41.
42.
43.
The Abbey Girls in Town
By
Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
5th Thus edition, 1947, Collins.
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
314 pages.
Colour frontispiece (not credited).
No other illustrations.
Light wear to covers.
Spine faded.
Back board unevenly faded.
Gift dedication on front paste down.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition.
44.
The Abbey Girls in Town
By
Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
6th Thus edition, 1947, Collins.
This is the large edition, first printed in 1938.
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on front cover and spine. Colour frontispiece.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Some faint foxing to fore edge.
Binding sound.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
45.
46.
47.
The New Abbey Girls
By
Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
Reprint, 1969, Children's Press.
Octavo.
Pictorial laminated boards.
124 pages.
Abridged edition.
Name written at top of front endpaper.
Pages evenly tanned.
Very good condition.
48.
The New Abbey Girls
By
Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
1st Thus edition, 1966, Children's Press.
Green covers.
Silver decoration on covers.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Names and some scribble on front endpaper and front pastedown.
Pages heavily tanned.
Reading condition.
49.
The Song of the Abbey
By
Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
1st Thus edition, 1958, Collins.
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
256 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Dustwrapper in poor condition and has been heavily repaired on reverse.
Covers have light fading at spine strip ends.
Otherwise, close to VG.
Contents lightly tanned, clean and undamaged.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
50.
51.
52.
Two Joans at the Abbey
By
Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
Illustrator
Margaret Horder.
1st edition, 1945, Collins.
Abbey School series.
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
Silver decoration on covers.
222 pages.
Covers clean and unmarked, with few signs of wear.
Name and date on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very good condition.
53.
Two Queens at the Abbey
By
Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
1st edition, 1959, Collins.
Red covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages evenly tanned.
Very good condition.