Buy this book on-line Blyton, Enid : The Mystery of the Spiteful LettersMethuen, 1946
The jacket is torn. Internally clean and tightly bound. light rippling. a touch cocked.. Book Condition: Fair. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Poor Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Blyton, Enid : The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. BLYTON**, ENID: : THE MYSTERY OF THE SPITEFUL LETTERSLONDON.METHUEN & CO. LTD.,1946. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.[True UK first edn with the 'THIS BOOK IS PRODUCED IN COMPLETE CONFORMITY WITH THE AUTHORIZED ECONOMY STANDARDS' advice/ notification,and stated 'First published in 1946' to verso of title page.Uncommon example in a book of its age and given the period of production,i.e. 1942-1947 - with wartime paper-rationing,and the poor quality of paper generally used and survival rates of air-raids on domestic and commercial properties i.e publishers+ printers.Any dw/dj would have been of substandard quality and fragility and be prone to subsequent disintegration and usually discarded,or be reverse printed - possibly coming from an entirely different book/title.] VG-.A neat,ink handwritten familial gift presentation inscrptn and date (Xmas 1946) to top edge of front free endpaper.Publisher's original green cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped brown ink printed letters and magnifying glass+ illustrated thumbprint to front cover/ board and similar lettering to spine/ backstrip and generally clean eps apart from some slight marks; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears,splits or fraying present.Book has slight lean,all corners minimally bumped and fore-edge of front bd with a narrow margin of bleaching of it's original colour to it's length - water damage? Two production wrinkles - one each to top+bottom edges of the front cover/board.Top edges minimally dust- soiled and with lightest of any ageing and a few blemishes,fore-edges with hint of ageing - very considerably much less than is usual/normal or encountered - so bright and clean with minimal foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - near pristine - text body bright, generally clean with some odd blemishes,no foxing and no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn,vvipp+1-166pp [paginated] includes author's foreword, XXI (21) chapters,8 full-page b/w line illus by J. Abbey throughout the text and the book, plus [unpaginated] half-title with b/w line illus frntis to its verso, title page,and publisher's advert to recto of rear free endpaper.
4th adventure in the series following on from The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage,The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat and The Mystery of the Secret Room.A very uncommon title from this series.
An important and welcome addition to the Blyton adventure/mystery story canon for all Blyton fiction collectors/ officianados.
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