THE SUMMER OF THE GREAT SECRET by Edwards Monica

Collins, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpaper and pastedowns. Minor tape marks to pastedowns. Front free endpaper is missing. Top textblock edge dyed blue. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards.

Collins, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1953. No Edition Remark. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Neat, clean, with heavy tanning and foxing to pages and text block edges. Occasional thumbing throughout with light foxing along hinges. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and moderate crushing to spine ends. Boards are slightly bowed with sunning to spine.

Collins, 1959. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1959. This Impression. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Colour illustrated frontispiece with black and white illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Front free endpaper cut out. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

Collins, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Stated. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Collins, 1953. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1953. This Impression. 256 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth. Missing front free endpaper. Black and white illustrations throughout. Heavy tanning to pages and text block edges. Lighter to pastedowns and rear free endpaper. Minor holing to half title page. Hinges are lightly cracked but boards remain firmly attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has minor tanning with soft crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall with visible loss and creasing to panels.

London: Collins Seagull Library Blue hardcover with silver logo for the Seagull Library on front - clean, square and tight. Interior has award gift plate on ffep dated 1958. 256 pages clean and tight interior. DJ has a few chips and shelfwear. Tamzin and Rissa discover smugglers in their village but it is not the only exciting happening during that summer. There is mystery, midnight feasts, and a film in which the girls and Tamzin's beautiful Arab pony Cascade all appear.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Good.

Collins, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Illustrated by Anne Bullen. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Light thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Mild sunning to spine and edges.

Collins, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1958. No edition remarks. 256 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Prize plate stuck to front endpaper. Black and white illustrations throughout. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edge wear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light rubbing and marking all over.

London: Collins, 1953. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 5" x 7.5. Bullen, Anne. 256pp. Children's horsey tale with 19 illustrations. Slight bumping to top and bottom of the spine, otherwise clean and sound, there is some tanning to the pages edges. No dust wrapper. All orders processed and shipped promptly from the UK, usually within 24 hours. Please call or email with your questions regarding this book. 5"x7.5

Armada, 1965. Paperback. Acceptable. 1965. No Edition Remarks. 156 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Contains black and white illustrations. Neat, clean, with heavy tanning and foxing to pages and text block edges. Occasional thumbing throughout. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Book is slightly curled.