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THE GIRL'S OWN ANNUAL - VOLUME 57
Written by Gladys M. Spratt; Elsie J. Oxenham; Alfred Bestall; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2112187
Published by The Girl's Own Paper Office. Circa 1936. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large heavy format. Blue 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". Light bumping and wear to spine and a couple of corners. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing and page browning. Scarce wrapper is foxed, with some edge-creasing and closed tears; a few small chips of loss.

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THE GIRLS OF GWYNFA
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1501811
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1924. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with embossed decoration and blind titles to front cover. Spine has gilt titles with author/publisher name in black and embossed decoration. Colour frontis. 310 pages. Spine is bumped at top and bottom with very small splits. Corners bumped and worn. Rear cover is stained with a few small marks. Ink inscription and small bookseller's sticker to front endpaper. Small patch of damage to top 1cm of rear joint. Couple of hinges cracked. Browned to endpapers. Heavy foxing, mostly to page edges. Odd margin mark. Contained in a photcopy dustwrapper.

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NANCY TO THE RESCUE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Stock no. 2112108
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1935. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, black title to spine and embossed title and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Crossed out inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-tears and chips; some small pieces of loss; grubby.

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SELMA AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 2112107
Published by Collins. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

Cream boards, blue title to spine. Colour frontis plate. 255 pages. Some grubby marks and light wear to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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TO BE A BALLERINA AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Pamela Brown. Illustrated by Marcia Lane Foster.
Stock no. 2112102
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1957. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine, vignette to front cover. Colour frontis + b/w illustrations. A few marks/light scuffing to covers. Couple of corners are bumped. Grubby marks to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE SECOND TERM AT ROCKLANDS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1501786
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1939. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth, black titles, borders and vignette of girls playing hockey. 128 pages. Colour frontis. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine is browned. A few marks to covers. Damage to rear joint but is being held in place by endpapers. Erased pencil writing to front pastedown. Presentation inscription to half title page. Some page browning and foxing especially to prelims and page edges.

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MORE ABOUT FRANCESCA
Written by Annemarie Norden; Christine Hyatt. Illustrated by Ruth Von Hagen-Torn.
Stock no. 1108798
Published by Burke Books. 1st 1974. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Pink and white line drawings to contents. Translated by Hyatt. ISBN: 0222002999. Spine is faded. Light foxing to outer page edges.

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MISS ANNE'S SURPRISE
Written by Grace Pettman.
Stock no. 1108793
Published by The Book Society. Circa 1940. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with black titles and borders/decorations. Colour plates. Some grubby margin marks. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with some loss to top of spine and top edges of panels; creased and grubby in places.

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THE MANOR HOUSE SCHOOL
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Arthur A. Dixon.
Stock no. 1108784
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1922. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial cloth, colour frontis and 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. Prize plate to front pastedown. Some page browning and foxing. Wrapper is grubby and browned, with tears and a little loss to corners and top and tail of spine.

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POLLYANNA'S PROTEGEE
Written by Margaret Piper Chalmers.
Stock no. 1108775
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1949. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with pink title to spine. Uneven fading to covers; dent/small nick to bottom of front cover. Page browning; a little foxing. Wrapper is price-cut with large tear - nearly all way down one side of spine; other tears and chips, some with loss and creased. Wrapper spine is faded.

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MORE ADVENTURES OF ALISON
Written by Sheila Stuart. Illustrated by Gervase.
Stock no. 1108761
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth with dark brown titles to spine and front cover. 4 b/w plates. 286 pages. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some marks and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has large edge-tears; a few to corners have small pieces of loss; creased.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS AT HOME
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1808066
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1941. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Ninth Abbey Girls story. Orange cloth with silver titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. 276 pages. Minor uneven fading to covers. Silver titles nice and bright. Minor foxing to outer page edges. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears and small chips, lightly faded to spine and slightly grubby to rear panel. Overall a nice copy.

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