and be prone to subsequent disintegration and usually discarded,or be reverse printed - possibly coming from an entirely different book/title. An important and welcome addition to the Enid Blyton adventure story canon for all Blyton fiction collectors/officianados. Pease contact seller,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

Blyton, Enid : The Rilloby Fair Mystery

Collins, London, 1950

8vo.. Slight offsetting to ep.s and gift inscription on ffep. ow. a near fine copy in a very good plus complete non price-clipped dw. which has some light edge wear and a 2x1 cm. internal stain which is not visible externally. The second "Junior Mystery" title. A nice copy.. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Plus

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