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The Mystery of the Hidden House
by Enid Blyton
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$336.82A$303.14
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Methuen, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8" by 5.5". J. Abbey. The first edition of Enid Blyton's sixth 'Five Find-Outers' children's novel, in the charmingly illustrated original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The 'Five Find-Outers and Dog' is a series of children's mystery novels authored by Enid Blyton between 1943 and 1961, set in the fictitious village of Peterswood.In this novel, the five children and their dog face a kidnapping, and once again frustrate the unpleasant village policeman, Mr Goon.Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven full page illustrations by Joseph Abbey. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minor shelf wear to spine tail, and light bumping to spine head. A touch of spotting to fore edge of text block. Light edge wear to dust wrapper back strip tail, with a minor loss to the head of the rear wrap, and a minor loss to the back strip head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 882F43
- Title
- The Mystery of the Hidden House
- Author
- Enid Blyton
- Illustrator
- J. Abbey
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Methuen
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Five Find-Outers and Dog The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat famous five The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Shelf Wear
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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