BLYTON, Enid (author). Stuart TRESILIAN (illustrator). [Complete set of the “Adventure Books”] The Island of Adventure; The Castle of Adventure; The Valley of Adventure; The Sea of Adventure;The Mountain of Adventure; The Ship of Adventure; The Circus of Adventure and The River of Adventure. London Macmillan & Co., Limited. 1944-1955

8vo.; 8 volumes; each book bound in publisher’s pictorial cream (or beige) cloth blocked in black (or brown) and one colour, to spine and upper board, each in pictorial dustwrapper designed by Tresilian with wrap around design in full colour; pp. viii + 3326 + [ii]; viii + 318 + [ii]; x + 340 + [ii]; x + 320 + [i]; viii + 326 + [ii]; viii + 327 + [i]; viii + 326 + [i]; viii + 277 + [i]; with illustrations throughout in black and white by Tresilian; a lovely bright set in correct unclipped dustwrappers (7s 6d for the first 3 and 8s 6d for the final 4 books); “Island” near fine with light dusting and a neat inscription, dated 1944, to front free endpaper in an attractive dustwrapper with closed tears to head of spine and one small chip, nicking to folds and a small hole (8 x 1mm) to upper joint; “Castle” fine with a neat name to front free endpaper, in an attractive jacket with closed tears to head of spine, now neatly repaired to the verso with archival tissue tape, and nicking to corners; “Valley” fine in an attractive dustwrapper with small chipping to spine head and nicking to corners; “Sea” fine with a neat inscription dated 1948 to front free endpaper in a fine jacket; “Mountain” with some darkening to spine cloth and a little white spot, with rubbing to joints, internally generally clean with foxing to first two and final two leaves, in an uncommonly fresh jacket with small nicking to spine head and corners; “Ship” fine with a neat inscription, dated 1950, to front free endpaper, in a pleasing jacket with some foxing to the reverse side, nicking to corners, and chipping to head (to a maximum depth of 8mm); “Circus” fine with a neat early inscription to front free endpaper, in a pleasing jacket with a few tiny closed edge and corner tears and a chip to head of spine (10 x 8mm); “River” fine in a fine jacket; scarce as a set in this condition.

First editions, first printings, throughout.  One of Blyton’s most popular series, which was continued after the second planned volume due to pressure from her readers.  

The thrilling adventures follow a group of young protagonists siblings Philip and Dinah Mannering, siblings Jack and Lucy-Ann Trent and Jack’s talking parrot Kiki, on a trail of escapades across England, Scotland, Wales, and even abroad.