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helen31: collector and purchaser

Greetings from S.E. South Australia

I live in the south-east corner of South Australia, almost on the border with Victoria. We used to be called The Green Triangle because we have a higher rainfall that the rest of South Australia which makes the forest and the grass grow: the rain still falls, but now it's known as The Limestone Coast.
We're famous for our forests and forest products, dairying, fishing, light industry and tourism and especially for The Blue Lake which turns a brilliant Reckitts blue every November and turns back to ordinary blue around Easter.

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I'm primarily a collector

But lately I've branched out into selling secondhand books through my own web-site.
Browse my latest catalogue at
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I collect children's books by authors I read as a child which means anything from Mum's Billabongs and Ethel Turner to Noel Streatfeild. I never owned many books as our family's policy was to borrow from libraries, but the libraries in northern country South Australia where we lived at the time were not good at keeping series by the same author. I've only just found out that Jill had more books about her after Gymkhana and Tamzin and Rissa has further adventures after Wish For A Pony.
There were the school libraries and the Institute Library where you paid an annual fee and they even kept some Enid Blytons! Every 3 months they got Box Books which were new, with dust jackets and were read by me in about 2 weeks. Best of all was the Country Lending Service of the Public Library in Adelaide. They sent the books by train and what a thrill to go to the railway station and wait for your very own parcel wrapped in corrugated cardboard, brown paper and string. They never sent what you asked for - no Enid Blyton - but I remember some gems like my favourite Nancy and Plum, Malcolm Saville and Arthur Ransome.
What was it with librarians and Enid Blyton in the 50s? Did they think we were all going to be corrupted, maybe yelling "Mr. Plod" at policemen and requesting lashings of ginger beer instead of weak raspberry cordial?
One book I did - and still - own is The Two Linties by Clare Mallory, all-time favourite which I practically know by heart. Thank you to the long-ago Sunday School superintendent who alloted it to me. Merry Begins by the same author I consider to be nearly the best school story around, possibly Antonia Forests are better.
Now I am steadily reading through every Abbey book I can lay hands on and thoroughly enjoying this world where everyone is nice to each other.

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User:serendipity8002( 258)  Date:25-Nov-09 16:19:39 AEDST Praise: Quick delivery Friendly emails Until next time THANKYOU! It has been a pleasure. User:esta-nova( 9113)  Date:20-Nov-09 10:27:26 AEDST Praise: Thank you for an easy, pleasant transaction. Excellent buyer. A++++++. User:bafbe( 411)  Date:19-Nov-09 11:05:32 AEDST Praise: splendid! thanks again User:helen4116( 223)  Date:10-Nov-09 12:41:52 AEDST Praise: Lovely little items just as described, well packed and quick delivery. Thankyou User:jaxwaxaus( 334)  Date:09-Nov-09 18:27:34 AEDST Praise: well packed, quick postage, recommended User:thryptsue( 2445)  Date:07-Nov-09 07:54:32 AEDST Praise: Great Ebayer! Quick postage! Thankyou! User:bethmayhem( 211)  Date:04-Nov-09 10:58:33 AEDST Praise: Book arrived safely - thankyou for a pleasant, quick transaction! User:jann4766( 278)  Date:30-Oct-09 16:28:25 AEDST Praise: great arrived quickly no problems User:kwijibo99( 544)  Date:27-Oct-09 21:34:09 AEDST Praise: thanks for the quick shipping. great books. User:bafbe( 411)  Date:24-Oct-09 10:45:32 AEDST Praise: nice item and great service - many thanks To see all feedback for this member, go to the Member Profile page.

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