I think the bookshop in question is Camilla's Bookshop, 57 Grove Road, Eastbourne BN21 4TX. It is well worth a visit.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.
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Hi ChrissieChrissie777 wrote:Hi Wolfgang,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.
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.
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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I wish I knew that when we visited Eastbourne earlier in the year, William.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.
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Here are the details for future reference, Nigel:
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There's also a great secondhand bookshop in Worthing, Nigel:
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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.
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Are we still in The Boy Next Door thread?
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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.
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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.
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A great place for The Boy Next Door to be hidden from his kidnappers!
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hearts mad delight,
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Indeed.
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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!
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