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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Margaret Middleton; Florence Harrison; Angela Brazil; et al. Illustrated by M.D. Johnston; C.E. Brock; Gordon Browne; et al..
Stock no. 1324962
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cream cloth spine with blue title. Pictorial front board shows girl with tennis racquet. Colour plates. B/w text illustrations. First story is "One Crowded Hour" by Margaret Middleton. Covers edge worn. Spine bumped and grubby. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Title page is slightly torn at inner margin. Foxing to contents, mainly textblock.

BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Winifred F. Peck; Florence Harrison; C. Bernard Rutley; Angela Brazil; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; Florence Harrison; Ruth Cobb; et al..
Stock no. 1324830
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1931. Good condition.

Cloth spine. Front board shows a girl in skirt and blazer with a black dog on a lead. First story is "The First Flight" by Peck. 4 colour plates, b/w text illustrations throughout. Corners are worn, edges rubbed. Spine and rear cover slightly grubby, front cover lightly scuffed. Name plate to front pastedown. Inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents.

BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Angela Brazil; E.E. Cowper; Josephine Elder; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; Florence Harrison; et al..
Stock no. 1324829
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Cloth spine, cream front board showing dark-haired girl with hat on. First story is "The Luck of the School" by Angela Brazil. 4 colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Covers are edge worn. Front cover and spine a little grubby. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Front joint (between frontis and title-page) is cracked showing webbing beneath. Some foxing and fingering to contents. Plate opposite page 56 is loose but still present.

STEPSISTERS FOR LORNA
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1324810
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Complete and unedited. Pictorial cardwraps. 223 pages. B/w text illustrations. Part of the Wynyards School Series. ISBN: 1904417310. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. A few tiny light marks to textblock else contents fine.

WILLIAM THE FILM STAR
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1324725
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Formerly entitled William and the Evacuees. Red boards, black title label to spine. Vignette to front cover. 160 pages. Abridged edition. Ninth impression (cheap edition). Spine and corners slightly bumped. Tiny bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Light page browning throughout and light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and a little grubby to spine and rear panel.

WILLIAM'S BAD RESOLUTION
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1324717
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1958. Fair condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Formerly entitled 'William and A.R.P.'. Red boards with title to spine with black background. Black vignette of William's head to front cover. B/w frontis and text illustrations. 252 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped and worn with small splits to top and tail of spine. Cover edges worn. Evidence of library labels being removed from front endpapers and erasure of an ink stamp to title-page. Endpapers have been replaced and hinges reinforce. Contents are well browned and fingered with some small margin tears. Some hinges cracked. Grubby fingermarks to page margins and some felt-tip pen marks to margins. Dustwrapper is well worn, torn and creased with only slight loss to top of spine. SOLD WITH ALL FAULTS (no returns).

WILLIAM AND THE SPACE ANIMAL
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1324715
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette of William to front. B/w illustrations. 158 pages. Abridged Impression. Third impression (cheap edition). Spine very slightly bumped. Page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge browned and slightly edge rubbed but complete.

DORA: A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL
Written by May Baldwin. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1324698
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Circa 1923. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with dark blue vignettes and titles. 6 b/w plates. 319 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown and name plate to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Some foxing to contents.

KING OF RANLEIGH
Written by F.S. Brereton. Illustrated by Ernest Prater.
Stock no. 1324693
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

A school story. Brown pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. 6 tinted plates. 416 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Name plate to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and page margins. Small splash mark to textblock.

WILLIAM THE OUTLAW
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1324575
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1937. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Thirteenth impression, July 1937. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and some page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with some loss. Spine of wrapper is browned and faded, rear panel of wrapper is grubby.

WILLIAM'S CROWDED HOURS
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1324574
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1938. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cheap edition. Red cloth, black title to spine. 250 pages with 2 page advert to rear. B/w illustrations. Ninth impression, November 1938. Spine and corners bumped. A few light marks to covers. Some foxing and some light fingermarks to page margins else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with some slight loss and tape repairs on verso. Dustwrapper spine and rear panel are a bit grubby.

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.