Enid Blyton — Five Are Together Again

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1963. First edition. Cloth. An excellent example of the first edition of Enid Blyton's final 'Famous Five' novel, published twenty-one years after the first instalment of the series. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The twenty-first work in the series.Banished from Kirrin Cottage due to an outbreak of scarlet fever, in this thrilling adventure the gang must identify the thief who has taken the top secret papers belonging to a renowned scientist who is the father of their friend.Illustrated with a number of full page and vignette illustrations from Eileen Soper.With a former owner's inscription to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Minor bump to back strip head, otherwise externally excellent. Inscription to front free endpaper. Light rubbing to dust wrapper back strip, most concentrated to head and tail. Small closed tear to head of fold over front flyleaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: Eileen Soper. Near Fine/Near Fine.