201.
Tomboys at the Abbey
by
Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
1st Thus edition,
published by Collins in 1959
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Light wear to covers.
Some foxing to endpapers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
202.
Felicity's Fortune
by
Bessie Marchant
with illustrations by
Francis C. Hiley
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1930
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black and yellow decoration on covers.
255 pages.
Four monochrome plates.
Front endpaper removed.
Faint foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
203.
Hilda's Adventures
by
Phillis Garrard
with illustrations by
Radcliffe Wilson
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1940
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper edgeworn and a little soiled, with some neat reinforcements to corners and spine ends on the reverse.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
204.
Three Terms at Uplands
by
Angela Brazil
Published by Blackie circa 1950
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
223 pages.
Monochrome frontispiece.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
205.
Jean, S.R.N.
by
Doreen Swinburne
with illustrations by
Alice Bush
1st Thus edition,
published by Collins in 1964
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped, and rather worn.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
206.
The Hawthorn Patrol
by
Diana Pares
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1950
Summit Library series.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
96 pages.
Monochrome frontispiece.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Upper edge of front endpaper clipped.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
207.
The Gauntlet
by
Ronald Welch
with illustrations by
Terence Reginald Freeman
Published by Oxford University Press in 1972
ISBN: 019277011X.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Covers clean and undamaged.
Stamp on front endpaper reads "Shelf Copy".
Close to VG in other respects, except for a repaired tear on p89/90.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
208.
Molly's Chance
by
J. H. Byron Lewis
with illustrations by
J. Ainslie
1st edition,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1925
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Brown lettering on covers.
Brown and red decoration on covers.
191 pages.
Illustrated with line-drawn pictures in the text.
Dated from Sunday School prize label on front endpaper, and from a date of '25' adjacent to the artist's signature on the frontispiece.
Dustwrapper edge worn and a little soiled, with 5cm loss at lower corner of front panel.
Minor wear to covers.
A little faint foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
209.
The O'Sullivan Twins
by
Enid Blyton
with illustrations by
W. Lindsay Cable
8th edition,
published by Methuen in 1949
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Light wear to covers.
Foxing and intermittent soiling to page edges.
Upper corners of one or two pages torn away.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
210.
Clover Cottage
by
Frances Cowen
1st edition,
published by Blackie and Son Limited in 1958
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Illustrated with three green, line-drawn plates.
Dustwrapper price-clipped, and slightly worn at edges.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Large scuff (but not excessively prominent) on front pastedown, possibly where a prize label or similar has been removed.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
211.
212.
Molly: The Story of a Wayward Girl
by
Harriet E. Colvile
with illustrations by
H. L. Bacon
Published by S. W. Partridge circa 1918
Red pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Black and white decoration on covers.
332 pages.
32 pages of adverts at rear.
6 monochrome plates.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine slightly faded.
Dated from gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
213.
The Doctor's Daughter
by
Evelyn Everett-Green
Published by Collins circa 1930
Pictorial glazed boards.
Colour frontispiece.
Dated from prize label on front endpaper.
Covers and spine worn at edges.
Spine slightly faded.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
214.
Scottish Folk Tales and Legends
by
Barbara Ker Wilson
with illustrations by
Joan Kiddell-Monroe
Published by Oxford University Press in 1963
Purple cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Covers worn at edges and unevenly faded.
Corners bumped.
Spine faded.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
215.
Mimi's House Party
by
Anne Pence Davis
1st edition,
published by Goldsmith in 1936
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper and covers.
Pages tanned.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
216.
Just Peggy
by
Margaret Stuart Lane
with illustrations by
M. D. Johnston
1st edition,
published by Humphrey Milford in 1925
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Dustwrapper worn and a little dulled, with corners neatly reinforced.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Corners slightly bumped.
Address and neat gift dedication on prelims.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
217.
Three Day Adventure
by
Elinore Havers
with illustrations by
Stanley Lloyd
1st edition,
published by Country Life in 1948
Green cloth-covered boards.
Orange lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper worn and price-clipped, with 2cm loss at top of spine and several repairs and reinforcements with clear tape.
Book itself close to VG.
Some light wear to edges of covers.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages faintly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
218.
Meet the Kilburys!
by
Phyllis I. Norris
with illustrations by
Topham
Published by Nelson circa 1950
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Some spotting to fore edge.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
219.
Riders and Raids
by
Mary Evelyn Atkinson
with illustrations by
Sheila Rose
1st Thus edition,
published by Children's Book Club in 1956
Octavo.
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Fricka series.
Covers good, but a few brown marks on the spine strip.
Light spotting on fore edge, contents not affected.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
220.
221.
Secret Laughter
by
Walter de la Mare
with illustrations by
Margery Gill
Published by Puffin in 1970
ISBN: 0140301763.
Paperback.
Minor wear to covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
222.
Biggles: The Authorized Biography
by
John Pearson
Published by Hamlyn Paperbacks in 1980
ISBN: 0600200620.
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Spine slightly faded.
Name on title page.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
223.
Biggles' Chinese Puzzle
by
W. E. Johns
Published by Knight Books in 1970
ISBN: 0340040165.
Paperback.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
224.
Biggles and the Dark Intruder
by
W. E. Johns
Published by Knight Books in 1969
ISBN: 034002464X.
Paperback.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
225.
Biggles Foreign Legionnaire
by
W. E. Johns
1st Thus edition,
published by Armada in 1971
Paperback.
Minor wear to covers.
Spine a little faded.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)