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THE Third HOLIDAY BOOK.**

by BLYTON**, ENID:

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
VG+./Minus dw/dj.
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About This Item

UK,Qrto HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn.VG+.Owner black ink block printed name reverse of front free endpaper and minus half-title page - residual torn edge strip where removed.Minimally bumped corners,but bright,crisp and clean,publisher's original tan/orange(?) paper-covered boards with a dark green cloth blind spine with original(?) gilt letters dulled and part-oxidised,and a bright,crisp,blocked gilt decoration (3 children running,presumably,to catch a train to go on holiday) and bright,crisp,stamped gilt lettering to front board/cover and immaculate and clean,red+white illustrations to green background,illustrated endpapers.Colour plates - four double-sided full-page,full colour plates,the (missing) dust-wrapper and endpapers - all beautifully illustrated by Hilda Boswell.Top+fore-edges toned but without any foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean and solid - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,5-192pp [paginated] includes contents list/table - each story or activity with a credited illustrator,29 illustrated short stories and 8 interactive activities (puzzles+things to do or make),profuse 3-colour block (b/w+colour - one from either green,orange,lilac,yellow,pink,red,or blue) illustrations throughout the text; plus aforementioned Hilda Boswell colour plates. B/w+colour illustrations by Helen Jacobs,Eileen Soper,Grace Lodge, Sylvia Venus,Lola Onslow and more.
A highly collected and prolific children's book author/illustrator, and a collectable item in Blyton's usual style and will be an important and welcome addition to the Blyton canon.
Believed published for the Christmas market,to be given as gifts.
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Bookseller
R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
rja875120
Title
THE Third HOLIDAY BOOK.**
Author
BLYTON**, ENID:
Illustrator
b/w+colour illustrations by Hilda Boswell,Helen Jacobs,Eileen Soper,Grace Lodge,Sylvia Venus,Lola Onslow and more.
Format/Binding
Hardback,minus dw/dj.
Book Condition
Used - VG+.
Jacket Condition
Minus dw/dj.
Quantity Available
1
Edition
UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
LONDON.SAMPSON LOW,MARSTON & CO.,LTD.,[nd. circa 1948.]
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
q52.CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED.UK,Qrto HB minus dw/d,1st.No ISBN.Enid Blyton Holiday stories_annuals.Children's illustrated fiction.Illus by Eileen Soper_Grace Lodge_Hilda Boswell.Books new,used,signed,rare.
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About the Seller

R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.

Seller rating:
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Biblio member since 2009
PLYMOUTH., Devon

About R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.

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