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THE CHALET SCHOOL AND BARBARA
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by D. Brook.
Stock no. 1301463
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards, blue titles to spine. B/w frontis. 208 pages. Spine just slightly bumped. Name and address in ink to front pastedown. Page browning else contents clean. Wrapper is torn with large sections of loss to lower edges of spine and panels, some slight loss to top edges. Neat tick marks to title list on rear panel which is also slightly grubby.

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COSEY CORNER
Written by L.T. Meade. Illustrated by Percy Tarrant.
Stock no. 449023
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1901. Very good condition.

Green and beige pictorial cloth. 18 b/w plates. 282 pages. Book: all plates present, book plate to front pastedown. Corners, top and tail of spine bumped and rubbed.

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THE HEAD GIRL OF THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 384866
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1936. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w frontis. 336 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Name and address in ink, 'no. 4' written in ink and also a transfer sticker (of dog) stuck to front endpaper. A few hinges pulled. Some foxing, mainly to outer page edges else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with small patch of loss to top edge of front panel, grubby on rear panel. Tape repairs on verso to edges and folds. A little of the transfer sticker has transferred to the front flap of the dustwrapper.

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JO RETURNS TO THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 384816
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1936. Very good condition.

Blue cloth. Gilt title to spine and front cover. 4 b/w plates by Brisley. 303 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine slightly bumped and faded. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint partly cracked. Light foxing to outer page edges. A nice copy of the first edition.

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THE CHALET GIRLS IN CAMP
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 384599
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1955. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards with dark blue title and stripes to spine. 234 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Some marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers and prelims. Pale page browning throughout else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss, a large closed tear across corner of rear panel, extensive magic tape repairs (mainly on verso).

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CHUDLEIGH HOLD
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 383036
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First of the three Chudleigh Hold books by the author of the Chalet School series. Blue boards. B/w frontis illustration. 204 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to covers and spine very slightly faded. Front free-endpaper missing (including frontis illustration). Small brown mark to top margin of title-page. Page browning throughout. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss, small mark to centre of front panel, price-cut with new price above in ink (3/6).

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COURAGE AND CONFLICT
Written by G.A. Henty; et al. Illustrated by W. Boucher.
Stock no. 629332
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1901. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial boards with gilt titles. 8 b/w plates. First story is 'The Sole survivors' by Henty. Spine faded. Covers grubby. Corners and spine are bumped and worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page edges are grubby. All plates present.

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A BOOK OF BABY BIRDS
Written by B. Parker. Illustrated by N. Parker.
Stock no. 380992
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red boards with black title and vignettes to front cover. Superb full page b/w plates of 12 different birds, verses with b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Covers just a tiny bit grubby. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Staples rusty. Some light spotting and fingering but contents generally clean. Rear free-endpaper is missing, damage to edge of last few pages (margins only).

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TROUBLESOME URSULA
Written by Mabel Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 593219
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with black titles and pictures to spine and front cover. B/w plates by Attwell. A few light marks to covers. Prize plate, that has been partially ripped out (So surface paper damage now) to front pastedown. Roughly 1" tear to top of 1st page along spine. Foxing throughout. 8 b/w plates present, including frontis. Still a nice book for its age.

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FIVE-FIGURE MATHEMATICAL TABLES
Written by E. Chappell.
Stock no. 593087
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1915. Very good condition.

Logs and Cologs of numbers from 1 to 40,000; Illogs (Antilogs) of NUmbers from .0000 to .9999; Lologs (logs of logs) of numbers from 0.00100 to 1000; Illologs (Antilologs) of numbers from -6.0 to 0.5000. Also with trig functions retc. Green cloth, gilt titles. Book: Ex-lib. Minimal stamps. Library perforation to preface page.

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SWEET CONTENT
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by A.S. Boyd.
Stock no. 585093
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Circa 1916. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. B/w plates. Front joint split. Spine faded and worn at top and tail.

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THE NEW HOUSE AT THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 733380
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1937. Very good condition.

B/w frontis plate by N.K.Brisley. Blue cloth, dark blue title to spine. 7.5 x 5". 270 pages. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Corners a little worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing otherwise contents clean.

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