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THE GIRLS OF GWYNFA
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1327252
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Bedford Library. Blue cloth, brown titles to spine and brown title labels to front cover (also brown decorative lines). B/w frontis. 310 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Prize plate to front pastedown, name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing, mainly to prelims and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and torn with some loss to top and tail of spine.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Charles Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1327251
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Almost very good condition.

Dark green cloth with gilt titles and vignettes to spine and front cover. Endpapers and title-page are illustrted in b/w by Robinson. Colour frontis uncredited. 320 pages. Gilt to covers has dulled. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Heavy foxing else contents clean.

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ADVENTURE FOR TWO
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1327250
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1949. Good condition.

Red boards, silver title to spine. 6 b/w illustrations. 271 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine badly faded. Prize plate to front pastedown. Front joint cracked. Textblock is slightly grubby and there is a small stain to lower edge of textblock.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS IN TOWN
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1327249
Published by The Children's Press. 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Boy's and Girls' Library. Green boards with silver titles and vignette. 124 pages. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Contents are browned but clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and slightly rubbed at corners.

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A HOLIDAY QUEEN
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1327248
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Very good condition.

Blue boards with black titles and decorations. B/w pictorial endpapers and title-page (illustrated by Charles Robinson). 346 pages. Spine bumped and rubbed. Some slight spotting to edges. A few foxspots to textblock.

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DAMARIS DANCES
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1327247
Published by Oxford University Press. 1947. Very good condition.

Blue cloth covers, dark blue titles and vignette. Colour frontis plate. B/w illustrations. 271 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Initials CC written in red biro to front free-endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby but generally clean.

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THE GIRLS OF THE ABBEY SCHOOL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Elsie Anna Wood.
Stock no. 1327246
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Good condition.

Red boards with black titles and decorated borders to spine and front cover. 327 pages. Colour frontis. Spine and corners bumped and worn. 1" piece to top of spine is detached and currently present inside the book. Foxing to textblock and last few pages.

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JOY'S NEW ADVENTURE
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Rene Cloke.
Stock no. 1327051
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1935. Almost very good condition.

A Romance of the Abbey Girls. Pale blue cloth with gilt titles to front and spine. 4 b/w plates. 254 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Small black spot to edge of front cover. Small booksellers sticker (Foyles) to front pastedown. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing to page margins and textblock. Very slight damage (surface paper?) to edge of front free-endpaper. A decent copy of the scarce first edition.

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PATCH AND A PAWN
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1327050
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1940. Good condition.

Orange cloth, black titles. B/w frontis. 250 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers a bit grubby. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing and some grubby fingermarks to contents.

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MARGERY MEETS THE ROSES
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1327049
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

18-year-old Margery Paine goes to Rainbows, a model village built by a young heiress, to open its first sweet shop. Blue cloth, black title to spine. B/w frontis. 258 pages. Spine slightly bumped with some slight fading to base. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Light browning to endpapers and light foxing to textblock. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge chipped at spine.

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STRANGERS AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1327047
Published by Collins. 1st 1951. Good condition.

Green cloth, green titles to spine. Colour frontis. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Small black mark to top of spine. Front free-endpaper removed, half title-page is part detached at top 2".

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THE GIRL WHO WOULDN'T MAKE FRIENDS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1327046
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1943. Good condition.

Orange cloth with black titles and vignettes. B/w frontis plate by P.B. Hickling. 288 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers slightly grubby. Writing in ink to endpapers (front and rear) and some erased pencil writing. Textblock is grubby. Some foxing and fingering to page margins.

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