Five On A Secret Trail first edition Signed

[MrPunch]

Hi, I'm new to the forum. My father was a great book collector - Churches, Religion, WWI and WWII,the Countryside, Radiograms etc etc.
He passed away over a year ago and I am working my way through his collection. I sell stuff on eBay but in this case would be happier to sell to an enthusiast.
I have about 25 Enid Blyton books, all hardback.
About 15 are from the 'Five' series, mostly first editions, no dj and in reasonable condition.
One, Five on a Secret Trial, is first ed 1956 and signed - looks genuine to me - I tried to put up a photo but I don't think I have clearance to do so.
I could list the books and/ or email anyone interested a photo of the signature (in blue fountain pen).
I live in Suffolk and chances are I'll find more books as I dig through the the collection!
I also have a few 'Sunny Stories' magazines too.

Thanks for reading, please tell me what you think, even if you're not interested in buying.

[Machupicchu14]

I would be very interested in some books! Can you tell more about them?

[Anita Bensoussane]

Hi MrPunch,

It's not possible to put photos straight from your computer into your post, I'm afraid. Photos need to be uploaded to a host site like Photobucket, and then you can paste the relevant link(s) into your post. Hope that helps!

[pete9012S]

A warm welcome Mr Punch.

Sorry to hear about your father passing away last year.It sounds like he was a great book collector.



It's a long shot,but I'm after Sunny Stories Issue 429, April 30th 1948.

Regards

Pete

[Katharine]

Hi, I'd be interested in some of the magazines, depending on which ones you have.

[Julie2owlsdene]

If you have them on ebay, you could always put in the ebay link on here, so we can view what you are selling.

[pete9012S]

Yes,that is a very sensible suggestion Julie.

[MrPunch]

Hi again, thanks for the replies, hopefully the above link will work. I'd be interested to know if folk think it's genuine.
I haven't put any of these on eBay, thought I would see if anyone here was interested first.
I'll post a list and see what happens.

[Tony Summerfield]

Your link certainly worked, but all it produced was my own photobucket page, not yours!

[MrPunch]

Thanks Tony, I've changed the above link, not sure if it will work - I never seem to be able to do this type of thing from my iPad, if it doesn't work I'll revert to my old PC!

[MrPunch]

Here's a list -

Sunny Stories - all in tatty condition

394 The Tale of Chuckle and Ho 1946
398 Look out. Busy-Body 1947
399 Come to th Circus 1947
406 Mr Pink-Whistle and the eggs 1947
??? The Guy in the Wheelbarrow 1946

Books - all in average condition, foxing to edges, writing inside some, they have been stored in a shed for years!

Magazine Annual numbers 1 & 3 with Dj no date
The Man who Stopped to help 1965
Stories for You 1966 with Dj
The Greatest book in the World no date
The Secret Seven Adventure 1950 with dj
The Rilloby Fair Mystery 1950 with dj

All Above appear to be first editions, in that only one publishing/printing date is listed in book, I'll apply the same criteria below marked (1). I'm not an expert, so please correct me if/when I'm wrong!

Five on Kirrin Island Again 1947(1) dj
Five on a Secret Trail 1956(1) x2
Five go down to the Sea 1953(1)
Five go to Demon's Rocks 1961(1)Dj + one no dj
Five go to Demon's Rocks 1963 Dj
Five go to Mystery Moor 1954(1) x2
Five go to mystery moor 1967
Five go to Mystery Moor 1954(1)Dj
Five on a hike Together 1951(1)
Five go off in a Caravan 1946(1)
Five go to Smuggler's Top 1950
Five run away together 1944(1)
Five run away together 1955
Five on a hike together 1951(1)
Five get into trouble 1955
Five have a wonderful time 1952(1) x2
Five fall into adventure 1950(1) x2
Five have plenty of fun 1955(1)
Five on Finniston Farm 1960(1)

[Anita Bensoussane]

Sorry you're having trouble with Photobucket, MrPunch. I often have difficulty with it too, even on a desktop computer!

If I remember correctly, a photo that has been uploaded to Photobucket has a list of "image tags" either beneath the photo, or to one side of it. If you copy and paste a certain image tag into your forums post, the photo will show up in your post. Unless things have changed recently, the required tag has (url=...)(img) at the start and (/img)(/url) at the end - but with square brackets [ instead of round ones.

Regarding dimensions, the maximum length of a side that's accepted on the forums is 620 pixels.

[Tony Summerfield]

Still not showing as I am still getting my own photobucket. If you want to send the image to me - tony@enidblytonsociety.co.uk - I will put it up for you and also tell you if it is a genuine signature.

[MrPunch]

Still not showing as I am still getting my own photobucket. If you want to send the image to me - tony@enidblytonsociety.co.uk - I will put it up for you and also tell you if it is a genuine signature.

Thanks Tony, I finally worked it out!
Hopefully it should now be visible to all

[Courtenay]

It's showing for me.