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THE TIZZLE SISTERS & ERIK
Written by G.P. Taylor. Illustrated by Dan Boultwood.
Stock no. 1401307
Published by Markosia Enterprises Ltd.. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition.

Adapted by Tony Lee. Glazed pictorial boards. Comic book style interspersed with normal text pages. St Dunstan's school for wayward children is not an ordinary school and Sadie and Saskia Tizzle are not ordinary young people... ISBN: 9781905692224. SIGNED by author to front free endpaper and by Cliff Wright and Tony Lee to title page. Limited edition (30 of 80). Publisher's blind stamp to title page. Front cover unevenly faded. Remains of sticker to rear cover. Contents are fine.

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THE GOLDEN ANNUAL FOR GIRLS 1926
No author listed.
Stock no. 1107754
Published by The Fleetway House. 1926. Almost very good condition.

Orange boards with green titles and red cloth spine. Pictorial cover showing a girl riding with another running along beside her. 16 short girls stories. B/w illustrations throughout. 3 colour plates. Cloth spine. Split to rear of spine for around 1-2"; some fraying of cloth. Scuffing to covers. Bumping to corners and cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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SELMA AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1308120
Published by Collins. 1st 1952. Almost very good condition.

Cream boards, blue title to spine. Colour frontis plate. 255 pages. Spine and corners bumped, covers slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some light foxing and fingering to contents.

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MONICA TURNS UP TRUMPS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1306893
Published by Lutterworth Press. 3rd 1944. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, black title to spine. 224 pages. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Tiny dent to lower edge of rear cover. There are some grubby marks to front cover edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to spine and corners.

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ISOBEL HARDY'S SCHOOLDAYS
Written by Alys Chatwyn.
Stock no. 2106220
Published by The Epworth Press. Circa 1932. Very good condition.

Stiff card covers. Chipping to spine. Creasing to cover edges and corners.

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THE GREYFRIARS HOLIDAY ANNUAL FOR 1973
Written by Frank Richards; Edwy Searles Brooks.
Stock no. 2106079
Published by Howard Baker. 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Omnibus No 21. Best-loved works from the Golden Years of boys' fiction. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 235 pages. 10 x 7.25". ISBN: 0703000144. Uneven fading to cover edges. Foxing and a few grubby marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-creasing.

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ROBINS IN THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1306596
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, silver titles and borders. Three b/w plates. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped and ever so slightly rubbed. There is a tiny white mark to lower edge of rear cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Top corner tip of title-page is lightly creased. Dustwrapper is edge worn and a bit grubby, with some loss to spine and corners.

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A PRINCESS IN TATTERS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 2105946
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st 1908. Fair condition.

Red cloth, red lettering in gilt oval on front and circle on spine. Front cover shows artist being watched by girl, spine shows lady with girl. Colour frontis plate. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some light fraying/chipping to cloth at corners. Front joint has been repaired - lots of tape residue marks. Rear joint is repaired with tape. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some plates are taped in with magic tape. Foxing.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS IN TOWN
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.
Stock no. 1306231
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. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Light mark to rear cover. Name and date in ink to front pastedown, tiny booksellers sticker also to pastedown. Front joint was cracked (possibly broken) with some damage to surface paper on pastedown and new front free-endpaper. Foxing to first few and last few pages, and to outer page edges.

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THE TURBULENCE OF TONY
Written by Phyllis Matthewman.
Stock no. 2105290
Published by Latimer House Ltd.. 2nd 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

'A Priory Book'. Red covers, black titles. 150 Pages. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with some closed tears and creasing.

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A FOURTH FORM REBEL
Written by Christine Chaundler.
Stock no. 1306061
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth with brown title to spine and vignette to front cover. Yellow and black frontis illustration. 222 pages. Spine and corners bumped, spine faded. Front joint is cracked and has an old tape repair (tape coming unstuck). Small pieces missing to top margin of page 173/4 (not affecting text). Some page corners lightly creased.

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NO PEACE FOR THE PREFECTS
Written by Nancy Breary.
Stock no. 2105130
Published by George Newnes Limited. 2nd 1947. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth. Black titles. 216 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Fading to spine. Marks to coves. Some foxing. Ink writing to rear pastedown, otherwise contents are still very good.

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