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Oxus Series: Holiday adventure series with ponies thrown in for good measure. The strange names of the titles come from the fantasy games the children play as they pretend they are exploring far off lands, rather than their real-life Exmoor!
1) THE FAR DISTANT OXUS (JONATHAN CAPE 1937) ILLUSTRATED BY PAMELA WHITLOCK Reprinted in hardback by Jonathan Cape, Reprinted in hardback by Collins, some editions slightly abridged. Reprinted in paperback by Armada in the 1970s, not known if abridged or not. Most recently it has been republished unabridged in paperback by Fidra Books. It is at the moment of writing still in print and can be bought from the Fidra website or bookshops. There was also a US edition published by Macmillan. This was abridged. EDITIONS PICTURED: Jonathan Cape reprint, Collins reprint (abridged), Armada paperback, American edition (abridged), Fidra reprint SUMMARY:A party of children stay in a farmhouse on Exmoor, meet other like-minded children, and have all sorts of adventures, mostly on horseback but also on a raft. They have the sort of holiday that everybody would like to have if only they could!
For a taster of the first chapter please visit this page on the Fidra website. (You can also buy a copy from the website)
2) ESCAPE TO PERSIA (JONATHAN CAPE 1938) ILLUSTRATED BY PAMELA WHITLOCK There was also a US edition published by Macmillan. EDITIONS PICTURED: 1st edition SUMMARY: The Hunterleys escape a dull holiday with an Aunt in London to re-enter their beloved 'Persia' (aka Exmoor!)
3) OXUS IN SUMMER (JONATHAN CAPE 1939) ILLUSTRATED BY PAMELA WHITLOCK Also a Book Club edition Published in the USA in Hardback by Macmillan. EDITIONS PICTURED: 1st edition, Book Club edition SUMMARY: More adventures for the children on Exmoor.
Collectors info: The Far Distant Oxus was the only one of the series to be reprinted extensively and is thus by far the easiest of all of them to find. Even so, until the recent reprint by Fidra Books it was not particularly easy to come across. Now it is not hard to find at all in either the UK or the USA. The others can be quite rare and expensive to buy, although it is possible that Fidra may reprinting these at some point in time.
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