What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?

IceMaiden · Post by **IceMaiden** » 01 Apr 2017, 00:56

That's some dedicated repair job! It doesn't even look like it's the same box! I don't think I'd have even thought such a badly bashed box was mendable

Post by **Anita Bensoussane** » 04 Apr 2017, 08:29

My Malory Towers books are 1970s Dragon paperbacks but yesterday I came across a Methuen hardback of Last Term at Malory Towers for £1 in a charity shop in Beeston, so at that price I just had to have it. It doesn't have a dustwrapper but it's in good, clean condition with a picture of Darrell on the boards and it's lovely to have the illustrated endpapers by Richard Cribb (or is it Gibb?), the letter from Enid Blyton and the original illustrations by Stanley Lloyd.

Eddie Muir · Post by **Eddie Muir** » 04 Apr 2017, 09:28

What a great find, Anita.

sixret · Post by **sixret** » 04 Apr 2017, 10:08

Well done, Anita! You can't beat the price of £1 for a hardcover book in a good condition!

Rob Houghton · Post by **Rob Houghton** » 16 Apr 2017, 14:16

The other day I won 'Mister Meddle's Mischief' - incidentally the first original edition Mr Meddle book I've ever had in a wrapper - and its a very good wrapper too.

The thing I find puzzling though, is the inscription written in the front of the book - 'beryl and Mary Corby, 15 South Road, Histon Cambs 1942'...but its a 1945 edition!

I've never come across that before - and the writing definitely looks genuine - not written by a modern hand!

Daisy · Post by **Daisy** » 16 Apr 2017, 14:22

That does sound odd, Rob. Was the inscription put in some years later when the owners had forgotten when exactly they received it, I wonder?

Rob Houghton · Post by **Rob Houghton** » 16 Apr 2017, 14:37

I think its quite odd, as I've never come across it before (except in very obvious ways, such as a child writing '1899' in an Amelia Jane Dean book etc!

I guess its not important really, and probably has a very simple explanation.

here's the inscription, anyway -

Lucky Star · Post by **Lucky Star** » 16 Apr 2017, 15:53

The Mystery of the Strange Inscription. Or perhaps someone thought a muddlesome inscription would be appropriate for a book about such a muddlesome character.

Rob Houghton · Post by **Rob Houghton** » 16 Apr 2017, 15:55

Lucky Star wrote:The Mystery of the Strange Inscription. Or perhaps someone thought a muddlesome inscription would be appropriate for a book about such a muddlesome character.

Good idea!

Post by **Tony Summerfield** » 16 Apr 2017, 18:19

Obviously a popular book to get all those wartime reprints!

Eddie Muir · Post by **Eddie Muir** » 16 Apr 2017, 19:14

Perhaps the date refers to when Beryl Mary Corby moved to the address she has written.

Rob Houghton · Post by **Rob Houghton** » 16 Apr 2017, 19:30

perhaps that's right.

Tony - its amazing how many reprints in just a few short years many of Enid's books had!

Wolfgang · Post by **Wolfgang** » 18 Apr 2017, 17:31

The parcel service delivered some more books today:

Claudine et les deux jumelles Hachette idéal 1981 Claudine at St Clare's
Vive les vacances Hachette 2016 Enid Blyton's Christmas stories
Vive Noel Hachette 2016 Enid Blyton's Holiday stories
Los Cinco en Billycock Hill Juventud 1988 Five go to Billycock Hill

Post by **Anita Bensoussane** » 18 Apr 2017, 21:12

Wolfgang wrote:Vive les vacances Hachette 2016 Enid Blyton's Christmas stories
Vive Noel Hachette 2016 Enid Blyton's Holiday stories

I'm glad you're continuing to add to your collection, Wolfgang. Are those two titles the right way round?!

Wolfgang · Post by **Wolfgang** » 18 Apr 2017, 21:19

OF course you're right, Anita, it has to be
Vive les vacances Hachette 2016 Enid Blyton's Holiday stories
Vive Noel Hachette 2016 Enid Blyton's Christmas stories

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