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THE BIG BUDGET FOR GIRLS
Written by Henrietta Merriman; Phyllis I. Norris; C. Bernard Rutley; M.E. Buckingham; May Wynne; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; Alfred Bestall; Peter Fraser; et al..
Stock no. 1325125
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards showing two girls at a fence looking at lambs. Colour frontis. B/w plates and text illustrations. First story is "A Good Word for Captain Bob" by Merriman. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edge rubbed and slightly browned to spine, two small white spots to front cover. Partially erased inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing else contents clean.

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THE BIG BUDGET FOR GIRLS
Written by M.E. Buckingham; et al. Illustrated by T.H. Robinson; Stanley Lloyd; Gordon Browne; et al..
Stock no. 1325124
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1932. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Front cover shows two girls making hay. Colour frontis. 4 b/w plates. B/w text illustrations.. First story is 'Mill's Race' by Buckingham. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Spine browned. Inscription in ink and ink name stamp to front free-endpaper. Frontis is detached but still present. Foxing else contents clean.

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THE BIG BUDGET FOR GIRLS
Written by George Surrey; J.H. Ambrose; R.C. Barnard; et al. Illustrated by W. Bryce Hamilton; Conrad H. Leigh; Topham; et al..
Stock no. 1325123
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1937. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards showing two girls beside a lake - one looking out of binoculars. Dalmation dog is laid on grass beside them. First story is Grizzy's Clump by Surrey. Colour frontis. B/w plates and text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown. Some foxing to contents, heavy to textblock.

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THE BIG BUDGET FOR GIRLS
Written by Beryl Irving; Doris Pocock; C. Bernard Rutley; M.E. Buckingham; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; D.L. Mays; et al..
Stock no. 1325121
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards. Front cover shows two girls on a motorbike. Colour frontis. 4 b/w plates. B/w text illustrations. First story is 'The Feud at St. Fabian's' by Irving. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light foxing/grubby marks to covers but generally covers are still bright. Endpapers foxed with some foxspots to contents. Evidence of pencil erasure marks to front free-endpaper.

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301 THINGS A BRIGHT GIRL CAN DO
Written by Jean Stewart.
Stock no. 1324996
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pale grey cloth, black titles. 436 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, wear to cover edges. Staining to spine. Some light foxing and browning at inner margins.

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DEIRA JOINS THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; Caroline German.
Stock no. 1324987
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st 2010. Very good condition.

Motherless from birth, fifteen-year-old Deira O'Hagan is suddenly plucked from her tiny day-school and sent overseas to become a boarder at the Chalet School. Pictorial cardwraps. 281 pages. B/w frontis. ISBN: 9781847450968. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Minimal fading to spine. Barcode label stuck to rear cover. Book leans to one side a little (just from where it has been read). Contents clean.

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JUDY THE GUIDE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Lilian A. Govey.
Stock no. 1324983
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1935. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. B/w frontis plus b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents.

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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Natalie Joan; C. Bernard Rutley; Violet M. Methley; Ethel Talbot; M.E. Buckingham; Ruth Cobb; et al. Illustrated by A.H. Watson; Alfred Bestall; C.E. Brock; Ruth Cobb; Ernest A. Aris; Inez Topham; et al..
Stock no. 1324980
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Orange cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl and a black dog in a motor car. First story is "The Little French Ghost" by Joan. Colour and b/w plates, b/w text illustrations. Covers are edge worn, front cover is lightly scratched and rear cover is a bit grubby. Spine is grubby. Foxing and fingering to contents.

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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Natalie Joan; Florence Harrison; Lucy Bickersteth; Margaret Middleton; et al. Illustrated by Frank E. Wiles; Florence Harrison; Radcliffe Wilson; C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1324978
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1929. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine. Front cover shows a girl waving a hankie, ice-skating. First story is 'Pen the Poacher' by Joan. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers edge worn. Some scuffing to covers. White cloth spine is grubby. Rear cover edges are grubby/slightly damp stained. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis (with a small 'merry christmas' sticker to top corner of same page). Heavy foxing to page edges and textblock.

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THE OXFORD ANNUAL FOR GIRLS 10TH YEAR
Written by Bessie Marchant; C. Bernard Rutley; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; Thora Stowell; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; Joan Griffith; Mary Strange Reeve; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1324967
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1928. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pictorial front cover shows two young ladies in cloche hats carrying Christmas presents. Pictorial spine. Orange and grey endpapers showing an Arabian scene. 6 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Cover edges rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to contents and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some loss to top edge of rear panel, foxed on verso with some light foxing showing through to front panel.

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THE OXFORD ANNUAL FOR GIRLS 9TH YEAR
Written by Nancy M. Hayes; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; Eleanor Helme; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1324965
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1927. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pictorial front board showing a young lady sat on a fence. First story 'That ordinary girl'. 6 colour plates, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, covers slightly edge rubbed. Heavy foxing. Old price to front free-endpaper (blotted out with pencil). Scarce dustwrapper is grubby, foxed, worn and torn with tape repairs on verso. Small section of loss to lower edge of rear cover has been patched with paper of similar colour.

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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Natalie Joan; Evelyn Smith; Angela Brazil; Alice Parry Gunn; Joyce M. Westrup; Lilian Holmes; Lady Middleton; et al. Illustrated by Frank E. Wiles; P.B. Hickling; C.E. Brock; Radcliffe Wilson; et al..
Stock no. 1324963
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1928. Almost very good condition.

White cloth spine, with red title. Pictorial front cover shows a girl in a sunhat picking flowers. First story is 'Two Cats-and One Other'. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge worn. White spine is slightly grubby. Some scuff marks to front cover. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Small ink name stamp to front free-endpaper. Some red biro annotations/markings to the play in one act - "Unbleached Calico". Some hinges pulled. Foxing, mainly to textblock.

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