SOOTY THE LITTLE BLACK ENGINE
Written by Hilda Boswell. Illustrated by Hilda Boswell.
Stock no. 1328366
Published by Collins. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small square format. Yellow pictorial boards. Colour pictures. A Pixie Book. A nice clean copy with minimal foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is very slightly grubby/marked. Small mark to front panel of wrapper.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS ON TRIAL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1328340
Published by Collins. 1951. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Seagull library edition. Blue boards. Silver title. 288 pages. Top edge blue. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to endpapers. Creases to prelims. Title-page has not been cut correctly meaning the margins are bigger than all other pages and the corner is creased. Price cut wrapper is foxed on verso and slightly edge chipped, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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STOWAWAYS IN THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1328338
Published by Collins. 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seagull Library series. Blue boards. 256 pages. Top edge blue. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Slight surface paper damage to rear pastedown. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, is edge worn and torn and the rear panel is grubby.

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SCHOOLDAYS AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1328337
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Seagull Library edition. Blue boards, silver titles and vignette. 272 pages. Top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to top and tail of spine. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and rear panel is slightly grubby.

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JEN OF THE ABBEY SCHOOL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1328336
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Seagull Library edition. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 311 pages. Top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Slight fading to cover edges. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. A couple of small brown marks to page margins. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, edge worn with slight loss and rear panel is slightly grubby.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS ON TRIAL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1328334
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Seagull library edition. Blue boards. Silver title. 288 pages. Top edge blue. Slight bumping and browning to top and tail of spine. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Dustwrapper is foxed and edge worn/torn with small piece of loss to lower edge of rear panel.

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JEN OF THE ABBEY SCHOOL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1328333
Published by Collins. 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seagull Library edition. Blue boards, silver title to spine. 311 pages. Top edge blue. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is foxed and slightly edge worn.

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STOWAWAYS IN THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1328332
Published by Collins. 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Seagull Library series. Blue boards. 256 pages. Top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Browning to cover edges. Faint booksellers ink stamp to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some loss.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ORKNEY (NN 70)
Written by R.J. Berry.
Stock no. 1828539
Published by Collins. 1985. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist No. 70. 2nd state - light green boards, squared spine, orignally produced to be bound as a paperback and bound as hardback by publisher, slightly smaller than first state 8.5" rather than 9" tall. Colour and b/w photos. In his tracing of the island's evolution from its geological creation to the effects of oil technology; in the detailed, yet fascinating exploration of the plants and animals (and where best to see them), Professor Berry's expertise and enthusiasm is backed by that of local specialists, and Orkney's long tradition of natural history study. Appendices include definitive lists of all the species of flora and fauna on record and an extensive bibliography. ISBN: 0002190621. Text block very slightly grubby. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly faded to spine and very lightly browned to rear panel with minor marks. Overall a decent copy of a scarce item.

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A THANKSGIVING FOR CHILDREN
Written by Margaret Tempest. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1328320
Published by Collins. 1960. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial boards. A prayer for children with colour illustrations on each page. 6.5 x 6". SIGNED by the author by means of a dedication to Jane Mills (dated 1962). Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Light page browning to endpapers. Some foxing to contents.

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SUMMER STORY
Written by Jill Barklem. Illustrated by Jill Barklem.
Stock no. 1328270
Published by Collins. 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One of the Brambly Hedge series. White glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures. Dusty Dogwood and Poppy Eyebright decide on a very unusual setting for their wedding ceremony! ISBN: 0001839233. Second impression, same year as first impression. Minimal bumping to spine and corners.

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BLESS THIS DAY
Written by Elfrida Vipont. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1328242
Published by Collins. 1967. Good condition.

A book of prayer for children. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrated endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations surrounding text throughout. 95 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some foxing to cover edges and spine is slightly browned. Small tear to top of spine on rear edge (closed tear). Damage to front pastedown - 1.25" removed from left edge of open cover.

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