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THE ABBEY GIRLS IN TOWN
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.
Stock no. 2110274
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1930. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with dark blue titles and vignettes. Colour frontis plate. 314 pages plus 5 page publication list to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Repaired split to top of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some page browning and foxing.

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THE NEW HOUSE CAPTAIN
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Mary Strange Reeve.
Stock no. 1309965
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1st 1928. Fair condition.

Yellow and blue cloth with vignettes to spine and front cover. Colour frontis and 4 b/w plates. 288 pages. Covers are worn and grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown partially torn out. Frontis plate has been badly torn and now has tape repairs on vesro and a small hole to centre. Pencil scribbles erased from title-page. One plate missing and one has large section torn off (and missing) from lower corner. Contents foxed and fingered.

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NANCY AT ST. BRIDE'S
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Stock no. 1309937
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st thus 1965. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, green title to spine. 184 pages. Super Hampton Library. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Contents browned but clean. Price-cut wrapper is worn, torn and creased with loss at corners.

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NANCY CALLS THE TUNE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1708152
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1ST 1944. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, purple title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. New endpapers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has 1/2" loss to top of spine and chipping to base, also grubby.

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THE SCHOOL IN THE WOODS
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by G.M. Anson.
Stock no. 1309768
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Gold cloth, red title and vignette to spine and red vignette to front cover. Colour frontis plate plus 6 b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine bumped and slightly darkened. Light foxing else contents clean. Later dustwrapper (lists a Dimsie book published in 1942 and is a few mm too short for the book!) is price-cut with a few small tears at edges, minimal loss to base of spine. Wrapper is also just a little grubby.

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THAT BOARDING-SCHOOL GIRL
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by R.H. Brock.
Stock no. 1309762
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1926. Fair condition.

Pretty pictorial boards with wraparound picture by Sybil Tawse. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 160 pages. 8.25 x 6.25". Spine worn with old tape marks to spine and also to edges of covers. Corners worn. Covers scuffed, small patch of surface paper damage to rear cover. Prize plate to front endpaper. Small splash marks to margins of pages 90 & 91, contents are well fingered with light foxing. A decent copy of a very early reprint.

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NANCY TO THE RESCUE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Stock no. 1309636
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1930. Slightly better than good condition.

Orange cloth, black title to spine and embossed title and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some splash marks to edge of front cover and a couple of light marks to rear cover. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown, prize-plate to front endpaper. Pencil scribbles to front endpapers (mainly erased). Foxing to contents and a few marks to page margins but contents generally clean.

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THE GIRLS OF GWYNFA
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1401412
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1924. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth with embossed decoration to front and blind titles, gilt title to spine with author/publisher name in black. Colour frontis plate. 310 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine a little fades. Boards a little grubby. Endpapers are browned. Top of text block is a little grubby. A couple of joints slightly cracked.

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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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THE GIRLS' ALL-ROUND BOOK OF STORIES, SPORTS, AND HOBBIES
Written by Mrs. Walter Wood; Christine Chaundler; Edna Lake; Constance Harwood; Bessie Marchant; Elsie J. Oxenham; et al.
Stock no. 1108136
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1946. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue pictorial cloth. Front cover shows girl with a tennis racket. Oxenham story is 'Freda Joins the Guides'. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some browning to covers. A few marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. 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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BETTY & CO.
Written by Ethel Turner.
Stock no. 1107895
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. 1905. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt titles and decorations. B/w plates. Spine is faded. Corners are bumped, with some wear. A few marks to covers. Couple of plates are detached, but loosely inserted.

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