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BLYTON**, ENID: : FIVE GO TO BILLYCOCK HILL.**

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON LIMITED,1958.

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UK,slim 12mo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE. Owner's inked name on top edge of reverse of half-title and minus issued dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean and sharp-cornered,red paper-covered boards with black ink printed titles to front and spine/ backstrip,author's facsimile signature to front board and clean 3-colour block (blue,black and white) pictorial illustrated endpapers; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.A tiny dink to rear board's lower edge.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned with sporadic but minimal foxing/spotting and some light grubbing; contents bright, tight,clean, solid and sound - one dog-ear reading crease to pp27/8 top corner,otherwise appears partially unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,11-182pp [paginated] includes 21 chapters,two 3-colour block (red+b/w and blue+b/w) and b/w line illustrations - all by Eileen Soper, throughout the text and the book, plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, author's foreword,separate contents and illustrations lists/tables,and publisher's advert for Famous Five Club membership to the rear. Famous Five's 16th adventure.A secret airfield,Billycock Caves and queer happenings at Butterfly Farm. 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. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct 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 customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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

BLYTON, Enid : Five go to Billycock Hill

Hodder & Stoughton, 1957

First Edition. A fine copy in a vg++ edgeworn d.w., light chipping spine ends, corners worn.

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