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LOYAL TO THE SCHOOL
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Treyer Evans.
Stock no. 1505748
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1921. Very good condition.

Brown cloth, vignettes to spine and front cover. 288 pages. 7.5 x 5". 6 b/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers slightly grubby. Name in ink to front endpaper. A couple of hinges cracked but binding still firm. Endpapers browned. Odd fox spot. Contents generally clean.

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ST. CATHERINE'S COLLEGE
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Frank Wiles.
Stock no. 1505739
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1929. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth covers with lilac borders and black titles. 6 b/w plates. 320 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers grubby with stain to rear cover. Light foxing and browning, mainly to endpapers, prelims and text block. All plates present.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS ON TRIAL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1405185
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st 1931. Almost very good condition.

Dark blue cloth, gold title to front and spine. Front cover has gilt border. 4 sepia plates. 228 pages. Spine bumped and very faded. Corners bumped and worn. A little fading to rear cover. A few light marks. Front joint is cracked showing webbing beneath. Small piece cut from front endpaper. Date in ink to front endpaper. Foxing especially to prelims and page edges. Contents otherwise clean.

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A GO-AHEAD SCHOOLGIRL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Harold C. Earnshaw.
Stock no. 2120690
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Very good condition.

Brown cloth with decorations. 6 b/w plates. 376 pages. Some light bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few light marks to covers. Slight scuffing to spine. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some grubby marks and page browning to outer page edges. All plates present. A nice copy of an early reprint.

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THE HEAD OF KAY'S
Written by P.G. Wodehouse. Illustrated by T.M.R. Whitwell.
Stock no. 1504928
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1905. Almost very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth with white titles to front cover, gilt to spine. 8 b/w plates. 280 pages plus 8 page publication list. Spine bumped and worn with a couple of tiny splits to cloth, also faded. A little bumping and wear to corners and tiny bump to bottom edge of front cover. Both covers are marked, light stain to front cover below title. Small neat ink name and address to top corner of front endpaper. Repaired tear to inside margin of contents page. A couple of hinges cracked. All plates present but two partially detached and crease to corner of plate opposite page 210. Some browning, mainly to half-title page and last page in publication list. Some foxing throughout.

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BILLY BUNTER'S WEMBLEY PARTY
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1504818
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st thus 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. The Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 88. Issues 856, 857, 861, 870, 871, 872, 878. Includes: Drummed Out of Greyfriars, The Schoolboy Domestics, True Blue, Billy Bunter's Wembley Party, Sir Hilton's Nephew, The Mystery Wreck, The Schoolboy Financier. ISBN: 0703002511. Top of spine bumped. A couple of white marks to covers. A few fox spots to text bock and light page browning. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with a faded spine.

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THE HOWARD BAKER EASTER OMNIBUS 1978
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1504812
Published by Howard Baker. 1978. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Howard Baker Annual Volume No. 9. Featuring Billy Bunter, Harry Wharton, Tom Merry etc. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703001388. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. A couple of indentations to rear cover and white marks to top corner area. Contents very good. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby to top and bottom edges.

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WILLIAM-THE BOLD
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 2117594
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Number 27 in the 'William' series. Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette to front cover. 248pp. B/w illustrations. Bumping to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some dark browning to page edges. Wrapper is very browned to spine, with some fading and scuffing to other panels; creased with edge-tears; repairs with sticky tape to verso.

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BILLY BUNTER IN BRAZIL
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 2117519
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd.. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

A trip to Brazil was an unexpected pleasure in the summer holidays. However when they got there they discovered that their host, Brian Mauleverer had disappeared. Peach boards. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and page margins. Wrapper is badly torn with chipping and some loss; messy tape repairs to spine and edges.

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WILLIAM THE FOURTH
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1404228
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1924. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with black titles to front and spine. 250 pages and 2 pages of adverts to rear. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and a little worn. Spine is browned and has a small hole on front joint. Covers are marked. Foxing to prelims and page edges. Some joints are cracked.

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CHILTERN SCHOOL
Written by Mabel Esther Allan.
Stock no. 1404200
Published by The Bemrose Press Limited. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

Grey cardwraps with b/w illustration and black titles to front cover. 177 pages. SIGNED with inscription to inside of front cover. Corners a little bumped. Contents clean.

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ELIZABETH THE GALLANT
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1404171
Published by Thornton Butterworth. 1st 1935. Almost very good condition.

Elizabeth Felthwaite longs to take part in the struggle against the Roundheads. She is sent to take despatches to the King at Oxford and then onto London where she is caught and imprisoned. Pale green boards with black titles to spine. 288 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine browned. Uneven fading to covers. Couple of small marks to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Small erasure mark to top of front endpaper. Pages browned. Foxing mostly to endpapers and page edges, otherwise contents are generally clean. Contained in a photocopy dustwrapper.

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