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STRANGERS AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1326294
Published by Collins. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, green titles to spine. Colour frontis. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Light browning to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with white paper reinforcements and some foxing on verso.

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THE THIRD CLASS AT MISS KAYE'S
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by A.A. Dixon.
Stock no. 1326279
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with gilt title blocks. 4 b/w plates. 256 pages plus publication list to rear. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some light scuffing and a small damp stain to rear cover. Remains of a label to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Foxing and a light tobacco smell to contents. A nice copy of the first edition.

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WORRALS DOWN UNDER
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326237
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

When Worrals and her friend Frecks go to Australia to start up their own airline they expect a quiet and steady life. Instead they are met with high adventure. Blue cloth, black title to spine. Colour frontis. Spine and corners bumped. Spine very slightly darkened. Some foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, sunned to spine and a bit grubby to rear panel.

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WORRALS OF THE W.A.A.F.
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326236
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1942. Good condition.

Blue cloth, blue title to spine. B/w frontis. 220 pages. Third impression. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small stain to edge of rear cover. Bookworm(?) damage to margins of prelims and first 16 pages. Light foxing to textblock.

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ALTHEA JOINS THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by D. Brook.
Stock no. 1826862
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1969. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A chain of family events lead Althea Glenyon to choose to go to the Chalet School. She makes friends with Len and her family and with the girls of Upper IVB. Blue boards, with gilt title and border on spine. B/w frontis plate. 173 pages. 7.5 x 5". ISBN: 0550306579. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a couple of small closed edge tears (no loss) and a stain to lower rear edge, minor nibble of loss to rear flap fold.

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WORRALS ON THE WAR-PATH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326112
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Pale blue cloth, parachute vignette. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Damp(?) spotting to covers. A few foxspots to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is torn in half down centre of spine and title at top of spine is also detached (but still present). There is some slight loss to top and tail of spine and to lower edge of rear panel. Spine and rear panel are a little grubby.

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WORRALS FLIES AGAIN
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326041
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth with black titles and vignette of Worrals to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 3rd impression. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Covers and contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with a tiny piece missing to top edge of front panel. Rear panel and spine very slightly grubby.

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WORRALS OF THE W.A.A.F.
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326038
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. Colour frontis, 220 pages. 5th impression. Some faint staining to edge of front cover. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name and date in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and slightly grubby to rear panel. Front flap of wrapper is creased and has been price-cut by publisher with 7s 6d net printed above.

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WORRALS ON THE WAR-PATH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326025
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. Very good condition.

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 and corners bumped. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing, mainly to textblock and to prelims.

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THE CHALET SCHOOL AND ROSALIE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1826634
Published by Armada. 1st thus 1987. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps, White spine. ISBN: 0006928498. Rear cover a little grubby and sticky. Contents browned with age and with a few brown margin marks.

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STEPSISTERS FOR LORNA
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1325888
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Complete and unedited. Pictorial cardwraps. 223 pages. B/w text illustrations. Part of the Wynyards School Series. ISBN: 1904417310. Minimal rubbing to cover edges, crease to lower corner of rear cover. Some light marks to textblock.

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THE LEADER OF THE LOWER SCHOOL
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by John Campbell.
Stock no. 1826261
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1927. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial cloth, cream titles. Colour frontis plate, 4 b/w plates. 7 x 5". 256 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small split to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page browning; some foxing. Wrapper spine is very browned with foxing and couple of small pieces of loss to base; grubby marks also to wrapper; some edge-creasing.

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