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STRANGERS IN THE LAND
Written by Ethel F. Heddle. Illustrated by Harold Copping.
Stock no. 1324682
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 8 b/w plates. 383 pages. Top edge gilt, fore-edge untrimmed. Spine and corners bumped. Some light scuffing to covers. Prize-plate to front pastedown has been mostly removed (leaving evidence of glue residue). A few foxspots to page margins else contents clean.

THE GREAT BOOK FOR GIRLS
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Phillippa Francklyn; Winifred Darch; Bessie Marchant; et al. Illustrated by Grace Lodge; Mary S. Reeve; M.D. Johnston; et al..
Stock no. 1324607
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1937. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards, front shows The Games Captain (girl with a tennis racquet). First story is "The Sea Eagles' Nest" by Francklyn. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Covers are edge worn. Contents are browned but clean.

CHRISTIE REDFERN'S TROUBLES
Written by Mrs Robertson. Illustrated by E. Barnard Lintott.
Stock no. 1324595
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Circa 1911. Very good condition.

Green cloth with red decoration to spine and front cover. Pictorial onlay to centre of front cover. 3 b/w plates. 384 pages plus 4 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Small white paint(?) spot to top edge of rear cover. Name plate and tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing throughout else contents clean.

THE GIRL WHO WOULDN'T MAKE FRIENDS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1324580
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1926. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, black titles and vignettes to front cover and spine. Colour frontis plus one other colour plate. 288 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Book leans to one side a little. A few small marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Joint between frontis and title-page is cracked, some other hinges pulled. A few foxspots to textblock else contents clean.

MAID OF THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1324516
Published by Collins. 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seagull library. Blue boards, and top edge blue. 220 pages. 7.5 x 5". Tiny bit of fading to base of spine. Name in ink and inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (both neat). Contents otherwise fine. Price-cut dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed with a couple of small tape repairs on verso (which have browned with age and this can been seen on front panel). A few tiny, light marks to rear panel.

JANDY MAC COMES BACK
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1324511
Published by Collins. 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seagull Library. Blue boards. 256 pages, top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Tiny spot to lower edge of textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed with a couple of small tears, rear panel is very slightly grubby.

A PROBLEM FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by D. Brook.
Stock no. 1824645
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2005. Nearly fine condition.

Complete and unabridged. Pictorial cardwraps. 248 pages. ISBN: 1904417787. Previous bookseller's lable to rear cover. Contents clean.

THE GIRLS OF GWYNFA
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1324244
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1930. Good condition.

Orange cloth, black titles. 310 pages. Colour frontis. Spine and corners bumped. Covers discoloured. Endpapers lightly browned, some foxing to contents.

A PROBLEM FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by D. Brook.
Stock no. 1324202
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2005. Very good condition.

Complete and unabridged. Pictorial cardwraps. 248 pages. ISBN: 1904417787. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Name in ink to title-page. Textblock is slightly grubby. Neat barcode label to rear cover.

THE CHALET SCHOOL AND THE LINTONS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1324195
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2020. Very good condition.

"For this GGBP edition we have used the text of the original hardback edition, which contained very few errors. We have added the occasional missing full stop, comma or quotation mark". Pictorial cardwraps. 285 pages. ISBN: 9781847452634. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Neat barcode label to rear cover..

THE BETTANYS OF TAVERTON HIGH
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; Helen Barber.
Stock no. 1323969
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st 2008. Very good condition.

How Madge and Joey pull together in the face of adversity is the theme of this much-awaited forerunner to the Chalet School series. Pictorial cardwraps. 303 pages. ISBN: 9781847450548. Slight rubbing to corners of covers. Some slight wrinkling to covers and pages. Neat barcode sticker to rear cover.

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.