What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?
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Re: What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?
A copy of The Very Clever Rabbit for £3.10 that Sixret posted a link to. Thank you Sixret .
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Re: What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?
I wonder who bought The Yellow Fairy Book'? I bumped the price up to about £110.00 but then let it go. It eventually sold for £122.00
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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?
That's actually not too bad, considering it's a pretty rare item and in good condition. I might consider paying that for it if I really wanted it and if I wasn't trying to be careful with my money at the moment. Not as eye-watering, certainly, as the price of a first edition of Adventures of the Wishing-Chair (the only edition to feature absolutely all the original chapters, as we know) which is currently going on eBay for £495.00 — and even that's fairly low compared to some of the insane prices that come up sometimes even for books that aren't genuine rarities!!
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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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Re: What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?
Well done, Ice Maiden.
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Re: What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?
Yes - £122 isn't really too bad for such a rare book that even had a dust wrapper. I could have bid a little more, but had just bought a dust wrapper copy of The Secret of Kilimooin (though that only cost £10.00! and so thought I'd give up on The Yellow Fairy Book - particularly as I've just read The Queer Adventure and so wouldn't have read it for a while.Courtenay wrote:That's actually not too bad, considering it's a pretty rare item and in good condition. I might consider paying that for it if I really wanted it and if I wasn't trying to be careful with my money at the moment. Not as eye-watering, certainly, as the price of a first edition of Adventures of the Wishing-Chair (the only edition to feature absolutely all the original chapters, as we know) which is currently going on eBay for £495.00 — and even that's fairly low compared to some of the insane prices that come up sometimes even for books that aren't genuine rarities!!
'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?
IFrom World of Rare Books, right? I saved it at night so that I could post it here in the morning. But I saw it ended in the morning. Glad to know that you are the one who have bought it.
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Re: What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?
Yes - that's the one! It wasn't a bad wrapper - and the price was very good. I am slowly replacing my collection of non-dust jacket Secret books with ones in wrappers - already have Moon Castle, Secret Mountain and now Kilimooin...just have the two most difficult books to find in wrappers now! I'm sure I'll never find The Secret Island in a dust wrapper!
'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?
I have seen Spiggy Holes with dust jacket for £12.33 from World of Rare Books.
I bought Secret Island with dj from the list given by the seller.
I bought Secret Island with dj from the list given by the seller.
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Re: What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?
Not me, I wanted it and would have tried to get it if it wasn't for the fact I'd just paid £137 for a much looked for and longed for copy of At Seaside Cottage two days earlier! That was a good price at £122 though for whoever did get it .Rob Houghton wrote:I wonder who bought The Yellow Fairy Book'? I bumped the price up to about £110.00 but then let it go. It eventually sold for £122.00
How did you get the Word of Rare Books seller to give you a list of what they have Sixret? I can only see what appears in their 'other items' linksixret wrote:I have seen Spiggy Holes with dust jacket for £12.33 from World of Rare Books.
I bought Secret Island with dj from the list given by the seller.
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Re: What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?
Not sure what 'list' Sixret meant - but you can have emails from WorldofRareBooks. Not sure how I opted for this - take a look on their eBay page.IceMaiden wrote:
How did you get the Word of Rare Books seller to give you a list of what they have Sixret? I can only see what appears in their 'other items' link
'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?
No. Not from World of Rare Books. But from an independent seller.
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Re: What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?
Those two sentences were separated.
I bought Secret Island with dj from an independent seller's list. I was just lucky that there was Secret Island with dj being listed in the list.
And I have seen Spiggy Holes with dj listed in World of Rare Books store. I wanted to let Rob know since he haven't got Spiggy Holes with dj in his collection yet.
Hope this explain.
I bought Secret Island with dj from an independent seller's list. I was just lucky that there was Secret Island with dj being listed in the list.
And I have seen Spiggy Holes with dj listed in World of Rare Books store. I wanted to let Rob know since he haven't got Spiggy Holes with dj in his collection yet.
Hope this explain.
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Re: What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?
Thanks Sixret - yes - I've also seen Spiggy Holes with dust wrapper from WorldofRareBooks. I'll keep an eye open - but hopefully will see one cheaply if I wait a while. I almost bought a dust jacket version of Kilimooin last year for around £45 - but now I'm glad I waited and found one for just over £10!
'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?
I will let you know if I see a Spiggy Holes with dj cheaper than £12.33, Rob.
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Re: What Enid Blyton book have you recently bought?
Any price up to around £20 is okay. I checked out the £12.33 one, but the jacket is fairly tatty, so I'd prefer one with a better wrapper.
'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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