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ELSIE AT ION
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 439004
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1932. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning, with some foxing to pages. Pictorial wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with a few pieces of loss to top edge and bottom of front panel.

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ELSIE AT THE WORLD'S FAIR
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 439009
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1933. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. Darkening to spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pictorial wrapper has a few inch piece of loss to bottom of spine and is edge-chipped and torn in other places, with smaller loss.

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THE FINISHING SCHOOL
Written by Pamela Brown.
Stock no. 438220
Published by John Goodchild. 1st 1985. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Rosemary Langford was born in Singapore but was sent to school in England. Just before she was due to return to school in the Autumn of 1939 she had to spend three weeks in hospital in Singapore. War was declared and Rosemary's mother said she could go to finishing school in Switzerland when the war was over. The author's last book. Green boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0863910580. Some light page browning to pages internally.

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NANCY TO THE RESCUE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 380357
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1929. Very good condition.

Red cloth with black title to spine and blind title and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis and four b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small black spot to front cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some very slight bookworm damage to endpapers. Contents clean.

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TUCK'S ANNUAL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Written by Enid Blyton; Pamela Brown; et al.
Stock no. 595301
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1953. Almost very good condition.

Includes "Shadow the Sheepdog" by Blyton and "Toby Takes A Bow" by Pamela Brown. Blue cloth spine, pictorial boards. Front cover shows children boarding an aeroplane. Edges rubbed & worn. Small square patch of surface paper loss to top of rear cover. Inscription in blue pencil to verso of front endpaper. Front joint starting to crack. Very few foxspots, contents generally clean and bright.

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THE BESSIE MARCHANT OMNIBUS BOOK
Written by Bessie Marchant.
Stock no. 434834
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1933. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Contains: The Gold-Marked Charm; Sally Makes Good; Three Girls in Mexico. Red cloth, black titles. A few grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is grubby with a few small edge-tears and chips with a little loss to top and tail of spin.e

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HOSEA'S GIRL
Written by Bessie Marchant.
Stock no. 739634
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth with black titles and vignettes to spine and front cover. 252 pages. B/w frontis plate. Spine and corners slightly bumped with small dent to edge of front cover. Light page browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Covers and contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and a bit grubby, creased to front panel and flap and has faint stain to front panel/flap (only visible on verso).

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THE FEUD IN THE FIFTH REMOVE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Ellis Silas.
Stock no. 739544
Published by The R.T.S. Office. 1st 1932. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and black title to front cover. Colour frontis. 222 pages. REDUCED from £180. Spine and corners bumped, slight fading to top and tail of spine. Foxing to prelims and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge chipped with loss, large closed tear to front panel, some tape repairs on verso and grubby on rear panel.

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SECOND CORONET BOOK FOR GIRLS
Written by Eric Leyland; Sonia Myson; et al. Illustrated by Robert McGillivray.
Stock no. 433647
Published by Sampson Low. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. First story is "Desert Trail". Top of spine and a couple of corners are bumped. Couple of small margin tears to pages. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut, with edge-tear and chipping, with loss to top of spine and a few corners.

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GIRL ANNUAL No. 8
Written by Marcus Morris.
Stock no. 588778
Published by Hulton Press Ltd.. Circa 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

10.25 x 8.25 ins. Pictorial boards with green cloth spine. Theatre through the Ages imprint on front and back paste-downs and flyleaf and rear endpaper. Black and white and colour illustrations. Light rubbing to cover edges. Small circle of surface paper damage to top of front endpaper. Crossword to page 81 completed in pencil. Wrapper is faded to spine, edge-chipped, with a few closed tears and worn at edges.

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THE GIRLS' BOOK OF SPORTS
Written by Winifred Norling; et al.
Stock no. 588343
Published by Birn Brothers Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Colour pictorial front board shows girl and puppy. B/w illustrations. First story Christmas At Conifers. Most of the b/w illustrations have been neatly coloured in.

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HOPE'S TRYST
Written by Bessie Marchant. Illustrated by James F. Sloane.
Stock no. 735464
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Story of the Siberian Frontier. Green pictorial cloth with black to spine and front cover. Grey endpapers. Colour frontis plus 3 b/w plates. 288 pages plus 32 page publication list to rear. Spine slightly bumped. Light fading to covers. Prize plate to front pastedown. Some foxing else contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is slightly edge rubbed, grubby on rear panel.

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