"Outside of a dog, man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx
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 telescope the wrong way around, priced at 6s. Black ink ownership to first blank, with some toning and light spotting to edges. Tape burns and residue to endpapers and jacket flaps, otherwise internally clean. Small fading marks to spine corresponding with jacket chips. Jacket shows moderate general wear, including some chipping to edges. Very good. The sixth book in the 'Famous Five' series, in which the four children and their dog return to the scene of their adventure in the third book, 'Five Run Away Together.'. Item #76060
Price: £250.00
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