"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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The Mystery of the Missing Man. Being the Thirteenth Adventure of the Five Find-Outers and Dog.
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1956. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 182 [2]. With occasional woodcut illustrations by Buchanan. Publisher's blue cloth with red titles to spine and upper. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Buchanan, priced at 8/6. Light spotting to edges..... More
The Mystery of the Strange Messages. Being the Fourteenth Adventure of the Five Find-Outers and Dog.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1957. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.vi; 186. With occasional woodcuts by Buchanan. Publisher's grey cloth with red titles to spine and upper. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Buchanan, priced at 8/6. Some spotting to edges, and some..... More
The Rat-a-Tat Mystery.
London: Collins, 1956. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. With occasional in-text illustrations by Cook, and a colour frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. Top edge red. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Cook, priced at 7/6. Some spotting to edges..... More
Secret Seven Mystery. Illustrated by Burgess Sharrocks.
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1957. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.120. With frequent in-text dichromatic illustrations by Sharrocks. Publisher's blue cloth titled and illustrated in a darker blue, with illustrated endpapers. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 7/6. Pencil ownership to half-title. Light spotting to edges..... More
Five Go to Billycock Hill.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1957. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Small Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.182 [2]. With numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured in red or blue, by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, and blue pictorial endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour..... More
Five Have Plenty of Fun.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1955. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Small Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.183 [1]. With numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured in blue, by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, and blue pictorial endpapers. With original dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper..... More
Five On A Secret Trail. Illustrations by Eileen Soper.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1956. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Small Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.182 [2]. With numerous in-text illustrations, some coloured in red or blue, by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine and upper, and blue pictorial endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour..... More
Five on a Treasure Island. An Adventure Story for Boys and Girls.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1965. [Children's Adventure] Vintage hardcover reprint. Small Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.183; [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 pictorial endpapers. With original dust-jacket illustrated in colour..... 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 blue ribbed cloth with black titles to spine, and blue pictorial endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, showing the..... 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
Noddy and the Magic Rubber.
London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co. Ltd., 1954. [Children's] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.60. Coloured illustrations throughout the book. Publisher's coral block with illustration of Noddy and friends to the front and multicoloured titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket and pictorial endpapers. Light toning to..... More
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