Are these fair prices? FF & Adventure Books?

[pete9012S]

They looked reasonable to me compared to some of the astronomical prices we've seen at times?

VINTAGE FAMOUS FIVE GO OFF IN A CARAVAN ENID BLYTON 1ST ED 3RD IMP HB DW 1949 £24.00

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VINTAGE ENID BLYTON THE RIVER OF ADVENTURE 1ST EDITION HB DW 1955 TRESILIAN
£36.00

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The seller also has a complete hard backed set of Award Famous Fives.I'm not sure who illustrated that edition though??

[Julie2owlsdene]

Surely the Famous Five book can't be a first edition, as it was reprinted it says in 1949?
A first edition is the date the book came out, surely, 1946!

And I can't see a date on the River of Adventure book.

So I don't know if that is a first or not.

[Poppy]

Surely the Famous Five book can't be a first edition, as it was reprinted it says in 1949?
A first edition is the date the book came out, surely, 1946!

As well as stating that the book is a 1st Edition, the seller also expresses that is a 3rd Impression, Julie.

Personally I wouldn't pay that much for a book, but they are definitely more reasonable prices than some you see on eBay. I was surprised to see that a nice copy of The Christmas Book which I was very keen on bidding on; went up to £24 in the last few moments of the auction, on eBay, yesterday, so it just goes to show that some people are prepared to pay these prices! That doesn't include me, though: my maximum bid was going to be £5!!

[Carlotta King]

The seller also has a complete hard backed set of Award Famous Fives.I'm not sure who illustrated that edition though??

Do you mean the Award ones that were about in the 80s/90s? Sorry if I've got the years wrong, I'm out and using my phone
I had my copies around that time so that's why those years came to mind.
I've got a few of those Award ones and they're illustrated by Jolyne Knox.

[pete9012S]

Thanks for the info on the illustrator Carlotta!

Poppy,I was bidding on that Christmas book,but I didn't go that high!

[Poppy]

Poppy,I was bidding on that Christmas book,but I didn't go that high!

Were you, really?! I was quite confident that it might have gone for quite a low price, because it was at 0.99p - 1 bid, for ages, until the evening before, when more and more bids began to appear!

[pete9012S]

Yes,like you I think I bid around a fiver on it before I went away.
I was surprised to see the eventual price it achieved as you have also seen seen it doesn't even come with its dustjacket!

[Fiona1986]

The Christmas book always seems to go for quite a high price in its original form. I know I lost out on a couple of copies when I was looking for one. Firstly I think it's not a very common title to appear and secondly it will be extra popular in the run-up to Christmas.

[Poppy]

I was surprised to see the eventual price it achieved as you have also seen seen it doesn't even come with its dustjacket!

Yes, and there's a copy for sale complete, with it's dustjacket for £15 on eBay - with a Buy It Now option!

Firstly I think it's not a very common title to appear and secondly it will be extra popular in the run-up to Christmas.

Yes, you're right. It will indeed be popular around Christmas time. I did see a copy for £20 in a Local Bookshop, recently - so maybe that wasn't as unreasonable as I originally thought it was.

[sixret]

Just buy the new Christmas book that has been published recently. It contains the same text plus other Christmas short stories.

[Poppy]

The new edition will probably contain lots of editing, etc. I'd prefer to read the book in it's original format, alongside the beautiful old illustrations: even if I do have to pay a bit more for it. That's not to say the new edition doesn't look an enchanting book: it does, but it is just my preference to read Enid's stories, how she wrote them.

[John Pickup]

Pete, if The River Of Adventure IS a 1st edition then that seems a reasonable price as the dust jacket appears to be in very good condition.
The FF book has a chipped wrapper but that's about the going rate for that edition with the white-spined dust jacket.