What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?

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That's a lovely front cover - I love the arrangement of all the characters marching down between the words! What a great deal for just £3, Robert!
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And being able to show Tony a photo of something he thought hadn't existed was pretty cool too! ;-)
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I rather like Jenny Chapple's illustrations for the Malory Towers books. In fact, having grown up mostly with those in the copies I repeatedly borrowed from the library, I'd say I like them better than the Stanley Lloyd ones. I see Darrell much more like Jenny Chapple drew her at any rate. They are a little more modern but I still think they're reasonably timeless.
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Robert Houghton wrote:And being able to show Tony a photo of something he thought hadn't existed was pretty cool too! ;-)
I still haven't seen another copy of that book, Rob. I have seen Enid Blyton's name on the flap of other Book Club editions that I have from that period by other authors, but I still don't know of any other Blyton Book Club books (if any) were published except those published after her death.
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We just purchased "The Secret Island" (1941 edition) from a British book seller this morning and I can't wait to receive it :)!
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Well done, Chrissie. :)

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Well done, Chrissie! :D

Mine is 1947 edition for GBP16 bought last year. :D
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Thank you, Julie and sixret, I'm very happy to have found one copy at last and look forward to read it in English. :D
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Daisy wrote:My copy of the Secret Island, given to me in 1947, has a yellowy orange cover - not sure how discoloured and faded it has become over the years, but it is very precious all the same!
Does it still have the dust wrapper, Daisy?
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Sadly not Chrissie. I'm afraid several of my books lost their wrappers as they became tattered and torn. I wish I had known how important it was going to be to protect them!
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Today "Tales from the bible (Dradon 1976)" and "You funny little Noddy (featuring golliwogs)" arrived.
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Wolfgang wrote:Today "Tales from the bible (Dradon 1976)" and "You funny little Noddy (featuring golliwogs)" arrived.
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Five on Kirrin Island Again - 3rd Impression, 1949. D/W a little battered, and repaired with Sellotape, but virtually complete. Five Get into Trouble 1st edition. D/W missing about an inch strip from bottom of front cover. Five Go to Billycock Hill. 1st edition. D/W complete, but mended with strip of Sellotape. Total cost - £6.97.

I was thrilled with these purchases. I've been after a hard back copy of Five on Kirrin Island Again for a while now, and longed for one with a D/W, but didn't think I'd get one for only £1.99. It has a Sunday School Award sticker inside which may have put some people off buying it, but I like that kind of thing. Both this and Five Get Into Trouble have white spines - I don't think I've got any in that format, so I feel quite excited with my purchases. :D :D :D
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They sound like an excellent buy, Katharine! :D I agree that prize labels are nice to see, as are inscriptions.
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I like the white-spined early editions of the Five books, too. I prefer the illustrations on the front of the covers more than the later editions. £6.97 for those three books is an absolute bargain, Katharine. Well done.
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