Buy this book on-line BLYTON**, ENID: : THE Third HOLIDAY BOOK.**LONDON.SAMPSON LOW,MARSTON & CO.,LTD.,[nd. cira 1948.] ISBN No ISBN.
UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG-.No owner inscrptn but handwritten,blue ink familial gift presentation inscrptn+date (Grandma+ Grandpa Xmas 1951.) to top edge of ffe and price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork by Hilda Boswell, illustrated dw/dj with edge worn and creases, rubbing,chipping with some minimal loss,several small closed tears along top+bottom edges, some splits along folds - i.e all corners,some further small loss to foot of spine/backstrip of dw/dj - approx 98% present.Publisher's original tan/orange(?) paper-covered boards with light green cloth blind spine with original gilt letters oxidised - leaving blocked letter impressions,a bright,crisp,blocked gilt decoration (3 children running,presumably,to catch a train to go on holiday) and bright, crisp,blocked 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 dust-wrapper and endpapers - all beautifully illustrated by Hilda Boswell.Top edges lightly toned but minus any foxing/spotting,fore-edge similar but brighter and cleaner and also minus foxing/ spotting - remarkable for book's age; contents bright,tight,exceptionally clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - 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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