Enid Blyton
Five on a Secret Trail
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1956 . First edition. Cloth. A fine example of the first edition of Enid Blyton's ninth 'Famous Five' children's adventure novel, in a fine example of the vibrant original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated throughout in two colours by Eileen Soper.In 'Five on a Secret Trail', the Famous Five camp near old ruins where George and Timmy discover a boy hiding and acting suspiciously. Strange events and hidden passages lead them to uncover a gang searching for buried treasure, which the Five manage to find and protect until the police arrive.With the bookplate of Douglas Charles Harrod to the half title. Harrod was a former senior lecturer in pharmacy at King's college, Cambridge, and noted collector of books and botanicals. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Bookplate to half title. Dust wrapper exceptionally bright, with just a touch of edgewear to back strip head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: Eileen Soper. Fine/Fine.

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Keywords: Douglas Charles Harrod famous five secret seven famous five Eileen Soper