TREASURE ISLAND RARE FACSIMILE EDITION 1992
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TREASURE ISLAND RARE FACSIMILE EDITION 1992
TREASURE ISLAND RARE FACSIMILE EDITION 1992
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Don't know how rare - good value this is? I haven't come across many.
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Don't know how rare - good value this is? I haven't come across many.
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Re: TREASURE ISLAND RARE FACSIMILE EDITION 1992
Published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1992. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Hmm. Hen's teeth are rare but I wouldn't pay £40 for a set. Mind you, if you like the look of the book....
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Re: TREASURE ISLAND RARE FACSIMILE EDITION 1992
You might if you were a hen needing dentures. (Seriously, I wouldn't pay that for a "rare facsimile" either.)Moonraker wrote:Hen's teeth are rare but I wouldn't pay £40 for a set.
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£40 is far too much! I paid £7.50 for a mint copy in March 2015.
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Oh Nigel!
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It was two nights on the tiles, Nigel.Moonraker wrote:And took Chick out for a night on the tiles with the change from a tenner, no doubt!
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Re: TREASURE ISLAND RARE FACSIMILE EDITION 1992
Yes - £40 for that is way too expensive in my view - although its a good way to get the original style wrapper, I guess - usually at a much cheaper price. I have a copy of this facsimile book in excellent condition for £4 in a charity shop about 10 years ago. The only thing I dislike about it is there's a barcode on the back...so not exactly a 'facsimile' then!!
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Re: TREASURE ISLAND RARE FACSIMILE EDITION 1992
I don’t like the barcode either, Rob.
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You'd have thought, in facsimile editions, they would put the barcode on an easy to peel sticker, so it can be removed, as they do with the facsimile Rupert annuals.
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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I agree totally!
'Go down to the side-shows by the river this afternoon. I'll meet you somewhere in disguise. Bet you won't know me!' wrote Fatty.
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Many thanks for all for the info about the price. I had no idea if that was a bargain or not.
Has anyone ever seen an original 1942 edition priced more than this one??? Seems a bit steep?
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Has anyone ever seen an original 1942 edition priced more than this one??? Seems a bit steep?
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Re: TREASURE ISLAND RARE FACSIMILE EDITION 1992
And then the shipping is £15 lol!
No - never seen a first edition that expensive...but then again I tend not to focus in on things if they are in four figures!
No - never seen a first edition that expensive...but then again I tend not to focus in on things if they are in four figures!
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Re: TREASURE ISLAND RARE FACSIMILE EDITION 1992
Mind you, that's shipping from Australia to the United Kingdom, since the seller is in New South Wales. If you want even bigger figures, AbeBooks' "convert currency" option tells us £7,397.94 in Australian dollars would be $13,038.34.Rob Houghton wrote:And then the shipping is £15 lol!
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)