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THE ABBEY GIRLS PLAY UP
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1327260
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth with black titles and vignettes. Colour frontis. 288 pages. A chunky volume. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Some foxing else contents clean.

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QUEEN OF THE ABBEY GIRLS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by E.J. Kealey.
Stock no. 1327259
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1929. Very good condition.

Bright green pictorial cloth. Black titles and border. Colour frontis. 314 pages plus publication list at rear. 8 x 5.5". A chunky volume. Spine and corners bumped. Slight rubbing to spine. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Front joint cracked. Some light foxing and page browning.

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SECRETS OF THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1327258
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1949. Good condition.

Seagull Library series. Blue boards, silver title to spine and seagull vignette to front cover. 284 pages, top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to edge of front cover and to spine. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Page corner tips creased.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS ON TRIAL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1327257
Published by Collins. 1943. Good condition.

Orange cloth, silver titles. Colour frontis. 288 pages, top edge red. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Covers marked and faded. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Frontis is detached but still present. Some hinges cracked. Binding error sees a couple of page corner tips missing (no text missing).

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NEW GIRLS AT WOODEND
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1327256
Published by Frederick Books; Blackie & Son. 1st 1957. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A country school, entirely of seniors, is suddenly invaded by five juniors, of 12 years old or less, accepted by the headmistress for various reasons. Green boards with red titles to spine. 240 pages. EX-LIB with remains of labels to front endpapers and library stamp to verso of title-page. Front joint between half title-page and title-page is cracked. Heavy foxing to textblock and some grubby marks to page margins. Spine and corners bumped, a few tiny dents to lower cover edges. Small faded patch to centre of spine. Dustwrapper is grubby to rear panel, foxed on verso and has a small hole to front spine edge.

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ELSA PUTS THINGS RIGHT
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1327255
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1944. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, green title to spine and vignettes to front cover. 188 pages. B/w frontis and text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, tiny dent to lower edge of rear cover. Inscription in ink and name and date in ink to front free-endpaper (which has had the very top corner tip neatly removed). Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight chipping and tears. Small hole to spine.

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THE THIRD TERM AT ROCKLANDS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1327254
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st thus 1931. Good condition.

Adapted from "Jen of the Abbey School". Blue boards, bold black titles to front cover and spine. Colour frontis plate. 112 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges rubbed. Small patch of surface paper damage to top edge of front cover, slight damp staining to front cover. Frontis is MISSING from this copy. There are some small red ink stamps (can't read what they say) scattered to the first few pages. The contents are very browned but otherwise clean.

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THE GIRLS OF SQUIRREL HOUSE
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1327253
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st thus 1932. Good condition.

Bright yellow cloth with brown lettering and vignette of galleon to front. Colour frontis. 128 pages. Story taken from part of the Abbey Girls On Trial. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Covers a bit grubby. Front free-endpaper has been removed, causing slight damage to inner margin of pastedown. Small brown spots affect pages 41 to 48. Some hinges cracked but binding still tight.

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THE GIRLS OF GWYNFA
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1327252
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Bedford Library. Blue cloth, brown titles to spine and brown title labels to front cover (also brown decorative lines). B/w frontis. 310 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Prize plate to front pastedown, name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing, mainly to prelims and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and torn with some loss to top and tail of spine.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Charles Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1327251
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Almost very good condition.

Dark green cloth with gilt titles and vignettes to spine and front cover. Endpapers and title-page are illustrted in b/w by Robinson. Colour frontis uncredited. 320 pages. Gilt to covers has dulled. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Heavy foxing else contents clean.

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ADVENTURE FOR TWO
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1327250
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1949. Good condition.

Red boards, silver title to spine. 6 b/w illustrations. 271 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine badly faded. Prize plate to front pastedown. Front joint cracked. Textblock is slightly grubby and there is a small stain to lower edge of textblock.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS IN TOWN
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1327249
Published by The Children's Press. 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Boy's and Girls' Library. Green boards with silver titles and vignette. 124 pages. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Contents are browned but clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and slightly rubbed at corners.

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