Five Get Into A Fix. Illustrated by Eileen Soper. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1958. First Edition. Pp,182. A good copy in illustrated dust jacket, with light water marks to folds.

The seventeenth adventure of the Famous Five, published just five years before the final book.

The illustrations by Eileen Soper are integral to this and every Famous Five book. By 1958, Soper’s depictions of Julian, Dick, George, Anne, and Timmy were definitive. Her line drawings perfectly capture the essence of the characters.