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WILLIAM AND THE SPACE ANIMAL
Written by Richmal Crompton.
Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1325584
Published by George Newnes Limited.
1966.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette of William to front. B/w illustrations. 158 pages. Abridged Impression. Third (abridged) impression. Spine slightly bumped. Front board is discoloured. Light foxing to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn.
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WHAT KATY DID AT SCHOOL
Written by Susan Coolidge.
Stock no. 1825995
Published by Ward, Lock & Co..
Circa
1881.
Almost very good condition.
The Lily Series. Small format. Red pictorial boards, gilt titles. Plain endpapers. Advert for Judson's Dyes sixpence per bottle facing title page. 236 numbered pages plus publisher adverts to rear. Slight loss of cloth to front edge of spine. Spine slightly cocked. Corners of boards worn. Joints pulled, front endpapers grubby and name & date in ink to free front endpaper. Text bkock browned. Grubby marks to contents. Overall, pretty good for a book of it's age and genre.
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- ANTIQUARIAN
- PICTORIAL BINDING
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THE VIOLET BOOK FOR GIRLS
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Estrith E. Mansfield; Angela Brazil; et al.
Illustrated by T.H. Robinson; Charles Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1325519
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde.
Good condition.
Violet cloth spine with black title and illustrations. Purple boards, white titles and decoration, oval onlay. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. First story "Aurora's Ride" by Mansfield. Also includes "The Prefect of the Third Form" and "The Chetwold Scholarship" by Brazil. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers faded and discoloured. Front joint cracked. Heavy foxing to prelims, textblock and some page margins.
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- GIRLS
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JO OF THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1325493
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited.
1939.
Good condition.
Blue cloth, dark blue title to spine. B/w frontis. 336 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers lightly scuffed. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Some hinges cracked/pulled. Some marks to margins.
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- CHALET SCHOOL
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
- GIRLS
ALTHEA JOINS THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; Clarissa Cridland.
Illustrated by D. Brook.
Stock no. 1325488
Published by Girls Gone By.
1st thus
2006.
Nearly fine condition.
"For this GGBP edition we have used the text of the original hardback edition. It contained a great many apparent errors, and the appendix explains how we dealt with them. We hope we have not added any new ones". Pictorial cardwraps. Introduction by Clarissa Cridland. 191 pages. ISBN: 1904417930. Minimal rubbing to corners.
REDHEADS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1325483
Published by Girls Gone By.
1st thus
2011.
Nearly fine condition.
Cardwraps. 235 pages. ISBN: 9781847451095. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Small, light mark to textblock.
DIMSIE MOVES UP
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 1325246
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1st
1921.
Good condition.
Pictorial cloth covers. Gilt titles. 4 colour plates. 254 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped, split to top of spine. Covers slightly grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to contents. One plate is part detached.
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THE TREASURE OF GLENTHORPE PRIORY
Written by Ierne L. Plunket.
Illustrated by Edith Brier.
Stock no. 1325232
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1932.
Very good condition.
Pictorial paper boards. Colour frontis. 96 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge worn. Rear cover is slightly grubby, spine is browned and rubbed. Heavy foxing.
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BRUNTON COMES BACK
Written by Michael Poole.
Stock no. 1325226
Published by Oxford University Press.
1938.
Good condition.
Pictorial boards, front cover shows boys head surrounded by books, spine shows boy in pyjamas. Dark brown background with yellow titles. Colour frontis. 95 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Small hole to centre of spine, spine slightly darkened. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Front joint (between frontis and title-page) is cracked. Contents are browned.
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DEIRA JOINS THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; Caroline German.
Stock no. 1324987
Published by Girls Gone By.
1st
2010.
Very good condition.
Motherless from birth, fifteen-year-old Deira O'Hagan is suddenly plucked from her tiny day-school and sent overseas to become a boarder at the Chalet School. Pictorial cardwraps. 281 pages. B/w frontis. ISBN: 9781847450968. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Minimal fading to spine. Barcode label stuck to rear cover. Book leans to one side a little (just from where it has been read). Contents clean.
THE OXFORD ANNUAL FOR GIRLS 9TH YEAR
Written by Nancy M. Hayes; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; Eleanor Helme; et al.
Illustrated by C.E. Brock; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1324965
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1927.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Pictorial front board showing a young lady sat on a fence. First story 'That ordinary girl'. 6 colour plates, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, covers slightly edge rubbed. Heavy foxing. Old price to front free-endpaper (blotted out with pencil). Scarce dustwrapper is grubby, foxed, worn and torn with tape repairs on verso. Small section of loss to lower edge of rear cover has been patched with paper of similar colour.
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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Margaret Middleton; Florence Harrison; Angela Brazil; et al.
Illustrated by M.D. Johnston; C.E. Brock; Gordon Browne; et al..
Stock no. 1324962
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Almost very good condition.
Large format. Cream cloth spine with blue title. Pictorial front board shows girl with tennis racquet. Colour plates. B/w text illustrations. First story is "One Crowded Hour" by Margaret Middleton. Covers edge worn. Spine bumped and grubby. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Title page is slightly torn at inner margin. Foxing to contents, mainly textblock.
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