The Three Golliwogs
Antiquarian & Collectible Children's Adventure Vintage British Children's Literature 1960s Nostalgia Fiction Illustrated Storybook Young Reader Fantasy Bedtime Story
The Three Golliwogs – Enid Blyton’s 1969 first-edition hardcover – is one of the scarcest titles in the Blyton canon, long withdrawn and never reprinted in this original form. For collectors of vintage children’s literature, a genuine 1st printing is the cornerstone of any Blyton shelf, and this 184-page illustrated copy delivers the classic adventure-fantasy tone that made her a household name. Because the book was “personalised” in 1969 with a neat ownership stamp and gentle inscription on the front end-paper, it carries the extra charm of a single-family copy that has never been through the circulating-library system, yet it remains complete and tight in its binding.
Inside, readers meet the three spirited gollies—Golly, Woggie and Nigger—who tumble from one fast-paced escapade to the next: outwitting burglars, exploring secret islands and staging midnight picnics. Blyton’s rhythmic, read-aloud prose and the lively full-page line drawings make the story as much fun for bedtime sharing as it is for adult nostalgia. Foxing spots on just four page-tops and uniformly ambered closed edges are typical of 1960s paper stock and do not obscure text or artwork; the pages are otherwise clean and turn without cracking.
For the collector, this copy checks every box: first printing, illustrated boards, no library marks, and priced sensibly for an “acceptable” graded example of a book that rarely surfaces in any condition. Whether you are completing a Blyton first-edition set, hunting antiquarian children’s adventures, or simply want the singular pleasure of reading the original, unedited text exactly as children encountered it in 1969, The Three Golliwogs offers a tangible piece of storytelling history that modern reprints can never replicate.
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