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Blyton, Enid
The Wishing Chair Again
Publisher: George Newnes Limited, London;
Date of Publication: 1950
Stock Code: 12147
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 192. With numerous black and white illustrations throughout by Hilda McGavin. Bound in the publisher’s red cloth with black titles and facsimile author’s signature to upper board, and black spine titles. With the unclipped illustrated publisher’s dust-jacket by McGavin. Cloth lightly mottled to extreme top of both boards and edges slightly foxed otherwise a crisp, clean copy. Dust-jacket has 1.5 cm of minor loss to lower panel, and discrete small close tears to edges, illustrations are bright and vivid and dust-jacket is unclipped. A very good copy in a very good dust-jacket. The second book in Enid Blyton’s wishing Chair series in which Peter and Mollie adventure to magical lands populated by flying dogs, wizards, witches, house keeping cats, and curmudgeonly elves. Charmingly illustrated by Hilda McGavin, the Wishing Chair books have enchanted generations of children and adults alike. Scarce. £200.00