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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.

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.

THE NAUGHTIEST GIRL AGAIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1328162
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1943. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. More adventures of the naughtiest girl in the school. Spine bumped with faded patches and a damp stain at base. Date in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock, endpapers and page margins.

THE GRENVILLE GARRISON
Written by Gwendoline Courtney. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1326883
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Britannic Series. Green cloth, black titles. 277 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. 277 pages, top edge green. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Foxspots to textblock and some page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn with old tape repairs to front and verso, rubbing to spine, crease to front flap where price was folded over.

SUMMER TERM AT ST. CLARE'S
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 2135773
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1943. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, white titles, vignette of two schoolgirls to front cover. B/w illustrations. 153 pages. Spine and cover edges have varying degrees of fading. Some spotting to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Some browning. Wrapper is creased with tears and chips - inches of loss to top and tail of spine; other loss along edges and to corners. Wrapper is also grubby.

ROUNDABOUTS AND SWINGS
Written by C. Bradham. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1503817
Published by A. Wheaton & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition.

The Merry-Go-Round Readers Book Three. Red and black cloth. Colour illustrations. 152 pages. Collection of stories by various authors, including Blyton and Uttley, edited by Bradham. Spine bumped, worn and faded. Some bumping and wear to corners and cover edges, marks to covers. Name in pen to half-title page. Contents very good.

ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR
Written by C. Bradham. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1503816
Published by A. Wheaton & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Good condition.

The Merry-Go-Round Readers Book Two. Green and black cloth. Colour illustrations. 160 pages. Collection of stories by various authors, including Blyton, edited by Bradham. Covers very worn and scuffed, especially at edges. Small splits and some fraying to ends of spine. School stamp to front endpaper and another to frontis. Contents have lots of grubby fingermarks to lower margins plus some other marks.

THE MYSTERY OF THE MOATED GRANGE
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1312412
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1942. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles to spine and front cover. 4 b/w plates. 271 pages. Spine and corners bumped and cover edges slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby and there are some grubby fingermarks to page margins but contents generally clean. Chipped and torn wrapper is grubby and has loss to spine and corners and also sticky white label repairs on verso.