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THE ABBEY GIRLS IN TOWN
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.
Stock no. 2124918
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Good condition.

Beige cloth, black titles and vignettes. Colour frontis and b/w plates. 314 pages. All edges gilt. An early reprint (6 end pages to this book, 1st edition had 3). Large split down rear side of spine; fraying of cloth. Small split to base of spine; other chipping to corners. Binding is a little weak. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Some grubby margin marks.

THE ABBEY GIRLS AT HOME
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 2124868
Published by Collins. 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, silver titles to front cover and spine. Colour frontis. 276 pages. 8 x 5.5". Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some closed tears and chips; grubby marks to rear panel.

THE GIRLS OF GWYNFA
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1317186
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1927. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Boys' and Girls' Gift Books series. Red boards with black titles and borders to front and spine. Colour frontis plate. 310 pages. Spine bumped. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is grubby and foxed, tear to lower edge of rear panel (with loss) and hole to top of spine (mainly affecting GW of Gwynfa).

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.

AMELIARANNE CINEMA STAR
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 2123907
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1929. Almost very good condition.

Brown boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Pictorial endpapers and colour illustrations. 1" near top of spine has paper torn off, showing webbing beneath. Tiny patch of surface paper damage to letter on title on pictorial onlay. Browning to endpapers; a couple of foxspots. Contents are still very good.

SCHOOLGIRL JEN AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1814760
Published by Collins. 1st 1950. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth covers, dark green titles and vignettes. Colour frontis plate. 256 pages. 7.5 x 5". Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and a little grubby.

THE CONQUEST OF CHRISTINA
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1208817
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1925. Very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine and black title to front cover, pictorial onlays to front and spine. Colour frontis and title-page, b/w illustrations. 343 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine onlay slightly scuffed. Covers bright and clean. Endpapers browned. Foxing to prelims. Light page browning.

THE FEUD IN THE FIFTH REMOVE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Ellis Silas.
Stock no. 1208801
Published by R.T.S.; The Girl's Own Paper Office. Circa 1934. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Brick red cloth, blue titles in borders. Colour frontis. 222 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few small marks to covers. Slight foxing to prelims. Rear endpapers a little grubby. Occasional foxspots to contents. Pictorial wrapper is worn at edges with very slight loss, strengthened with tape at top and tail of spine on verso and grubby to rear.

BETSY-GO-LUCKY OF THE FOURTH
Written by Jessie Leckie Herbertson. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1814725
Published by Jarrolds Publishers. Circa 1928. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. 284 pages. Colour frontis, 4 b/w plates. Boards lightly marked. Joints weak but binding tight. Prize bookplate to front endpaper. Scattered foxing.

A GO-AHEAD SCHOOLGIRL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Harold C. Earnshaw.
Stock no. 1814714
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1919. Good condition.

Green cloth with decorations. 6 b/w plates. 376 pages. Spine & corners rubbed. Text block browned. Front endpapers have multiple inscriptions in ink and free endpapers are unevenly browned. A few grubby marks to margins and a few pulled hinges.

DANCER ON HOLIDAY
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by Esme Verity.
Stock no. 1208797
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A broken ankle gives Annette Dancy an unexpected holiday at home in the lovely old peel tower where he family lives. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis and a couple of colour and b/w plates. Spine very slightly bumped. Light brown stain to lower corners of pages else a near fine copy. Wrapper, price-cut by publisher, has light brown stain at front corners, a closed tear repaired on verso and is rubbed at edges.

THE SCHOOL IN THE FOREST
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Dewar Mills.
Stock no. 1316847
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1944. Very good condition.

Green cloth, dark green titles to front cover and spine. 4 b/w plates. 288 pages, top edge stained green. Spine and corners bumped and spine worn. Some light spotting to lower edge of rear cover. Name and date in ink to front pastedown, inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to textblock.