The Rat-A-Tat Mystery by Enid Blyton
$19.00
The Rat-A-Tat Mystery is the fifth adventure in Enid Blyton’s Barney Mystery series. Roger, Diana, Snubby and Barney travel to a remote house in the snow, where unexplained noises, suspicious visitors and a sequence of alarming events draw them into another fast-moving mystery.
This is the first edition, first impression, published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd in 1956. It is bound in the publisher’s red cloth with black spine lettering and was illustrated by Anyon Cook.
Bibliographic details
Author: Enid Blyton
Title: The Rat-A-Tat Mystery
Series: Barney Mystery Series, Book 5
Illustrator: Anyon Cook
Publisher: William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd
Publication place: London and Glasgow
Publication year: 1956
Edition: First edition, first impression
Format: Hardcover
Binding: Red cloth boards
Language: English
Printed in: Great Britain
Genre: Children’s mystery and adventure fiction
ISBN: None stated
Condition: Fair vintage condition. The red cloth boards show fading, rubbing, marks and edge wear. There is handwriting and child’s drawing to the front board, together with small pale marks and heavier wear at the spine ends and corners. Pages show age-toning and light spotting. No dust jacket.
Collections: ALL BOOKS, ALL PRODUCTS, Books > Children-babies > Enid-Blyton, ENID BLYTON, FICTION BOOKS, FIRST EDITIONS, VINTAGE CHILDRENS BOOKS
Type: FICTION
Category: 1956, ANYON COOK, BARNEY MYSTERIES, BOOKS, CHILDREN'S FICTION, CLASSIC CHILDREN'S BOOKS, COLLINS, ENID BLYTON, FICTION, FIRST EDITION, HARDCOVER, MYSTERY, THE RAT-A-TAT MYSTERY, VINTAGE CHILDREN'S BOOKS, VINTAGE CHILDRENS BOOK
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