TREASURE AT AMORYS

First Published 1964 by Newnes

First Edition dustwrapper. Click to enlarge
First Edition wrapper
Illustrated by Terry Freeman

15th in the Lone Pine series.

Jon and Penny go on a cycle ride to the Isle of Oxney, near Rye. There they befriend an elderly Major, and volunteer the others to help him open his house, Amorys, for guests.
Some Roman remains have recently been unearthed locally and some old acquaintances of the Piners are about, and trouble blows up immediately.

First edition:
Hardback with dustwrapper; blue boards, gilt blocking - front board includes pine tree logo; top of page edges coloured blue; 130x190mm; 192pp; two different map endpapers; title page vignette and 11 chapter-head illustrations.
Dustwrapper front full colour picture of group outside pub, spine separate illustration; cp 10/6.

First edition variant: my copy has a plain front board and the top edges of the page block is not coloured, otherwise as above.

Other Editions:

Children's Book Club c1965:
Hardback edition; no date; green boards; 192pp; original map and illustrations; dustwrapper not credited, shows boy being lowered into well, others around.
CBC edition. Click to enlarge (File size=23KB)
Children's Book Club edition

Collins edition wrapper. Click to enlarge
Collins edition dustwrapper
courtesy of Mike McGarry
Collins 1969:
Revised hardback edition; with dustwrapper.

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The Armada edition
Armada 1970:
Paperback edition; map; no illustrations; 189pp; Armada number C354; cp dual '3/6 17½p'.
Reprinted 1971/2: cp 20p; ... 1975;

Collins Budget 1971:
Hardback with pictorial front board and spine; 125x190mm; 189pp; 2 maps; no illustrations; ISBN 0-00-160221-7; no cp
Collins 'Budget' edition. Click to enlarge (File size=24KB)
Collins 'Budget' edition

Jade cover. Click to enlarge (File size=23KB)
The Jade edition
Jade 1991:
Paperback edition; no map; no illustrations; cover by Ron King; cover design by Samantha Edwards; 192pp; cp £2.99

Molino 1969:
Spanish translation as El Tesoro De Amorys Translation by M. L. Pol de Ramirez; 151 pages; no map; eight black & white illustrations by Escolano, unique to this edition; cover by Badia Camps.

[For information on this edition, thanks to Steven Handy]

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Molino 1969
courtesy of Steven Handy

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