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ELOISE IN PARIS
Written by Kay Thompson. Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Stock no. 1311789
Published by Max Reinhardt. 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Paris has just been discovered by Eloise the little girl from the Plaza... Here is what Eloise does in Paris: everything. The effect is rawther extraordinaire. If you come to Paris with Eloise you will always by glad you did. Large format. Blue boards with gilt titles. Pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations to text throughout. Minimal bumping to spine and corners, some fading to extreme lower edges of covers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby and edge torn. Reprint in same year/month (October) as first edition.

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THE CONQUEST OF CHRISTINA
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1311754
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1922. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine and black title to front cover, pictorial onlays to front and spine. Colour frontis and title-page, b/w illustrations. 343 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers a bit grubby. Slight wear to the pastedown on the spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned.

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THE LEADER OF THE LOWER SCHOOL
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by John Campbell.
Stock no. 1311749
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1922. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial cloth, cream titles. Colour frontis plate, 4 b/w plates. 7 x 5". 256 pages. Spine bumped, corners slightly rubbed. Endpapers partly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is very grubby with loss at top and tail of spine.

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A TERM TO REMEMBER
Written by May Wynne. Illustrated by Savile Lumley.
Stock no. 1605737
Published by Aldine Publishing Company. c. 1939. Very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth. Colour frontis. 192 pages. Some scuffing to board edges. Inscription to front endpaper. Rear joint pulled.

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GIRL ANNUAL No. 6
Written by Marcus Morris.
Stock no. 1207835
Published by Hulton Press Ltd.. 1958. Very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine, red pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 173 pages. Corners worn.

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WENDY
Written by Karen Wallace.
Stock no. 1207792
Published by Simon & Schuster. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The author recreates the fascinating world of the privileged classes of the early 20th century and uses one girl's story to expose the cruelty and hypocrisy behind the glittering facade. ISBN: 068483747X. SIGNED by author. Slight page-edge browning.

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THE TWO ELSIES
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 2112777
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. 302 pages. A few marks to covers. Front endpaper is MISSING.

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RHODA
Written by E.L. Haverfield.
Stock no. 1502035
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1901. Very good condition.

A Story for Girls. Blue pictorial cloth. Gilt title to front cover, gilt title block to spine. Floral decorated endpapers. 292 pages. Spine and corners a little bumped and worn. Covers marked. Endpapers browned. Some foxing and grubby marks to contents but generally clean. A couple of hinges starting to crack.

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THE FEUD IN THE FIFTH REMOVE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Ellis Silas.
Stock no. 1311635
Published by The R.T.S. Office. 1st 1932. Good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and black title to front cover. Colour frontis. 222 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Gilt to spine dulled. Frontis and front free-endpaper removed. Joints cracked and hinges pulled. Foxing throughout.

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GIRL ANNUAL No. 8
Written by Marcus Morris.
Stock no. 1605611
Published by Hulton Press Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

10.25 x 8.25 ins. Pictorial boards with green cloth spine. Theatre through the Ages imprint on front and back paste-downs and flyleaf and rear endpaper. Black and white and colour illustrations. Corners bumped and worn, board edges scuffed. Small hole to edge of cloth spine. Crossword is completed in ink. A couple of pages have surface damage on margins. Wrapper is scuffed and creased with some edge tears and chips.

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PADDY THE PRIDE OF THE SCHOOL
Written by Dorothy Dennison. Illustrated by Laurence East.
Stock no. 1501955
Published by Every Girl's Paper Office. circa 1931. Very good condition.

Grey cloth with black titles and decorations. Colour frontis. 255 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Pen mark near top edge of front cover. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Light browning to prelims and last few pages. Foxing, mainly to prelims and page edges.

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THE GIRL'S OWN ANNUAL - VOLUME 57
Written by Gladys M. Spratt; Elsie J. Oxenham; Alfred Bestall; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2112187
Published by The Girl's Own Paper Office. Circa 1936. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large heavy format. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Includes Oxenham story "Peggy and the Brotherhood". Light bumping and wear to spine and a couple of corners. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing and page browning. Scarce wrapper is foxed, with some edge-creasing and closed tears; a few small chips of loss.

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