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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Natalie Joan; Ruth Cobb; C. Bernard Rutley; E.E. Cowper; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; Ruth Cobb; Alfred Bestall; et al..
Stock no. 1324826
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Orange cloth spine, black title. Pictorial front board shows two girls in hiking gear, one looking at map. 4 colour plates. B/w illustrations. First story is 'The Treasure Hunt' by Joan. Frontis by Bestall. 208 pages. Covers edge rubbed, corners worn. Spine bumped and rubbed. Prelims pulled, nearly detached. Some foxing to contents.

BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by M.E. Buckingham; Ruth Cobb; Natalie Joan; Violet M. Methley; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1324768
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Cloth spine. Front cover shows a young woman in hat leading a horse. First story is 'The Cat That Ruled a Village' by Buckingham. 4 colour plates, b/w illustrations. Covers are edge worn, scuffed and rear cover is grubby. Ink address stamps to front endpapers and also written in ink too. Some heavy foxing and some light fingering to contents.

BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Frances Joyce; Ruth Cobb; Natalie Joan; Bessie Marchant; Elizabeth Gould; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; Ruth Cobb; C.E. Brock; Edith Hilder; Rowland Hilder; et al..
Stock no. 1324767
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Beige cloth spine. Yellow front board shows girl with bobbed hair and in a blue dress looking at a book. First story is "Stop Me and Buy One" by Frances Joyce. 4 colour plates. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners worn, edges rubbed. Front cover is slightly grubby. Ink name stamp to front free-endpaper and another name written in ink over the top of one of the stamps. Light foxing and fingering to contents.

THE SCHOOL GIRL'S ANNUAL
Written by Flora Klickmann. Illustrated by Maude Angell; Louis Wain; Persis Kirmse; G.L. Stampa; Gordon Browne; et al..
Stock no. 1323930
Circa 1922. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl and horse's head. Title on front cover reads School Girl's Stories. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 128 pages. Includes two articles and b/w illustrations by Louis Wain. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge worn. Damp stain to base of spine and affecting lower inner corners of covers. Frontis has been inserted upside-down. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear free-endpaper. Some light browning and foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby with damp staining to lower edges and some other marks, loss at edges.

JUNE BOOK 1973
No author listed.
Stock no. 1322073
Published by IPC Magazines Ltd.. 1973. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and two-tone illustrations. ISBN: 0850370027. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents are fine, just a light musty smell.

JUNE BOOK 1970
No author listed.
Stock no. 1322071
Published by IPC Magazines Ltd.. 1970. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards show two girls pond skating. Colour, b/w and two tone illustrations. ISBN: 0900376384. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Puzzles untouched. Slight musty smell to contents.

PRINCESS TINA ANNUAL 1970
No author listed.
Stock no. 1318514
Published by IPC Magazines Ltd.. 1970. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures and numerous illustrations. ISBN: 0900376457. Price-cut to front free-endpaper and matching section cut from first page (pg5/6).

GIRL ANNUAL No. 11
No author listed.
Stock no. 1817456
Published by Longacre Press Ltd.. 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth spine. Pictorial boards showing girl skiing. Some mottling to cloth spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is not price-cut, is faded to spine, edge-rubbed and worn.

THE BEST OF GIRL
No author listed.
Stock no. 1815627
Published by Prion Books. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition.

For girls growing up in 1950s Britain, Girl, companion to the legendary Eagle, was essential reading. The Best of Girl is a fascinating window onto this hilariously wholesome bygone age of fine upstanding virtue for those too young to remember it, and a completely compulsive nostalgia trip for those who aren't. Very Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour pictorial endpapers. 144 pages. ISBN: 9781853756115.

GIRL ANNUAL NO. 3
Written by Marcus Morris.
Stock no. 2124102
Published by Hulton Press Ltd.. Circa 1955. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cloth spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. Crossword done. Name in ink to belongs to page. Light foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has large close tears and is creased; some loss to base of spine.

BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Florence Harrison; Ethel Talbot; Angela Brazil; Violet M. Methley; et al. Illustrated by Florence Harrison; Warwick Reynolds; Frank Wiles; C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1507661
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial paper boards show girl in red blazer with tennis racket, cloth spine. 4 colour plates, 1 colour plate by Florence Harrison. B/w and two tone illustrations. First story is 'The Socialist' by Mrs. J.D. Westwood. 208 pages. Spine bumped, worn and browned with a few marks. Corners and cover edges worn. Marks to covers. Small amount of crossed out writing to front endpaper. Grubby mark to top corner of half-title page. Rear joint and a couple of hinges cracked but binding is firm. Light foxing and a few marks to contents. All plates present.

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. 1506890
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 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 bumped, slightly browned and grubby. Wear to corners and cover edges. A couple of small patches of surface paper damage to front cover. Rear cover a little grubby. Ink inscription to front pastedown. Small bookseller's label to rear pastedown. Contents very good just some light foxing.