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BLYTON**, ENID: : THIRD YEAR AT MALORY TOWERS

LONDON,METHUEN & CO. LTD.,1949.

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UK,12mo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.[Originally and first published October 21,1948,and a 2nd edn in 1949.] VG++/GOOD-.Handwritten,inked familial donor's gift presentation inscrptn and date to top edge of recto of ffe+owner's address but no price-clip (5s,) to dw/dj.Wrap-around colour pictorial artwork with red lettering to front panel and yellow+ red lettering to spine/ backstrip, illustrated dw/dj with minor loss to head+ foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj.Rubbing+ chipping with minor loss to folds/creases of dw/dj's inner flaps externally with further aged sellotape repairs/strengthening internally to same along with head+body of spine/backstrip and to front+rear lower edges too.Non-repaired edges of dw/dj heavly creased with chipping and reciprocal loss to minor nicks - overall barely good - but still approx 97% complete.Remarkably bright,crisp,clean,publisher's original cream cloth bds with bright,crisp,blocked black ink printed vignette illustrated front cover with author's facsimile signature and lettering and similar lettering to spine/backstrip and light blue+black ink printed illustration by Richard Cribb,to feps+pastedowns - map to pastedowns and scenic view of Malory Towers to free endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no splits,nicks,tears or fraying.Top edges minimally and very faintly dust-soiled and with lightest of any ageing,fore-edges with lightest hint of ageing - very considerably much less than is usual/normal or encountered - so bright and clean without ubiquitous foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - near pristine - text body bright and clean,no foxing and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, v-viipp+1-159pp [paginated] includes author's foreword,contents list/table,23 (XXIII) chapters,8 full-page b/w illustrations all by Stanley Lloyd,throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,with b/w illustrated frntis to it's verso,title page and to rear,publisher's advert for author's other works/titles to verso of last page. The 3rd book of 6 in the 'Malory Towers' series.A stand alone novel but still about the same girls in the other titles in the series.The stories have followed Darrell and the other girls from her very first day, when she was 12 years old,through all the forms of the school, one in each book,until she becomes head-girl of the school and leaves. We meet again most of the girls we met in the first 2 Malory Towers books,and a few more. Darrell is here again,of course.Alicia and her tricks,Irene and Belinda the madcaps,stolid Jean,loyal Sally. We meet Zerelda too,the American girl with her "wunnerful" ways; Bill,short for Wilhelmina,mad on horses; Mavis,who has a remarkable voice and is sure she is going to be an opera singer.How do they settle down with the other girls? And what about the two Mam'zelles,and Matron,and Miss Potts, the house-mistress? They are all here again,lively,real,part of Malory Towers.The whole school comes to life with its work and games,its fun and laughter,its ups and downs and never-failing interest.One of the best Malory Towers books to date (then 1949). An exceptional example in exceptional condition notwithstanding dw/dj's presence - an important and welcome addition to the Blyton/Malory Towers canon for all Blyton/ schoolgirls fiction collectors/officianados. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and value of this item 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. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** 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,slim 12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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