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THE TIZZLE SISTERS & ERIK
Written by G.P. Taylor. Illustrated by Dan Boultwood.
Stock no. 447285
Published by Markosia Enterprises Ltd.. 1st 2006. 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. Front cover is faded.

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NANCY RETURNS TO ST. BRIDE'S
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by M.D. Johnston.
Stock no. 446207
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Circa 1938. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cloth covers with swan design, black titles and borders. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 288 pages. Half-title page has one *, therefore believed to be 2nd edition. Foxing to spine, margins and outer page edges. Wrapper is lightly marked to spine, with wear to corners.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS GO BACK TO SCHOOL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Elsie Anna Wood.
Stock no. 446204
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1925. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, black titles. 314 pages plus 6 page book list to rear. Colour frontis plus 2 b/w plates. Covers are rubbed with small areas of scuffing. Corners are bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some dampstaining to rear endpapers/pastedown and to top of outer page edges.

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THE NEW HOUSE MISTRESS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 383401
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The Peerless series. Green boards, black titles. B/w frontis. 94 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Lower edge of rear cover is slightly knocked causing some light creasing to the board. Foxing throughout else contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed, edge worn and grubby, price-cut.

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THE FORTUNES OF PHILIPPA
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Arthur Buckland.
Stock no. 383347
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Yellow pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 3 b/w plates. 208 pages + 16 page booklist. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Damp staining to edges of covers. Picture stuck to front pastedown. Pencil writing to endpaper, blue crayon writing to verso. Front joint cracked. Foxing throughout. A good copy of an early reprint.

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THE SECRET OF THE BORDER CASTLE
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Charles Willis.
Stock no. 383319
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles. 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. Top edge red. Spine and corners bumped otherwise covers bright. Very slight page edge foxing. Pictorial wrapper is edge-creased and torn with slight loss to head and tail of spine.

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CAPTAIN PEGGIE
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by W.E. Wightman.
Stock no. 383283
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1924. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pictorial blue cloth covers. Six b/w plates. 319 pages. 7.75 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped, a couple of tiny nicks to cover edges. Prize plate to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Some heavy foxing, mainly to outer page edges. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with tape repairs on verso, loss to corners, top of spine and to edges of rear panel.

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WILLIAM AND A.R.P.
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 383164
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st thus 1939. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cheap edition. Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine slightly bumped with some slight fading to base. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers and foxing to outer page edges. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and creased with loss to spine and corners, some tape repairs on verso.

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TOM MERRY'S PARTY
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 817810
Published by Howard Baker. 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Gem No. 9. Green boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0703001744. Wrapper has crease to front flap, small tear to base of spine and some light wear to edges.

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THE JAPERS OF ST. JIM'S
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 817809
Published by Howard Baker. 1982. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Facsimile edition of Gem Volume No 14. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. Martin Clifford is well known as Frank Richards. ISBN: 0703002236. Light marks to a few page margins. Pictorialw rapper is bright with a couple of tiny edge-nicks.

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DIMSIE AMONG THE PREFECTS
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Stock no. 383116
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pale blue cloth, dark blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. 288 pages. Cream and brown frontis plate. Spine bumped. A couple of tiny foxspots to front cover. Endpapers, prelims and outer page edges foxed and page edges lightly browned. Blue pictorial wrapper is edge worn and torn with tape repairs on verso. Small ink mark to rear panel.

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CHUDLEIGH HOLD
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 383036
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First of the three Chudleigh Hold books by the author of the Chalet School series. Blue boards. B/w frontis illustration. 204 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to covers and spine very slightly faded. Front free-endpaper missing (including frontis illustration). Small brown mark to top margin of title-page. Page browning throughout. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss, small mark to centre of front panel, price-cut with new price above in ink (3/6).

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