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Five Have Plenty of Fun
by Blyton, Enid
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/About Good
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
London : Hodder & Stoughton , 1955. Book. Illus. by Eileen Alice Soper (uncredited). Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The fourteenth adventure of Timmy the Dog. In this one, Timmy makes sure a bunch of kidnappers get their comeuppance. Four meddlesome children help him out a bit. Illustrator Soper's work goes uncredited, but since she illustrated all the others, is a pretty safe bet as the artist for this one as well. Red cloth w/black lettering to spine, black lettering/facsimile signature to front cover, 183 pages + one-page promoting membership in the Famous Five Club. Strongly cocked, moderate wear to corners/spine ends, ugly/uneven tear to bottom left spine edge, soiled/lightly foxed edges, in edgeworn dust jacket w/chipping to corners/spine ends, light soil, large chip/tears to bottom spine, folds scraped, 2.5" tear to front fold. Jacket now in protective mylar sleeve to prevent further damage..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019038
- Title
- Five Have Plenty of Fun
- Author
- Blyton, Enid
- Illustrator
- Eileen Alice Soper (uncredited)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- About Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NOISBN, dogs, Famous Five, kidnappers, Kirrin, tomboy
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About the Seller
Augustine Funnell Books
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Fredericton, New Brunswick
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Glossary
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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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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