I just came across this collection of mystery and adventure books on eBay - don't know much about them, but perhaps others will!
) Tiger Nanny, Ursula Moray Williams, 1st US edition 1974
ii) The Inn of Mystery, Ivy Russell 1959, presentation bookplate to ffep
iii) The Kennys on Their Own, Jill Latimer, 1st 1945, some illustrations coloured by hand, lacking dustwrapper
iv) The Amazing Affair at Highlands, Elizabeth Tarrant, 1st 1951
v) Anita and the China Figures, Jill Stevens, 1st 1959
vi) The Stolen Painting, Jill Stevens, 1st 1958, the dustwrapper price clipped, presentation inscription to ffep
vii) Adventure at Dillingdon Dene, Irene Byers, 1st 1956
viii) The Redheads of Windyridge, M E Mathews, Blackie 1962, 2nd edition
ix) The Bongleweed, Helen Cresswell, Faber & Faber 1973, 1st, ex library
x) Stolen Documents, S Beresford Lucas, Hollis & Carter 1948, 1st/2nd
xi) The Invincible Fifth, E E Cowper, The Childrens Press, undated with dustwrapper (repaired).
xii) The Knights of King Midas, Paul Berna, The Bodley Head 1961, 1st.
xiii) The Boy on The Boat Train, D Rice, Blackie, 1950s
xiv) The Richleighs of Tantamount, Barbara Willard, Constable, 1st 1966, ex library
xv) The Treasure of the Isle of Mist, W W Tarn, Oxford, 1959
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FIFTEEN-1940s ... SwBnVW-Rz~