Happy Friends by Uncredited

Happy Friends by Uncredited 
Birn Brothers Ltd, Undated

Fair condition

Undated but probable first edition of a scarce 1936 book with early contributions by Enid Blyton (uncredited) - A Hoop Race, Podge the Puppy, Bobtail the Bunny and My Dolly. See http://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/book-details.php?id=1800&title=Happy+Friends. Covers are worn and grubby with some marks where stickers have been removed. Bumping to corners and slight tears to cloth binding on spine. Book plate and inscription on reverse front cover. Age tanning and spotting to pages, particularly to edges. A few small tears to pages, and some separation/loosening where the binding has become visible. The majority of the line drawings have been coloured with crayons. Three of the book's advertised coloured illustrations are missing.