Enid Blyton first edition; The Mystery of the Pantomine Cat, 1949

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

The Mystery of the Pantomine Cat; Being the Seventh Adventure of the Five Find-Outers and Dog, by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by J. Abbey.

Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd, London, 1949. First edition, first impression. Scarce - particularly with dustjacket.

A good cream cloth hardback with green printed cover design featuring a fingerprint and magnifying glass. Lightly bumped with some tanning to spiner and a 1cm frayed area to lower rear edge of spine. With a fair dustjacket - worn to extremities with small loss to rear lower edge of spine and frayed and nicked extremities. Price clipped. The reverse with some tape repairs and water staining. Now housed in removable protective clear plastic sleeve. Soundly bound. 

The text is very good - bright and clear with mild toning and spotting to top edge of text block. With charming black and white illustrations.

Text in English. 

Prelims + 181pp, including illustrations + (2pp).

Approximate dimensions: 190mm high x 131mm wide x 20mm deep.

Weight approximately 256g (unpacked).