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MRS STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR GIRLS
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Winifred Darch; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; Florence Harrison; Mary Strange Reeve; et al..
Stock no. 1325618
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1926. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front and spine, front shows girl feeding doves. Includes "Captain Betsy" by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. 6 colour plates. 160 pages. Spine bumped. Covers slightly edge worn. Inscription in ink (partially faded) to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing and some fingering to page margins. Scarce dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn, tear to top of spine tape repaired on verso, rear panel has large section of loss to top edge and some smaller pieces of loss at other edges.

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NANCY CALLS THE TUNE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1325593
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 230 pages. ISBN: 1904417884. Minimal rubbing at corners. Slight grubby mark to lower corner of textblock.

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THE AMELIA JANE COLLECTION
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1325591
Published by Dean. Circa 2013. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Contains: Naughty Amelia Jane; Amelia Jane Again; Amelia Jane is Naughty Again. Orange glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780603568060. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.

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ALTHEA JOINS THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; Clarissa Cridland. Illustrated by D. Brook.
Stock no. 1325488
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition.

"For this GGBP edition we have used the text of the original hardback edition. It contained a great many apparent errors, and the appendix explains how we dealt with them. We hope we have not added any new ones". Pictorial cardwraps. Introduction by Clarissa Cridland. 191 pages. ISBN: 1904417930. Minimal rubbing to corners.

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REDHEADS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1325483
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Cardwraps. 235 pages. ISBN: 9781847451095. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Small, light mark to textblock.

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THE RED BOOK FOR GIRLS
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Mary Cowden Clarke; Bessie Marchant; Angela Brazil; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; et al. Illustrated by Lilian A. Govey; Harold C. Earnshaw; N.M. Price; Chas. Pears; et al..
Stock no. 1325454
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, spine, red boards. Colour pictorial onlay to front. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small mark to top of spine. Foxing throughout.

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THE GREEN BOOK FOR GIRLS
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Charles Dickens; Angela Brazil; Bessie Marchant; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; et al. Illustrated by John Campbell; Lilian A. Govey; C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1325450
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth spine and green decorated boards, pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour plates. B/w text illustrations. First story is "The Magic Fish Bone" by Charles Dickens. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges rubbed. Spine browned. Contents are browned with heavy foxing to textblock (some to margins). Some hinges cracked.

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DIMSIE MOVES UP
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 1325246
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1921. Good condition.

Pictorial cloth covers. Gilt titles. 4 colour plates. 254 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped, split to top of spine. Covers slightly grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to contents. One plate is part detached.

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QUEENS FOR CHOICE
Written by Dorothea Moore.
Stock no. 1325234
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1934. Good condition.

Colour pictorial boards - illustrated by E.E. Brier. Colour frontis. 96 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly browned and rear cover very slightly grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown partially removed. Heavy foxing. Joint between frontis and title-page is cracked showing stitching/webbing beneath.

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KATTIE OF THE BALKANS
Written by F.O.H. Nash. Illustrated by J.M. Pollock.
Stock no. 1325231
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1931. Good condition.

Warne's Adventure Library. 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. Cream pictorial boards. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 152 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers grubby. Damage to top of front cover. Name plate to front pastedown. Heavy foxing to textblock affecting some page edges.

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JUST PEGGY
Written by Margaret Stuart Lane. Illustrated by M.D. Johnston.
Stock no. 1325228
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1925. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. 159 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers edge rubbed. Prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (name has been blotted out). Foxing to contents.

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THE BIG BUDGET FOR GIRLS
Written by E.C. Matthews; Bessie Marchant; C. Bernard Rutley; et al. Illustrated by H.L. Bacon; Radcliffe Wilson; D.M. Cafferata.
Stock no. 1325127
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, showing two girls with mountains in the back ground. One girl is holding the rim of her hat, to keep it on. First story is 'Sheila's Magic' by Matthews. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Spine a bit grubby and browned, covers slightly grubby. Some loss of surface paper to top front corner. Foxing else contents clean.

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