The phenomenally scarce true first edition of the first title in Enid Blyton\'s iconic Famous Five series of children\'s books. Sadly lacking dust jacket and with some flaws with condition, this is nonetheless an accessible copy for any collector to own. At the time of listing, there is only one other first state printing by Hodder & Stoughton for sale in the country at £1,450.00 (but with dust jacket).In their first adventure, the Famous Five find a shipwreck off Kirrin Island. But where is the treasure? The Famous Five are on the trail, looking for clues, but they\'re not alone. Someone else has got the same idea!Time is running out for the Famous Five - who will follow the clues and get to the treasure first?This copy suffers unfortunately for having extremely marked boards, as well as some unsightly drawings in various-coloured pens on the front endpapers and half-title. Mercifully, the child at least deigned not to colour in the text pages or illustrations - other than the preliminaries it is quite a clean copy throughout.Five on a Treasure Island by Enid Blyton. Published by Hodder & Stoughton August 1942. 191pp. Hardback, lacking dust jacket. Book condition: Poor - boards heavily marked, extensively drawn in on front endpapers and half-title but otherwise clean throughout. Tight binding.