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ALTHEA JOINS THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by D. Brook.
Stock no. 1325488
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition.

"For this GGBP edition we have used the text of the original hardback edition. It contained a great many apparent errors, and the appendix explains how we dealt with them. We hope we have not added any new ones". Pictorial cardwraps. 191 pages. ISBN: 1904417930. Minimal rubbing to corners.

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REDHEADS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1325483
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Cardwraps. 235 pages. ISBN: 9781847451095. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Small, light mark to textblock.

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SCHOOLGIRL KITTY
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by W.E. Wightman.
Stock no. 1325331
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth with circular pictorial purple and blue vignette to centre of girls head and on spine. Titles in purple. 4 b/w plates. 320 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly darkened. Small mark to top of spine and a few small, light marks to rear cover. Name plate and small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing.

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DIMSIE MOVES UP
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 1325246
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1921. Good condition.

Pictorial cloth covers. Gilt titles. 4 colour plates. 254 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped, split to top of spine. Covers slightly grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to contents. One plate is part detached.

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THE UPPER FIFTH IN COMMAND
Written by Winifred Darch. Illustrated by M.D. Johnston.
Stock no. 1325244
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1934. Good condition.

The New Ensign Series. Lovely pictorial boards. Colour frontis plate. 256 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Spine has split at edges but is still attached. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to textblock and some pages.

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THE TREASURE OF GLENTHORPE PRIORY
Written by Ierne L. Plunket. Illustrated by Edith Brier.
Stock no. 1325232
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1932. Very good condition.

Pictorial paper boards. Colour frontis. 96 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge worn. Rear cover is slightly grubby, spine is browned and rubbed. Heavy foxing.

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GIRL NEIGHBOURS
Written by Sarah Tytler. Illustrated by C.T. Garland.
Stock no. 1325212
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1903. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. 6 b/w plates. 351 pages plus catalogue to rear. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Prize plate to front pastedown and name plate to verso of half title-page. Foxing else a clean copy.

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THE BIG BUDGET FOR GIRLS
Written by M.E. Buckingham; et al. Illustrated by T.H. Robinson; Stanley Lloyd; Gordon Browne; et al..
Stock no. 1325124
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1932. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Front cover shows two girls making hay. Colour frontis. 4 b/w plates. B/w text illustrations.. First story is 'Mill's Race' by Buckingham. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Spine browned. Inscription in ink and ink name stamp to front free-endpaper. Frontis is detached but still present. Foxing else contents clean.

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THE BIG BUDGET FOR GIRLS
Written by Beryl Irving; Doris Pocock; C. Bernard Rutley; M.E. Buckingham; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; D.L. Mays; et al..
Stock no. 1325121
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards. Front cover shows two girls on a motorbike. Colour frontis. 4 b/w plates. B/w text illustrations. First story is 'The Feud at St. Fabian's' by Irving. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light foxing/grubby marks to covers but generally covers are still bright. Endpapers foxed with some foxspots to contents. Evidence of pencil erasure marks to front free-endpaper.

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DEIRA JOINS THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; Caroline German.
Stock no. 1324987
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st 2010. Very good condition.

Motherless from birth, fifteen-year-old Deira O'Hagan is suddenly plucked from her tiny day-school and sent overseas to become a boarder at the Chalet School. Pictorial cardwraps. 281 pages. B/w frontis. ISBN: 9781847450968. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Minimal fading to spine. Barcode label stuck to rear cover. Book leans to one side a little (just from where it has been read). Contents clean.

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THE OXFORD ANNUAL FOR GIRLS 9TH YEAR
Written by Nancy M. Hayes; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; Eleanor Helme; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1324965
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1927. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pictorial front board showing a young lady sat on a fence. First story 'That ordinary girl'. 6 colour plates, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, covers slightly edge rubbed. Heavy foxing. Old price to front free-endpaper (blotted out with pencil). Scarce dustwrapper is grubby, foxed, worn and torn with tape repairs on verso. Small section of loss to lower edge of rear cover has been patched with paper of similar colour.

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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Margaret Middleton; Florence Harrison; Angela Brazil; et al. Illustrated by M.D. Johnston; C.E. Brock; Gordon Browne; et al..
Stock no. 1324962
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cream cloth spine with blue title. Pictorial front board shows girl with tennis racquet. Colour plates. B/w text illustrations. First story is "One Crowded Hour" by Margaret Middleton. Covers edge worn. Spine bumped and grubby. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Title page is slightly torn at inner margin. Foxing to contents, mainly textblock.

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