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CAROL COMES TO BROADWAY
Written by Helen Dore Boylston. Illustrated by Major Felten.
Stock no. 2130481
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with dark titles to spine. 4 b/w plates. Bottom of spine is faded. Some browning and bumping along cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and margins. Wrapper is creased with edge-tears and chips; loss to bottom of spine, corners and a few chips along edges.

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BIDDY'S SECRET
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 2130271
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1932. Very good condition.

A Romance of the Abbey Girls. Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w frontis. 264 pages. Spine is bumped and browned with a couple of small nicks to cloth at base. A few marks to covers. Corners are worn. Foxing and some marks to endpapers, outer page edges and page margins. A few hinges are pulled. Scarce item!

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GIRL ANNUAL No. 11
No author listed.
Stock no. 1817456
Published by Longacre Press Ltd.. 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth spine. Pictorial boards showing girl skiing. Some mottling to cloth spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is not price-cut, is faded to spine, edge-rubbed and worn.

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NANCY RETURNS TO ST. BRIDE'S
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by M.D. Johnston.
Stock no. 1317709
Published by Geoffrey Cumberlege; Oxford University Press. 1946. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth covers, blue title to spine. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 288 pages Spine and corners bumped. Fading to cover edges and foxing to spine. Remains of a prize-plate to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is worn and grubby, tears to spine and some loss to spine and edges.

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KENNELMAID NAN
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 2129651
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis. 191 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fade marks to spine. Ink inscription to front endpaper has been covered with white correction fluid. Foxing to outer page edges; a few margin marks. Wrapper is price-cut with tears and chips; some loss to spine and a couple of corners. Fading to wrapper spine.

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THE CONDOR CRAGS ADVENTURE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 2129551
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Godfrey Chudleigh paying one of his annual visits to the Argentine didn't expect that the family's possession of an Inca treasure would lead to his own kidnapping! Pale blue boards with dark blue titles to spine. B/w frontis. 204 pages. Spotting to covers. Page browning and some foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few closed tears and chips; a little loss to a couple of corners.

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THE SERENDIPITY SHOP
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 2129403
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, red title to spine and vignette to front cover. 205 pages. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. Top and tail of spine are faded; some browning to cover edges. Bumping to corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is torn and chipped; with loss to top and tail of spine and surrounding areas; sticky tape repairs; some to verso, but some visible to edges of wrapper.

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MADELINE AND THE BAD HAT
Written by Ludwig Bemelmans. Illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans.
Stock no. 2129315
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour and two-tone illustrations. 1" split to top of spine. Bumping to corners. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few edge-tears and chips; minimal loss; browning to spine.

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THE TESTING OF THE TORMENT
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 2127176
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1925. Almost very good condition.

The second in the 'Torment' trilogy. Grey decorated cloth, oval pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour frontis and 3 b/w plates. 214 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some uneven fading to covers. A few grubby marks. Presentation plate to front endpaper. All plates present. Some foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and a few page margins.

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THE SCHOOL TORMENT
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Harold C. Earnshaw.
Stock no. 2127169
Published by Chambers. 1st 1920. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with light titles. 4 b/w plates. Spine is browned and worn. Bumping to cover edges. A few other marks. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges and to some page margins. All plates present. Corners to pages 353-362 are torn. Hinges next to pages 372/373 is split - can see stitching through. Is starting to make the binding a little weak.

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COUSIN LUCY AMONG THE MOUNTAINS AND COUSIN LUCY ON THE SEA-SHORE
Written by Jacob Abbott.
Stock no. 2126918
Published by Thomas Y. Crowell Co.. Almost very good condition.

The Lucy Books Series. Red cloth with gilt title boxes, black decorations. This is one of 3 volumes in the series, containing two Lucy stories. Spine is browning. Some damp marking to covers and page margins next to spine.

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TATTERS OF THE REMOVE
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2126726
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1978. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green simulated leather covers, gilt titles and decorations. B/w illustrations. Greyfriar's Bookclub Collectors' Edition no. 19. Facsimile of Magnet issue nos 1195 to 1203 Signed by the publisher and limited to 500 copies. ISBN: 0703001426. SIGNED by Publisher. This is Copy No. 112. A little foxing to outer page edges. Original glassine wrapper is browned, especially to spine, with a few closed tears and chips. Slip case is very good, with a few marks.

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