Author: ELINOR LYON
Title: Hilary's Island
Description: Hodder and Stoughton. 1948, First edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Ill.: EILEEN SOPER. Book, A Holiday turns into A Long and Thrilling Adventure! Wonderfully illustrated by Eileen Soper, with four glorious colour plates, - very "Famous Five"! Many b/w and black silhouette illustrations throughout too. This delightfully has the original charming Soper wrapper, so so scarce. Embossed cloth and decorative endpapers. A little foxing to page edges, overall very good. Miss Lyon was the daughter of the Headmaster of Rugby School, and was in the Wrens as a Radar Operator. Her most sought after book, especially with this glorious Soper wrapper! Hard to part with!. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: EILEEN SOPER