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LAST TERM AT MALORY TOWERS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stanley Lloyd.
Stock no. 1331470
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black titles and vignette to front. Blue and white endpapers show map of Malory Towers. 150 pages. B/w illustrations. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Some foxing to textblock. Covers and contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped with slight loss else bright.

BLACKIES GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Dorothy Wilding; Constance Savery; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; Cecil Orr; W. Lindsay Cable; et al..
Stock no. 1831605
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1940. Very good condition.

White cloth spine with light blue title. Front cover shows three girls cooking over a camp fire. First story is 'The Younger Sister Mystery' by Dorothy Wilding. 4 full-page colour plates, 4 half-tone plates plus numerous b/w illustrations to text. 208 pages. Cloth spine is grubby and frayed at top. Board edges are rubbed, corners worn. Text block browned and slightly grubby. Frontispiece partly detached. One hinge pulled but binding tight. One or two margin marks else contents generally clean. All plates present.

THE TWINS AT ST. CLARE'S
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1331410
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 4th 1943. Fair condition.

Orange cloth, blue titles. B/w illustrations. 217 pages. Covers are badly damp stained. Spine and corners bumped. Book leans to one side when closed. Child's neat writing (long address) to front pastedown. Name in ink to front free-endpaper and some erased writing below. One page had lower corner torn off and is now held in place with aging sellotape. Some foxing and fingering but contents otherwise generally clean.

SUMMER TERM AT ST. CLARE'S
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1331409
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 5th 1948. Good condition.

The third book of the St. Clare's series. Blue cloth, red titles. B/w illustrations. 153 pages. Spine faded and uneven fading to covers. Name and date in pink ink to front pastedown. Embossed address stamp to front free-endpaper. Some foxing and fingering but contents are generally clean.

THE GRENVILLE GARRISON
Written by Gwendoline Courtney. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1831558
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

The cottage of the island where the five young Grenvilles - and their dogs - were to spend their holiday was in a lovely and seemingly peaceful spot. As Roy remarked when they arrived: "You just don't expect things to happen here because you know they won't." But how wrong he was!... A new edition, complete and unabridged. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 265 pages. ISBN: 9781847451880. Minor grease spot to top edge of text block and a few page margins. Else a nice, clean copy.

WORRALS ON THE WAR-PATH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1331315
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Pale blue cloth, parachute vignette. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Slight discolouration to top and tail of spine. Small, light damp stain to lower spine corner of front cover. Foxing to textblock, contents clean. Dustwrapper is well worn, torn and creased with loss at edges and to spine, rear flap is creased, there are tears to the folds, the white spine and rear panel are grubby.

HALF-A-DOZEN SISTERS
Written by Evelyn Everett-Green.
Stock no. 1331287
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Good condition.

Brown cloth with green titles and decorations and pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour plates. 338 pages plus book list. Spine and corners bumped. Rubbing to spine edges. Light vertical crease to front cover. Name in ink and another with address. Front joint cracking. Some foxing but contents generally clean.

JUDY FOR GIRLS 1971
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831375
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1971. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cream boards with burgundy title to front. Picture stories, features, things to make & do, puzzles. Colour and two-tone illustrations. Boards a little grubby and lightly worn at corners. Slight lean to spine. Picture X-word completed in ink else contents clean. Red pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with loss.

JUDY FOR GIRLS 1970
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831374
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black pictorial boards. Picture stories, features, things to make and do. First picture story is 'Fay Farrell Fishermen's Nurse'. A few minor marks to boards, slight lean to spine, corners & spine lightly rubbed. One page torn from lower gutter edge. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is a little marked and edge-worn,

JUDY FOR GIRLS 1974
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831373
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Light grey boards, black titles. Colour & two-tone illustrations. Picture stories, cartoons, things to make & do, games, puzzles and more. For cartoon story is 'Junior Nanny'. Small mark to rear board, base of spine lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with slight loss.

JUDY FOR GIRLS 1973
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831372
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

White boards with red title outlines and front cover shows girl using a suit of armour to wind wool. Colour and two-tone illustrations. First story is a cartoon script story 'The New Girl'. Light browning to boards. Some light creasing to contents causing text block to be creased vertically. Belongs to page completed in heavy pencil. Cluewords puzzle partially completed in ink else contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is worn at corners, small chip to top of spine, small tears to lower rear edge.

DIANA FOR GIRLS 1976
No author listed.
Stock no. 1331227
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, dark blue title and vignette to front cover. Spine slightly bumped, light rubbing to corners. Crossword clean. Slight musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased and worn at corners.