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HILDA ANNERSLEY HEADMISTRESS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; Lesley Green.
Stock no. 1330548
Published by Matador. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

A carry on from Elinor Brent-Dyer's "Gay From China", what happened in the year after the road accident and before Miss Annersley's return to school? Pictorial cardwraps. 215 pages. ISBN: 1904744915. Book leans to one side a little (just from being held open to read). A couple of small, light marks to textblock.

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ROSAMUND'S TUCK-SHOP
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1330547
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2002. Very good condition.

The 25th title in the famous Abbey series, originally published in 1936. Complete and unabridged. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour frontis. 183 pages. ISBN: 190441706X. Spine is faded. Spine edges are slightly creased (just where book has been held open to read). Contents clean.

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THE SECRET OF THE WHITE PEACOCK
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1330546
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Originally published in 1956 by Collins. Cardwraps. 216 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 9781847450470. Minimal rubbing to cover edges.

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THE GATES OF BANNERDALE
Written by Geoffrey Trease.
Stock no. 1330545
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. One of the Bannerdale series. 223 pages. ISBN: 9781847450234. Very slight creasing to corner tips of cover, and also to first few page corner tips.

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NO BOATS ON BANNERMERE
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Richard Kennedy.
Stock no. 1330544
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. Why were boats forbidden on Bannermere Lake?... ISBN: 1904417442. Light vertical crease to spine edge of front cover (just where book has been held open to read). Light mark to top edge of textblock else contents clean.

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THE CRICKET TERM
Written by Antonia Forest.
Stock no. 1330542
Published by Puffin Books; Penguin Books Ltd. 1981. Very good condition.

It is busy summer again at Kingscote School. Nicola Marlow is coaching her team with a steely determination to beat the senior girls in the inter-form cricket cup, and her twin sister Lawrie is just as determined to get the part she really wants in the school play. A Puffin paperback. Pictorial cardwraps. 255 pages. ISBN: 0140311378. Light creases to covers. Pale page browning else contents clean.

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THE WHISTLING BOY
Written by Ruth M. Arthur. Illustrated by Margery Gill.
Stock no. 1330541
Published by Armada. 1st thus 1973. Very good condition.

Originally published by Gollancz in 1969. Kirsty goes fruit-picking in East Anglia and meets Jake, they immediately become friends... Cardwraps. B/w text illustrations. 159 pages. ISBN: 0006907601. Some creasing, wear and fading to covers. Inscription in ink to inside front cover, name in ink to inside rear cover. Initials in ink to half title-page. Pale page browning throughout else contents clean.

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A LAST YEAR AT VIVIANS
Written by Patricia K. Caldwell.
Stock no. 1330540
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2013. Very good condition.

Originally privately printed/published in 2006. Cardwraps. 207 pages. A few b/w photos. ISBN: 9781847451552. Front joint is starting to crack. Some rubbing to cover edges. Textblock is slightly grubby.

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THE CHALET SCHOOL LIBRARIAN
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; Pat Willimott.
Stock no. 1330539
Published by Matador. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

Set a year after Elinor M. Brent-Dyer's New Beginnings at the Chalet School, this story features a new library and swimming pool, built to commemorate the silver anniversary of the school. Pictorial cardwraps. 184 pages. ISBN: 1905237308. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Corners of front cover slightly creased. Book is leaning to one side a little (just where it has been opened to read).

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GEDEON TRAVERSE L'ATLANTIQUE
Written by Benjamin Rabier. Illustrated by Benjamin Rabier.
Stock no. 1208955
Published by Libraire Garnier Freres. Circa 1933. Good condition.

The adventures of a little yellow duck and his pals. Large format. Red cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Text in French. Covers are edge worn and lightly scuffed, blue crayon(?) scribble to rear board. Spine bumped. First 20 pages have vertical creases to inner margins (where the pages have been opened). There are a few margin marks and tears but generally the contents are clean.

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LES AVENTURES DE JO, ZETTE ET JOCKO: LE RAYON DU MYSTERE 2ME EPISODE - L'ERUPTION DU KARAMAKO
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208954
Published by Casterman. Circa 1960. Fair condition.

Large format. Red spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Text in French. Covers are worn and scuffed, some surface paper damage to front cover. Spine worn. Joints cracked and some hinges pulled causing contents to be a little loose but still bound tight. Page browning and some fingermarks to margins.

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LES AVENTURES DE JO, ZETTE ET JOCKO: LE RAYON DU MYSTERE 1ER EPISODE - LE "MANITOBA" NE REPOND PLUS
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208953
Published by Casterman. Circa 1960. Fair condition.

Large format. Red spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Text in French. Covers are worn and scuffed. Spine worn with slight loss to top and tail. Joints are cracked and a little weak. Name and address written in blue crayon in belongs to box. Pencil doodles of characters within the book to rear free-endpaper. Hinges pulled causing stitching to be weak but contents still bound. Page browning and some grubby fingermarks.

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