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London: Blandford 78 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H) - pale blue boards with dark blue lettering and illustration on front board, dark blue cloth spine. No date. Colour plates and b&w drawings. Twins, Desmond and Eileen, journey to a castle on a nearby hill. On the way they meet six knights, Resolute, Fearless, Faithful, Radiant, Harmony, and Valiant who guide them through adventures with witches, giants, spectres and, finally, a dragon, while giving guidance on handling issues that arise in their lives and those of their friends and schoolmates. One page with a dog-ear crease, light browning to endpapers - very light on pages, bump to top corner of boards, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, very light edge rubbing, light soiling to boards.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by Rosemary Brown..

London: Blandford Press. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Brown, Rosemary. Published in 1950 or later. Colour illustrations occupy full pages; plus b&w illustrations. Dark-blue covers have some spotting near foot of front board but obscured by the colour.

London; Blandford Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Hardcover. H/b; d/w; vg/g; 8vo; 78pp; foxing on edges; d/w has loss to spine (50%) and top left hand corner of front - see picture on abe and our own site) ; still attractively illustrated - great dragon picture! ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Blandford Press nd (c.1953) First Edition 8vo 78pp ill., 1953 GD+ original pale blue boards, dark blue titles & illustration, name in thick pencil on front board, moderate shelf wear, illustrated with colour plates & b&w illustrations.

Published by Blandford Press Ltd., 1949 (Circa.). Hardback. Good/Fair/Poor. Almost very good condition in a poor dustwrapper. Blue cloth spine, light blue covers with dark title and decoration. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Sticky tape marks to spine. Some foxing. Corners are bumped. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is badly torn, with much loss to spine; some visible repairs with magic tape; also foxed and creased; loss to edges and corners.