Complete uniform set of 1988 printings published by Armada paperbacks; all 6 original titles in the Malory Towers series. The books are in very good condition - grey marks from page turning to the closed textblock foredges (see photos) and there is a thumb-sized grubby mark in the margin of page 117/8 of the first book. However, the covers are crisp and bindings tight - no creases to the spines, no previous owner's names or inscriptions. An uncommonly good set of these 1980s paperbacks. 17.8cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. The ninth Famous Five adventure. Both the book and dust jacket are in very good condition. Publisher's original red boards. A brief and neat gift inscription written in ink at the top edge of the front endpaper. Ninth impression, 1962; this adventure was first published in 1950. There is a slight lean to the spine. Foxing to the top closed textblock page edge and a few foxing spots to the long textblock foredge. A couple of small spots to page margins; pages are otherwise nice and clean throughout. The dust jacket is rubbed at the edges, with some small nicks and cre... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First published in September 1952; this is the 4th impression, 1956. Publisher's original red boards, slightly faded at the spine ends. Foxing to the outer closed textblock page edges. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Some light brown grubby marks to the edges of a few pages (not many). The dust jacket is worn at the edges, with rubs, short tears, chips, and some small loss to the edges. Front flap not price clipped. pp. 192. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the ... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 1954 reprint; was first published in 1941. Publisher's original light blue boards, with pictorial dust jacket. In fair condition only: although pages are clean, most pages have creasing and many pages have a short tear to the bottom margin - these look like they are from handling / reading as creases and tears aren't uniform. Just a few foxing spots to the closed textblock foredge. Boards have small bumps to the upper corners and are slightly discoloured at the edges. A forwards lean to the spine. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner'... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. In near very good condition, excepting foxing / other brown spots to the top outer closed textblock page edge. Light foxing to other edges. Publisher's original red boards. A forwards lean to the spine and small bumps / bruises to spine ends and a couple of corners. Pages themselves are clean; no previous owner's names or inscriptions. The binding is firm. Dust jacket has some minor rubs to edges and is slightly faded at the spine. Front flap not price clipped. pp. 192. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not ... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First published in October 1944; this is the 12th impression, 1963. In near very good condition. Publisher's original red boards with pictorial dust jacket. A slight lean to the spine and the boards are lightly bumped at the spine ends. Very slightly faded at spine ends. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Foxing to the top outer closed textblock page edge. Dust jacket rubbed at the edges, faded at the spine, an approx. 1 cm tear at the top edge of the back cover at the spine. Front flap not price clipped. No previous owner's names or insc... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First published in this collected form in 1959; this is a second impression of 1966. Publisher's original pale blue boards. Boards are just lightly bruised at the spine ends; otherwise very good clean condition. The binding is firm; pages are bright and clean, no foxing. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket has light, minor rubs to the edges and one short nick to the top edge of the front cover. Front flap corner clipped (though price still present). pp. 512. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. Thi... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Third impression, 1960. A very good condition copy in a good condition dust jacket. Publisher's original creamy yellow pictorial boards. The boards are bright and clean and the binding nice and firm. Inner hinges very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Small bumps to the lower corners. Some small light foxing spots to the closed textblock page edges and a few very light spots to endpapers. The dust jacket is rubbed at the edges, with small chips and short tears to corners and spine ends. Front flap has been clipped but printed price remains (11s. 6d). L... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 4th impression; was first published in September 1939. An exceptionally clean and bright copy, particularly the dust jacket. The binding is tight and firm and the book appears unread. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. The only blemishes are a little discolouration to the bottom edge of the title page and its verso and just a couple of very small light foxing spots to the front endpaper. The dust jacket has a few very light rubs to the edges but is the best preserved example I have seen - clean, bright, white sections bright and unblemished. Dust... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 6th edition; it was first published in 1941. In very good condition. Publisher's original red boards are nice and clean, though slightly faded at the edges, particularly at the spine ends. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. Foxing to the closed textblock page edges and some very light foxing spots to prelims and to first and last few pages. The dust jacket is worn at the edges, with some tears and minor loss and there is a small-coin-sized brown mark on the spine (see photos). Front flap not price clipped. pp. 192. 20.8cm tall. The dust jacket is sup... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 8th impression. Very good condition. Bright yellow boards with red titles. A particularly nice and bright dust jacket on this copy. Previous owner's name and address written in blue ballpoint pen on the front endpaper. Significant foxing to the endpapers and pastedowns. The rest of the pages are nice and clean, though browned due to moderately poor paper quality. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. The dust jacket has some foxing to the flaps and to the underside but the covers otherwise present really well, clean and bright - some very light rubs and... View More...
Hardback, lacks dust jacket. First edition. Red boards have slightly faded at the spine and edges and have some light marks. Brief inscription and another previous owner's name on the front endpaper. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. Foxing to the endpapers, to first and last few pages, and to outer closed textblock page edges. Lighter scattered foxing throughout the text. pp. 192. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. The eighth Famous Five adventure story. Second impression of this Brockhampton reprint; was first published by Hodder in 1949. Original red boards with black titles. The boards are faded in narrow strips at the top edges. Minor bruising to the spine ends and corners. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. Gift inscription written in biro on the front pastedown (dated 1972). Some very heavy foxing to the outer closed textblock page edges. The pages themselves are otherwise quite clean. The dust jacket is rubbed and chipped at the edges, with some short ni... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Original red boards with black titles, very slightly faded at the top edge. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. 8th impression. This is the 8th Famous Five story. Pages are slightly tanned, particularly at edges, with just a couple of foxing spots to outer closed textblock page edges. The dust jacket is rubbed and chipped at the edges, with some short tears and creasing. Front flap not price clipped. pp. 190. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in an... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First Brockhampton edition; was first published by Hodder in 1960; second impression was 1965; and then this edition in 1968. The eighteenth Famous Five adventure. Original red boards with black titles. The binding is quite firm and inner hinges are very good. Boards are lightly bruised at the spine ends. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Light foxing to the outer closed textblock page edges. pp. 183. The dust jacket is rubbed at the spine and edges, with some creasing to the edges, faded spine, chips to the spine ends and corners, number 18 written in biro ... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 13th impression. Publisher's original bright orange boards with black titles. In very good condition. Previous owner's name and address written neatly in blue pen on the front endpaper. Foxing to the endpapers and pastedowns but the rest of the pages are otherwise bright and clean, if a little browned due to the paper quality. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. The dust jacket is bright but has heavy foxing, to flaps, underside, and showing through to the outside. The spine is also slightly faded. Front flap not price clipped. pp. viii, 152. 21.3cm t... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 10th impression. Original blue boards with red titles. Gift inscription written in ink at the top edge of the front endpaper. Foxing to the endpapers and pastedowns. A little foxing to the closed textblock page edges. Pages are browned due to paper quality. The dust jacket has foxing also, a couple of other pale brown marks to the front cover, and a couple of short tears to the edges. Front flap price clipped. pp. 152. 21.2cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Second impression, 1954. Very good condition in a good dust jacket. Publisher's original yellow boards with red titles, bumped at the base of the spine. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. Previous owner's names written on the reverse of the front endpaper. Pages are nice and clean throughout. The dust jacket is rubbed and torn at the edges, with loss (see photos), and a water-mark type stain to the front cover which covers the cobbler, Rubbalong, and surrounding area. Front flap of the dust jacket not price clipped. pp. 124. 20.2cm tall. The dust jac... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First impression of this new edition of 1953. Publisher's original pale blue boards are faded / discoloured at the spine ends and corners. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Colour frontis. illustration and further line drawing illustrations in the text. There is a brown stain to the textblock foredge (approx. 1cm across). The dust jacket is worn, with rubs, tears, chips, small areas of loss to the edges; a few of the tears have been repaired to the underside of the jacket with a clear archival quality repai... View More...
Hardback, with dust jacket. Reprint. First edition published in 1945. This is an 8th impression. Light brown cloth boards. The boards are very slightly bowed. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Some light foxing. The dust jacket is worn and torn. There is a large tear across the front cover and spine which has been crudely repaired with sellotape on the pictorial side of the dust jacket. Further tears, chips, rubs and minor loss to spine ends and corners. Dust jacket not price clipped. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adh... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 8th impression, 1953. Publisher's original blue boards, with titles in red. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Foxing to the closed textblock page edges. There are just a few minor grubby marks to page margins (not many at all). The dust jacket has a little foxing to the edges of the flaps, light rubs and a few tiny nicks to the edges. Front flap not price clipped. pp. vi, 153. 19cm tall. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or j... View More...
Small vintage strip book. First edition. Pictorial covers with red spine. In very good, clean condition throughout. Covers tight and firm. Unmarked inside. No names, inscriptions or creasing. Slight discolouration to the white parts of the covers and the pages have slightly tanned / darkened. Red and black illustrations in 94 frames (not numbered but I have counted them). A really lovely copy of this first edition. 15cm x 7cm. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. The second Famous Five adventure story. First published in July 1943, this copy is the fifth impression, July 1950. A very good condition copy in a good condition dust jacket. Publisher's original red boards. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good; very slightly bruised spine ends; no previous owner's names or inscriptions; a mild curve and lean to the boards; light foxing to closed textblock page edges and some foxing to prelims and last couple of pages of the book. Excepting occasional foxing the text pages are clean - no handling marks or creases. The ... View More...
An early printing of the very first Famous Five adventure story, complete with original dust jacket. First published in September 1942, this copy is the fifth impression of May 1948 - in the same format and with the same dust jacket design as the first edition. Publisher's original cream boards. There is a forwards lean to the spine and a few tiny fleck marks to the boards; top corners very slightly bruised; foxing to the closed textblock page edges, with just a few foxing spots to page edges though pages are on the whole nice and clean. There is a previous owner's name, address and date (1948... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. The seventeenth Famous Five adventure story. First published in July 1958 by Hodder and Stoughton, this copy is the fifth impression, 1966, published by Brockhampton Press. Both the book and dust jacket are in very good, clean condition. Publisher's original red boards; a slight lean to the spine; some heavy foxing to the top closed textblock page edge (see photos), the remainder of textblock edges are clean; the binding is firm and inner hinges very good; no previous owner's names or inscriptions; pages clean throughout. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed at the edge... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. The seventh Famous Five adventure story. First published in October 1948, this copy is the third impression of March 1950. A very good condition copy in a good condition dust jacket. Publisher's original red boards. The boards are very slightly bruised at the spine ends and corners; some pale very slightly grubby marks to the closed textblock foredge and bottom edge; some light foxing to the half-title page and to the last couple of pages; text pages themselves are mostly nice and clean throughout though there are just a couple of minor pale handling marks to margins... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Third impression, October 1949 (was first published July 1945). A very good condition copy in a good dust jacket. The fourth Famous Five adventure story. Publisher's original dark blue boards. There is a slight lean to the spine, mild bruising to spine ends and corners; a very little light foxing to closed textblock page edges, previous owner's names and address written in biro on the front pastedown. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. There are a very few small, light, minor handling marks to page margins but on the whole pages are nice and clean th... View More...
Hardback with original dust jacket. The sixth Famous Five adventure story. First published in August 1947, this copy is the second impression, October 1947. Early copies of this title are particularly scarce as the illustration for the dust jacket and the frontispiece (same illustration) show the telescope the wrong way around. A very good condition copy in a good condition dust jacket. Publisher's original deep burgundy red boards. The boards are very lightly rubbed at the edges; some foxing to the top closed textblock page edge, and very lightly to the other edges; some foxing to frontis. il... View More...
Hardback, lacks dust jacket. First edition. Original orange boards with black titles. The spine has faded and there is slight fading to the edges of the boards as well. Boards are quite clean. Inner hinges are good; there is a slight rub / very small split to the front inner hinge. The binding is firm. A brief gift inscription (dated 1943) at the top edge of the front endpaper and then name in child's writing underneath in pencil. Pages are mostly clean but there are a few slightly grubby handling marks in a few page margins. pp. 96. A good copy of a scarce Blyton first edition. Black and whit... View More...
Hardback, lacks dust jacket. 6th impression. Pictorial cloth boards. The boards have just a few foxing spots (very few), slightly discoloured spine, with a couple of small pale marks to the spine. The binding is firm and square. Boards lightly bruised at spine ends and corners. Previous owner's name and address written on the front endpaper. Pages are nice and clean throughout. pp. viii, 319. View More...
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