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CAROLA STORMS THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1301476
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited.
1st
1951.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.
Green boards, black titles to spine. 253 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Name and address in ink to front pastedown. Pale browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Price-cut wrapper (with new publisher price above) is edge worn and torn with slight loss at corners and just a little bit grubby on rear panel.
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- CHILDRENS
- CHALET SCHOOL
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
THE HEAD GIRL OF THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 384866
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited.
1936.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w frontis. 336 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Name and address in ink, 'no. 4' written in ink and also a transfer sticker (of dog) stuck to front endpaper. A few hinges pulled. Some foxing, mainly to outer page edges else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with small patch of loss to top edge of front panel, grubby on rear panel. Tape repairs on verso to edges and folds. A little of the transfer sticker has transferred to the front flap of the dustwrapper.
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- CHALET SCHOOL
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
JUNIOR CAPTAIN
Written by Nancy Breary.
Illustrated by D. Mays.
Stock no. 384663
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Circa
1946.
Almost very good condition.
Blue cloth covers, white titles. 4 b/w plates. 248 pages. Spine and corners bumped. A couple of small marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned, light foxing to outer page edges. Pages are wrinkled throughout (no idea why!), a few page corners are lightly creased.
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- GIRLS
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- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
NO PEACE FOR THE PREFECTS
Written by Nancy Breary.
Stock no. 384660
Published by George Newnes Limited.
2nd
1947.
Very good condition.
Blue cloth. Black titles. 216 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Spine and cover edges faded. Very slight surface paper damage to endpapers (from removal of small pieces of tape?). Contents clean.
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- SCHOOL STORIES
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
THE MYSTERY AT SHONCLIFF SCHOOL
No author listed.
Illustrated by W.S. Stacey.
Stock no. 820608
Published by Cassell & Company Limited.
1894.
Good condition.
By the author of Mr Burke's Nieces, Daisy's Dilemmas, etc. Grey cloth boards with green vignettes, green title block with gil ttitles. 4 b/w plates. This story originally appeared in Little Folks Magazine. Boards grubby and worn at corners, spine has some fraying to cloth. Bookplate to front pastedown. List of illustrations almost detached from centre section. Staple binding is rusty. A few grubby marks to contents.
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- CHILDRENS
- CHILDRENS (VICTORIAN)
- SCHOOL STORIES
THE TIZZLE SISTERS & ERIK
Written by G.P. Taylor.
Illustrated by Dan Boultwood.
Stock no. 447285
Published by Markosia Enterprises Ltd..
1st
2006.
Very good condition.
Adapted by Tony Lee. Glazed pictorial boards. Comic book style interspersed with normal text pages. St Dunstan's school for wayward children is not an ordinary school and Sadie and Saskia Tizzle are not ordinary young people... ISBN: 9781905692224. Front cover is faded.
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- CHILDRENS
- COMIC BOOK
- SCHOOL STORIES
NANCY RETURNS TO ST. BRIDE'S
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Illustrated by M.D. Johnston.
Stock no. 446207
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
Circa
1938.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Cloth covers with swan design, black titles and borders. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 288 pages. Half-title page has one *, therefore believed to be 2nd edition. Foxing to spine, margins and outer page edges. Wrapper is lightly marked to spine, with wear to corners.
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- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
THE NEW HOUSE MISTRESS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 383401
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd..
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
The Peerless series. Green boards, black titles. B/w frontis. 94 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Lower edge of rear cover is slightly knocked causing some light creasing to the board. Foxing throughout else contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed, edge worn and grubby, price-cut.
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- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
THE FORTUNES OF PHILIPPA
Written by Angela Brazil.
Illustrated by Arthur Buckland.
Stock no. 383347
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Good condition.
Yellow pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 3 b/w plates. 208 pages + 16 page booklist. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Damp staining to edges of covers. Picture stuck to front pastedown. Pencil writing to endpaper, blue crayon writing to verso. Front joint cracked. Foxing throughout. A good copy of an early reprint.
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- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
THE SECRET OF THE BORDER CASTLE
Written by Angela Brazil.
Illustrated by Charles Willis.
Stock no. 383319
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
1st
1943.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Red cloth, black titles. 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. Top edge red. Spine and corners bumped otherwise covers bright. Very slight page edge foxing. Pictorial wrapper is edge-creased and torn with slight loss to head and tail of spine.
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- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
CAPTAIN PEGGIE
Written by Angela Brazil.
Illustrated by W.E. Wightman.
Stock no. 383283
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
1st
1924.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Pictorial blue cloth covers. Six b/w plates. 319 pages. 7.75 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped, a couple of tiny nicks to cover edges. Prize plate to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Some heavy foxing, mainly to outer page edges. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with tape repairs on verso, loss to corners, top of spine and to edges of rear panel.
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- SCHOOL STORIES
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
WILLIAM AND A.R.P.
Written by Richmal Crompton.
Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 383164
Published by George Newnes Limited.
1st thus
1939.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Cheap edition. Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine slightly bumped with some slight fading to base. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers and foxing to outer page edges. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and creased with loss to spine and corners, some tape repairs on verso.
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- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS)