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NANCY TO THE RESCUE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 2110597
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1929. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with black title to spine and blind title and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis and four b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Erased inscriptions to prelims. Some foxing.

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THAT BOARDING-SCHOOL GIRL
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by R.H. Brock.
Stock no. 2110595
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1935. Almost very good condition.

Embossed red cloth covers, black title to spine. Colour frontis, 4 b/w illustrations. 190 pages. Spine is faded, with a little fraying to top corner. Old ink price written to front cover. Some other marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges.

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THE NEW HOUSE CAPTAIN
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Mary Strange Reeve.
Stock no. 1309965
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1st 1928. Fair condition.

Yellow and blue cloth with vignettes to spine and front cover. Colour frontis and 4 b/w plates. 288 pages. Covers are worn and grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown partially torn out. Frontis plate has been badly torn and now has tape repairs on vesro and a small hole to centre. Pencil scribbles erased from title-page. One plate missing and one has large section torn off (and missing) from lower corner. Contents foxed and fingered.

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NANCY AT ST. BRIDE'S
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Stock no. 1309937
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st thus 1965. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, green title to spine. 184 pages. Super Hampton Library. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Contents browned but clean. Price-cut wrapper is worn, torn and creased with loss at corners.

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NANCY CALLS THE TUNE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1708152
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1ST 1944. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, purple title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. New endpapers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has 1/2" loss to top of spine and chipping to base, also grubby.

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THE SCHOOL IN THE WOODS
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by G.M. Anson.
Stock no. 1309768
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Gold cloth, red title and vignette to spine and red vignette to front cover. Colour frontis plate plus 6 b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine bumped and slightly darkened. Light foxing else contents clean. Later dustwrapper (lists a Dimsie book published in 1942 and is a few mm too short for the book!) is price-cut with a few small tears at edges, minimal loss to base of spine. Wrapper is also just a little grubby.

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THAT BOARDING-SCHOOL GIRL
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by R.H. Brock.
Stock no. 1309762
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1926. Fair condition.

Pretty pictorial boards with wraparound picture by Sybil Tawse. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 160 pages. 8.25 x 6.25". Spine worn with old tape marks to spine and also to edges of covers. Corners worn. Covers scuffed, small patch of surface paper damage to rear cover. Prize plate to front endpaper. Small splash marks to margins of pages 90 & 91, contents are well fingered with light foxing. A decent copy of a very early reprint.

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NANCY TO THE RESCUE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Stock no. 1309636
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1930. Slightly better than good condition.

Orange cloth, black title to spine and embossed title and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some splash marks to edge of front cover and a couple of light marks to rear cover. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown, prize-plate to front endpaper. Pencil scribbles to front endpapers (mainly erased). Foxing to contents and a few marks to page margins but contents generally clean.

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THAT BOARDING-SCHOOL GIRL
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by R.H. Brock.
Stock no. 1305450
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1930. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Embossed red cloth covers, black title to spine. Colour frontis, 4 b/w illustrations. 190 pages. Spine and corners bumped, small white mark to top of spine. Prize inscription in ink to front endpaper. Hinge between frontis and title-page is cracked. Foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn, chipped and creased with some loss and also a bit grubby.

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DIMSIE AMONG THE PREFECTS
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Stock no. 1305446
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cream covers with black verticle borders and green border with swan detail. Title in black to spine. Colour frontis. 288 pages. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some light foxing. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and torn with some slight loss, rear panel is a little grubby.

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NANCY TO THE RESCUE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Stock no. 1305440
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1935. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with black titles and vignettes to spine and front cover. Colour frontis and four b/w plates. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper (plus neat additional name). Foxspots to page edges.

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DIMSIE AMONG THE PREFECTS
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Gertrude Demain Hammond.
Stock no. 1106413
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1923. Very good condition.

Cream cloth with gilt title to spine, brown title to front cover and brown vignettes to front and spine. Colour frontis, 4 b/w plates. 288 pages. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots to spine and edge of textblock. Complete with publisher's synopsis loosely inserted.

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