What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?
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Well done, Rob! I bought the same book and the newest Christmas collection from the same series on Book Depository last week after you had mentioned them in other thread. £6 plus each with free shipping. I have decided to collect this modern collection series because of themed/seasonal stories being compiled in books for our convenience.
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Despite the fact they are modern collections, I like the fact they are themed for Christmas and maybe the Witches and Wizards could be said to be Halloween, etc. I also like the fact that many of the stories are previously uncollected (or at least they were in the second Christmas volume, which I had last year) - despite having loads of short story collections, there are still piles of short stories I haven't read, and that's the attraction of these new anthologies.
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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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For those who want a copy - there's one on eBay - £1.50 + £1.00 postage.Eddie Muir wrote:Thanks for the info, Nigel. I’ll keep a lookout for a copy.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ENID-BLYTON-T ... SwEZdZ7MzK
'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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ENID BLYTON THE FAMOUS FIVE BOOK OF ADVENTURE & TOP TIPS FOR EXPLORERS
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£2.50 delivered.Seemed reasonable!
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£2.50 delivered.Seemed reasonable!
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Re: What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?
I think that's the same one I posted, lol...apparently there are four available from the same seller.
'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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Re: What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?
Today I bought 'Banshee Towers' for £1. No D/W and writing on the inside cover, but nice to have a hardback version.
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Well done, Katharine!
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Learn the history. Do research.
The hypocrisy, double standard, prejudice and bigotry own by some people is so obvious.Shame on them!
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Wow!Katharine wrote:Today I bought 'Banshee Towers' for £1. No D/W and writing on the inside cover, but nice to have a hardback version.
Well done Katharine.
How did you find that?
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Re: What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?
It was in a local secondhand book shop with a lot of other books for the same sort of price. I also got a Dean's Mr. Meddle book with a D/W and a 1949 'special Australian Edition' of The Naughtiest Girl in the School.
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Sounds like a good afternoon's work Katharine.
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Was the text all upside down?Katharine wrote:1949 'special Australian Edition' of The Naughtiest Girl in the School.
'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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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)
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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Ha ha - no it looks fairly 'normal' to me. It will be interesting to see if any obvious changes have been made.
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It sounds like a very interesting bookshop with lots of bargains on offer, Katharine. Despite its being the weakest of the Mystery series, a first (and only) hardback edition of Banshee Towners is much sought after and is very hard to find, with or without a dustwrapper, and usually sells for far more than £1.
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Re: What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?
It's a great little book shop, quite narrow - it seems to wind back for miles! It used to have lots of Ladybird books but they seem to have dried up now - perhaps I bought them all.
To be honest, if it wasn't for the forums I doubt I'd have bothered to buy it, as I have a modern copy somewhere, but I've seen the discussions about how rare the book is in a decent state, and thought that I might as well grab a battered copy for £1. If it turns out to have half the pages missing it will be a little disappointing, but I won't lose any sleep over it. I might actually try reading it again, I've only read it once and don't remember much about it.
To be honest, if it wasn't for the forums I doubt I'd have bothered to buy it, as I have a modern copy somewhere, but I've seen the discussions about how rare the book is in a decent state, and thought that I might as well grab a battered copy for £1. If it turns out to have half the pages missing it will be a little disappointing, but I won't lose any sleep over it. I might actually try reading it again, I've only read it once and don't remember much about it.
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