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William E wrote:Merged with an older topic.

Hi Thought members might like to know that there is a Fantastic Antique book shop in Eastbourne. A wondrous place with winding passages through the piles of books.
I think the bookshop in question is Camilla's Bookshop, 57 Grove Road, Eastbourne BN21 4TX. It is well worth a visit. :D
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Chrissie777 wrote:
Wolfgang wrote:The book is published in Germany as part of a series. It simply states written by Enid Blyton, but no reference to the original title. I dared to write an email about it to Schneiderbuch, but it seems they ignored my email. There was even a time when the German Wikipedia claimed that the series (Tina und Tini) is written completely by ghost authors.
Hi Wolfgang,

Could you please let me know the German title of the translation.
I checked it out in the Cave of Books and it sounds like another suspenseful stand alone book.
So I put it into my amazon.co.uk market basket.
Hi Chrissie
As far as I know the are known as the Series of Tina und Tini. Frow what I deduct, there is one with Kit and another with the plot of the Treasure Hunters. There are about 12 to 14 books written by Tina Caspari if I remember correctly.
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Well, the third book of this series (Tina und Tini überlisten den Meisterdieb) uses a lot of elements of "The Pole Star Family" and there are parallels to Voilier's "Five versus the black mask".
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William E wrote: Hi Thought members might like to know that there is a Fantastic Antique book shop in Eastbourne. A wondrous place with winding passages through the piles of books.
I wish I knew that when we visited Eastbourne earlier in the year, William. :evil:
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Here are the details for future reference, Nigel:

http://www.camillasbookshop.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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There's also a great secondhand bookshop in Worthing, Nigel:

http://www.badgers-books.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Camilla's in Eastbourne is a wonderful place. I must check out Badger's in Worthing too. Thanks for the tip Eddie.
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You're welcome, John. It is worth a visit. :D
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Are we still in The Boy Next Door thread? ;-) :twisted: :twisted:
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Yes. William reported that he had found a copy of the book in a second hand book shop and others are giving details of the shop's whereabouts. :D
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Quite right, John - plus details of a similar bookshop where a hardback copy of The Boy Next Door is likely to be found. :wink:
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:D :D

A great place for The Boy Next Door to be hidden from his kidnappers! :-D
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Indeed. :lol: :lol:
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Now Mr Barton was on the way to see this hiding-place — and Kit was there. Look out, Kit — you're in danger again! :twisted: :wink: :wink:
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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)
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
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