"There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favourite book."
— Marcel Proust
Enid Blyton | First Editions
1897 - 1968
Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children's writer whose books have been among the world's best-sellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Blyton's books are still enormously popular, and have been translated into almost 90 languages. Blyton wrote on a wide range of topics including education, natural history, fantasy, mystery, and biblical narratives and is best remembered today for her Noddy, Famous Five, Secret Seven, and Adventure series.Whilst facing rejected manuscripts and criticism, Blyton gained her teaching certificate, with distinctions in zoology and principles of education, a 1st class in botany, geography, practice and history of education, child hygiene and class teaching, and a 2nd class in literature and elementary mathematics. Blyton’s formal education and passion for writing continued in a symbiotic relationship throughout much of her life. Indeed, when Blyton cemented her reputation as a children’s writer in 1926 (in her new role as editor of Sunny Stories, a magazine re-telling legends, stories and articles for children), the same year saw her presented with her own column in Teachers’ World, entitled “From my Window”.
See below our stock of Enid Blyton First Editions, fine bindings, and signed copies.
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Now for a Story.
Manchester: World Distributors, No date [1948]. [Children's Literature] VINTAGE EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.167; [1]. Publisher's yellow illustrated cloth lettered in black to spine, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 5/- to front flap. Illustrated endpapers, full page and in-text black and white illustrations throughout. Toning and light spotting..... More
The Secret of Killimooin.
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1956. [Children's Illustrated] Vintage hardback. Octavo (21 x 17cm), pp.136. With colour frontispiece and numerous in-text illustrations. Publisher's hardcovers in illustrated dust-jacket, repriced and clipped by publisher. Simply a fine, fresh copy. One of an unsold batch that were stored by Basil Blackwell since new. The fourth..... More
Secret Seven Win Through.
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1972-3. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION, sheets bound in publisher's secondary binding. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.120. Publisher's patterned blue cloth lettered in blue to spine, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 50p to front-flap. Illustrated endpapers, small in text illustrations throughout. Front flyleaf has spotting and glue..... More
The Third Holiday Book.
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., no date [1948]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (25 x 20cm), pp.192. With four double-sided colour plates by Boswell, and frequent in-text illustrations by various artists. Publisher's green quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine, and also to orange paper over boards. Red..... More
The Rilloby Fair Mystery.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1950. [Children's adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. With frequent in-text illustrations by Dunlop. Publisher's blue cloth blocked in silver, top edge blue. With the illustrated dust-jacket, unpriced. No inscriptions, contents clean, edges toned., some marking to cloth. Light wear to jacket, tear to..... More
The Famous Jimmy.
London: Frederick Muller, 1936. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.58 [6]. With colour illustrations by Rabier to every page. Publisher's blue quarter cloth, with black titles to spine, and colour-illustrated paper over boards, and illustrated endpapers. Light spotting to endpapers and edges, otherwise quite clean internally. Heavy..... More
Five Get into Trouble.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1950. [Children's Adventure] SECOND IMPRESSION. Small Octavo. pp.190 [2]. With a black and white frontispiece, as well as numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured blue or red, by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, and yellow pictorial endpapers. With original dust-jacket illustrated..... More
Five go off in a Caravan. Being the Fifth Adventure of Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy the Dog.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1965. [Children's Adventure] VINTAGE COPY, the fourteenth impression. Small Octavo. pp.182 [2]. With numerous in-text illustrations by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine and upper. With original dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, priced at 7/6. A little light spotting to edges, otherwise..... More
Five go off in a Caravan. Being the Fifth Adventure of Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy the Dog.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1946] 1949. [Children's Classic] First Edition, Third Impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.208. With colour frontispiece and frequent in-text illustrations by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, dust-jacket also illustrated by Soper, priced at 6s. Contents clean, some dustiness to edges, discreet gift note to first blank, jacket..... More
Five go off to Camp.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1949. [Children's adventure] SECOND IMPRESSION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. With in-text illustrations throughout. Publisher's red cloth, black titles to spine, author's facsimile signature to upper. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 6/- to front flap. Blue pictorial endpapers. Lightly toned internally and to jacket panels..... More
Five on a Treasure Island. An Adventure Story for Boys and Girls.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1951. [Children's Adventure] EIGHTH IMPRESSION. Small Octavo. pp.191 [1]. With a black and white frontispiece, as well as numerous in-text illustrations by Soper. Publisher's burgundy cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, and blue pictorial endpapers. With original dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, priced..... More
Five on Kirrin Island Again.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1950. [Children's Adventure] FOURTH IMPRESSION. Small Octavo. pp.192. With numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured in red, by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine, and blue pictorial endpapers. With original dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, priced at 6s. A crisp, clean copy, very..... More
Five on Kirrin Island Again.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1947. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Small Octavo, (20 x 14cm) pp.192. With numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured in red, by Soper. Publisher's red leatherette, with black titles to spine, and blue pictorial endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, showing the telescope..... More
Five on Kirrin Island Again.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1947] 1950. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, fourth impression. Small octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.192. With numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured in red, by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine, and blue pictorial endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, showing the..... More
Five Run Away Together. The Third Story of the Adventures of the Four Children and their Dog.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1949. [Children's Adventure] THIRD IMPRESSION. Small Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.192. With a colour frontispiece (same image as jacket), and numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured blue or red, by Soper. Publisher's light blue cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, and blue pictorial endpapers. With..... More
The Ship of Adventure. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
London: Macmillan, 1947. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Crown octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 328. Publisher's pictorial yellow cloth, blocked in colours. With the original illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. Ink ownership to f.e.p., jacket rather chipped to spine ends. Nonetheless presentable. The sixth instalment in the 'Adventure' series. More
A Day at School with Noddy.
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., 1962. [Illustrated Children's Literature] FIRST EDITION, rare in dust-jacket. Octavo (26 x 22), pp.24 (unpaginated). Publisher's red quarter cloth bound with illustrated boards, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 6s to front flap. Pictorial endpapers, illustrations throughout. Previous owners gift note to flyleaf, ownership..... More
Five Fall Into Adventure.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1950. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's red cloth titled in black, pictorial endpapers, in dust-jacket designed by Eileen A. Soper, priced at 6s. With illustrations throughout by Soper, some of which are printed with colour accents. Export copy, sold in Brisbane..... More
The Ragamuffin Mystery.
London and Glasgow: Collins, 1959. [Children's Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black to spine, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 7/6 to front flap. Colour frontispiece, black and white in-text illustrations throughout. Sunday School sticker to half title page, toning to edges..... More
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