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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.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
- SCHOOL STORIES
- GIRLS
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.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
- SCHOOL STORIES
- GIRLS
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.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ABBEY SCHOOL
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
- SCHOOL STORIES
- GIRLS
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.
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.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ABBEY SCHOOL
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
- SCHOOL STORIES
- GIRLS
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.
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.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ABBEY SCHOOL
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
- SCHOOL STORIES
- GIRLS
A HOLIDAY QUEEN
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1327248
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press.
Very good condition.
Blue boards with black titles and decorations. B/w pictorial endpapers and title-page (illustrated by Charles Robinson). 346 pages. Spine bumped and rubbed. Some slight spotting to edges. A few foxspots to textblock.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
- SCHOOL STORIES
- GIRLS
DAMARIS DANCES
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1327247
Published by Oxford University Press.
1947.
Very good condition.
Blue cloth covers, dark blue titles and vignette. Colour frontis plate. B/w illustrations. 271 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Initials CC written in red biro to front free-endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby but generally clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
- SCHOOL STORIES
- GIRLS
- DANCING
THE GIRLS OF THE ABBEY SCHOOL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Illustrated by Elsie Anna Wood.
Stock no. 1327246
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press.
Good condition.
Red boards with black titles and decorated borders to spine and front cover. 327 pages. Colour frontis. Spine and corners bumped and worn. 1" piece to top of spine is detached and currently present inside the book. Foxing to textblock and last few pages.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ABBEY SCHOOL
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
- GIRLS
THE BOOK OF THE JUBILEE 4-6-0S
Written by Chris Hawkins.
Stock no. 1327245
Published by Irwell Press.
1st
2002.
Nearly fine condition.
Large format. Glazed boards. A British Railways Illustrated Special. Edited by Hawkins. B/w photos. ISBN: 1903266270. Minimal rubbing to corners else a fine copy (pencil price/stock markings to first page).
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- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
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