Buy this book on-line BLYTON**, ENID: : FIVE ARE TOGETHER AGAINLONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED,1963. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,slim 12mo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.FINE.Black ink owner initials to ffe and minus issued dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,minimally bumped 3 corners - but generally sharp-cornered,red paper-covered boards with black ink printed titles to front and spine/backstrip,author's facsimile signature to front board and b/w pictorial illustrated endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned with some minimal,sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - near pristine - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,would appear unread - apart from my own collation.UK, slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,9-182pp [paginated] includes 17 chapters,b/w line illustrations by Eileen Soper,throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title +title pages,separate contents and illustrations lists/tables and publisher's advert for Famous Five Club membership at the rear.
Famous Five's 21st adventure.
Eileen [Alice] Soper (b. 1905 - d.1990) Daughter of George Soper under whom she studied and was artistically trained.She first exhibited at the Royal Academy at the early age of 15.She derived much of her subject matter from her father's garden,in the house her father built and which along with her sister she lived and inherited,the greater part of her life.She and her sister have maintained and preserved it as a nature sanctuary.A painter of wildlife,children, portraits and miniatures,and engraver.She was a founder member of the Society of Wildlife Artists,and elected to the RMS (Royal Society of Miniature Painters,Sculptors and Gravers) in 1972.
Eileen is most remembered for her collaboration with Enid Blyton,notably for the 'Famous Five' series (1942-1963) - though she also published her own children's books in the 1940s,and then working mainly on her wildlife illustrations from the 1950s onwards,based on the wildlife in her garden.
Enid Blyton's books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into other languages more often than any other children's author.She wrote over 600 books and hundreds of short stories, including favourites such as 'The Famous Five','The Secret Seven','The Magic Faraway Tree','Malory Towers' and 'Noddy'. Born in London in 1897,Enid lived much of her life in Buckinghamshire and adored dogs,gardening and the countryside.She died in 1968 but remains one of the world's best-loved storytellers.
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