The Magic Faraway Tree - 1943 - acceptable

[pete9012S]

Vintage THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE by Enid Blyton GEORGE NEWNES Hardcover 1964

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/384310518750 ... Swz6dhCaRR

I wonder what this book will eventually sell for?

[Courtenay]

Hmmm, yes, pushing it a bit, but certainly in better condition than that copy of Five on a Treasure Island...

[Judith Crabb]

Pete, I don't understand. Why does the caption beneath the picture give the date 1964?

[pete9012S]

This is just a guess Judith, but I wondered if the seller is trying to explain that the book was originally published in 1943 but this edition is a 10th edition 1964 reprint?

A photo of the internal from the seller showing the publication data of this book would be helpful!

[Judith Crabb]

Of course, in which case I can't imagine it going for a particularly high price.

[pete9012S]

Yes, Judith I am quite interested to see what it eventually goes for. I think there's one or two sellers on ebay selling the first three books of this series 1950's and 1960's oops - 1960s editions for around £270!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324696155675 ... SwojRg7ghE

[pete9012S]

Well the bidding has certainly shot up on this one!

[Judith Crabb]

Pete, I'm amazed (if it is in fact a 1964 impression).

[pete9012S]

Yes, I noticed this phenomenon with this book a little while ago Judith.

I wonder if someone is buying them all up to control the market and raise the overall prices - or have I been watching too much James Bond!!

[Boatbuilder]

I wonder if someone is buying them all up to control the market and raise the overall prices - or have I been watching too much James Bond!!

Perhaps it's Moonraker.

[pete9012S]

Pete, I'm amazed (if it is in fact a 1964 impression).

Judith, here's a 1965 edition for sale for £53. It seems this title sells for a fairly high price at the moment!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/373677304256 ... SwOjJhEQio

[Judith Crabb]

Well, Pete, I can only conclude that I've been retired too long. That Adventuring Again just seems to me a rather shabby copy of an edition of no significance. However I realize that the 1964 Magic Faraway Tree has a nice jacket and seems a very good copy, as does the other one. I had a look at my copy and it turns out to be one of the very few Blyton's I didn't sell all those years ago - which means that the 10/6, which the jacket said I paid for it, was pocket-money funds - five and a quarter weeks worth. The book has my name stamp on it (the right way up, too). It is the 'Sixth Australian Edition 1956'. Bonus - it's still got the dust-jacket!

[pete9012S]

You're sitting on a gold mine there Judith!

[Anita Bensoussane]

Three years ago I bought the other two full-length Faraway Tree titles in good dustwrappers, one for £19 and one for £12 (one was from Rob Houghton), but The Magic Faraway Tree was more pricey even then and I still haven't been able to obtain a Newnes edition.

[Judith Crabb]

One thing, Anita, about Enid Blyton is that no one can ever say for sure 'my collection is complete'. Even when you decide to confine yourself to this series, or that cut-off date, something else irresistible bobs up. I do hope a nice dust-jacketed copy of Dorothy Wheeler's illustrated 'The Magic Faraway Tree' graces your shelves in the not-too-distant future. I've kept my eyes open for non-Blyton Dorothy Wheeler illustrations and have a number which gladden my heart.