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MRS STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR GIRLS
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; Christine Chaundler; et al. Illustrated by Grace Lodge; C.E. Brock; Helen Stratton; C.E. Brock; et al.; et al.; et al..
Stock no. 1325620
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Fair condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing girl playing tennis. Includes "A Horrible Fix" by D.F. Bruce. Colour plates, b/w illustrations. Spine bumped and worn with splits. Covers edge worn. Scuffing to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Name in pencil to front pastedown and some green crayon marks to front free-endpaper. Pencil scribbles to margins of a couple of plates. Biro mark to margin of a text page. Pencil doodles to rear endpapers. Heavy foxing and fingering. Pages 46/7 have large brown marks (from something which was pressed between the pages.

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MRS STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR GIRLS
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Winifred Darch; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; Florence Harrison; Mary Strange Reeve; et al..
Stock no. 1325618
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1926. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front and spine, front shows girl feeding doves. Includes "Captain Betsy" by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. 6 colour plates. 160 pages. Spine bumped. Covers slightly edge worn. Inscription in ink (partially faded) to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing and some fingering to page margins. Scarce dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn, tear to top of spine tape repaired on verso, rear panel has large section of loss to top edge and some smaller pieces of loss at other edges.

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WILLIAM AND THE SPACE ANIMAL
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1325584
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette of William to front. B/w illustrations. 158 pages. Abridged Impression. Third (abridged) impression. Spine slightly bumped. Front board is discoloured. Light foxing to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn.

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WHAT KATY DID AT SCHOOL
Written by Susan Coolidge.
Stock no. 1825995
Published by Ward, Lock & Co.. Circa 1881. Almost very good condition.

The Lily Series. Small format. Red pictorial boards, gilt titles. Plain endpapers. Advert for Judson's Dyes sixpence per bottle facing title page. 236 numbered pages plus publisher adverts to rear. Slight loss of cloth to front edge of spine. Spine slightly cocked. Corners of boards worn. Joints pulled, front endpapers grubby and name & date in ink to free front endpaper. Text bkock browned. Grubby marks to contents. Overall, pretty good for a book of it's age and genre.

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THE VIOLET BOOK FOR GIRLS
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Estrith E. Mansfield; Angela Brazil; et al. Illustrated by T.H. Robinson; Charles Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1325519
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Good condition.

Violet cloth spine with black title and illustrations. Purple boards, white titles and decoration, oval onlay. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. First story "Aurora's Ride" by Mansfield. Also includes "The Prefect of the Third Form" and "The Chetwold Scholarship" by Brazil. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers faded and discoloured. Front joint cracked. Heavy foxing to prelims, textblock and some page margins.

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JO OF THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1325493
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1939. Good condition.

Blue cloth, dark blue title to spine. B/w frontis. 336 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers lightly scuffed. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Some hinges cracked/pulled. Some marks to margins.

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ALTHEA JOINS THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; Clarissa Cridland. 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. Introduction by Clarissa Cridland. 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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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 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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BRUNTON COMES BACK
Written by Michael Poole.
Stock no. 1325226
Published by Oxford University Press. 1938. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, front cover shows boys head surrounded by books, spine shows boy in pyjamas. Dark brown background with yellow titles. Colour frontis. 95 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Small hole to centre of spine, spine slightly darkened. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Front joint (between frontis and title-page) is cracked. Contents are browned.

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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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