Personal Gems From The Cave Of Books

[Rob Houghton]

I have the Dossier - but still missed it! I think the cave is a great resource - but obviously, its so massive, and crammed with so many good things, that often we don't spot things unless we do a search for a particular item.

[Anita Bensoussane]

Sorry about your Windows XP troubles, Tony. The Pixie adaptations look great!

[Eddie Muir]

I hope you manage to sort out your Windows XP troubles, Tony. I can't offer any advice I'm afraid, as I've always used Mac computers. In fact I've recently bought a new iMac and it is so different from my old one, which I've had for seven years, that I have been tearing my hair out trying to master it.

[Rob Houghton]

One thing you will find, Tony, if you move on from XP is that no other version since XP is as convenient or has as many features, as XP did!

I must admit, I'm used to Windows 10 now, but I don't think its an improvement - and in many ways its not even half as good.

[Rob Houghton]

Not exactly from the Cave of Books, but I thought this was a good place to discuss these! I've been following this on eBay, and meant to bid...but forgot. Anyway it went above £30 which was way over what I intended to pay!

I've seen these books in The Cave and other places, but never seen all four of them together in the original 'Album' sleeve, as its described here. Were they sold separately too, or always as a set?





http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/THE-ENID-BLYT ... 7675.l2557

[Tony Summerfield]

I have never seen this, so I hope you got it Rob! I normally think that boxed sets often come out as an afterthought, sometimes if books aren't selling that well as individual books and it is a way of making sure that people buy all four instead of one or two. With a slight alteration these same books were also sold by Hackett's, Australia. Katy and Her Dreams is a book that was never published in this country. These books have a Hachette Librarie copyright in them.

Like others which we have talked about before I suspect that these books were originally written in French and they certainly have a French illustrator. I also suspect that Enid never wrote them and certainly didn't translate them, but simply 'lent' her name to them. I can't find any of mine which is not all that surprising, but I must have them as they are my scans! I know that Darrell Waters felt the same which is why they have never been reprinted.

[Rob Houghton]

I have never seen this, so I hope you got it Rob!

Unfortunately, I didn't! The bidding started at £4.99 I think - haven't checked, but it went over £30 and I was too late to bid by the time I realised, and the auction had finished.

[Tony Summerfield]

Sorry you missed it, but thanks to you spotting it I have captured a pic for the Cave!

http://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/book ... to+the+Zoo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[pete9012S]

Wow! It looks superb.

[Rob Houghton]

Sorry you missed it, but thanks to you spotting it I have captured a pic for the Cave!

http://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/book ... to+the+Zoo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

that looks great, Tony! Happy I was able to assist you in a round-about way!

[pete9012S]

Focusing on the revered Eileen Soper we have this little gem:







Check the detail on the faces lying down in the last pic Rob!

Chucklers' Weekly Volume 2. Issue 16. Consolidated Press Ltd. August 19, 1955.

http://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/blyt ... perid=3777" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Anita Bensoussane]

Yes, the faces - and bodies - are very sketchy.

[Eddie Muir]

A very interesting post. Thanks, Pete.

[Rob Houghton]

Yes - those faces of the people lying down are very sketchy! They also look like dead bodies, lol!

[Courtenay]

Nice one of Julian looking like he's about to run in an Olympic event, though.