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The Rubadub Mystery
by Enid Blyton
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London and Glasgow: Collins, 1952 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5.5". Gilbert Dunlop. The first edition, first impression of the fourth book in Enid Blyton's 'Barney Mysteries' series, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the exceptionally bright publisher's original dust wrapper, price unclipped.With vignette illustrations by Gilbert Dunlop.On a summer holiday in the seaside town of Rubadub, Roger, Diana, Snubby and Barney witness sinister goings on explosions at the secret submarine base, suspicious characters at the old inn, lights flashing at night. They are plunged into the middle of a mystery, and of course are determined to solve it. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Light spotting to fore edge of text block. Small closed tears to dust wrapper back strip tail, with chipping and more significant closed tears to back strip head. Dust wrapper exceptionally bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 842F27
- Title
- The Rubadub Mystery
- Author
- Enid Blyton
- Illustrator
- Gilbert Dunlop
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London and Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 7.5" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- enid blyton famous five The Barney Mysteries famous five
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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