Which Adventure Series Book - Unfamiliar Cover

[Anita Bensoussane]

We've seen many thin-legged characters on the covers of modern Blyton books, but these surely take the biscuit!

[Lucky Star]

And Lucy-Ann's arms.

[Anita Bensoussane]

Yes, no wonder she wears thick horizontal stripes to try to make them look fatter!

[Daisy]

We've seen many thin-legged characters on the covers of modern Blyton books, but these surely take the biscuit!

And Lucy-Ann's arms.

I should think they need to eat some biscuits! They are truly awful.

[pete9012S]

I can still see what I think is the sea in that picture so is it Island?

You've got it John!!

Is it possible just to get the dust wrappers as I have the Stuart Tressillian books but no covers apart from the Circus of Adventure. I suppose I could look on Ebay.

You can buy them from this eBay seller Irene:
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I should think they need to eat some biscuits!

Ha Ha Ha - That really made me laugh!


A French edition of Island

[pete9012S]

..
The Finnish edition - a redrawing of the original

[Courtenay]

The Finnish edition - a redrawing of the original

... but with significantly less artistic skill. (Though compared with the stick-legged Spanish monstrosities, it's a masterpiece.)

[pete9012S]

The Dutch edition:

We all know Betty Maxey is perfectly capable of drawing birds, but even we have to acknowledge that other artists can pull it off too..

[pete9012S]

01. Petualangan di Pulau Suram (The Island of Adventure, 1944)
02. Petualangan di Puri Rajawali (The Castle of Adventure, 1946)
03. Petualangan di Lembah Maut (The Valley of Adventure, 1947)
04. Petualangan di Laut Sunyi (The Sea of Adventure, 1948)
05. Petualangan di Gunung Bencana (The Mountain of Adventure, 1949)
06. Petualangan di Kapal Pesiar (The Ship of Adventure, 1950)
07. Petualangan di Sirkus Asing (The Circus of Adventure, 1952)
08. Petualangan di Sungai Ajaib (The River of Adventure, 1955)

[Lucky Star]

What language are the last series of editions written in? They are very colourful but I'm not keen on the actual drawings.

[pete9012S]

I think it's Malay John, but I may be wrong?

[Anita Bensoussane]

I'm not keen on the latest lot, which are somewhat psychedelic.

The Dutch edition is extremely attractive in my opinion, with the soaring gulls and natural-looking children (though they don't look quite right for Jack, Philip, Dinah and Lucy-Ann). Kiki is beautiful and I like the tranquil colours of the sea, sky and rocks.

I also like the French one. The colours are bold and the gulls add drama.

[IceMaiden]

We've seen many thin-legged characters on the covers of modern Blyton books, but these surely take the biscuit!

And Lucy-Ann's arms.

I should think they need to eat some biscuits! They are truly awful.

Jack looks like a pirate with cocktail sticks for legs! Meanwhile Philip and Dinah's hair seem to be high-fiving each other .