Quartette At Barnham Corners by Ellen Elliot

Quartette At Barnham Corners

by Ellen Elliot

Pickering & Inglis, 1951 [First Edition], colour frontispiece, yellow cloth hardcover with stamped illustration on front, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing to edges and corners, front fly-leaf removed, creasing to page 18, dust-jacket shows edge and shelf wear with tears, chipping, wear and minor soiling, small tears to spine and small missing part at top of spine (see photographs)

"In the quiet little village of Barnham Corners four teenagers meet while on holiday.  Against the background of the ordinary everyday tasks - fruit bottling, gardening, baking - vivid imagination depicts exciting happenings as we try to solve the mystery of the old mill, or to discover what the burglars were after at Miss Felicity's house.  The sturdiness of character shown by the quartette when confronted by difficult problems brings home the intrinsic value of a Christian faith, while the many delightful touches in description - the ethereal looking brother with mind seldom above 'vittles' - the peeping through the for-once open gate in the walled garden - the reunion of mother and son - and the happy-ever-after of the parted lovers - will make sufficient appeal to establish the book as a general favourite."