THE SERENDIPITY SHOP
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 2110600
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, red title to spine and vignette to front cover. 205 pages. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. Browning to spine and cover edges. Corners and spine are bumped. Page browning.

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NANCY TO THE RESCUE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 2110597
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1929. Almost 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. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Erased inscriptions to prelims. Some foxing.

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THAT BOARDING-SCHOOL GIRL
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by R.H. Brock.
Stock no. 2110595
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1935. Almost very good condition.

Embossed red cloth covers, black title to spine. Colour frontis, 4 b/w illustrations. 190 pages. Spine is faded, with a little fraying to top corner. Old ink price written to front cover. Some other marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges.

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INTERNATIONAL SEA TRANSPORT
Written by Osborne Mance; J.E. Wheeler.
Stock no. 2110262
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1945. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. International Transport and Communications. Covers are unevenly browned, with creasing to corners; small patch of surface paper damage to rear cover. Inscription in ink to first page. Reprint in same year as the 1st.

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THE NEW HOUSE CAPTAIN
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Mary Strange Reeve.
Stock no. 1309965
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1st 1928. Fair condition.

Yellow and blue cloth with vignettes to spine and front cover. Colour frontis and 4 b/w plates. 288 pages. Covers are worn and grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown partially torn out. Frontis plate has been badly torn and now has tape repairs on vesro and a small hole to centre. Pencil scribbles erased from title-page. One plate missing and one has large section torn off (and missing) from lower corner. Contents foxed and fingered.

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NANCY CALLS THE TUNE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1708152
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1ST 1944. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, purple title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. New endpapers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has 1/2" loss to top of spine and chipping to base, also grubby.

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THE SCHOOL IN THE WOODS
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by G.M. Anson.
Stock no. 1309768
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Gold cloth, red title and vignette to spine and red vignette to front cover. Colour frontis plate plus 6 b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine bumped and slightly darkened. Light foxing else contents clean. Later dustwrapper (lists a Dimsie book published in 1942 and is a few mm too short for the book!) is price-cut with a few small tears at edges, minimal loss to base of spine. Wrapper is also just a little grubby.

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THAT BOARDING-SCHOOL GIRL
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by R.H. Brock.
Stock no. 1309762
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1926. Fair condition.

Pretty pictorial boards with wraparound picture by Sybil Tawse. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 160 pages. 8.25 x 6.25". Spine worn with old tape marks to spine and also to edges of covers. Corners worn. Covers scuffed, small patch of surface paper damage to rear cover. Prize plate to front endpaper. Small splash marks to margins of pages 90 & 91, contents are well fingered with light foxing. A decent copy of a very early reprint.

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NANCY TO THE RESCUE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Stock no. 1309636
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1930. Slightly better than good condition.

Orange cloth, black title to spine and embossed title and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some splash marks to edge of front cover and a couple of light marks to rear cover. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown, prize-plate to front endpaper. Pencil scribbles to front endpapers (mainly erased). Foxing to contents and a few marks to page margins but contents generally clean.

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RAILROADS TRIUMPHANT
Written by Albro Martin.
Stock no. 1604583
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The growth, rejection and rebirth of a vital American force. 428 pages. ISBN: 0195038533. Spine and corners bumped. Contents near fine. Price-cut wrapper.

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CIRCUMPOLAR ARCTIC FLORA
Written by Nicholas Polunin.
Stock no. 1206974
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1959. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. xxviii + 514 pages. B/w illustrations. Ex-lib but with very few stamps and marks to prelims. Name stamp to foredge, rear joint cracked. Library number to spine. Overall a nice bright copy.

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FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA VOLUME 26 MAGNOLIOPHYTA: LILIIDAE: LILIALES AND ORCHIDALES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1206585
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2002. Fine condition.

A comprehensive taxonomic guide to the extraordinary diversity of plant life covering the continent. Containing identification keys, distribution maps, summaries of habitat and geographical range, precise descriptions, chromosome numbers, pertinent synonymies, line drawings depicting all genera, selected references and b/w illustrations. Large format. Green cloth, gilt titles. Colour frontis. ISBN: 0195152085. Name stamp to front endpaper and foredge.

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