1.
Schoolgirl Pluck
by
Rita Coatts
Published by Sampson Low, Marston and Co., Ltd circa 1950
Red cloth boards with black lettering.
Covers marked.
Front endpaper missing.
Scribble on back pastedown.
Some pages stained.
Reading condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
2.
An Absent Minded Schoolgirl
by
Sibyl B. Owsley
Published by Shaw in 1928
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers vinyl-laminated.
Endpapers renewed.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
3.
A Popular Schoolgirl
by
Angela Brazil
with illustrations by
Balliol Salmon
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1930
Grey pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Blue decoration on covers.
Covers worn and somewhat soiled.
Corners bumped.
Light foxing to prelims.
Pages tanned, with some intermittent marking to page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
4.
Schoolgirl Jen at the Abbey
by
Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1950
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
256 pages.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
5.
A Harum Scarum Schoolgirl
by
Angela Brazil
with illustrations by
John Campbell
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1920
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Some splash marks and discolouration to edges of covers.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Internally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
6.
The Schoolgirl Princess
by
Arthur Wyatt
Published by Nisbet and Co circa 1925
Grey covers with black lettering and decoration.
Pictorial endpapers.
1.5cm misssing from top of spine.
Covers worn and marked.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Foxing to prelims and contents.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
7.
Schoolgirl Kitty
by
Angela Brazil
with illustrations by
W. E. Wightman
Published by Blackie circa 1935
Light brown pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Brown lettering on covers.
Vinyl laminate applied to covers.
Covers worn and somewhat soiled.
Fore edge foxed.
Inner hinges cracked and taped.
Contents page removed.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
8.
A Popular Schoolgirl
by
Angela Brazil
with illustrations by
Balliol Salmon
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1945
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Top edge dark blue.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
A well-preserved copy of the Wartime Economy edition.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
9.
Schoolgirl Jen at the Abbey
by
Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
Reprint,
published by Collins in 1959
Octavo.
Red covers.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Name and address on front endpaper.
Previous owner's name on back pastedown.
Contents clean.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
10.
Schoolgirl Jen at the Abbey
by
Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1950
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on spine.
Dark green decoration on covers.
Covers lightly worn and unevenly faded.
Spine faded.
Neat dedication on front endpaper.
Foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Contents good.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
11.
A Rebel Schoolgirl
by
Francis Carpenter
with illustrations by
F. G. Moorsom
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1955
Green cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and slightly worn.
Foxing to top edge and fore edge.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
12.
Schoolgirl's Album 1945
with illustrations by
J. McCail
Published by Gerald G. Swan in 1945
Quarto.
Includes one story by Winifred Norling.
Pictorial thin-card covers.
Red spine.
Covers heavily worn and creased.
Gift dedication inside front cover.
Pages tanned and edgeworn.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
13.
Marie Macleod, Schoolgirl
by
Evelyn Smith
1st edition,
published by Cassell and Company in 1925
Blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Orange lettering on covers.
Orange decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges, and scuffed.
Prize label on front pastedown.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
14.
15.
Lions and Karen
by
Betty Dinneen
with illustrations by
Rita Parsons
1st edition,
published by Dent in 1965
Octavo.
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
128 pages.
Black and white illustrations: full page frontispiece, plus small line drawings in the text.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
16.
Grasshopper Green
by
Rita F. Snowden
1st edition,
published by The Epworth Press in 1964
Green covers, gilt lettering.
Pages beginning to tan.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
17.
The Jolliest Term on Record
by
Angela Brazil
with illustrations by
Balliol Salmon
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1940
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
18.
Tales of Brave Adventure
by
Enid Blyton
Published by Dean circa 1963
Blue boards with black lettering.
Dustwrapper chipped but complete.
Not dated, but neat dedication on front pastedown dated 1963.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
19.
The Princess of the School
by
Angela Brazil
with illustrations by
Frank Wiles
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1921
Octavo.
Beige pictorial cloth-covered boards with black lettering.
288 pages.
Six black and white plates, all in good condition.
Front and back covers are very good.
Lettering and decoration has faded from the spine.
Gift dedication on front paste down.
Small piece of white paper has been pasted to the top of the front endpaper with a name on it.
Contents tight and clean.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
20.
21.
The Water Babies
by
Charles Kingsley
with illustrations by
Harry G. Theaker
Published by Ward Lock & Co circa 1939
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
16cm x 22cm.
340 pages.
Pictorial endpapers.
Four pages of adverts at rear.
48 colour plates (all present and undamaged).
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Covers and endpapers clean and unmarked.
Some faint foxing to fore-edge and top-edge, contents not affected.
Not dated, but gift dedication at top of half-title is dated 1939.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
22.
R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 2
by
Randolph Caldecott
with illustrations by
Randolph Caldecott
Published by George Routledge and Sons circa 1880
Light grey pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Red and black decoration on covers.
21cm x 23cm.
128 pages.
All edges red.
Back cover repeats front cover illustration.
Undated edition, dated from gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contains:
"The Three Jovial Huntsmen",
"Sing a Song for Sixpence",
"The Queen of Hearts", and
"The Farmer's Boy".
Each story is individually paginated, and 32 pages long.
Covers darkened, and a little worn and soiled.
Endpapers and pastedowns tanned.
Internally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
23.
The Story of Ferdinand
by
Munro Leaf
with illustrations by
Robert Lawson
1st edition,
published by Hamish Hamilton in 1937
Red pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
Red lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
18cm x 21cm.
1st UK edition.
Yellow pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with 5cm loss at top corner of back panel, and 4cm los at base of spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Neat gift dedication, dated Christmas 1938, inside front cover.
A little faint, intermittent foxing.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
24.
The Swiss Family Robinson
by
Johann David Wyss
Reprint,
published by Collins circa 1900
Quarto.
Green embossed cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
224 pages.
Colour frontispiece, plus monochrome plates.
Various illustrators, including one plate (facing p 32) bearing the monogram of Cecil Aldin.
Undated edition, but neat Sunday school prize dedication on front endpaper is dated Christmas 1908, and the Aldin plate is dated "97".
Covers clean, but lightly worn at edges.
Silver blocking on spine has rubbed off.
Binding sound.
Pages tanned, with intermittent foxing.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
25.
The Madcap of the School
by
Angela Brazil
with illustrations by
Balliol Salmon
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1935
Brown pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Vinyl laminate applied to covers.
Inner hinges cracked.
Some faint foxing to fore edge.
Front endpaper removed.
Address on front pastedown.
Some finger marking to page edges.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)