Adventures of the Wishing-Chair - 1952 with Dj
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Adventures of the Wishing-Chair - 1952 with Dj
I know this isn't the 'full' version because only the first edition can be classed as that, but this edition does have the extra five chapters, as I have this edition myself.
Not a bad price.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Adventures-of ... SwaEhZLZbM
Not a bad price.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Adventures-of ... SwaEhZLZbM
'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: Adventures of the Wishing-Chair - 1952 with Dj
If you're thinking of me there, Rob, I very much appreciate it, but that dust jacket isn't in good enough condition for me to bother. As you say, though, good price.
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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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Re: Adventures of the Wishing-Chair - 1952 with Dj
I was partly - but think maybe there were some others, too. I agree about the wrapper, although if I bought it I would soon fix it at the back with paper!
'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: Adventures of the Wishing-Chair - 1952 with Dj
And then all the purist collectors would have the screaming horrors.Rob Houghton wrote:I agree about the wrapper, although if I bought it I would soon fix it at the back with paper!
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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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Re: Adventures of the Wishing-Chair - 1952 with Dj
I don't care! I'd sooner have a wrapper that looks good than one that's falling apart and gradually gets more ripped!
I know - I'm a right pleb!
I know - I'm a right pleb!
'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: Adventures of the Wishing-Chair - 1952 with Dj
We've always said "the screaming habdabs".Courtenay wrote:And then all the purist collectors would have the screaming horrors.
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Re: Adventures of the Wishing-Chair - 1952 with Dj
Never had those before... I'm sure they're much worse.Anita Bensoussane wrote: We've always said "the screaming habdabs".
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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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Re: Adventures of the Wishing-Chair - 1952 with Dj
I've always thought it was 'screaming abdabs' - but maybe that's just Brummies dropping the 'h'
'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: Adventures of the Wishing-Chair - 1952 with Dj
I just checked the Collins Dictionary and Oxford Dictionary online. They each contain "habdabs" as well as "abdabs". Collins lists the two versions separately but Oxford has "abdabs (also habdabs)".
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Re: Adventures of the Wishing-Chair - 1952 with Dj
I have always thought it was "abdabs". My goodness, we do have some strange words in our language, don't we!
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Re: Adventures of the Wishing-Chair - 1952 with Dj
Its funny - one of those words that as a kid I thought grownups I knew had just made up!
rather like people saying 'behopes he does' as in 'better hope so' - well, I think that's what it means. people might say 'behopes it doesn't rain' or 'behopes its a good dinner' or 'behopes the party goes okay' etc etc.
Is this just a Birmingham/Midland expression?
rather like people saying 'behopes he does' as in 'better hope so' - well, I think that's what it means. people might say 'behopes it doesn't rain' or 'behopes its a good dinner' or 'behopes the party goes okay' etc etc.
Is this just a Birmingham/Midland expression?
'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: Adventures of the Wishing-Chair - 1952 with Dj
I've never heard of screaming habdabs or abdabs, but they both sound pretty scary!
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Re: Adventures of the Wishing-Chair - 1952 with Dj
My thoughts exactly. If a wrapper is torn where's the sense in letting it get worse if you can patch it up and preserve it? A repaired dj is better than one that's fallen to bits. For what it's worth, to me the wrapper on that book is in a more than adequate condition, I'd mend it up a bit then pop it in a protective clear cover and it'd be good as new in my opinion .Rob Houghton wrote:I don't care! I'd sooner have a wrapper that looks good than one that's falling apart and gradually gets more ripped!
I know - I'm a right pleb!
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Re: Adventures of the Wishing-Chair - 1952 with Dj
Naaah, still not convinced myself, not least because I don't have the time or the skill to do a decent repair job on that dust jacket! My dad could — he works in a library and is really good at repairing damaged books and dust jackets — but he's in Australia and I'm not...
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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)
Re: Adventures of the Wishing-Chair - 1952 with Dj
I've never come across it here in East Anglia.Rob Houghton wrote:Its funny - one of those words that as a kid I thought grownups I knew had just made up!
rather like people saying 'behopes he does' as in 'better hope so' - well, I think that's what it means. people might say 'behopes it doesn't rain' or 'behopes its a good dinner' or 'behopes the party goes okay' etc etc.
Is this just a Birmingham/Midland expression?
We do have the screaming habdabs though.
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