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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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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Winifred F. Peck; Florence Harrison; C. Bernard Rutley; Angela Brazil; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; Florence Harrison; Ruth Cobb; et al..
Stock no. 1324830
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1931. Good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Front board shows a girl in skirt and blazer with a black dog on a lead. First story is "The First Flight" by Peck. 4 colour plates, b/w text illustrations throughout. Corners are worn, edges rubbed. Spine and rear cover slightly grubby, front cover lightly scuffed. Name plate to front pastedown. Inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents.

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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Angela Brazil; E.E. Cowper; Josephine Elder; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; Florence Harrison; et al..
Stock no. 1324829
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Cloth spine, cream front board showing dark-haired girl with hat on. First story is "The Luck of the School" by Angela Brazil. 4 colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Covers are edge worn. Front cover and spine a little grubby. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Front joint (between frontis and title-page) is cracked showing webbing beneath. Some foxing and fingering to contents. Plate opposite page 56 is loose but still present.

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STEPSISTERS FOR LORNA
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1324810
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Complete and unedited. Pictorial cardwraps. 223 pages. B/w text illustrations. Part of the Wynyards School Series. ISBN: 1904417310. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. A few tiny light marks to textblock else contents fine.

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THE CHALET SCHOOL AND THE LINTONS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1324806
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2020. Very good condition.

"For this GGBP edition we have used the text of the original hardback edition, which contained very few errors. We have added the occasional missing full stop, comma or quotation mark". Pictorial cardwraps. 285 pages. ISBN: 9781847452634. Some foxspots to textblock. Small mark to top edge of textblock also affects top margins of a few of the rear pages.

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DORA: A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL
Written by May Baldwin. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1324698
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Circa 1923. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with dark blue vignettes and titles. 6 b/w plates. 319 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown and name plate to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Some foxing to contents.

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