I think they're taking the P&P.....Courtenay wrote: At least it's got free P&P.
At Seaside Cottage 1947
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Wow, I have the award version bought on eBay for £3. I may just have to sell it!!
If I could live here on this secret island always and always and always, and never grow up at all, I would be quite happy
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I bought the Award version from Revivalbooks on Ebay for £2.16(postage excluded) in November 2016!
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Haha! I was thinking exactly the same!Tony Summerfield wrote: I think remarks like 'grab it' are very unhelpful, as most of us don't belong to the MNO club (Money No Object)!!
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Wish I'd seen 'At Seaside Cottage' for £25, I paid £137 for my copy back in May! Mind I suppose that was cheap compared to the one I saw last autumn that went for £286!!. I can see why it's so expensive though, it is really really hard to find a copy, I've only ever seen these 3 available, the one in the listing being the cheapest.Rob Houghton wrote:Maybe so...but its still too expensive for what it is, in my opinion. If people weren't willing to pay such daft prices, then book prices would fall. I've seen 'At Seaside Cottage' go for as little as £25 on eBay. I know because I missed out, lol!Tony Summerfield wrote:I don't think that any of these Brockhampton picture books got reprinted so if they turn up they are bound to be first editions, so I am sure that this is the only printing of the story with Soper illustrations. Even the Award hardback version of this story doesn't turn up every day. When I originally got my copy I couldn't find it anywhere and I had to buy it from Award themselves!
People will even pay similar prices for 'The Secret of the Old Mill'
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I agree!
Then we have people who balk at paying £10 for a Famous Five book! A world of great contrasts!!
Then we have people who balk at paying £10 for a Famous Five book! A world of great contrasts!!
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I'll warm me with your echoes
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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Re: At Seaside Cottage 1947
Better than the occasional sellers who charge triple (or even quadruple) figure prices for modern editions of Enid Blyton books (or for older copies in such dire condition they're not fit for anything but the compost heap)...
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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I wish! It's not really to do with wealth, more having to pay a certain price to get something as a one off. An item has a price and if you want the item badly enough you have to pay that price to get it. I wouldn't normally pay that much for one book, but this particular one is really difficult to find, it was a one off payment and I consider it well worth the cost to have a copy. I couldn't afford to pay that sort of money frequently for books, but for the odd one I'll happily make an exception. I see it as no different to someone paying more for a coin or painting or piece of pottery for their collection.Moonraker wrote:Blimey! We have some wealthy people on here.
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I'm just mean and always try to get 'something for nothing' lol.
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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I suppose that statement is true for some sellers as well. Rob...
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Something for nothing is always nice! The way I see it is it's swings and roundabouts.If you get 10 cheap bargain books paying for one expensive one isn't so bad as what you lose in the pricery one you gain from the others so they sort of balance each other out in the end .Rob Houghton wrote:I'm just mean and always try to get 'something for nothing' lol.