The Valley of Adventure. Enid Blyton

First edition first printing
The front board, spine and back board are all bright and clean. The front cover, bottom edge is very slightly bumped. The inside board is clean and the front end paper has an several neat inscription,see phot. The internal pages are clean and bright. The rear end paper and inside board is clean and bright. The text block is slightly foxed. The binding is tight.
Dust wrapper/ The front cover has a large piece missing from the top of the front cover 10cm x 5cmlosing nearly all the title. There is a 2 cm tear to the bottom right hand corner and  a 1 cm closed tear to the bottom left hand corner. The spine has some loss to the top edge, v shaped extending to the edge of the back, 4 x 2 cm.  There is a small hole half way down the spine. The bottom right back panel corner has small loss 1 x 1 cm. There is a crease running along the top back edge. The rear flap has a large  closed tear 6.5cm that has curled as it is on the hinge, with two creases. The front flap has some browning and curls to the top edge. Not price cut.
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