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A PRINCESS IN TATTERS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 2109464
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1915. Very good condition.

Blue decorated cloth, pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour frontis plate. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Prize plate to front endpaper. Front joint is a little cracked. Some foxing and page browning.

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MOLLIE HAZELDENE'S SCHOOLDAYS
Written by Maude Forsey.
Stock no. 1806913
Published by Thomas Nelson. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth with black titles and vignettes to spine and front cover. B/w frontis. 297 pages. 6 pages of adverts to rear. Boards browned and grubby. Corners bumped. Name in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to text block else contents clean.

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THE TIZZLE SISTERS & ERIK
Written by G.P. Taylor. Illustrated by Dan Boultwood.
Stock no. 1401307
Published by Markosia Enterprises Ltd.. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Adapted by Tony Lee. Glazed pictorial boards. Comic book style interspersed with normal text pages. St Dunstan's school for wayward children is not an ordinary school and Sadie and Saskia Tizzle are not ordinary young people... ISBN: 9781905692224. SIGNED by author to front free endpaper and by Cliff Wright and Tony Lee to title page. Limited edition (30 of 80). Publisher's blind stamp to title page. Front cover unevenly faded. Remains of sticker to rear cover. Contents are fine.

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THE GOLDEN ANNUAL FOR GIRLS 1926
No author listed.
Stock no. 1107754
Published by The Fleetway House. 1926. Almost very good condition.

Orange boards with green titles and red cloth spine. Pictorial cover showing a girl riding with another running along beside her. 16 short girls stories. B/w illustrations throughout. 3 colour plates. Cloth spine. Split to rear of spine for around 1-2"; some fraying of cloth. Scuffing to covers. Bumping to corners and cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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ENID BLYTON'S SCHOOL STORIES
Written by Enid Blyton; Mary Cadogan; Norman Wright; Anne Fine.
Stock no. 2108102
Published by Hodder Children's Books. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A Treasury compiled by Mary Cadogan and Norman Wright. Foreword by Anne Fine, Children's Laureate. Stories and extracts from The Naughtiest Girl, Malory Towers, The O'Sullivan Twins and St. Clare's, as well as classic out of print stories from the Enig Blyton Magazine and Sunny Stories. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0340841451. Light bumping to top and tail of spine. A couple of small marks to covers. Contents are excellent. Wrapper is edge-creased with small repaired tear to top of spine.

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SELMA AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1308120
Published by Collins. 1st 1952. Almost very good condition.

Cream boards, blue title to spine. Colour frontis plate. 255 pages. Spine and corners bumped, covers slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some light foxing and fingering to contents.

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MONICA TURNS UP TRUMPS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1306893
Published by Lutterworth Press. 3rd 1944. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, black title to spine. 224 pages. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Tiny dent to lower edge of rear cover. There are some grubby marks to front cover edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to spine and corners.

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ISOBEL HARDY'S SCHOOLDAYS
Written by Alys Chatwyn.
Stock no. 2106220
Published by The Epworth Press. Circa 1932. Very good condition.

Stiff card covers. Chipping to spine. Creasing to cover edges and corners.

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THE GREYFRIARS HOLIDAY ANNUAL FOR 1973
Written by Frank Richards; Edwy Searles Brooks.
Stock no. 2106079
Published by Howard Baker. 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Omnibus No 21. Best-loved works from the Golden Years of boys' fiction. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 235 pages. 10 x 7.25". ISBN: 0703000144. Uneven fading to cover edges. Foxing and a few grubby marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-creasing.

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ROBINS IN THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1306596
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, silver titles and borders. Three b/w plates. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped and ever so slightly rubbed. There is a tiny white mark to lower edge of rear cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Top corner tip of title-page is lightly creased. Dustwrapper is edge worn and a bit grubby, with some loss to spine and corners.

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A PRINCESS IN TATTERS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 2105946
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st 1908. Fair condition.

Red cloth, red lettering in gilt oval on front and circle on spine. Front cover shows artist being watched by girl, spine shows lady with girl. Colour frontis plate. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some light fraying/chipping to cloth at corners. Front joint has been repaired - lots of tape residue marks. Rear joint is repaired with tape. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some plates are taped in with magic tape. Foxing.

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BETSY-GO-LUCKY OF THE FOURTH
Written by Jessie Leckie Herbertson. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1306411
Published by Jarrolds Publishers. circa 1924. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. 284 pages. Colour frontis, 4 b/w plates. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Prize plate to front endpaper. Pale browning to endpapers and foxing to contents else clean.

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