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Tag Archives: Stand Alone Titles
On my bookshelf part 4
I’ve already shown you most of my Blyton collection, as well as my Harry Potter books and some other stuff. So here are the last of my Blytons and then some other vintage children’s book. The last of the Blytons … Continue reading
The Treasure Hunters by Fred
Is it totally unfair to say that Enid Blyton’s books are fairly interchangeable with each other? Well, yes it is, but that doesn’t stop the majority of her work being thoroughly enjoyable and decent reads in their own right. Such … Continue reading
Smuggler Ben
Smuggler Ben is one of the novels that Blyton first published under the name Mary Pollock, a book that was reprinted later under her own name in 1950, at least according to the copy I purchased in a book shop … Continue reading
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Tagged Hilary, Military, Smuggler Ben, Smuggling, Spies, Stand Alone Titles, War
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Poppy’s Book of the Month: House-at-the-Corner
Title: House-at-the-Corner Series: None Main Characters: The Farrell Family & Aunt Grace Published: 1947 First Published By: Lutterworth Press Rating: 5 out of 5 House-at-the-Corner differs quite dramatically from Enid’s more common genre of books, I find; though it still … Continue reading
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Tagged House-at-the-Corner, Stand Alone Titles, Written by Poppy
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Come to the Circus!
I picked up a copy of Come to the Circus! at an antiques fair in Waihi, New Zealand. It is not a first edition though, but the 1974 Dean edition (the definition of “antique” at this particular fair was a … Continue reading
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Tagged Circus Life, Come to the Circus, Stand Alone Titles, Written by Corinna
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My childhood books, part 6
With all the series posts complete it’s time for me to look back at the stand-alone titles I had as a child. In no particular order I had Hollow Tree House, The Children at Green Meadows, The Put-em-Rights, Those Dreadful Children, … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Experiences, Purchases
Tagged Armada, Bimbo and Topsy, Dean & Son, Editions, Elizabeth Wall, Grace Lodge, Hollow Tree House, Illustrators, Liz Roberts, My Childhood Books, Stand Alone Titles, The Family at Red-Roofs, The Put-em-Rights, Those Dreadful Children, W. Spence
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