SUNDAY READING FOR THE YOUNG 1910
Written by M. Bainbridge; Queenie Scott-Hopper; Percy J. Barrow; Flora Waddington; Bessie Marchant; et al. Illustrated by G.E. Robertson; A. Bauerle; et al..
Stock no. 1325877
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. 1910. Almost very good condition.

Copyright date is 1910. Red cloth spine with black title and decoration. Front board shows a boy and girl leaving church (girl has red and white striped socks on!). Colour plates showing scenes from the life of David. Packed full of b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Tape repairs/reinforcements to edges of covers (tape folded over onto pastedowns inside). Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Old tape mark to front free-endpaper. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Grubby fingermarks to some page margins. Light foxing to textblock and some page browning. Not as bad as it sounds!

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THE RED BOOK FOR GIRLS
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Mary Cowden Clarke; Bessie Marchant; Angela Brazil; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; et al. Illustrated by Lilian A. Govey; Harold C. Earnshaw; N.M. Price; Chas. Pears; et al..
Stock no. 1325454
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, spine, red boards. Colour pictorial onlay to front. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small mark to top of spine. Foxing throughout.

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THE GREEN BOOK FOR GIRLS
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Charles Dickens; Angela Brazil; Bessie Marchant; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; et al. Illustrated by John Campbell; Lilian A. Govey; C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1325450
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth spine and green decorated boards, pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour plates. B/w text illustrations. First story is "The Magic Fish Bone" by Charles Dickens. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges rubbed. Spine browned. Contents are browned with heavy foxing to textblock (some to margins). Some hinges cracked.

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THE BIG BUDGET FOR GIRLS
Written by E.C. Matthews; Bessie Marchant; C. Bernard Rutley; et al. Illustrated by H.L. Bacon; Radcliffe Wilson; D.M. Cafferata.
Stock no. 1325127
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, showing two girls with mountains in the back ground. One girl is holding the rim of her hat, to keep it on. First story is 'Sheila's Magic' by Matthews. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Spine a bit grubby and browned, covers slightly grubby. Some loss of surface paper to top front corner. Foxing else contents clean.

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THE OXFORD ANNUAL FOR GIRLS 10TH YEAR
Written by Bessie Marchant; C. Bernard Rutley; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; Thora Stowell; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; Joan Griffith; Mary Strange Reeve; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1324967
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1928. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pictorial front cover shows two young ladies in cloche hats carrying Christmas presents. Pictorial spine. Orange and grey endpapers showing an Arabian scene. 6 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Cover edges rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to contents and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some loss to top edge of rear panel, foxed on verso with some light foxing showing through to front panel.

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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Frances Joyce; Ruth Cobb; Natalie Joan; Bessie Marchant; Elizabeth Gould; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; Ruth Cobb; C.E. Brock; Edith Hilder; Rowland Hilder; et al..
Stock no. 1324767
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Beige cloth spine. Yellow front board shows girl with bobbed hair and in a blue dress looking at a book. First story is "Stop Me and Buy One" by Frances Joyce. 4 colour plates. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners worn, edges rubbed. Front cover is slightly grubby. Ink name stamp to front free-endpaper and another name written in ink over the top of one of the stamps. Light foxing and fingering to contents.

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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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THE JOLLY BOOK - SIXTEENTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Hugh Orton; Bessie Marchant; Mary Shrewsbury; et al. Illustrated by R.H. Brock; Hilda Cowham; Harold Earnshaw; Thomas Henry; et al..
Stock no. 1208815
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1926. Very good condition.

Pictorial cloth spine shows boy hanging from title. Pictorial front cover shows two children fishing, they have caught a boot. 12 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 278 pages. First story: The Magic Matchbox. Spine rubbed and bumped, illustration on spine faded. Edges rubbed and corners worn. Prize-plate to front endpaper. Occasional faint fingering and foxing to contents.

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GRETA'S DOMAIN
Written by Bessie Marchant. Illustrated by W. Rainey.
Stock no. 1407052
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1911. Slightly better than good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles to spine and front. 6 b/w plates. 282 pages plus 32 page book list at rear. Some bumping to spine and corners. Corners rubbed. Couple of little bumps to top and bottom of rear board. Book leans to one side. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint and some hinges badly cracked meaning binding feels loose. Marks mostly to margins of some pages. 1 plate is MISSING and one is detached.

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ISLAND BORN
Written by Bessie Marchant. Illustrated by Leo Bates.
Stock no. 1208282
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1921. Good condition.

A Tale of Hawaii. Grey cloth with orange borders and vignettes. 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. All plates present. Covers soiled with white marks to rear. Spine bumped. Corners slightly bumped. Endpapers browned. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to prelims, edge of textblock and some page margins.

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THE JOLLY BOOK - SIXTEENTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Hugh Orton; Bessie Marchant; Mary Shrewsbury; et al. Illustrated by R.H. Brock; Hilda Cowham; Harold Earnshaw; Thomas Henry; et al..
Stock no. 1505448
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1936. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial cloth spine shows boy hanging from title. Pictorial front cover shows two children fishing, they have caught a boot. 12 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 278 pages. First story: The Magic Matchbox. Spine bumped, wear to picture on spine. Corners bumped and worn, heavy bump to lower front corner. Bump to top edge of rear cover. Covers slightly grubby and worn. Ink inscription to front endpaper and name to top edge. Tear alongside spine to top edge of page 87. Endpapers browned, foxing to text block. Light browning to about 6 pages, possibly something has been pressed between them, contents generally clean otherwise.

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SUNDAY READING FOR THE YOUNG 1904
Written by E.W. Grierson; S.L. Heward; Bessie Marchant; et al. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; A.G. Walker; Helen Miles; et al..
Stock no. 1315246
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. 1904. Very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows boy and girl on steps of a house talking to a man with a wooden leg. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. First story is "How The King Escaped". Spine bumped, corners and cover edges lightly rubbed. A few scuff marks to front cover. Prize inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some foxing to textblock.

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