THE ADVENTURES of the Wishing Chair.

UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,deluxe 1st edn thus.[First and originally published LONDON (NEWNES),1937 and illustrated by Hilda McGavin. At the time,this was Blyton's first full novel.This the book's first appearance by this publisher,2015.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£14.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,part-matt and part- glossy,wrap-around colour pictorial artwork,by Joe Berger,illustrated dw/dj with red,blue and yellow lettering to front; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.An accidental diagonal crease to lower vertical edge of pp7/8 - no other creases though.Dw/dj's head of spine minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing - but the board beneath unaffected and tiniest of rubbing to top,rear corner of dw/dj too.Bright,crisp,clean,generally sharp-cornered - exception of bottom lower corners minimally bumped and creased,publisher's original colour pictorial vignetted illustrated paper-covered front board with blue and yellow lettering and blue+yellow lettering to spine and immaculate yellow+white colour design illustrated endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,deluxe 1st edn,1-172pp [paginated] includes 26 chapters,profuse colour illustrations by Joe Berger throughout the text and the book - as either chapter headpeice vignettes,illustrated chapter tail-pieces,or part-page and also full colour,full-page illustrations; plus [unpaginated] half-title,colour pictorial vignetted title page,contents list/table,last 2pp and a potted Blyton biography to verso of same.Detailed description,but nowhere as faulty as it reads!! A highly collected and prolific children's book writer,and an unusual item and will be an affordable, important and welcome addition to the Blyton canon.
Please browse my inventory further,for a wider range of other Blyton-related titles available. When she was a little girl,Enid Blyton had loved to make up and tell stories more than anything else.Once she'd grown up,she was able to pass this love onto generations of children with her magical tales.'The Adventures of the Wishing Chair' was her first full novel,written in 1937,and Mollie and Peter's adventures in the magic flying chair have captured the hearts and imaginations of children around the world ever since. 'Oh Peter to think we've got a magic chair - a wishing chair!' Can you imagine anything quite so exciting as being flown to fairytale lands and granted your every wish? Mollie and Peter can't quite believe their luck when they discover a magical flying chair that does just this! And so begins the most marvellous adventures full of giants,pixies, disappearing islands and many many more . Please contact seller,because of either the weight or the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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