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GYPSY'S SOWING AND REAPING
Written by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Illustrated by Mary Fairman Clark.
Stock no. 1106195
Published by Dodd, Mead & Company. Circa 1896. Very good condition.

Attractive pale green cloth with red wagon wheel and lasso vignette. B/w plates. 286 pages. Rear board slightly marked with small dent but overall a very bright copy.

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NANCY AND THE COGGS TWINS
Written by Marion Ames Taggart. Illustrated by John Goss.
Stock no. 1106191
Published by The Page Company. 1st USA 1914. Good condition.

Pale green and red pictorial cloth. 6 b/w plates. 362 pages. The Doctor's Little Girl series. Book: book plate to front pastedown Front joint split. Spine edges rubbed. Corners bumped.

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MALYS ROCKELL
Written by May Wynne.
Stock no. 1106172
Published by Ward, Lock & Co.. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Brown pictorial cloth with black titles. B/w plates. 256 page.s Top and tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Covers bright. Light browning to free endpapers. Wrapper browned and edge-torn with loss.

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SALLY FOR SHORT
Written by Lilian Garis. Illustrated by Thelma Gooch.
Stock no. 1106129
Published by Grosset & Dunlap. 1st USA 1930. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Mystery upon mystery develop as Sally and her friends are ar summer camp. Grey cloth, black title to spine, green title and black vignette to front cover. B/w plates. 262 pages. Book: name in ink to front endpaper. spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Attractive pictorial dustwrapper is browned and edge-torn with some loss.

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DOROTHY DALE AT GLENWOOD SCHOOL
Written by Margaret Penrose.
Stock no. 1105885
Published by Cupples & Leon Company. 1st USA 1908. Good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth. B/w plates. A girls school story set in the USA. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Pencil marks to rear cover. Light inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Pencil scribble to rear pastedown. Front joint and some hinges cracked. One plate has possibly been reinserted as edges are ragged. Some foxing, occasional pencil marks and some grubby marks. Tear to one page. A reading copy.

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GIRL SCOUTS IN THE ADIRONDACKS
Written by Lillian Elizabeth Roy.
Stock no. 1105873
Published by Grosset & Dunlap. 1st USA 1921. Very good condition.

Brown cloth, black titles and cooking pot vignette to front cover. 4 b/w plates. Corners bumped and rubbed.

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STRANGERS AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1304910
Published by Collins. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, green titles to spine. Colour frontis. 256 pages. Spine bumped and faded. A few light foxspots else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper has loss at top edges and is a little worn at corners.

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KATTIE OF THE BALKANS
Written by F.O.H. Nash. Illustrated by J.M. Pollock.
Stock no. 1304903
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

An amazing adventure in which Bunnie is mistaken for Kattie and is taken far away into the wilds of Silaria, captive in a strange land. Green cloth, black titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 152 pages. Spine and corners bumped, spine slightly faded. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few hinges are cracked but contents tight and clean.

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THE FEUD IN THE FIFTH REMOVE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Ellis Silas.
Stock no. 1304589
Published by R.T.S.; Girl's Own Paper. 1st 1932. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title and black vignette to spine, black title and decoration to front cover. Colour frontis. 222 pages. Spine and corners bumped, small split to base of spine. Remains of very small white sticker to front endpaper. Foxing and some fingering to contents but generally clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss, 2" loss to base of spine, tape repair to top of spine on verso and a few tiny holes (caused by scratches) to front panel. Rear panel is a bit grubby. A nice copy in a decent enough dustwrapper.

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THE SCHOOL ON THE MOOR
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Stock no. 1304471
Published by Oxford University Press. 1937. Good condition.

Cream cloth with swan decoration. Colour frontis. 285 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers a little bit grubby and foxed, slight wear to top of spine. There is a large red cross (felt-tip pen?) to front cover. '26. The Salvation Army' written in blue ink to front pastedown, inscription in black ink to front endpaper. Heavy foxing to contents otherwise clean.

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LAVENDER LAUGHS IN THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1304455
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, dark blue titles to spine. 288 pages. B/w frontis by Brisley. Spine and corners bumped. Name plate to front pastedown (attempt has been made to remove it). Heavy foxing to page edges. Wrapper is worn and torn with tape repairs on verso, some slight loss and a bit grubby.

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MONICA TURNS UP TRUMPS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1304452
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1937. Almost very good condition.

Green, blue titles to spine and front cover. 223 numbered pages. Spine bumped and faded. Corners bumped. Cover edges slightly faded. Some pencil erasure marks to half title-page which also has a 1.5" closed tear at inner margin. A couple of hinges are pulled. It is possible that the free-endpapers (front and rear) are missing - or it may not have had any in the first instance? Contained in a photocopy dustwrapper.

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