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SCHOOLGIRL JEN AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1814760
Published by Collins. 1st 1950. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth covers, dark green titles and vignettes. Colour frontis plate. 256 pages. 7.5 x 5". Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and a little grubby.

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THE CONQUEST OF CHRISTINA
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1208817
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1925. Very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine and black title to front cover, pictorial onlays to front and spine. Colour frontis and title-page, b/w illustrations. 343 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine onlay slightly scuffed. Covers bright and clean. Endpapers browned. Foxing to prelims. Light page browning.

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THE FEUD IN THE FIFTH REMOVE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Ellis Silas.
Stock no. 1208801
Published by R.T.S.; The Girl's Own Paper Office. Circa 1934. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Brick red cloth, blue titles in borders. Colour frontis. 222 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few small marks to covers. Slight foxing to prelims. Rear endpapers a little grubby. Occasional foxspots to contents. Pictorial wrapper is worn at edges with very slight loss, strengthened with tape at top and tail of spine on verso and grubby to rear.

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BETSY-GO-LUCKY OF THE FOURTH
Written by Jessie Leckie Herbertson. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1814725
Published by Jarrolds Publishers. Circa 1928. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. 284 pages. Colour frontis, 4 b/w plates. Boards lightly marked. Joints weak but binding tight. Prize bookplate to front endpaper. Scattered foxing.

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A GO-AHEAD SCHOOLGIRL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Harold C. Earnshaw.
Stock no. 1814714
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1919. Good condition.

Green cloth with decorations. 6 b/w plates. 376 pages. Spine & corners rubbed. Text block browned. Front endpapers have multiple inscriptions in ink and free endpapers are unevenly browned. A few grubby marks to margins and a few pulled hinges.

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DANCER ON HOLIDAY
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by Esme Verity.
Stock no. 1208797
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A broken ankle gives Annette Dancy an unexpected holiday at home in the lovely old peel tower where he family lives. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis and a couple of colour and b/w plates. Spine very slightly bumped. Light brown stain to lower corners of pages else a near fine copy. Wrapper, price-cut by publisher, has light brown stain at front corners, a closed tear repaired on verso and is rubbed at edges.

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THE SCHOOL IN THE FOREST
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Dewar Mills.
Stock no. 1316847
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1944. Very good condition.

Green cloth, dark green titles to front cover and spine. 4 b/w plates. 288 pages, top edge stained green. Spine and corners bumped and spine worn. Some light spotting to lower edge of rear cover. Name and date in ink to front pastedown, inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to textblock.

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NANCY AT ST. BRIDE'S
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Stock no. 1316835
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, silver title to spine. 288 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded and faint spotting to covers. Endpapers browned. Heavy foxing to endpapers, prelims and page edges. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with just a little loss and foxed to flaps and verso.

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POLLYANNA OF THE ORANGE BLOSSOMS
Written by Harriet Lummis Smith.
Stock no. 1507668
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with dark titles and border to spine and front cover. 208 pages. Spine faded. Top rear corner bumped. A little foxing/darkening to top edges of covers. 1" square blue label to front pastedown. Browning to endpapers. A few fox spots to text block. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears to ends of spine and folds. Spine faded. A couple of small marks to rear panel.

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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Florence Harrison; Ethel Talbot; Angela Brazil; Violet M. Methley; et al. Illustrated by Florence Harrison; Warwick Reynolds; Frank Wiles; C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1507661
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial paper boards show girl in red blazer with tennis racket, cloth spine. 4 colour plates, 1 colour plate by Florence Harrison. B/w and two tone illustrations. First story is 'The Socialist' by Mrs. J.D. Westwood. 208 pages. Spine bumped, worn and browned with a few marks. Corners and cover edges worn. Marks to covers. Small amount of crossed out writing to front endpaper. Grubby mark to top corner of half-title page. Rear joint and a couple of hinges cracked but binding is firm. Light foxing and a few marks to contents. All plates present.

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GRETA'S DOMAIN
Written by Bessie Marchant. Illustrated by W. Rainey.
Stock no. 1407052
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1911. Slightly better than good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles to spine and front. 6 b/w plates. 282 pages plus 32 page book list at rear. Some bumping to spine and corners. Corners rubbed. Couple of little bumps to top and bottom of rear board. Book leans to one side. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint and some hinges badly cracked meaning binding feels loose. Marks mostly to margins of some pages. 1 plate is MISSING and one is detached.

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THE NAUGHTIEST GIRL AGAIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1507563
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1942. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth. B/w illustrations. More adventures of the naughtiest girl in the school. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers a little grubby and marked. Ink inscription and address to front endpaper. Contents generally clean. A few fox spots. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears and chips to ends of spine and folds. Spine browned. Wrapper slightly grubby and foxed on front and verso.

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