Enid Blyton's Treasury de Blyton, Enid - 1947

Simpkin, Marshall Limited, 1949. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1949. Re-issued. 214 pages. No dust jacket. Turquoise cloth boards. Contains black and white illustrations throughout and colour plates. Pages are moderately tanned with foxing to text block edges. Former owner's inscription to rear free endpaper, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Cracking to gutters with exposed netting. Binding remains firm. Occasional thumb-marking and pencil scribbles present throughout. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with notable bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy tanning to spine and edges, with visible crushing to spine ends. Liquid drops and thumb-marking to boards. Book has a forward lean.

Evans Brothers Limited, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1947. First Edition. 213 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. B&W and colour illustrations and photographs throughout. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Notable tanning to pages throughout. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners. Notable scuffing, soiling, staining and marking to boards.

Evans Brothers, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1947. First Published. 213 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrations and colour plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Brown marks to boards.

Simpkin Marshall Limited, 1949. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1949. Reissued. 213 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to rear hinge, however binding remains firm. Previous owner's inscription to reverse of front endpaper and half title page. Some illustrations have been coloured in. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Mild water stains and droplets to boards. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.

Evans Brothers Limited, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1947. First Edition. 213 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Contains colour illustrated plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Mild thumb-marking present. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Mild tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Moderate water stains to surfaces. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.

Simpkin,Marshall & Co, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. Reissued. 213 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth covered boards with gilt. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Some page corners folded. Boards have heavy shelf wear with bumping and fraying to corners and crushing, fraying and tearing to spine ends and edges. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is dulled but remains brighter on front. Some additional heavy marks and staining. Boards bowed.

London, Simpkin Marshall Ltd, 1949;. Re-issued. Hardback. Good/ No dust jakcet. 212ppwith illustrations by various artists including Stanlay Lloyd & H. M. Brock. Pictorial endpapers. Green boards with faded gilt lettering. Few marks to the front. .

(London: Distributed by Simpkin Marshall: Re-Issued 1949) The title-leaf is a cancel. Cloth pp. x, 214 (251 x 183 mm) Illust. including colour plates additional to pagination. Foot of spine damaged as is lower edge of rear board near the spine; old tape stains to endpapers; otherwise very good copy (internally fine).