Enid Blyton first edition; The Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage, 1954

A first edition of this Enid Blyton first edition, one of her much loved 'Mystery' series books, with its original dustjacket.

The Mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage; Being the Twelfth Adventure of the Five Find-Outers and Dog, by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Treyer Evans.

Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd, London, 1954. First edition, first impression.

A very good blue cloth hardback with black printed cover design featuring a fingerprint and magnifying glass. Lightly bumped. With a 'good minus' dustjacket - worn to extremities with small loss to front centre edge of spine and 6cm closed tear to rear cover. Not price clipped. Now housed in removable protective clear plastic sleeve. Soundly bound. 

The text is very good - bright and clear with mild age toning to text block edge. With lovely black and white illustrations.

Text in English. 

ix including frontispiece + 174pp, including 8 additional black and white plates + (3pp).

Approximate dimensions: 190mm high x 131mm wide x 28mm deep.

Weight approximately 307g (unpacked).