vintage collectable item:
THE MYSTERY OF HOLLY LANE by Enid Blyton
Five Find-Outers and Dog series, book 11
Money has been stolen from a bungalow called Hollies, and now all the furniture has gone too! Who could the thief possibly be? As usual the Five Find-Outers and Dog are hot on the trail...but, unfortunately, so is Mr Goon!
Published by Methuen & Co Ltd London; 1954 reprint; b/w frontispiece and illustrations; red boards, vignette on front;
Book condition: EE* vintage condition; spine missing; front endpapers missing; title page and last page very browned; binding visible at inside covers; ex school library with random stamps and various dirty marks within; an ok reading copy
*Please see "seller’s condition rating" at end of this listing to help evaluate book’s condition.
Jacket condition: this book does not have its original jacket
Bonus item! provided with a facsimile jacket - see main photo - and a new clear removable archival cover to protect and preserve the book.
Hardcover; 179 pages; 19 x 13 cm; Unpacked Weight: 330g
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* Seller’s Condition rating for vintage and collectable books:
*AA down to *BB – cover and pages are mostly clean and unmarked. There may be some minor rubbing or minimal creasing on spine. Binding is tight. No apparent writing or scribbling. Some older books may have page yellowing or browning. Excellent collectable quality.
*CC – cover and pages may have minor marks, blemishes and/or creasing. There may be some rubbing or creasing on spine. All pages are intact and binding is tight. Previous owner’s name or gift inscription may be written and/or covered by bookplate. Some older books may have age yellowing, browning and foxing. Still very good collectable quality.
*DD – visible signs that the book has had good pre-loved life. Cover, pages and spine will have noticeable marks, blemishes and or creasing, including writing on front or back pages. Endpapers may have been removed. Pages may be browned and foxed.
*EE significant visible signs of wear and tear. There may be writing or scribbling within the text. Pages may be loose or torn. Cover, pages and or spine will have major noticeable marks, blemishes and or creasing.
*FF:- There may be missing pages, tears or other significant defects as noted. Binding may be loose or have parts missing. Books are only sold in FF condition due to scarcity or are highly collectable.
The Five Find-Outers, also known as the Enid Blyton Mystery Series and Five Find-Outers and Dog, is a series of children's mystery books written by Enid Blyton and first published between 1943 and 1961. The Mystery Series is all about the Five Find-Outers and Dog, a group of children who solve mysteries in the fictitious village of Peterswood. Larry and Daisy (Lawrence and Margaret Daykin) together with Pip and Bets (Philip and Elizabeth Hilton) meet Fatty (Frederick Algernon Trotteville) in The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage, the first in a fifteen book series. Bets decides to call them the Five Find-Outers. And dog. Fatty has a dog named Buster, a small black Scottish Terrier. Together the gang solve each mystery, much to the annoyance of Mr Goon, the village policeman, who can't stand the kids and particularly hates that "nasty yappy little dog."
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