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I AM DELIGHTED TO CONSIDER OFFERS BUT DON’T BE TOO SILLY
Very rare for eBay full set of hardback famous five books with dust jackets ALL original - NO PHOTOCOPIES. Most of other full sets if you look carefully have photocopied dust jackets on some. All but 2 are hodder originals, 2 are brockhampton. Condition is good in general but see notes below and pictures.
Treasure island - 16th 1963 sticker on front and price clipped
Adventuring - 11th 1958 torn dust jacket and clipped
Run away - 11th 1960 Vg minor wear only
Smugglers - 11th 1957 tears to dust at top of spine
Caravan - 10th 1957 tears to edges of dust
Kirrin - 11th 1958 a few small tears
Camp - 5th 1953 in a protective jacket which im loathe To remove. Inscription
Trouble - 8tg 1957small tears
Adventure - 8th 1959 small tears
Hike - 7th 1958 small tears
Time -6th 1960 clipped and a tear by on the edge. The
Sea - first edition 1953. Tears to dust and an inscription
Mystery - 3rd 1956 tears to top and bottom of spine etc
What would put me off are the photocopied dust jackets. That's fine when you buy a book and know its photocopied - but in a 'full set' like this they should either ALL be photocopied, or ALL be originals...in my view!
despite that, I'd say maybe a reasonable offer would be £10 for each dust wrapper book and £6.00 for each photocopy cover...but it all depends on overall quality of each individual book.
'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.'
Boatbuilder wrote:It does say that they are not Photocopies, Rob.
oops! Yeah I read it wrong, where the seller was talking about 'copied jackets' duh! 'my bad' as they say!
In that case, I would say maybe about £150.00 - £175.00 for the set give or take the odd chewed up wrapper etc...but whether 'what they are worth' would be the same as 'what I'd offer' is another matter. I might offer £105.00
Edit -- well, I made the above suggestion before I clicked on the link...and I see the seller is asking way more.
I'm pretty certain 'he' wouldn't accept £105.00! - BUT I think 'he' is selling them for more than they are worth, going by the fact I would sell those books for between £10 and £16 each depending on edition and condition of wrapper. Some wrappers look excellent but some a bit tatty. Those books could definitely only be sold for maybe £10 or £12. The Brockhampton editions I would only sell for £10 each.
'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.'
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Offer: £300.00
Hope they go to a good home.
" A kind heart always brings its own reward," said Mrs. Lee.
- The Christmas Tree Aeroplane - Society Member
Rob Houghton wrote:
In that case, I would say maybe about £150.00 - £175.00 for the set give or take the odd chewed up wrapper etc...but whether 'what they are worth' would be the same as 'what I'd offer' is another matter. I might offer £105.00
Edit -- well, I made the above suggestion before I clicked on the link...and I see the seller is asking way more.
I'm pretty certain 'he' wouldn't accept £105.00! - BUT I think 'he' is selling them for more than they are worth, going by the fact I would sell those books for between £10 and £16 each depending on edition and condition of wrapper. Some wrappers look excellent but some a bit tatty. Those books could definitely only be sold for maybe £10 or £12. The Brockhampton editions I would only sell for £10 each.
I'm not sure I understand what you say: if you think the books are each worth between £10 and £16, and there are 21 books, why do you think the set is only worth £150.00 - £175.00? Shouldn't it be between £210 and £336?
---------------------------------- “I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?” ― Stephen King, The Body
I must admit, I don't know what would be a reasonable price to offer for this set without looking at each book individually.
I have included the all important 'spine shot' and also a genuine autograph from 'Diddy' /'Piddy' which may push the eventual selling price beyond my reach.
" A kind heart always brings its own reward," said Mrs. Lee.
- The Christmas Tree Aeroplane - Society Member
db105 wrote:
I'm not sure I understand what you say: if you think the books are each worth between £10 and £16, and there are 21 books, why do you think the set is only worth £150.00 - £175.00? Shouldn't it be between £210 and £336?
Because I would be aiming to buy them for less than I think they are worth.
'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.'
Pete, in my view, from what I can see, those books look better than the previous set. There's only really one that has a substantial portion of the spine missing, which is a shame - I usually reject books that don't have the title present - and that's 'Five Go Down to the Sea' - funnily enough the only book in my own collection that has some of the spine missing. Maybe that book's dust jacket was somehow inferior to the others!
'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.'
Rob Houghton wrote:
Pete, in my view, from what I can see, those books look better than the previous set.
Rob, all the book photos in this thread are from the same collection currently available on ebay for £350.
Would be interested to see what serious collectors would consider a reasonable offer for this collection.
I think you are the only one who has done so so far.
Full Set Hardback Famous Five Books (21) Original Dust Jackets Enid Blyton
Rob Houghton wrote:
Pete, in my view, from what I can see, those books look better than the previous set.
Rob, all the book photos in this thread are from the same collection currently available on ebay for £350.
Ah - I wondered if it was the same set...well, they look better from the spines than full frontal so to speak!!
I still think they are over-priced. I can't be 100% sure but I think I've seen full sets in much better condition for around £250. So over £300 seems steep to me, unless of course they were all first editions etc.
'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.'
I wouldn't consider buying that set for £300 Pete. Some of those dustwrappers are really tatty. If I wanted them, which I don't, I would offer £100 max. There appears to be only two 1st edition in there from what I can see in the descriptions.
oops! Yeah I read it wrong, where the seller was talking about 'copied jackets' duh! 'my bad' as they say! 
