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JEN OF THE ABBEY SCHOOL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1328336
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Seagull Library edition. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 311 pages. Top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Slight fading to cover edges. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. A couple of small brown marks to page margins. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, edge worn with slight loss and rear panel is slightly grubby.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS ON TRIAL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1328334
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Seagull library edition. Blue boards. Silver title. 288 pages. Top edge blue. Slight bumping and browning to top and tail of spine. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Dustwrapper is foxed and edge worn/torn with small piece of loss to lower edge of rear panel.

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JEN OF THE ABBEY SCHOOL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1328333
Published by Collins. 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seagull Library edition. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 311 pages. Top edge blue. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is foxed and slightly edge worn.

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STOWAWAYS IN THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1328332
Published by Collins. 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Seagull Library series. Blue boards. 256 pages. Top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Browning to cover edges. Faint booksellers ink stamp to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some loss.

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WORRALS ON THE WAR-PATH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1328313
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Worrals of the W.A.A.F. on her second dangerous wartime sortie into France, where she meets an old enemy. Peach cloth with red titles and vignette to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Damp(?) spotting to front cover. Rear endpaper browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and a few edge tears, spine is slightly grubby and damp stained.

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ELLA AT THE WELLS
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by Eve Guthrie.
Stock no. 1328181
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 6 b/w illustrations. 188 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to covers. Spine foxed/browned. Front joint is just starting to crack. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss and browned to spine.

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THE NAUGHTIEST GIRL AGAIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1328162
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1943. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. More adventures of the naughtiest girl in the school. Spine bumped with faded patches and a damp stain at base. Date in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock, endpapers and page margins.

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PEGGY SPEEDS THE PLOUGH
Written by Madge S. Smith. Illustrated by Edith Brier.
Stock no. 1828290
Published by Oxford University Press. 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The adventures of Peggy who leaves school to work for the Land Army. Cream cloth, green titles and vignettes. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 254 pages. 7.5 x 5". Reprint. Boards grubby. Text block browned and marked. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown (mostly hidden by front flap of dustwrapper when closed). Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and grubby.

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A HEAD GIRL'S DIFFICULTIES
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1327616
Published by Friends Of The Chalet School. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

The second of the La Rochelle books. Complete and unabridged. Pictorial cardwraps. 202 pages. ISBN: 095362692X. Minimal fading to spine and minimal rubbing to cover edges.

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THE BALLET TWINS
Written by Jean Estoril; Mabel Esther Allan. Illustrated by Lucy Su.
Stock no. 1827789
Published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st thus 1989. Very good condition.

Originally published as 'We Danced in Bloomsbury Square'. Debbie and Dorrie share a determination to be ballerinas... by the author of the Drina books. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0356168042. SIGNED with personal gift inscription and dated by the author to front endpaper. Boards lightly bumped at corners and a little scuffed. Tiny nick to top of spine. Contents browned.

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ELSIE J. OXENHAM OMNIBUS FOR GIRLS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1327432
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st 1932. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Three complete full length novels, including 'Win through', 'At home', and 'Play up'. Orange covers with black titles. Top edge red. Spine bumped. Covers slightly grubby at edges. Prize plate to front pastedown. Small orange stain to lower corner of front free-endpaper else contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge torn/chipped but no loss.

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THE GIRL'S OWN ANNUAL - VOLUME 57
Written by Gladys M. Spratt; Elsie J. Oxenham; Alfred Bestall; et al; Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; M. Sankey; et al..
Stock no. 1327267
Published by The Girl's Own Paper Office. Good condition.

Large heavy format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Includes Oxenham story "Peggy and the Brotherhood" and Brent-Dyer story "The Robins Make Good". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some damp staining to covers. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Some page browning and foxing and some light fingermarks to page margins. Generally contents clean.

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