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NANCY RETURNS TO ST. BRIDE'S
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by M.D. Johnston.
Stock no. 382138
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Circa 1942. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cloth covers with swan design, black titles and borders. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 288 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. A few light finger marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper (dated 1942, although printed date of 1938 is on publisher page). Heavy foxing to page edge. Dustwrapper is worn to corners, has a small closed tear to top rear edge, is slightly scuffed to spine and has a small blue mark to rear panel. A very scarce, early reprint.

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MORE ABOUT MANDY
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by Ann Kent Robinson.
Stock no. 439879
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. Blue/white endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. A second story about the King family. Damp mark to base of rear cover, which is also to corresponding parts of wrapper. Contents are excellent. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut, with damp marking and a couple of pencil words to front panel.

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A CENTURY OF GIRLS' STORIES
Written by Ethel Boileau.
Stock no. 628577
Published by Hutchinson & Co.. Very good condition.

Edited by Boileau. Lilac cloth, black titles and vignette. Endpapers lightly browned. Rear board a little marked.

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ALISON'S SPY ADVENTURE
Written by Sheila Stuart. Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop.
Stock no. 439364
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles to spine and front cover. 4 b/w plates. Couple of corners are lightly bumped. 'f791' in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges, with a little browning. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn, with some creasing and a few chips. Light damp mark along one edge.

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ALISON'S RIDING ADVENTURE
Written by Sheila Stuart. Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop.
Stock no. 439367
Published by Blackie. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with black titles to spine and front cover. 4 green/white plates. Light fading/browning along cover edges. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut with a few grubby marks and tiny nicks.

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ELSIE'S HOLIDAYS AT ROSELANDS
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 439297
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1929. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. Some darkening to spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper only has a couple of parts present - stuck onto brown paper. Picture from spine and front panel left only.

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ELSIE YACHTING WITH THE RAYMONDS
Written by Martha Finley. Illustrated by Peacock.
Stock no. 439168
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Bright blue cloth covers. Black titles and decoration to front cover and spine. Colour illustrated frontispiece. 280pp. Cr 8vo. Light wear with a few marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is faded to spine, with some edge-chipping and a little loss.

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ELSIE AT ION
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 439004
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1932. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning, with some foxing to pages. Pictorial wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with a few pieces of loss to top edge and bottom of front panel.

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ELSIE AT THE WORLD'S FAIR
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 439009
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1933. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. Darkening to spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pictorial wrapper has a few inch piece of loss to bottom of spine and is edge-chipped and torn in other places, with smaller loss.

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THE FINISHING SCHOOL
Written by Pamela Brown.
Stock no. 438220
Published by John Goodchild. 1st 1985. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Rosemary Langford was born in Singapore but was sent to school in England. Just before she was due to return to school in the Autumn of 1939 she had to spend three weeks in hospital in Singapore. War was declared and Rosemary's mother said she could go to finishing school in Switzerland when the war was over. The author's last book. Green boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0863910580. Some light page browning to pages internally.

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NANCY TO THE RESCUE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 380357
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1929. Very good condition.

Red cloth with black title to spine and blind title and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis and four b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small black spot to front cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some very slight bookworm damage to endpapers. Contents clean.

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THE BESSIE MARCHANT OMNIBUS BOOK
Written by Bessie Marchant.
Stock no. 434834
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1933. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Contains: The Gold-Marked Charm; Sally Makes Good; Three Girls in Mexico. Red cloth, black titles. A few grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is grubby with a few small edge-tears and chips with a little loss to top and tail of spin.e

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