Seen any strange items on ebay?
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Nice game. Takes me back as we always used to play it.
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"See that? It's the black Bentley again. KMF 102!"
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I've had a look and you've made a very good job, Tony.
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A very good job indeed.
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Not exactly 'strange' - but I saw this on eBay - 'The Mystery That Never Was' - first edition in a DW.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ENID-BLYTON-T ... XQ2kxSIEkP
I bought my first edition from eBay last year - in a much better DW - for £12.50. It really is a nice book to have in a first edition, as all the illustrations are in black and white and red.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ENID-BLYTON-T ... XQ2kxSIEkP
I bought my first edition from eBay last year - in a much better DW - for £12.50. It really is a nice book to have in a first edition, as all the illustrations are in black and white and red.
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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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Yes, it is perfectly lined up. Tricky work to get it right, a bit like trying to line up Tall Stone, Chimney and Steeple while keeping one eye on Tock Hill.Courtenay wrote:I've just looked at it, Tony, and it looks lovely. Great work with the scanning!
We had the game in a compendium of games, but I don't remember playing it much, maybe a few times.
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It is mystery that there are no negative feedbacks registered against the seller - but I suppose that he/she is not trying to mislead - just vastly overpricing the book.Rob Houghton wrote:Not exactly 'strange' - but I saw this on eBay - 'The Mystery That Never Was' - first edition in a DW.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ENID-BLYTON-T ... XQ2kxSIEkP
I bought my first edition from eBay last year - in a much better DW - for £12.50. It really is a nice book to have in a first edition, as all the illustrations are in black and white and red.
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I think sometimes people just try their luck and be a bit cheeky! I did the same with a second edition of 'The Magic Faraway Tree' - without a dust wrapper. It went for £90 which I certainly wouldn't have paid!
'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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- Francis
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Well done, Rob - you obviously have the magic touch!
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I think its just that some buyers will pay any price for a Farway Tree 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.'
(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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That makes up for the £10 you had to refund! What goes around....Rob Houghton wrote:I think sometimes people just try their luck and be a bit cheeky! I did the same with a second edition of 'The Magic Faraway Tree' - without a dust wrapper. It went for £90 which I certainly wouldn't have paid!
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- Rob Houghton
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true!!
'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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