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TOBY AT TIBBS CROSS
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1302642
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1942. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth with green title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. An exciting story with a background of farm life in wartime. Spine and corners bumped and spine very slightly darkened. Covers just a little bit grubby. Foxing throughout else clean.

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THE TESTING OF THE TORMENT
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1103039
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. Circa 1927. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The second in the 'Torment' trilogy. Grey decorated cloth, oval pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour frontis and 3 b/w plates. 214 pages. Information of reprint date on copyright page has been carefully erased, leaving impression that it is a 1st edition. Wrapper is torn with loss to top and tail of spine and corners of front panel.

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THREE LITTLE DUTCH GIRLS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1102877
Very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Title of first story is 'Little English Betty'. Split to base of spine for 2". Covers grubby. Some foxing. Colour illustrations are bright.

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TRIFFENY
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1102670
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Triffeny joins the family pottery firm and rather unexpectedly becomes an asset to the business in more ways than one... Brown cloth, silver title to spine and small vignette of a squirrel to front cover. B/w text illustrations. 275 pages. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some foxing and chipping to edges, with minimal loss.

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NANCY RETURNS TO ST. BRIDE'S
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by M.D. Johnston.
Stock no. 1102622
Published by Geoffrey Cumberlege; Oxford University Press. 1946. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue cloth covers, blue title to spine. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 288 pages Fading to top and tail of spine. Corners are bumped. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-torn with over 1" loss to base of spine and smaller pieces of loss to other edges. Is also creased and damp marked.

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THAT BOARDING-SCHOOL GIRL
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by R.H. Brock.
Stock no. 1302458
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1935. Very good condition.

Embossed red cloth covers, black title to spine. Colour frontis, 4 b/w illustrations. 190 pages. Spine slightly bumped. A few light marks to covers. Book leans to one side slightly. Prize plate to front endpaper. Light foxing to contents else clean.

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THE CHALET GIRLS IN CAMP
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1301585
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. 234 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Name and address in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Blue spine wrapper is edge worn and torn but only very slight loss, some pink ink tick marks to title list on rear panel.

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CAROLA STORMS THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1301476
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1951. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black titles to spine. 253 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Name and address in ink to front pastedown. Pale browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Price-cut wrapper (with new publisher price above) is edge worn and torn with slight loss at corners and just a little bit grubby on rear panel.

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GOBLIN ISLAND
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by T.H. Robinson.
Stock no. 386401
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Good condition.

Red decorated cloth with pictorial onlays to spine and front cover. 5 colour plates (including title-page). 316 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers a bit grubby and soiled. Front free-endpaper removed. Foxing and some grubby marks to contents but generally clean.

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VALERIE TRENCHARD'S FORTUNE
Written by Florence M. Burditt.
Stock no. 385959
Published by Children's Special Service Mission. Circa 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pink cloth. B/w plates. Corner clipped from front endpaper. Bookplate to front endpaper. Light foxing to prelims. Wrapper price-cut and rubbed at edges.

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THE HEAD GIRL OF THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 384866
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1936. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w frontis. 336 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Name and address in ink, 'no. 4' written in ink and also a transfer sticker (of dog) stuck to front endpaper. A few hinges pulled. Some foxing, mainly to outer page edges else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with small patch of loss to top edge of front panel, grubby on rear panel. Tape repairs on verso to edges and folds. A little of the transfer sticker has transferred to the front flap of the dustwrapper.

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JUNIOR CAPTAIN
Written by Nancy Breary. Illustrated by D. Mays.
Stock no. 384663
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1946. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth covers, white titles. 4 b/w plates. 248 pages. Spine and corners bumped. A couple of small marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned, light foxing to outer page edges. Pages are wrinkled throughout (no idea why!), a few page corners are lightly creased.

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