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THE CHALET SCHOOL LIBRARIAN
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; Pat Willimott.
Stock no. 1330539
Published by Matador. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

Set a year after Elinor M. Brent-Dyer's New Beginnings at the Chalet School, this story features a new library and swimming pool, built to commemorate the silver anniversary of the school. Pictorial cardwraps. 184 pages. ISBN: 1905237308. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Corners of front cover slightly creased. Book is leaning to one side a little (just where it has been opened to read).

THE CHALET SCHOOL AND BARBARA
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by D. Brook.
Stock no. 1330525
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1954. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards, blue titles to spine. B/w frontis. 208 pages. Spine and corners bumped, tiny dent to top edge of front cover. Top 2" of spine browned. Base of spine and also front cover damp(?) stained (matching stain to dustwrapper). Contents are very browned/foxed but otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped, large section of loss to top of spine and also to spine corner of rear panel. Slight loss, and a magic tape repair to base of spine. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby on rear panel.

THE NAUGHTIEST GIRL AGAIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1330521
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 2nd 1943. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. More adventures of the naughtiest girl in the school. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small marginal nick to a few pages (51-55).

FIFTH FORMERS OF ST. CLARE'S
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1330310
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1947. Almost very good condition.

Yellow cloth, dark titles and vignette of sleep-walking girl. B/w illustrations. The 6th book of St. Clare's. Spine and corners bumped. Cloth slightly grubby. Inscription in ink and a faint ink name stamp to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Light foxing to textblock. A few margin tears and creases.

AN EXCITING TERM
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Francis E. Hiley.
Stock no. 1330114
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Red cloth, black titles to spine and front cover. Top edge red. 4 b/w plates. 255 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Some foxing to spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper, small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Heavy foxing to textblock.

THE BEES ON DRUMWHINNIE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1330072
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An unsual story based in Scotland in the 1870's, Felicity cares for her two elderly aunts and their bee colony. Cream boards, green titles to spine and bee vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 273 pages. 7.5 x 5". Minimal bumping to spine. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Pale page browning to endpapers and very slight evidence of removal of a label to front free-endpaper. A few small foxspots to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly foxed and slightly edge rubbed.

STRANGERS AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1330014
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with black title to spine. The Abbey School Series to front cover. Colour frontis. 256 pages. Top edge red. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Name and address to front free-endpaper. Endpapers partly browned and foxed. Page browning to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn.

HEIDI GROWS UP
Written by Johanna Spyri; Charles Tritten. Illustrated by Pelagie Doane.
Stock no. 1330013
Published by Collins. 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The second book about Heidi in which she has many adventures and surprises and a happy ending in which her fondest dreams are realised. Green boards. 3 colour plates plus numerous b/w illustrations. 256 pages. ISBN: 000161102X. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Light page browning at edges. Dustwrapper is lightly edge rubbed and foxed on verso.

ELOISE
Written by Kay Thompson. Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Stock no. 1329943
Published by Max Reinhardt. 1957. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A book for precocious grown-ups about a little girl who lives at the Plaza Hotel. Red boards, black titles. Illus endpapers. Amusing 3-tone illus to text throughout. 65 pages. 11" x 8". Reprint in same year as first edition. Spine very slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock and light finger creases to page margins. Grubby dustwrapper is edge worn and foxed, some tears with slight loss and small tape repairs on verso. Wrapper is price-cut.

ANNE OF INGLESIDE
Written by L.M. Montgomery.
Stock no. 1329631
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1940. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green cloth, black titles to spine and front cover. 342 pages. Spine bumped, covers edge rubbed. Some foxing and page browning to contents. Light tobacco smell to contents. Printed edition details have been neatly erased from copyright page. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with some loss. Damp stain to lower half of spine, grubby to rear panel. Dustwrapper is for the 3rd impression book.

THE CHALET SCHOOL AND BARBARA
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by D. Brook.
Stock no. 1329115
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards, blue titles to spine. B/w frontis. 208 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some browning to top and tail of spine. Contents are well browned but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and 2" loss to base of spine. Rear panel of wrapper is grubby.

AMELIARANNE KEEPS SHOP
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 1328857
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1928. Good condition.

Buff brown boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine covering chipped with loss. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers browned. Some foxing. Grubby fingermarks to pages.