Buy this book on-line BLYTON**, ENID: : THE FAMILY AT RED-ROOFSLONDON and REDHILL.LUTTERWORTH PRESS,1945. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,slim 12mo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.[True UK first edn with the 'BOOK PRODUCTION WAR ECONOMY STANDARD' advice/notification,and stated 'First published in 1945'.Uncommon example of a book of its age and given the period of production,i.e. 1942-1947 - with wartime paper-rationing,the 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.) VG+.Owner's ink name to top of clean,virtually foxing-free,plain white front free endpaper,and no issued dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered,publisher's original,pale grey cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped red ink lettered author's facsimile signature to front bd's lower,right-hand corner and bright,crisp,stamped red ink lettering to spine/backstrip which is imperceptibly sunned - absence of dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Front hinge cracked.A couple of tiny red paint(?) spots at foot of spine/backstrip - virtually no other marks or blemishes. Top edges lightly aged/toned,fore-edges less aged/toned and so,brighter and cleaner and appears to be foxing-free; contents bright,tight and generally,clean - minimal scattered foxing/spotting through text body and page edges,solid and sound - one dog-ear reading crease to pages' 69/70 top corners.UK,12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,7-190pp [paginated] includes 21 chapters,4 full-page and 3 part-page b/w illustrations by W Spence,throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] half-title,separate 4-colour block (black, white,green and red) illustrated frntis, title page,contents list/table with illustrations list/table to it's reverse.
A highly collected and prolific children's book author/illustrator,and an unusual item/ephemera in Blyton's bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to the canon.Wartime issues/ editions are notoriously and particularly scarce and as such,are highly sought after.
The family consists of Mr and Mrs Jackson,Molly aged 16,Peter aged 14, Michael aged 11 and Shirley aged 9.Mr Jackson has evidently done well at his work because the family are moving from a three bedroom house in a neighbourhood which "has gone down and down" to the five bedroom 'Red-Roofs' although it is being rented rather than owned.
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