[The 'Secret Seven' books].

£2,500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books · No longer available

A very good, complete first edition set of the 15 full-length Secret Seven novels, scarce to find together in collectable condition. The Secret Seven, 1949, colour frontis black white ills. by George Brook; The Secret Seven Adventure, 1950, ill. George Brook; Well Done, Secret Seven!, 1951, ill. George Brook; Secret Seven on the Trail, 1952, ill. George Brook; Go Ahead Secret Seven, 1953, ill. Bruno Kay; Good Work Secret Seven, 1954, ill. Bruno Kay; Secret Seven Win Through, 1955, ill. Bruno Kay; Three Cheers Secret Seven, 1956, ill. Burgess Sharrocks; Secret Seven Mystery, 1957, ill. Burgess Sharrocks; Puzzle for the Secret Seven, 1958, ill. Burgess Sharrocks; Secret Seven Fireworks, 1959, ill. Burgess Sharrocks; Good Old Secret Seven, 1960, ill. Burgess Sharrocks; Shock for the Secret Seven, 1961, ill. Burgess Sharrocks; Look out Secret Seven, 1962, ill. Burgess Sharrocks; Fun for the Secret Seven, 1963, ill. Burgess Sharrocks. First editions, first impressions; 15 vols (complete); 8vo (194 x 138 mm); frontispieces and illustrations by George Brook, Bruno Kay, and Burgess Sharrocks, some with spotting to text block edges with the very occasional encroachment to a few page extremities, otherwise very good condition; publisher's pictorial cloth with lettering to boards and spines, unclipped dust-jackets, except for 'Three Cheers Secret Seven', no ownership or gift inscriptions (except faint pencil erasure shadow in two to be absolutely precise), some discreet closed tears and

• Binding: Hardcover

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