So I received an email, bloggers, from a blog follower
giving me a hint that there was a small hardback Monster Mountain on ebay’s
Australian site. It was a bit expensive
though, but I had my eyes opened a wee bit.
You see, I hadn’t really bothered looking to Australia much for this
collection as postage rates are eye-wateringly high so imagine my surprise when
I saw not only this small Monster Mountain but another two; along with dozens
of other high quality hardbacks both Collins and Random House. There were in fact easily five times as many
Collins hardbacks listed than on the UK site.
I have a theory that these Collins books were very heavily distributed
in the colonies. A quick check of other
titles appeared to confirm this theory; there were plenty of Malcolm Savilles,
Hardy Boys, Nancy Drews, Pony Libraries, Enid Blytons, Jennings, etc etc. Check it out if you don’t believe me; here’s a link to the
three investigators books currently listed down under:
If you look and don’t see considerably more than are listed
on the UK site, I’ll eat my hat.
Fortunately, folks, it’s a chocolate hat, so I’m covered in case of any
eventuality.
Anyway, I went ahead and ordered the book and here it
is:
Not bad, if a little worn at edges of spine. This, of course, completes my small hardback
collection and indeed my UK hardback collection as I now have all large and
small hardbacks in the series. Sheer
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