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MRS STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR GIRLS
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce; Brenda Girvin; Thora Stowell; Lilian Holmes; Winifred Darch; et al. Illustrated by Mary S. Reeve; Grace Lodge; Florence Harrison; C.E. Brock; H.R. Millar; et al..
Stock no. 1325624
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1923. Very good condition.

Pictorial front cover shows three girls sitting on grass, one reading a book. First story is "The Influence of Anne" by D.F. Bruce. 6 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Cover edges worn. Some slight chipping to edges of onlay to spine. Name plate to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Foxing and some fingering to page edges and margins.

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THE TINY FOLKS' ANNUAL
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; et al. Illustrated by Mary S. Reeve; Millicent Sowerby; Lilian A. Govey; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1324838
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Fair condition.

Edited by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Blue boards, pictorial onlays to front and spine. Front shows a boy and a girl on a toy horse. Colour frontis and illulstrations, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Rear cover is grubby and faded at edges. Endpapers lightly browned. Heavy foxing to textblock, some light foxing to contents. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Some of the b/w illustrations have been coloured in. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. Some hinges cracked causing contents to be a little loose.

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; K. Wallis Coales; M.I.K. Carruthers; Jocelyn Oliver; et al. Illustrated by K.W. Coales; Mary S. Reeve; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1324753
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Scene shows a girl on a white horse "in the paddock". Colour frontis, b/w and 3-tone text illustrations. First story is "The Little Girl Who Put Her Tongue Out". Spine bumped. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Some light marks to covers. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Cracke between frontis and title-page else contents clean.

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR GIRLS
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Phillippa Francklyn; Winifred Darch; Bessie Marchant; et al. Illustrated by Grace Lodge; Mary S. Reeve; M.D. Johnston; et al..
Stock no. 1324607
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1937. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards, front shows The Games Captain (girl with a tennis racquet). First story is "The Sea Eagles' Nest" by Francklyn. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Covers are edge worn. Contents are browned but clean.

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STRANG'S PENNY BOOKS THE GREY GOOSE FEATHERS
Written by Margaret Stuart Lane. Illustrated by Mary S. Reeve.
Stock no. 2124878
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1936. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. B/w and two-tone illustrations. For children aged 8-11. A few creases to corners. Foxspot to base of spine. Contents are excellent.

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THE OXFORD ANNUAL FOR CHILDREN 16TH YEAR
Written by Florence Harrison; Violet M. Methley; Herbert Strang; et al. Illustrated by Mary S. Reeve; C.E. Brock; Millicent Sowerby; et al..
Stock no. 1807693
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1928. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth, large pictorial onlay to spine and front board, front board shows boy cooking over an open fire whilst girl is passing sticks for fire. First story is 'The Griffins' by Florence Harrison. Colour frontis shows 'The Brownie Gets His Cream'. Colour & b/w illustrations. Boards clean, worn at corners. Name in ink to front pastedown. A few minor foxspots and light marks to margins. Colour plate "She bore away from the danger" has been neatly trimmed away on bottom margin (about an inch missing) but still bears the title of the plate and has a few small closed tears to vertical edge. Pictorial wrapper has neat inscription in ink to front panel, is edge-worn and has loss at edges. Overall, still a decent copy.

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