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Welcome to my half of the new Topsy-Turvy catalogue. You’ll know that after 20 years (seems quite astonishing that it’s so long!) Betula has decided not to do regular catalogues in future  At the moment I’m certainly planning to continue, if only because I have too many books in the house to stop, but obviously it won’t be the same doing it without Betula!  I’ll see how it works out in practice. My current plan is to do a catalogue at the regular time of October / November. Meanwhile, please do contact me if you have any queries. ♦ The book of talks from the 2016 conference is now ready, a 104pp paperback full of goodies. The Sixth conference will take place over the last weekend in July 2018 – save the date!. ♦ Following on from my talk at the conference, I have a special offer for Geoffrey Trease’s Bannermere books ♦ I also have a special offer for Elsie Oxenham’s Abbey School hardbacks. ♦ SALLY’S SPECIALS  – see the last part for an interesting selection of titles for adults!  ♦   

Titles underlined are NEW books. Postage is extra, charged at cost.  Payment is due when you receive the books (I am happy to take payment by Bank Transfer, or by Paypal with a small extra amount to cover the fees). Please return books within 7 days if you think they are not as described. NB I can’t always get to the post office easily these days, so apologies if it takes me a while to post everything out.

GGBP, Books To Treasure, Greyladies, EJO Society, Margin Notes and other newly published titles

New Books – place orders now for these titles recently published.

S1) Allan, Mabel Esther; Swiss School; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S2) Brent-Dyer, Elinor; Trials for the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S3) [Brent-Dyer] Fletcher, Amy; Sisters at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2017. As the War nears its end, the Triplets join the school along with Madge and Bess Herbert NEW. £13

S4) Brent-Dyer, Elinor; Heather Leaves School; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S5) Channon, E.M.; The Handsome Hardcastles; pb BTT 2017. NEW. £11

S6) Kay, Mara; A Circling Star; pb Margin Notes, just published. Russian circus school - rare. New. £13

S7) Mallory, Clare; Anna Charlotte; pb Margin Notes 2016. Newly published novel of teenage friendship – slightly darker than her school stories. New. £13

S8) Oxenham, E.J.; Ven at Gregory’s; pb EJO Soc; Spring 2017. New. £16

S9) Saville, Malcolm; Where’s My Girl with The Flower Show Hat (Lone Pine short story); GGBP pb 2017

S10) Smith, Evelyn; Binkie of IIIB; pb BTT. NEW. £11

New Books – place advance orders now for these titles due in the Summer

(GGBP are printing significantly fewer copies of each title, and so titles are going out of print within a short time, sometimes before the next catalogue - order in advance to be sure of a copy)

S11) Barber, Helen; Mollie’s Choice; pb BTT. New day school story by author of The Bettanys prequels. £11

S12) Brent-Dyer, Elinor; The Chalet School and Jo; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S13) Brent-Dyer, Elinor; Tom Tackles the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S14) Edwards, Monica; Cargo of Horses; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S15) Forest, Antonia; End of Term; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S16) Hill, Lorna; Dancer on Holiday; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S17) Oxenham, E.J; Rosamund’s Victory; pb EJO Soc. Autumn 2017. NEW. £15

S18) Oxenham, E.J.; Rachel in the Abbey; pb EJO Soc. Postponed to Spring 2018. New  £15

S19) Saville, Malcolm; The Purple Valley; pb GGBP 2017. Marston Baines title. NEW. £13

Ahlberg, Allan

S20) The Boyhood of Burglar Bill; pb Puffin. Story of friends creating unofficial Coronation Year football tournament when not picked for the official one - drawing on his own memories. VG+. £3

Aiken, Joan The romping “James III” cycle of “alternative history”  books beginning with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, and many featuring the engaging and formidable heroine Dido Twite, is one of the most entertaining and sustained feats of imaginative writing for children in the second half of the 20thC.

S21) The Wolves of Willoughby Chase; 1962 1^st; Cape. The wicked Miss Slighcarp…  Ex-lib, dw fixed on. £5

S22) Black Hearts in Battersea; 1974 rep Cape. Escaping from a bomb by balloon… Ex-lib, VG in VG dw £6

S23) The Cuckoo Tree; 1971 1^st ed; Cape. Dido encounters plan to murder the new king at his Coronation by trundling St Paul’s on rollers into the Thames… Fine in VG dw. £7.50

S24) The Stolen Lake; 1982 1^st ed; Cape. Fine in fine dw. Here the action moves to S. America and a literal stolen lake… Nr fine in nr fine dw. £7.50

S25) Dido and Pa; 1986 1^st ed; Cape. Fine in fine dw. £7.50

S26) Is; 1992 1^st ed; Cape. Is is the name of Dido’s younger sister… Fine in fine dw. £7.50

S27) Limbo Lodge; pb larger; Red Fox. Fine. £4

S28) Aiken, Joan; Paperbacks, Puffin / Red Fox; VG, £3 each; The Wolves of Willoughby Chase; Black Hearts in Battersea; Night Birds on Nantucket;  The Stolen Lake; The Cuckoo Tree; Is;  Dido and Pa .

S29) Bridle the Wind; 1983 1^st ed; Cape. A different hero here. Young Felix Brooke has to try to reach his grandfather in Spain. Fine in fine dw. £7.50

S30) The Teeth of the Gale; 1988 1^st ed. Cape. Further adventure of Felix Brooke. Fine in fine dw. £7.50

S31) Midnight is a Place; pb Red Fox. Lucas and his bad-tempered (and sinister?) guardian. Fine. £3

Allan, Mabel Esther

S32) Swiss School; pb GGBP 2017. Felicity is not sure about her new school...NEW £13

S33) Judith Teaches; pb GGBP 2016. Very interesting career story. New. £13

S34) Here We Go Round; pb GGBP 2015. Nursery teacher – interesting career book. £13

S35) Three Go to Switzerland; pb GGBP 2016. NEW. £13

S36) Trouble at Melville Manor; pb GGBP 2014. Ray wants to be a writer. NEW. £13

S37) Balconies and Blue Nets; pb GGBP 2014. Sequel to above. New. £13

S38) The MacIans of Glen Gillean; pb GGBP 2013. NEW. £13

S39) The Wyndhams Went to Wales; pb GGBP 2013.  NEW. £13

S40) The Ballet Family; pb GGBP 2012.  Joan comes to alien London family.  New  £13

S41) The Ballet Family Again; pb GGBP 2012. Joan discovers her own gifts. NEW. £13

S42) Margaret Finds a Future; pb GGBP 2011. Life at a National Trust house. New £13

S43) Chiltern School; pb GGBP 2011.  Set in a progressive school. NEW.  £13.

S44) Death Goes to Italy; pb Greyladies 2011. NEW.  £12

Annuals: a lovely selection of inter-war girls’ annuals

S45) The Big Book for Girls; 1925; OUP. Includes The Lady with the Yellow Gown by Elinor G. [sic!] Brent-Dyer, The Influence of Anne by DFB, A Horrible Fix by DFB. 4 lovely colour plates. Some foxing and scuffing, repair to spine, but sound. £6.50

S46) The Big Book for Girls; 1930; OUP. 1^st story; The Red Room at St Brenny’s. Darch, Plunket. 3 lovely colour plates. Title p coloured in, gen VG. £5

S47) British Girls’ Annual; c1921; Cassell. Incl long story Tickles and the Talking Cave by EJO, also DFB, Talbot, Marchant. Fp missing, but 3 other colour plates. Cloth with pic onlay, rather worn, inside G £5

S48) The Bumper Budget; c1931 Nelson. Incl The Fourth’s Form Mistress (DFB), Wynne. Col fp. VG. £6

S49) The Girls’ Budget; c 1926; Blackie. 1^st story The Witch’s Rock. Incl E. Smith, Chaundler, Talbot. VG £4

S50) The Girls’ Budget; c 1932; Blackie. 1^st story The Corrie of Voices. Incl Rutley, Seymour, Joan. VG £4

S51) The Golden Book for Girls; c1922; OUP. Incl Enid’s Extreme Measures by DFB, also Darch, Chaundler, Haverfield. Fp + 5 handsome colour plates. VG+ £6

S52) The Great Book for Girls; 1926; OUP. Includes The Umpire by DFB, also Massie, Baines, Reed, Francklyn. Lovely col fp. VG. £5

S53) The School Girl’s Annual; ed Flora Klickman; Vol 9 c1930. 1^st story; In the Negative. Seymour, Fry, Royce. Cover shows girl golfing, Fp+ 3 colour plates. Spine repaired, G+. £5

S54) The Topping Book for Girls; c1933; Dean. Incl Finding Out of Phyllida by DFB, Wynne, Dorothea Moore Mossop. Fp + 5 lovely colour plates including schoolgirl being greeted by Ruritanian soldiers. VG. £6

Atkinson, M.E.

S55) The Monster of Widgeon Weir; 1943 1^st; Bodley Head.  Missing fep, o/w VG. £7.50

Avery, Gillian

S56) A Likely Lad; 1971 1^st; Collins. Willy’s father expects him to go far! VG+ in VG dw. £5

S57) The Elephant War; 1960 1^st ed; Collins. Featuring the inimitable Smith family in Oxford, based on the real-life outcry about the sale of Jumbo to Barnum’s Circus. Eps sl foxed, VG in foxed dw. £7

Badger, Jane

S58) Heroines on Horseback; pb GGBP 2013. Splendid account of pony books. Non-fiction £15

Barrett, Anne

S60) Midway; pb BH. A really imaginative and humorous book, Mark and his “tiger”. VG. £4

Benson, Mildred

S61) Kristie at College; nd Chlidren’s Press. N. American - student journalism etc. VG. £5

Berna, Paul

S62) The Secret of the Missing Boat; pb Puffin VG. £3

Biggs, Margaret

S63) The very attractive Melling series follows the Blake family at a small home-like school.  All New GGBP pbs, All £13 except The Blakes Come to Melling (£16); The New Prefect at Melling; 2004; Last Term for Helen; 2005; New Girl at Melling; 2005; Head Girl at Melling;   2006; Last Term at Melling; 2006;Susan in the Sixth; 2007; Kate at Melling; 2008;  Changes at Melling;   2009.  

S64) Bobby at Hill House; pb GGBP 2014. £13

S65) Christmas Term at Vernley; pb GGBP 2012.  £13

S66) The Two Families; pb GGBP 2010. NEW.  £13

S67) Dilly Goes to Ambergate; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £13

S68) Biggs, Margaret & Blairman, Jacqueline; Triplets at Royders; pb GGBP 2015. School story. New £13

Blyton, Enid

S69) Six Enid Blyton Plays; 1949 rep; Methuen. No fee for performance!  Includes Robin Hood & the Butcher and The Whistling Brownies. VG. £6

S70) 1960s Paperbacks; Armada, £3 each: The Valley of Adventure; The Castle of Adventure; The Secret Mountain; The Secret of Moon Castle; The Secret of Spiggy Holes; Mr Galliano’s Circus.

S71) Five on a Treasure Island; 1949 rep; H&S. The very first title. VG. £5

S72) Five On Kirrin Island Again; 1965 rep; H&S. VG in VG dw. £7.50

S73) Second Form at Malory Towers; 1947 1^st ed; Methuen.  Nice clean VG copy. £6

S74) Last Term at Malory Towers; 1951 1^st ed; Methuen. VG. £5

Brand, Christianna

S75) Nurse Matlida; pb Knight. The very original tale illustrated by Ardizzone. G++. £3

Brazil, Angela

S76) A Fourth Form Friendship; pb 2006 GGBP, centenary edition, a good one! NEW. £13

S77) A Fourth Form Friendship; nd Blackie. Handsome bds. 5/5 b&w pl. Lacks fep, VG. £6

S78) Monitress Merle; nd Blackie. 4 / 4 b&w plates. Spine sunned, G++. £5

S79) Blackie “Small Red” editions (may actually be green or grey!); nd; ask for details of condition; £4 each:- A Pair of Schoolgirls;

S80) Armada pbs, G or better; £3 each; Head Girl at the Gables; The Manor House School.

Brent-Dyer, Elinor

GGBP and Bettany Press recent paperback editions, Chalet School, Chalet School “fill-ins” and others

S81) McCallum, Alison; The Chalet School Encyclopedia;. GGBP larger format pbs. Fascinating and exhaustive guide to all things Chalet. Non-fiction. £16 each. a) Volume 1 (A-D) 2013; b) Volume 2 (E-L) 2014; c) Volume 3 (M-Q) 2015; d) Volume 4 (R-Z) 2016.

S82) Chalet School World: Short Stories by Helen Barber; pb GGBP 2013. New. £13

S83) Before the Chalet School – The Bettanys on the Home Front by Helen Barber; pb GGBP 2015. £15

S84) Before the Chalet School – The Bettanys of Taverton High by Helen Barber;   GGBP 2008.  NEW. £25

S85) The Chalet School Cookbook; pb GGBP 2009. Joey and friends discuss recipes!  NEW.  £13

S86) The School at the Chalet; pb GGBP 2005. 80^th Anniversary ed Colour photos, maps,  4 plates £20

S87) Jo of the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW £15

S88) The Princess of the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2014. NEW. £13

S89) Juniors at the Chalet School by Katharine Bruce; pb GGBP 2016. An intriguing fill-in title set during the same term as “Princess”. NEW. £13

S90) The Guides of the Chalet School by Jane Berry; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £13

S91) Juliet of the Chalet School by Caroline German; pb GGBP 2006.  NEW.  £20

S92) Head Girl at the Chalet School; pb  GGBP 2013. NEW £13

S93) The Rivals of the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2015. NEW £13

S94) Deira Joins the Chalet School by Caroline German; pb GGBP 2010. NEW  £13

S95) Eustacia Goes to the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2016. NEW £20

S96) The Chalet School and Jo; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S97) The Chalet Girls in Camp; pb GGBP 2010.  NEW.  £13

S98) The New House at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW.  £15

S99) The New Chalet School; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £15

S100) The Chalet School in Exile; pb GGBP.  NEW.  £20

S101) The Muller Twins at the Chalet School by Bruce, Katherine;  pb GGBP 2012.  NEW. £13

S102) The Chalet School Goes To It;  pb GGBP 2010 NEW £15

S103) The Chalet School & Robin by Caroline German; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW.   £13

S104) Lavender Laughs in the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £13

S105) Gay from China at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2007. (Heavily cut in Armada pb ed.) New.  £20

S106) The Chalet School and Rosalie; pb GGBP 2016.  New. £13

S107) Mystery at the Chalet School; pb GGBP. The older edition without the added story. NEW. £8

S108) Mystery at the Chalet School; rep GGBP 2014. And “Robin Heeds the Call” by Wilkinson/Brownlie. £15

S109) Sisters at the Chalet School; by Amy Fletcher; pb GGBP 2017. As the War nears its end, the Triplets join the school along with Madge and Bess Herbert. NEW. £13

S110) A Chalet School Headmistress by Helen Barber; pb GGBP 2004. Mint. One copy only. £30

S111) The Champion of the Chalet School by Adrianne Fitzpatrick; pb GGBP 2014. £13

S112) A Difficult Term at the Chalet School by Lisa Townsend; pb GGBP 2011.  £13.

S113) Carola Storms the Chalet School; GGBP 2008.  £15

S114) The Wrong Chalet School; pb GGBP 2011. NEW. £13

S115) Shocks for the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2015. Order now. £13

S116) Changes for the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2014. NEW. £13

S117) Bride Leads the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £20

S118) Changes for the Chalet School; pb GGBP. NEW. £25

S119) Joey Goes to the Oberland; pb GGBP 2016. Now out of print. NEW. £15

S120) The Chalet School and Barbara; pb GGBP 2014. £13

S121) The Chalet School Does It Again; pb GGBP 2012. £15

S122) Mary-Lou of  the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW. £15

S123)  A Genius at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2007.  Details of extra material added by EBD when Armada split this title in 2 for pb eds. Also introduction on EBD and Music by Sally Dore. NEW  £15

S124) Excitements at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2007.  £15

S125) The Coming of Age of the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW.  £15

S126) Trials for the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S127) Joey and Co in Tirol; pb rep, GGBP 2016. New. £13

S128) Ruey Richardson – Chaletian; pb GGBP 2009. £15

S129)  A Future Chalet School Girl; pb GGBP 2007.  £20

S130) The Feud in the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2009.  £15

S131) The Chalet School Triplets; pb  GGBP 2013.  £13

S132) Chalet School Reunion; pb rep GGBP 2015. £13

S133) Jane of the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2013. £13

S134) Adrienne and the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £15

S135) Summer Term at the Chalet School; pb GGBP. New. £13

S136) Two Sams at the Chalet School;  GGBP 2008.  £20

S137) Prefects at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2007. NEW.  £20

S138) The Chalet School Book of Christmas Stories; pb GGBP.  Delightful collection of stories on a Chalet theme by a variety of authors (including several contributions from EBD herself).  £15

S139) Chalet Club Newsletters; pb rep GGBP 2016. Reprints of the original 1960s Chalet Club newsletters, with extra information by EBD about the Chalet School World.  New. £13

S140) The Feud in the Fifth Remove; pb GGBP 2014. New. £13

S141) The School at Skelton Hall; pb GGBP 2009.  The last school EBD created.  NEW.  £13

S142) Trouble at Skelton Hall; pb GGBP 2009.  Sequel to above.  NEW.  £13.

S143) Carnation of the Upper Fourth; pb GGBP 2007.  £13

S144) A Thrilling Term at Janeways; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S145) Caroline the Second; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW  £13

S146) Elizabeth the Gallant; pb GGBP 2006.  NEW.  £13

S147) Step-Sisters for Lorna; pb GGBP 2004.  £15

S148) Gerry Goes to School; pb GGBP rep 2005. NEW.  £15

S491) A Head Girl’s Difficulties; pb GGBP. Introduction by me on child deaths in the early 20^th C.  New.  £15

S150) The Maids of La Rochelle; pb GGBP 2011. NEW  £13

S151) Seven Scamps; pb GGBP 2013. £13

S152) Heather Leaves School; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S153) Judy the Guide; pb GGBP 2010.  £13

S154) Kennelmaid Nan; pb GGBP 2011. EBD’s almost-career-story. NEW. £13

S155) They Both Liked Dogs; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £13

S156) Fardingales; pb GGBP 2015. New. £13

S157) The Susannah Adventure; pb GGBP 2016. £15

Chalet School hardbacks (all Chambers), and other hbs, Armada pbs and items relating to EBD

S158) The Chalet Girls in Camp; 1960 rep. Sp sl faded, bookplate on endpaper, o/w VG. £10

S159) New House at the Chalet School;  1948 rep.  VG+ in G- dw missing chunk at top of sp / front cover.  £10

S160) The Chalet School Goes To It; 1^st ed 1941. Good copy except one page very edge-worn (no loss). £10

S161) Lavender Laughs in the Chalet School; 1956 rep.  VG in VG dw. £20

S162) Gay from China at the Chalet School; 1955 rep. VG+ in G+ dw (spine and hinges have been reinforced with tape, but because of the colours of the dw design, tape isn’t very apparent under protection). £15

S163) Jo to the Rescue; 1946 rep. Small format like 1^st ed, VG, in edge-worn dw.  £24

S164) Ruey Richardson – Chaletian; nd 1^st. VG+; dw is gen G++ but has been sl trimmed top and bottom. £24

S165) Excitements for the Chalet School; 1957 1^st ed. Sp faded o/w VG in pc dw. £24

S166) Prefects at the Chalet School; 1970 1^st ed. Sp faded o/w VG in pc dw. £26

S167) The Lost Staricase; 1954 rep. Chalet connector. Pages biscuity, gen VG. £15

S168) Monica Turns Up Trumps; nd (1^st ed?) RTS. A worn but nice thick copy of this CS connector. £15

S169) Gerry Goes to School; 1952 rep. Sl damp mark on edge of first few pages, gen VG in p/c dw. £15

S170) The Maids of La Rochelle; 1952 rep. Lower part of front hinge split, o/w VG in p/c dw. £12

S171) Collected Verse; ed Joy Wotton; NCC 2006 124pp booklet. New. £2.50

S172) Armada pbs; All at £6; a) b) Prefects c) Adrienne  d) Two Sams  e) Feud  f) Leader  g) Rosalie

Briggs, K.M.

S173) Hobberdy Dick; 1978 rep; Kestrel. Hobgoblin stays to look after his house, Widford Manor, after Cavalier family is replaced by Puritans. Ex-sch lib, tape marks on eps o/w VG in VG++ dw. £6.50

Bristol Conference – see what you’ve been missing!

S174)   NEW.Twentieth Century Schoolgirls and Their Books - Papers & Presentations from the Fifth 2016 Bristol Conference; 2017. Themes are Series fiction and Hobbies. Themes include Series fiction and Hobbies. Topics include: Series writing - Narrative Arc or Burbling Stream; Edward Eager & Elfrida Vipont; Series Fiction of Gene Kemp; The Penny series by Stephen Tring; The Bannermere Books of Geoffrey Trease; Amateur Dramatics at Home and at School; Camera, Girls (and a few boys) Own; Switching Sides – From Academic to Author; What were Schoolgirls Reading in 1916?; Gifted Girls in Children’s and Young Adult Fiction; The Pony Book in WWII; Superior Hobbies; A Healthful Outdoor Hobby and Other Ideas from Girls’ Annuals;  EJO Hobbies; How Series Fiction Documents Societal Change; Writing about Yesterday’s Schoolgirl for Today’s Reader. 104pp paperback, illustrated in colour throughout. £6.50

S175) Twentieth Century Schoolgirls and Their Books - Papers & Presentations from the Fourth 2014 Bristol Conference; 2015. Themes include Locations, real and fictional. Topics include: Quests & Footsteps, Stories set in Sussex , Musical performance in children’s books,  K M Peyton’s school stories,  Ransome & Beyond , European Schoolgirls in Children’s Literature during WWII , 1914 Schoolgirl & Her Books,  Children’s Fiction of Dartmoor,  Real locations used in children’s fiction,  Ruritanian Landscapes,  Young Traveller series. 68pp A5 booklet. NEW.  £5

S176) Twentieth Century Schoolgirls and Their Books - Papers & Presentations from the Third 2012 Bristol Conference; 2012. Themes include Careers. Papers include Careers (real & fictional); Antonia Forest’s England; Joey Bettany’s Character; Ballet books; Streatfeild’s Middle Children and much more 64-page A5 booklet. NEW.  £4.50

S177) Twentieth Century Schoolgirls and Their Books - Papers & Presentations from the Second 2010 Bristol Conference; 2011. Themes include Guides. Papers include Kitty Barne; Chalet School guides & camps; pony books; English language books in translation; building a child’s library and much more 60pp A5 booklet. NEW.  £3.50

S178) Bristol Conference booklets: SPECIAL OFFER   All four booklets  £15

Bruce, Dorita Fairlie

S179) Wild Goose Quest; pb GGBP 2013. £13

S180) The Serendipity Shop; pb GGBP 2009.  Colmskirk series, set in very recognisable Scottish locations. £13

S181) Triffeny; pb GGBP 2010.  Second Colmskirk title.  £13

S182) The Debatable Mound; pb GGBP 2011.  Colmskirk series.  NEW. £13

S183) The School on the Moor; pb GGBP 2006.  First Toby title. NEW.  £13

S184) The School in the Woods; pb GGBP 2007. Toby title of legendary rarity.  £13

S185) Toby at Tibbs Cross; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW.  £13

S186) Dimsie and the Jane Willard Foundation: pb GGBP. The collected Dimsie short stories. NEW. £13

S187) Dimsie Grows Up; 1944 rep; OUP. Fp. VG++ in VG dw. £12

S188) The New House Captain; nd Spring. Col fp. VG in G+ dw. £6.50

S189) The Girls of St Bride’s; pb GGBP. Mint. £13

S190) That Boarding School Girl; 1935 rep; OUP. Embossed bds, col fp, VG. £6

S191) Special offer – buy two GGBP Nancy titles here and get the second half price  All at £13: Nancy at St Bride’s; New Girl and Nancy; Nancy to the Rescue; Nancy Returns to St Bride’s; Nancy in the Sixth

Buckeridge, Anthony

S 193a) Jennings Goes to School; rep Collins. Col fp. G+. £3.50

S193b) Trust Jennings; 1970 1^st rep; Collins.  A few coffee-coloured blotches at top of front board, gen VG. £6

S193) Jennings paperbacks, Armada; G+ or better, £3 each. Jennings and Darbishire; Jennings’ Little Hut; Jennings As Usual; Our Friend Jennings; Jennnings’ Little Hut.

Burton, Hester  A really wonderful writer of historical fiction. Several are among my top favourite books.

S194) Thomas; 1967 1^st ed; OUP. Thomas, Richard and Richenda’s lives intertwine until the fateful time they meet in London in 1665. Ex-lib, VG in VG dw. £8.50

S195) The Rebel; 1971 1^st ed; OUP. Stephen hopes to support the people in France as they rebel in 1789, but what is the effect on his siblings Catherine and Josh?  Minimally ex-sch lib, VG+ in VG+ dw. £8.50

S196) The Henchmans at Home; 1970 1^st OUP. Victorian family in East Anglia. Ex-lib, VG+ in VG+ dw. £8

S197) Castors Away! Pb Puffin. Tom goes to sea while his twin Nell waits for news of Nelson’s fleet. G+. £3

Caldwell, Patricia

S198) Prefects at Vivians; pb GGBP 2010.  NEW.  £13

S199) Head Girl at Vivians; pb GGBP 2010.  NEW.  £13

S200) Strangers at Vivians; pb GGBP 2011.  Order now!  NEW.  £13

S201) Left Until Called For at Vivians; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £13

S202) A Last Year at Vivians; pb GGBP 2013. £13

S203) ¡Viva Vivians!;  pb GGBP 2014. £13

S204) Winter at Vivians; pb GGBP 2016.  New. £13

Cartmell, Esme

S205) Rescue in Ravensdale; nd Nelson. A much-loved book. VG+ in G+ dw. £9.50

Channon, E.M.

S206) The Honour of the House; nd Collins. Paulina wins over the stolid Kibbles… G+. £5

S207) The Handsome Hardcastles; pb BTT 2017. NEW. £11

S208) A Countess at School;  pb BTT 2016.  £11

S209) The Cinderella Girl; pb BTT 2016. Lively story of young woman who, having taken a training in domestic science, is able to help her friends out. New. £11

S210) Expelled from St Madern’s; pb Books to Treasure 2014. New. Order now. £11

S211) Her Second Chance; pb Books to Treasure 2014. (Sequel to “Expelled”) Possibly the only school story where the new girl turns out to be the wife of a jewel thief… New. £11

S212) A Fifth-From Martyr; pb BTT 2015. A wonderful time-slip story (she used her daughter’s experiences contrasted with her own 35 years earlier). NEW. £11

Chaundler, Christine

S213) The Right St John’s; pb 2007 GGBP. Really charming school story.  NEW.  £13

Clewes, Dorothy: Her very popular Hadley family mysteries were some of the first I ever encountered. Illustrated by the wonderful Shirley Hughes.

S214) The Adventure of the Blue Admiral; 1956 rep; CBC. VG in G- edgeworn dw. £6

S215) The Adventure of the Blue Admiral; pb Armada. G. £3

S216) The Jade Green Cadillac; 1960 rep; CBC. VG in VG dw. £7.50

S217) The Purple Mountain; 1962 1^st ed; Collins. Set in Italy (not a Hadley story). Ex-lib, affixed dw. G+. £6

Chaundler, Christine

S218) The Grenville Garrison; pb GGBP 2014. NEW. £13

S219) The Girls of Friars’ Rise; pb GGBP 2004.  NEW.  £13

S220) Denehurst Secret Service; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S221) Well Done Denehurst; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S222) The Chiltons; GGBP 2006.  NEW  £13

S223) Torley Grange; pb GGBP 2008.  £13

S224) Sally’s Family; pb GGBP 2012. A great favourite of mine.  £13

S225) Long Barrow; pb GGBP 2015.  £13

S226) Mermaid House; pb GGBP 2011 1st publication in book form! £13

S227) The Wild Lorings at School; pb GGBP. NEW.  £13

S228) Wild Lorings – Detectives; pb GGBP 2010. £13

Darch, Winifred

S229) The New School and Hilary; pb 2008 . Insight into staff point of view.   NEW.  £13

Curry, J.

S230) The Bassumtyte Treasure; 1978 Kestrel. Can Tommy save the family house? Fine in fine dw £5

Digby, Anne

S231) Secret Letters at Trebizon;  pb Fidra NEW  £5 

Eager, Edward

S234) The Well-Wishers; pb, VG.  £4

S235) Magic by the Lake; pb Puffin. One of Eager’s wonderful Nesbit inspired stories. VG. £3

Edwards, Monica

S236) Fire in the Punchbowl; pb 1967 Armada. VG. £3.50

S237) Strangers to the Marsh; 1986 rep Goodchild. VG+ in VG+ dw. £7.50

S238) Hidden in a Dream; 1969 rep; Collins Evergreen. Ex-school lib, but VG+ in VG+ dw. £8.50

S240) Storm Ahead; pb GGBP. New. £20.

S241) No Entry; pb GGBP 2005. NEW £15

S242) Operation Seabird; pb GGBP 2007.  NEW.  £15

S243) Strangers to the Marsh; pb GGBP.  NEW.  £15

S244) The Hoodwinkers;  pb GGBP 2008.  £15

S245) Dolphin Summer; pb GGBP 2009. £15

S246) The Wild One; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £15

S247) The Spirit of Punchbowl Farm; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW.  £13

S248) Fire at the Punchbowl; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £13

S249) Black Hunting Whip; pb GGBP 2011.  £13

S250) Punchbowl Midnight; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £13 

S251) The Wanderer; pb GGBP 2012. £13

S252) Punchbowl Harvest; pb GGBP 2013.  £13.

S253) Frenchman’s Secret; pb GGBP 2013. £13

S254) The Cownappers; pb GGBP 2014. New. £13

S255) The Outsider; pb GGBP 2015. New. £13

S256) Cargo of Horses; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

Elder, Josephine

S257) Sister Anne Resigns; pb Greyladies 2012. Uses the author’s own medical background. New. £13.

S582) The Mystery of the Purple Bentley; pb Greyladies 2012. A disappearing doctor …. NEW.  £12

S259) Erica Wins Through; pb GGBP 2010. 1^st of Scholarship Girl trilogy. NEW £13

S260) The Scholarship Girl; pb GGBP 2011.  Second in trilogy.  NEW. £13

S261) The Scholarship Girl at Cambridge; pb GGBP 2012. Third in trilogy. Life for a new student at one of the women’s colleges – where so many girls in school stories were destined, but rarely described.  NEW. £13

S262) Exile for Annis; pb GGBP 2013.  First in the Farm School trilogy. Annis has to leave her wonderful high school to go to an eccentric school in the country run by family friends. £13

S263) Evelyn Finds Herself; pb GGBP 2006.  Excellent school story.  NEW.  £13

Fidler, Kathleen

S264) The Brydons at Sumggler’s Creek; 1946 1^st; L’worth. Corners bumped, gen G+. £4.50

S265) More Adventures of the Brydons; 1947 1^st; Lutterworth. Spine faded, VG. £5

S266) Escape in Darkness; pb Kelpie. Thrilling Scottish adventure of 1625. VG+. £3

S267) The Droving Lad; pb Kelpie. Scottish lad tracks stolen bull. VG+. £3

S268) The Thames in Story; 1971  Epworth Press. VG+ in VG dw. £5

S269) Tales of London; 1961 rep; Lutterworth. VG+. £4

S270) Look to the West – Tales of Liverpool; L’worth. Ex-lib, attractive dw affixed to bds. £4

Fitzhugh, Louise

S271) Harriet the Spy; rep HarperCollins. Harriet notes down everything she observes and hears to help her become a writer, and can’t understand why people object…  VG+. £6

Forest, Antonia

S272) Hayward, Sally; Antonia Forest’s Kingscote Spring Term; pb GGBP 2011. Well-received!  NEW  £13

S273) [Forest] The Marlows and Their Maker, by Anne Heazlewood; GGBP 2007.  £15

S274) Celebrating Antonia Forest: 2008. Papers from AF Conference, draft material from Run Away Home. £13

S275) Autumn Term; pb Puffin.  VG. £3

S276) End of Term; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S277) End of Term; pb Puffin. Ex-sch lib, G++. £6

S278) The Marlows and the Traitor; pb rep 2015. New. £15

S279) Falconer’s Lure; pb GGBP 2016 rep. NEW. £13

S280) The Ready-Made Family; pb GGBP 2004. NEW. £30

S281) The Thuggery Affair; pb GGBP 2005. NEW.  £15

S282) The Player’s Boy; pb GGBP 2006. Wonderful “extras”!  NEW.  £15

S283) The Players and the Rebels; 1971 1^st ed; Faber.  Minimally ex-lib, VG+ in fine dw. £20

S284) The Players and the Rebels; pb GGBP 2008.    Order Now!  NEW.  £15

S285) The Thursday Kidnapping  pb GGBP.  Her only self-contained story.   £13

Gardam, Jane

S286) The Summer After the Funeral; pb 16 year old Athene moves between reality and rich fantasies of reincarnating Emily Bronte after her father’s death. £3

S288) Bilgewater; pb Abacus. Marigold suffers turbulence growing up an a boys’ school. VG £4

Goudge, Elizabeth

S289) Henrietta’s House; pb GGBP 2013. Much loved classic. £13

S290) Goudge, Elizabeth; Sister of the Angels; pb GGBP 2014. Sequel to Henrietta’s House. £13

Hann, Mrs A.C. Osborn

S291) Peg’s Patrol; nd RTS. The first of the series about Peg and her Guides, a fascinating picture based on the author’s own experiences of a London company from all social classes, unusual in its working class heroine.  Embossed bds, VG. £5

S292) Peg and Her Company; nd incs 1929, RTS. Embossed bds, G+. £4.50

S293) Peg – Lieutenant; nd, insc 1939; RTS. Embossed bds, VG. £5

Harnett, Cynthia

S294) The Great House; 1960 rep; Methuen. 1690 – can Geoffrey and Barbara persuade their father that the house he is designing would be better on a different site? VG+ in VG+ dw. £7.50

Harris, Mary, K..

S295) Emily and the Headmistress; 1962 rep; Faber. A very good reading copy in a G dw. £5   

Hill, Lorna;  GGBP pbs reproduce the lovely Evans dustwrapper watercolours of ballet scenes

S296) The Vicarage Children; pb GGBP 2008. 1^st of very appealing trilogy drawing on Lorna Hill’s own background as a clergyman’s wife.  £13

S297) More About Mandy; pb GGBP 2009.  Second in Vicarage Children trilogy.  NEW.  £13

S298) The Vicarage Children in Skye; pb GGBP 2010.  £13

S299) A Dream of Sadler’s Wells; pb GGBP 2012. First in the Wells series.  NEW. £13

S300) A Dream of Sadler’s Wells; 1954 rep, Evans. VG in VG dw. £8.50

S301) A Dream of Sadler’s Wells; pb Piccolo. VG. £3

S302) Veronica at the Wells; 1953 rep; Evans. VG in VG- dw. £8

S303) Masquerade at the Wells; 1952 1^st ed; Evans. Bds slightly marked, gen VG.  £6

S304) Ella at the Wells; 1954 1^st ed; Evans. VG+ in VG= dw. £10

S305) Dress Rehearsal; pb GGBP.   Wells series.  NEW.  £13

S306) Swan Feather; pb GGBP 2006. Wells series.   NEW.  £13

S307) Dancer in Danger; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £13

S308) Dancer’s Luck; 1955 1^st ed; Nelson.  VG. £9.50

S309) Stolen Holiday; pb GGBP. NEW. £13

S310) Border Peel; pb GGBP spring 2007.  NEW.  £13 

S311) Northern Lights;  pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £13

Johns, Capt. W.E.

S312) Biggles Defies the Swastika; 1945 rep; OUP. Line picture in brown on front board, some foxing on spine, inside VG. £10

S313) Biggles Gets his Men; 1950 1^st ed, H&S. VG in dw with big chunk missing at the top of the front, taking some of title, but not picture of Chinaman menacing bound prisoner. £8

S314) Biggles Delivers the Goods; 1952 rep; H&S. VG. £5

S315) Biggles Breaks the Silence; 1949 1^st ed; H&S.  Nice crisp bds, some foxing, G+. £6          

S316) Biggles’ Chinese Puzzle; 1955 1^st ed; Brock.  Ex-sch lib, VG. £7.50

S317) Biggles pbs; Nice old Knight or Armada, 1960s & 1970s;  all G+ or better, £3 each; Sorts It Out; Chinese Puzzle; Air Commodore; Defies the Swastika; In the Orient; The Rescue Flight; Flies North; Goes to War; And the Dark Intruder; The Camels are Coming.

Kay, Mara

S318) A Circling Star; pb Margin Notes. Russian circus school is very demanding. New. £13

S319) Masha; Margin Notes Books; pb 2014. Reprint of much-loved and very scarce book about early 19thC Masha at the Smolni Institute for Noble Girls. NEW £13

S320) The Youngest Lady-in-Waiting; Margin Notes Books; pb  2015. Reprint of sequel to Masha, what happened when Masha left Smolni, I was so delighted to find this. NEW. £13

Kemp, Gene

S321) The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler; pb Faber. VG+. £3.50

S322) Just Ferret; pb Puffin. Cricklepit School series. Minimally ex-sch lib, VG. £3.50

S322a) Gowie Corby Plays Chicken; pb Puffin. VG. £3.50

S323) Juniper; pb Puffin. Cricklepit School series. VG+. £4

Lewis, C.S.

S324) The Silver Chair; 1953 first edition; Geoffrey Bles. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Map endpaper. Minimally ex-school library, a couple of pretty discreet stamps. Corners just slightly bumped. One blank prelim, and page between title and first chapter are neatly missing, otherwise generally a G+ pretty clean copy in photocopied dw. £35

S325) The Last Battle; 1956 first edition; Bodley Head. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. 2 mm at top and tail of spine sunned. Very slight and faint foxing on endpapers and title page. Generally VG, nice and clean.  Dustwrapper (also Pauline Baynes) has slight crease around the top about 5 mm from the edge, and missing 10x5 mm bit at top of spine. Slightly rubbed along the edges. Some foxing, barely visible on coloured front panel. Protected – gives a better impression than it sounds! £125

Lloyd, Marjorie

S326) Fell Farm paperbacks, all early Puffin editions, VG; £3.50 each: much-loved examples of the “camping and tramping” genre; Fell Farm Holiday; Fell Farm Campers.

Magorian, Michelle

S327) Back Home; pb Puffin. 1945 – Rusty back from USA to unknown England. VG £3

Mallory, Clare

S328) Candy Nevill; pb 2012 Margin Notes.  Previously unpublished book - lots of baking and sweet-making! Candy is the “slow” one in a bright family, and doesn’t shine at anything…  NEW £13.

S329) Anna Charlotte; pb Margin Notes 2016. First publishing of novel of teenage friendship – slightly darker than her school stories. New. £13

S330) Leith and Friends; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £13 

S331) Merry Again; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S332) Merry Marches On; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S333) Juliet Overseas; pb GGBP 2006. New Zealander Juliet comes to English  school – this is one of my great favourites, a really effective take on a rotten house making good. New £13

S334) The New House at Winwood; pb GGBP 2008.  Such an enjoyable story! NEW  £13

S335) The League of the Smallest; pb GGBP 2009.  NEW.  £13

S336) The Pen and Pencil Girls; pb GGBP 2010.  Lovely story of group of friends producing a hand-written magazine for a competition.  £13

Matthewman, Phyllis

S337) Chloe Takes Control; pb GGBP 2013.  1st Daneswood school story. £13

S338) The Queerness of Rusty; pb GGBP 2014. 2^nd Daneswood title. Rather unusual school story featuring a genuinely working class girl going to a boarding school. New. £13

S339) Thanks to Mr Jones; pb GGBP 2013. Family theatricals. NEW. £13

Mayne, William

S340) A Year and a Day; 1976 1^st ed HH. VG+ in VG+ dw. £5

S341) A Game of Dark; 1971 1^st; HH. Ex-lib, but VG in VG dw. £5

S342) Gideon Ahoy!; 1987 1^st ed; Kestrel. Fine in fine dw. £6

S343) Royal Harry; 1971 1^st; HH. VG+ in VG dw. £6

S344) All the King’s Men; 1982 1^st ed; Cape. Name on ep o/w fine in nr fine dw. £6.50

S345) Whistling Rufus; 1964 1^st; HH Reindeer (younger readers). Ex-lib, G+ in VG dw. £4

S346) The Battlefield; 1967 rep; HH. Ex-lib, VG in VG+ dw. £5

S347) Paperbacks, all VG, £3 each: Earthfasts; A Parcel of Trees (Puffin Original).

Mitchell, Gladys

S348) On Your Marks; pb Greyladies. NEW. Career novel at PE college and first jobs. £12

Mitchison, Naomi

S349) The Big House; pb Kelpie. A modern Scottish fairy tale - to rescue a magic piper. £3

Montgomery, L.M.

S350) Jane of Lantern Hill; 1941 rep Harrap. Col fp. Set in Toronto and P.E.I. VG. £7

S351) The Story Girl; 1950 rep; Harrap. VG+ in VG uniform orange dw.  £7.50

S352) Puffin Classcis; VG+ £3 each; Anne of Green Gables; Anne of Avonlea; Anne of the Island; Anne of Ingleside; Rainbow Valley; Chronicles of Avonlea; Further Chronicles of Avonlea.

S353) Anne of the Island; 1974 rep Harrap. VG+ in G+ dw. £6

S354) Anne of Ingleside; 1957 rep Harrap. VG+ in G+ dw. £6

S355) Further Chronicles of Avonlea; 1972 “Canada ed” Ryerson. Fine in fine dw. £7.50

Moore, Dorothea

S356) Brenda of Beech House; nd Collins. Ruritanian princess at school. VG in G- dw. £5

S357) The Only Day Girl; pb GGBP; includes one of the very few portraits of disability in traditional school stories in having a blind girl as a central character.  NEW.  £13

S358) Wanted – An English Girl; pb Books to Treasure 2014. Scarce WWI title, a gritty story not minimising the horrors of war. £13

S359) The Wrenford Tradition; pb Books to Treasure 2015. A much sought-after classic. £11

Needham, Violet

S360) The Emerald Crown; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW  £15

S361) Stormy Petrel; pb GGBP 2006.  NEW.  £15

S362) How Many Miles to Babylon?; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW. £13

S363) The Horn of Merlyns; pb GGBP 2010.  £13

S364) The Bell of the Four Evangelists; pb GGBP.  NEW.  £13

S365) Pandora of Parrham Royal  pb GGBP.  NEW.  £13

S366) The House of the Paladin; pb GGBP 2006.  NEW.  £13

S367) Richard and the Golden Horseshoe; pb GGBP 2008.  £13

S368) The Secret of the White Peacock;  GGBP 2008.  £13

S369) The Red Rose of Ruvina;  GGBP 2008.  £13

S370) The Avenue; pb GGBP 2013. NEW. £13

S371) The Great House of Estraville; pb GGBP 2014.  NEW. £13

S372) The Boy in Red; pb GGBP 2015.  NEW. Order now.  £13

Nesbit, E.

S373) Ghost Stories; Greyladies small pb. NEW. £4

Oldmeadow, Katharine

S374) Princess Prunella; nd (insc 1945) Collins. Col fp. VG. £5

Oxenham, E.J.

S375) The Two Form Captains; pb EJO Society 2014. £16

S376) Captain of the Fifth; pb EJO Soc. 2015 £16

S377) The Junior Captain; pb EJO Soc; Autumn 2015. £16

S378) Rosaly’s New School;  pb EJO Society 2013.  NEW. £16

S379) The School without a Name; pb EJO Soc. 2016. £16

S380) Goblin Island; pb GGBP 2007.  £13

S381) The Camp Mystery; pb GGBP 2006.  £13

S382) Ven At Gregory’s; pb EJO Soc Spring 2017 £16

S383) Rosamund’s Victory; pb EJO Soc. Autumn 2017. NEW. £15

S384) Rachel in the Abbey; pb EJO Soc. Spring 2018. £15

S385) Abbey Champion; pb  EJO Society 2014. £16

S386) Maidlin to the Rescue; pb  EJO Society 2014. £16

S387) A Fiddler for the Abbey; pb EJO Soc; 2015. £16

S388) Guardians of the Abbey; pb EJO Soc. 2016 £16

S389) Maidlin Bears the Torch;  pb GGBP 2009.  NEW.  £13

S390) The Abbey Girls Go Back to School; pb 2005 GGBP £13

S391) Jen of the Abbey Schoool; pb 2007 GGBP. Details of complex publishing history. NEW. £13

S392) Queen of the Abbey Girls; pb GGBP 2010. NEW.  £13

S393) The Abbey Girls; 1945  “fat orange” rep; Collins. Col pl. Front hinge repaired, gen G+. £7.50

S394) Oxenham Interest: Cleeve &Muchelney Abbeys; large handbook for teachers by English Heritage £3

S395) Oxenham Interest; Eustance, G; Arundel, Borough & Castle; 1922. Illus history. Crest on front VG. £5

SPECIAL OFFER: All Abbey School hardbacks below 3 for £15

S396) The Abbey Girls in Town; 1953 rep; Collins.  VG in G dw. £7.50

S397) The Abbey Girls Go Back to School; 1949 Collins. VG in poor dw, missing half sp. £7.50

S398) The Abbey Girls at Home; 1950 rep; Collins. Ex-lib, library binding. G+. £7.50

S399) The Abbey Girls on Trial; 1949 Seagull. G++. £5

S400) Schoolgirl Jen at the Abbey; 1955 Seagull. VG. £5

S401) Jen of the Abbey School; 1949 Seagull. VG.  £5

S402) The New Abbey Girls; Collins pocket ed with handsome illustrated endpapers. VG. £8

S403) Stowaways in the Abbey; 1951 Seagull. VG in chipped dw. £6

S404) Strangers at the Abbey; 1959 Collins red Abbey. VG in G dw. £7.50

S405) Two Joans at the Abbey; 1949 Seagull. Missing fep, o/w VG in chipped dw. £7.50

S406) Maid of the Abbey; 1961 rep Seagull. Fine in nr fine dw. £7.50

S407) Selma at the Abbey; 1957 rep Seagull. Near fine, a lovely copy. £5

S408) Robins in the Abbey; 1950 rep; Collins.  VG in chipped dw. £6.50

S409) A Dancer from the Abbey; 1956 rep; Seagull. VG+ in VG dw. £7.50

S410) Jandy Mac Comes Back; 1952 rep Seagull. VG+ in poor dw reassembled from pieces under protection! £7

S411) The Song of the Abbey; 1959 Seagull. VG in chipped dw. £7.50

Ransome, Arthur

S412) Missee Lee; 1941 1^st ed, Cape. VG. £8.50

S413) We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea; 1949 rep, Cape. VG+ in G++ protected dw. £10

S414) Winter Holiday; 1949 rep; Cape. VG in VG dw, sl worn at ends of spine. £10

S415) Swallowdale; 1953 rep, Cape. G++. £5

S416) Peter Duck; 1948 rep; Cape. VG+. £6.50

S417) Old Peter’s Russian Tales; nd, 1938 new ed, Nelson. 7 / 7 col plates by Dmitri Mitrokhin. Biro scribble on margin of p274, top spine sl fraying, lacks eps, gen G+. £6.50.

Saville, Malcolm

The Lone Pine Series

S418) Mystery at Witchend; pb rep GGBP 2015. New, £13

S419) Seven White Gates; pb GGBP 2005. New. One copy only. £25

S420) The Gay Dolphin Adventure; GGBP 2006. New. One copy only. £25

S421) The Secret of Grey Walls; pb GGBP 2007.  NEW.  £15 

S422) Lone Pine Five; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW. £15

S423) The Elusive Grasshopper; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW.  £15

S424) The Neglected Mountain ; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £15

S425) Wings Over Witchend; pb GGBP 2009.  New. £15

S426) Lone Pine London; pb 2010. NEW. £15

S427) The Secret of the Gorge; pb GGBP 2011. £15

S428) Saucers Over the Moor; pb 2009.  NEW.  £13

S429) Mystery Mine; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £15 

S430) Sea Witch Comes Home; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £13

S431) Not Scarlet But Gold; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW. £13

S432) Treasure at Amorys; pb GGBP 2013.  £13.

S433) The Man with Three Fingers; pb GGBP 2013.  £13

S434) Rye Royal; pb GGBP 2014.  NEW £13.

S435) Strangers at Witchend; pb GGBP 2014.  NEW £15.

S436) Where’s My Girl with The Flower Show Hat (Lone Pine long short story); GGBP pb 2017

S437) Home to Witchend; pb GGBP 2015. NEW £13

S438) Mystery at Witchend; 1953 rep; Newnes.  VG, with rear panel and flap of dw only. £10

S439) The Secret of Grey Walls; 1948 rep; Newnes.  Tiny bit of fraying on edges of bds, inside VG. £8

S440) Lone Pine London; 1970 rep; Collins. Ex-lib, front hinge mended, G in VG+ dw, spine faded. £7.50

S441) Mystery Mine; 1959 rep; Newnes. VG+. £10

S442) Lone Pine pbs; Armada / Merlin; G+ £3 each; Lone Pine 5; Treasure at Amorys; The Neglected Mountain; Mystery Mine; The Elusive Grasshopper; Sea Witch Comes Home; Wings Over Witchend; Saucers over the Moor; The Secret of Grey Walls; Lone Pine London (1965 slightly fragile).  

Jillies series

S443) Redshank’s Warning;1963 1^st pb; Armada. VG+. £5

S444) The Sign of the Alpine Rose; 1963 1^st pb; Armada. G+. £4

Marston Baines series – thrillers for teenagers

S445) Three Towers in Tuscany; pb GGBP 2016. A Marston Baines title. New. £13

S446) The Purple Valley; pb GGBP 2017. Marston Baines title. NEW. £13

Other titles

S447) The Secret of Galleybird Pit; pb Armada. Lucy & Humf  (hb title Four &Twenty Blackbirds). G+. £3

Shaw, Jane

S448) Threepenny Bit; 1960 rep; Nelson. Penny’s adventure in Bath. VG in VG dw. £7.50

S449) Susan Interferes; nd; Ch Press.  G+ in VG dw. £4

S450) Susan at School; 1958 Collins. VG+ in back half of dw only. £5.50

S451) Susan’s Helping Hand; nd Children’s Press. VG in G+ dw. £5

S452) Susan Rushes In; nd Children’s Press. VG+ in VG+ dw. £6

Smith, Evelyn: one of the most sophisticated writers of classic school stories, full of character insights

S453) Val Forrest in the Fifth by Evelyn Smith; pb 2009 GGBP. One of the best writers of classic school stories, full of character insight. NEW.  £13

S454) Binkie of IIIB; pb BTT. NEW. £11

S455) Marie Macleod, Schoolgirl; pb BTT 2016. New. £11

S456) The Little Betty Wilkinson; pb BTT 2016. New. £11

S457) The First Fifth Form; pb Books to Treasure 2013. NEW. £11.

S458) The Small Sixth Form; pb Books to Treasure 2013. NEW. £11.

S459) Seven Sisters at Queen Anne’s; pb Books to Treasure 2013. NEW. £11.

S460) Septima at School; pb Books to Treasure 2014. Second Queen Anne’s book. NEW. £11.

S461) Phyllida in Form III; pb Books to Treasure 2014. Third Queen Anne’s book. NEW. £11.

S462) Biddy and Quilla; pb BTT 2014. Older girl defending unpopular newcomer. NEW. £11

S463) Milly in the Fifth; pb BTT 2015. NEW. £11

S464) Nicky of the Lower Fourth; pb BTT 2015. Order now. £11

Storr, Catherine

S465) Marianne Dreams; pb Puffin. Classic; how Marianne helps Mark escape. G. £3

S466) Thursday; pb Puffin. Bee tries to reach her friend Thursday in his own world VG £4

Stranks, Alan

S467) P.C. 49; nd, Juvenile Prodn, Large annual-sized book of stories based on radio series, plates by F. Moorsom. Paper covered boards have beautiful wraparound illustration of the Victoria Embankment with PC 49 talking to 2 children. Corners and edges worn, inside VG. £7.50

S468) On the Beat with PC 49; nd, Preview. As above. Cover has a chase on the Thames foreshore, endpapers show PC talking to children with Tower Bridge behind. VG. £6.50

S469) PC 49 Eagle Strip Cartoon Book; nd Preview. Annual format, strip stories. G+. £6

Streatfeild, Noel:  see Greyladies section in Sally’s Specials for other Streatfeild adult titles available.

S470) Paperbacks; Puffin / Collins / Lion / Dragon; VG or better; £3.50 each; When the Siren Wailed; Curtain Up; The Painted Garden; Thursday’s Child; Far to Go; The Growing Summer; Apple Bough; Party Frock; The Noel Streatfeild Summer Holiday Book (Target)

S471) Gemma Alone; pb Armada Originals; 1968 1^st ed (no hb).  G+. £4 each

S471a) Gemma Boxed Set; the four Gemma books in a slipcase; pbs Lion. All VG in VG slipcase. £12

S472) The Circus is Coming; 1942 rep; Dent. Includes Steven Spurrier’s original sketch illustrations. VG. £8

S473) Ballet Shoes; 1954 rep; Dent. Classic illustrations by Ruth Gervis. Sl mark on front, gen VG+. £5

S474) White Boots; 1966 rep; Collins.  Ex-lib, VG in VG dw with clear protection affixed. £6

S475) Party Frock; 1966; Collins. First few pages have a few small splashes (pale coffee?) o/w VG in G+ dw. £6

S476) Enjoying Opera; 1966 Dobson. An introduction, larger format, beautiful illustrations. Fine in VG dw. £5

S477) Saplings: 1945 1^st ed; Collins. Novel for adults. Same style, darker tone! G++. £7.50

S478) The Winter is Past; pb Greyladies 2014. NEW. £12

Sutcliff, Rosemary Outstanding writer of historical fiction

S479) Warrior Scarlet; 1970 rep; OUP. Bronze age Drem coming of age in Sussex Downs. VG+ in G+ dw. £7

S480) The Lantern Bearers; 1961 rep; OUP. Aquila has to decide whether his loyalties lie with Rome or Britain. Ex-college lib, G+. £5

S481) The Silver Branch; 1957 1^st ed; OUP. The collapse of the Roman Empire in Britain. VG in G+ dw repaired at edges with archival tissue. £15

S482) The Light Beyond the Forest – The Quest for the Holy Grail; 1985 rep BH. VG+ in VG+ dw. £7.50

S483) The Hound of Ulster; 1963 rep; BH. The story of Cuchulain. Ex-lib, tape marks, G. £5

S484) Knight’s Fee; 1974 rep; OUP (OCL). Randal, dog-boy at Arundel Castle. Ex-lib, glazed bds, G+. £6

S485) The Queen Elizabeth Story; 1964 rep; OUP. Such a great favourite of mine. Perdita, who can see fairies, longs to see the Queen as she progresses through Devon, but then she develops a rash! VG  £5

S486) Lady-in-Waiting; 1966 rep; H&S. Story of Bess, Walter Raleigh’s wife. VG in VG- dw. £6.50

S487) Simon; 1959 rep; OUP (OCL). Simon & conflicting loyalties in Civil War – excellent. VG in VG+ dw £8

S488) Paperbacks; all G+ or better; £3 each; Dragon Slayer – The Story of Beowulf; Song for a Dark Queen; Warrior Scarlet; The Eagle of the Ninth; The Lantern Bearers; The Mark of the Horse Lord; Tristan and Iseult; Outcast; The Witch’s Brat.    

Symons, Geraldine

S489) The Workhouse Child; 1971 rep; Macmillan. The wonderful Atalanta, & her engaging friend Pansy, who kindly swaps clothes so a workhouse girl can go bathing. VG /VG dw £8

S490) Symons, Geraldine; Miss Rivers & Miss Bridges; pb Puffin. Pansy & Atalanta as sufragettes. VG+. £3.50

S491) Mademoiselle; pb Puffin. Pansy and Atalanta in Paris on the eve of WWI. VG+. £3.50

Talbot, Ethel

S492) The New Girl at the Priory; pb BTT 2015. £11

Trease, Geoffrey: Special Offer following the Bristol Conference

Acclaimed Bannermere books, written as contemporary stories (ie in the early 1950s), set in the Lake District and taking Bill, Penny and friends from young grammar school pupils to university students.  Following the interest raised by my talk at the Bristol conference about how much I enjoyed these books, I have a special offer for everyone on the Bannermere books. Buy No Boats on Bannermere (or one of the other books if you already have that) at £15, and if you like it, you may then buy the remaining books in the series at £10 each (or of course you could just buy the whole set at these special prices straight off!).

S493) No Boats on Bannermere 2004; GGBP pb 2004. £15

S494) GGBP pbs; NEW; £15 each;  Under Black Banner ; Black Banner Players  2005. 

S495) GGBP pbs; NEW; £15 each;  Black Banner Abroad; pb GGBP 2006; The Gates of Bannerdale; 2007.

S496) Under Black Banner; 1967 rep; Heinemann Windmill. VG+. £12

S497) Black Banner Abroad; 1968 rep; Heinemann. Ex-lib, VG in G++ dw. £12

S498) In the Land of the Mogul; 1938 1^st edition; Blackwell. Nicky on first East India Co. venture into India. VG+ in G+ sl edgeworn dw missing 1cm bit at left top of spine. £14

S499) When the Drums Beat; 1976; Heinemann. Illustrated story for younger readers. VG in G+ dw. £5

S500) Follow My Black Plume; 1963 rep; Mac. Mark encounters Garibaldi in 1848. Ex-lib, VG in VG dw. £8

S501) A Whiff of Burnt Boats; pb GGBP 2009 larger size. Very entertaining autobiography Photos, extras. £15

S502) Fortune My Foe: The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh; 1957; Methuen. Ex-lib, G+/ protected G+ dw. £5

S503) Byron: A Poet Dangerous to Know; 1969 1^st ed; Macmillan. Fine in VG dw. £5

Treece, Henry

S504) A Viking Saga; pbs Puffin. Boxed set of Viking’s Dawn, The Road to Miklagard and Viking’s Sunset. Illus Victor Ambrus. Books and case VG. £10

Trevino, Elizabeth Borton de

S505) Casilda of the Rising Moon; 1967 1^st. Mediaeval tale of knights, kings, suffering Christians, mystics and saints, based on legends of Castile’s special saint. VG+ in VG+ dw. £6

Tring, A. Stephen

S506) The Old Gang; 1966; OUP. Gangs from Grammar and Modern. VG+ in VG+ dw. £5

S507) Penny Puzzled; 1983 rev ed; Goodchild. VG+ in VG+ dw. £8

Ure, Jean

S508) Paperbacks, Collins, VG, £3 each: Skinny Melon and Me; Shrinking Violet; Is Anybody There?; Pumpkin Pie; Sugar and Spice; The Secret Life of Sally Tomato.

Uttley, Alison

S509) The Country Child; 1952 rep; Faber. Classic memoir with beautiful woodcuts by C. Tunnicliffe throughout. VG++ in VG dw, just slight loss at ends of spine. £9.50

Verney, John

S510) Friday’s Tunnel; 1960 CBC. Engaging Callendar family adventure. VG. £6

Vipont, Elfrida

S511) Vipont, Charles [=Elfrida]; Blow the Man Down; 1939 1^st; OUP. Piratical 18thC tale. VG+. £7.50

S512) The Spring of the Year; pb GGBP 2012.  Very engaging heroine, Laura, struggles with finding her niche, inside her academic family and beyond.  NEW.  £13

S513) Vipont, Elfrida; Flowering Spring; pb GGBP 2013. Lovely story – Laura growing up. NEW.  £13

S514) Vipont, Elfrida; The Pavilion; pb GGBP 2014. Last in Haverard family series. New. £13

Walker, Victoria

S515) The House Called Hadlows; pb Fidra.  Much-loved fantasy.  NEW.  £5

Welch, Ronald

S516) Knight Crusader; pb. Carnegie Medal winner. VG. £3

S517) The Galleon; nd (lacks title page); OUP. Ex-lib, trace of label remaining on fep, old tape marks on eps, a few small spots on foredge, but generally a nice clean tidy copy in a VG++ dw. £18

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

S518) Little House pbs; Puffin. £3 each: Little House in the Big Wood; On the Banks of Plum Creek; Little House on the Prairie; Little Town on the Prairie; By the Shores of Silver Lake; The Long Winter; These Happy Golden Years; The First Four Years; Farmer Boy.

Wynne, May

S519) Peggy’s First Term; nd insc 1937; Ward Lock. B&w fp. Pic bds. G+. £5

S520) The Girl who Played the Game; nd Ward Lock. B&w fp. Pic bds, grey mark, gen VG. £5

Sally’s Specials

Fiction  Lots of favourites and new ones to try.   

S521) Bridge, Ann; A Place to Stand; 1964 rep; Chatto. Faint speckling on page edges, gen VG in G dw. £6

S521a) Bridge, Ann; Enchanter’s Nightshade; 1937 1^st ed; Chatto. G+. £5

S521b) Bridge, Ann; Illyrian Spring; nd Chatto. G+. £5

S521c) Bridge, Ann; Emergency in the Pyrenees; 1973 Chatto.  Ex-lib, G+ in VG dw. £7.50

S521d) Bridge, Ann; Singing Waters; 1945 1^st ed; Chatto, BC. VG+ in G dw missing bottom 2 inches of spine. £7.50

S521e) Bridge, Ann; The Dark Moment; 1952 1^st ed Chatto. Spine faded, gen G+. £5

S521f) Bridge, Ann; The Dangerous Islands; 1971 rep Chatto. Ex-lib but VG in VG+ dw. £7.50

S521g) Bridge, Ann; The Light Hearted Quest; 1956 1^st ed; Chatto. VG++. £6

S522) Dashwood, R.M.; Provincial Daughter; pb VMC.  Amusing 1960s version of her mother E. M. Delafield’s Diary of a Provincial Lady. VG+. £3

S523) Dickens, Monica; No More Meadows; nd BC. VG+ in VG dw. £4

S524) Douglas, O; Pink Sugar;  pb Greyladies. NEW £12

S525) Douglas, O; The Day of Small Things;  pb. Greyladies. Delightful - by John Buchan’s sister. NEW £12

S526) Douglas, O; Olivia; 1946 rep; Nelson pocket ed. VG in VG dw. £7.50

S527) Douglas, O; Eliza for Common; 1930 rep; Nelson pocket ed. VG in VG dw. £7.50

S528) Douglas, O; The Setons; nd rep; Nelson pocket ed. VG in VG dw. £7.50

S529) Douglas, O; The Day of Small Things; nd rep; Nelson pocket ed. Lower spine well repaired, G+. £5

S530) Gibbons, Stella; Cold Comfort Farm; pb Penguin. VG. £3

S531) Goudge, Elizabeth; The Dean’s Watch; 1960 rep; BC. VG+ in VG dw. £6.50

S532) Hilton, James; To You, Mr Chips; 1941 rep; H&S. Sequel to the classic Goodbye, Mr Chips. VG. £5

S533) Heyer, Georgette; The Grand Sophy; 1951 rep; BC. Pages a bit biscuity, o/w VG in G++ dw. £5

S534) James, P.D.; Death Comes to Pemberley; 2011 1^st ed, 1^st printing; Faber. VG in VG dw. £4.50

S535) Keyes, Frances Parkinson; Joy Street; nd; BC. VG+ in VG dw. £5

S536) Lane, Jane; The Escape of the Princess; 1962 1^st; Evans. Princess Clementina Sobieska intercepted on British orders on her way to marry the “Old Pretender”, and how she escapes. VG+ in VG dw. £5

S537) Leslie, Doris; The Perfect Wife; nd BC. The remarkable story of Mr & Mrs Disraeli.. VG in VG dw. £5

S538) Mitford, Nancy; Pudding & Pie (with Highland Fling, Christmas Pudding and Pigeon Pie); pb. VG+ £6

S539) Monsarrat, Nicholas; The Time Before This; 1962 rep BC. VG+ in VG dw. £4

S540) Parsons, Tony; Man and Boy; pb Harper Collins. G++. £3

S541) Shields, Carol; Unless; pb 4^th Estate. VG. £3

S542) Shute, Nevil; On the Beach; 1958 rep. BC. VG+ in VG dw. £5

S543) Spring, Howard; These Lovers Fled Away; nd BC. Sweeping novel - 1890s to WWII. VG/ VG dw. £5

S544) Stevenson, D. E.; Katherine Wentworth; 1964 1^st: Collins. Young widow coping. VG++ in G+ dw. £7.50

S545) Stevenson, D. E.; Katherine’s Marriage; 1965 1^st: Collins. Newly remarried. VG++ in G+ dw £7.50

S546) Stevenson, D. E.; Amberwell; 1956 rep; BC. VG+ in dw missing 1 cm base of spine. £6

S547) Stevenson, D. E.; Summerhills; 1956 1^st: Collins. Same family as Amberwell. VG++ in G+ dw £7.50

S548) Stevenson, D.E.; Still Glides the Stream; 1959 1^st ed; Collins. VG. £5

S549) Stevenson, D.E.; see Greyladies below for previously unpublished novels

S550) Trollope, Anthony; The Spotted Dog & Other Stories; pb VG+. £3

S551) Trollope, Anthony; Mr Scarborough’s Family; pb OUP. VG+. £3

S552) Trollope, Anthony; Orley Farm; pb Dover. Rep of original ed with Millais illustrations. VG. £4.50

S553) Wentworth, Patricia; Hue and Cry; pb H&S 1954. Yellow livery, sparkling thriller from 1927. VG £7.50

S553a) Wentworth, Patricia; The Devil’s Wind; nd Melrose. Early historical novel set in the Indian Mutiny. Splotch on bds, gen G+. £6.

S554) Wyndham, John; The Midwich Cuckoos; 1957 1^st ed; Michael Joseph. Classis sci-fi. “Shadow” on eps, page edges very slightly going biscuity, book plate on front pastedown, gen VG in G edgeworn dw. £14

Greyladies   Newly reprinted books mainly by authors better known for their children’s titles; All New

S555) Allan, Mabel Esther.; Death Goes To Italy; pb Greyladies 2014. NEW. £12

S557) Channon, E.M.;  Twice Dead; pb 2010.  Excellent murder mystery.  NEW.  £12

S558) Channon, E.M.; Little G; pb Greyladies 2012. NEW.  £12

S559) Channon, E.M.; The Chimney Murder; pb Greyladies 2012. NEW.  £12

S560) Clavering, Mollie; Near Neighbours; pb Greyladies 2015. New. £12

S561) Crompton, Richmal; Leadon Hill; pb 2011. English country life acutely observed… NEW £12

S562) Crompton, Richmal; Matty and the Dearingroydes; pb Greyladies 2012. Warm and delightful. New. £13

S563) Crompton, Richmal: Mrs Frensham Describes a Circle; pb Greyladies 2015. NEW. £12

S564) Douglas, O; The Day of Small Things; pb Greyladies. Scottish inter-war life. NEW. £12

S565) Douglas, O; Pink Sugar; pb Greyladies. Scottish inter-war life. NEW. £12

S566) Elder, Josephine; The Mystery of the Purple Bentley; pb Greyladies 2012. A disappearing doctor tracked down by her nurse / secretary – a mystery making full use of author’s medical background. NEW.  £12

S567) Elder, Josephine; The Encircled Heart; pb Greyladies. A doctor and her errant husband. NEW. £12

S568) Elder, Josephine; Sister Anne Resigns; pb Greyladies 2012. An enthralling novel of nursing in the East End in the 1920s and 30s, using the author’s own medical background. New. £12.

S569) Lee, Austin; Miss Hogg and the Bronte Murders; pb Greyladies 2016. When Flora Hogg’s father dies, she realises an ambition by giving up her job as French mistress and sets up as a private investigator… £12

S570) Mitchell, Gladys; On Your Marks; pb Greyladies. NEW. Career novel at PE college and first jobs. £12

S571) Mitchell, Gladys; Convent on Styx; pb Greyladies. NEW. £12

S572) Pleydell, Susan; The Glenvarroch Gathering; pb Greyladies 2014.  NEW. £12

S573) Pleydell, Susan; Brighouse Hotel; pb Greyladies 2014. New. £12

S574) Pleydell, Susan; The Road to the Harbour; pb Greyladies. New. £12

S575) Pullein-Thompson, Josephine; Murder Strikes Pink; pb Greyladies 2014. NEW. £12

S576) Pullein-Thompson, Josephine; Gin and Murder; pb Greyladies 2014. NEW. £12

S577) Stevenson, D.E.; Greyladies pbs, all NEW, £12 each; a) The Fair Miss Fortune; 2011.  Previously unpublished! b) Emily Dennistoun; 2011.  Previously unpublished! c) Jean Erskine’s Secret; 2013. 1^st publication of novel written & set in WWI d) Found in the Attic; 2013. Previously unpublished cornucopia e) The English Air; pb Greyladies 2014. f) Five Windows; 2016.

S578) Streatfeild, Noel; Parson’s Nine; pb Greyladies 2014. NEW. £12

S579) Streatfeild, Noel; The Winter is Past; pb Greyladies 2014. NEW. £12

S580) Streatfeild, Noel; It Pays to be Good; pb Greyladies 2015. New. £12

S581) [Noel Streatfeild writing as] Scarlett, Susan; all New Greyladies pbs; £12 each;  Murder While You Work (2012); Ten Way Street  (2012); Poppies for England (2008).; The Man in the Dark; ( 2014); Pirouette  (2014); Under the Rainbow (2014).

S582) Vaizey, Mrs Geo. de Horne; The Ignorance of Sybilla & Other Stories; pb Greyladies 2010 NEW  £12

S583) White, Ethel; The Third Eye; pb Greyladies 2016. “From the first, Professor Freeman was reluctant to let his young sister-in-law, Caroline, accept the post of games mistress at the Abbey School.” New. £12

Books about Books and Authors

S584) Ash and Lake; Bizarre Books; pb Past Times. The astonishing titles and weird author names… VG. £3

S585) [Austen] Reeve, K. Jane Austen in Bath – Walking Tours; 2006. Delightful small hb. Nr fine. £4

S586) [Austen] Wilson, K; Tea with Jane Austen; 2011 Lincoln. Anecdotes, quotations, descriptions, illustration, recipes – the perfect companion to this important ritual! Fine in fine dw. £6.50

S587) Barrett, Frank; Where Was Wonderland? – A Traveller’s Guide to the Settings of Classic Children’s Books; pb Hamlyn. Includes Alice in Wonderland, 101 Dalmations, The Sheep-Pig etc etc. VG. £5

S588) Bates, C & Latempa, S; Storybook Travels – From Eloise’s New York to Harry Potter’s London, Visits to 30 of the Best-Loved Landmarks in Children’s Literature; pb 3 Rivers. Ex-lib, VG. £4

S589) Bodger, Joan; How the Heather Looks – A Joyous Journey to the British Sources of Children’s Books; 1^st ed.  Delightful American account of her family’s 1960s journey of exploration. Ex-lib, VG. £7.50

S590) A Book of Days; NCC A5 booklet Events for different days of the year, taken from girls’ books.  New.  £3

S591) Buckeridge, Anthony; While I Remember; pb D. Schutte, 1999. 92pp.  Autobiography. Near fine. £10

S592) Dickens, Monica; An Open Book; pb Penguin. Delightful autobiography. VG. £3

S593) [Du Maurier] Forster, Margaret; Daphne du Maurier; 1993 Chatto. Biography. Fine in fine dw. £4

S594) [Forest] The Marlows and Their Maker, by Anne Heazlewood; looks at the plots and characters of the Marlow books, incorporating comments by Forest herself on a first draft.  GGBP 2007.  £15

S595) Fraser, L & Ross, K; Reading Round Edinburgh – A Guide to Children’s Books of the City; pb. VG. £6

S596) Hardyment, Christina; The Canary-Coloured Cart – One Family’s Search for Storybook Europe. Wonderful account of a summer’s travels. Ex-lib, large print, VG. £6

S597) Hardyment, Christina; Arthur Ransome and Captain Flint’s Trunk; pb Cape. Explores the background to the Swallows and Amazons series. VG. £7.50

S598) [Heyer] J. Aiken Hodge; The Private World of Georgette Heyer; pb Arrow. VG. £3.50

S599) Mackenzie, James; Another Country – A Guide to the Children’s Books of the Lake District and Cumbria.  GGBP Larger format 2008.  Fascinating. Copiously illustrated, practical info too.  NEW.  £15

S600) Quindlen, Anna; Imagined London – A Tour of the World’s Greatest Fictional City; pb NGD. A really appealing account of the American author’s London, intertwining the real, fictional and historical. VG £4

S601) Smith, J.A; Children’s Illustrated Books; 1st 1958 Collins. 4 col pl, many b&w illus, attractive tall slim volume. Inscription from “Auntie Mummy and Uncle Daddy”! Sp professionally replaced o/w G++. £4

S602) Thirkell, Angela; Three Houses; pb A&B. The writer’s delightful memoir of childhood, including Burne-Jones grandparents and cousin Rudyard Kipling. Fine. £4.50

S603) Wentz, Melanie; Once Upon a Time in Great Britain – A Travel Guide to the Sights and Settings of Your Favourite Children’s Stories; pb Griffin. Attractive and useful guide. Ex-lib, VG. £5

Remarkable Women    A fascinating selection of guides, memoirs and biographies

S604) Balding, Clare; My Animals and Other Family; pb Penguin. Her entertaining autobiography. VG++. £4

S605) Brittain, Vera; The Women at Oxford; 1960 1^st Harrap. History of the women pioneers. VG in VG dw £8

S606) Brittain, Vera; Testament of Experience; pb Fontana. VG. £3

S607) Devonshire, Deborah [Duchess of]; Wait for Me!; pb Murray. Memoirs of youngest Mitford. Fine. £4

S608) Forster, Margaret; Good Wives; pb. Contrasting marriages of Livingstone, RL Stevenson, Bevan VG. £3

S609) [Gandhi] Indira – The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi by Katherine Frank. India’s prime minister and one of the first women anywhere to achieve standing on the international stage. Fine. £4

S610) Hughes, Molly; A London Girl of the 1880s; pb OUP. Classic; attending North London Collegiate (she nearly failed the entrance test as she couldn’t make a buttonhole!) and teacher training. VG. £4.50

S611) The Life of Margery Kempe; 2004 ed FolioSociety. The first biographical writing in English – Margery born in the late 1300s has a vigorous and captivating voice. Fine in nr fine slip case, a lovely copy. £8.50

S612) MacDonald, Betty; Anybody Can Do Anything; nd BC. Autobiography. VG+ in VG dw. £5

S613) Mitford, Jessica; Hons and Rebels; pb VG. Memoir of childhood by most rebellious sister. VG. £3.50

S614) Raverat, Gwen; Period Piece; 1954  Faber. Cambridge childhood of Darwin’s granddaughter. VG+ £4

S615) Robinson, Jane; Bluestockings – The First Women to Fight for an Education; Viking Nr fine/ nr fine £5

A Little History

S616) Brittain, Vera; Letters from a Lost Generation – The First World War Letters of Vera Brittain and Four Friends; 1998 LB. Fine in fine dw. £6.50

S617) Campbell, Clare; Bonzo’s War – Animals Under Fire 1939-45; pb Constable. Fascinating detail. VG. £4

S618) Dictionary of National Biography 1931 – 1940; 1949 1^st OUP. 968pp. Supplement (to main DNB) covering those who died during this decade. Some pale spots on front, gen VG. £7.50

S619) Gould, Stephen Jay; Wonderful Life; pb Penguin. Wonderful discourse on the Burgess Shale fossils, evolution, and the nature of human history. G++. £3

S620) Harvey, Robert; The Mavericks – The Military Commanders who Changed History; 2008 Constable. Selection of key moments and leaders, including Wolfe, Nelson, Garibaldi and Patton. Fine in VG dw. £4

S621) Hibbert, Christopher; Wellington – A Personal History; pb TSP. VG. £3

S622) Jackson, Lee; A Dictionary of Victorian London; 2007. Fascinating - Cabbage-Dressing, Food Sold at the Great Exhibition, Music in the Home, The “Secret Vice”, & Vitriol Attacks! Small hb. Fine in fine dw. £4

S623) Mortimer, Ian; The Time Traveller’s Guide to Mediaeval England; pb Vintage. VG+ £3

S624) Patten, Marguerite; Post-War Kitchen – Nostalgic Food and Facts from 1945-54; pb. VG+. £4

S625) Pierce, Patricia; Old London Bridge; pb Review.  600 years of absolutely fascinating history. VG+. £4

S626) Power, Eileen; Medieval People; 2001 rep; Folio Society. Beautiful ed in slip case. Fine in fine case. £6

S627) Sobel, Dava; Longitude; pb Harper. Fascinating account of search for exact navigation. VG £3

S628) Summerscale, K; The Suspicions of Mr Whicher; pb Bloomsbury. Victorian murder investigated. VG. £3

An Interesting Miscellany

S629) Baden-Powell, Robert; Scouting for Boys; reprint of 1908 original. A couple of pen marks on page edges, o/w VG+ in VG+ dw. £5

S630) Bucchieri, Theresa; Feasting with Nonna Serafina; 1966 Barnes. VG+ in G+ dw. £3

S631) Five Go Gluten-Free; Quercus – Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups; 2016. Spoof. Pictorial covers, Fine. £4.50

S632) Fry, Stephen ; The Fry Chronicles; 2010 1^st; Penguin. Autobiography. VG++ in VG++ dw. £4.50

S633) Grogan, John; Marley and Me; 2005 Morrow. A lovable but “mentally unstable” Labrador. Fine /fine. £4

S634) Heaton, Rose Henniker ; The Perfect Hostess; 2005 Octopus. Reprint of very entertaining 1931 original, answers all those pressing questions such as what to do when the woman your husband nearly married comes to lunch, Presents for a Sick Child, how to cope with The Awkward Pause in conversation, and how to concoct A Little Something to Eat on the Train. Decorated boards, cloth spine, VG+ £6

S635) Hoffnung, G ; Hoffnung’s Musical Chairs; 1962 Putnam. Small book of cartoons. VG++ in VG+ dw. £3

S636) Machiavelli, Niccolo ; The Prince; pb Penguin. Classic of political thought. VG. £3

S637) Oberammergau; The Passion Play of 1950; pb 1950 Germany. Full text of the play. G. £4

S638) Orrell, David; The Future of Everything – The Science of Prediction; 2007 Thunder. Fine in fine dw. £4

S639) Parkinson, C. Northcote; Parkinson’s Law; pb Murray. Famous comic exposition of  “work expands to fill the time available for its completion” and other “laws”. Illustrated by Osbert Lancaster. VG. £3.50

S640) Parkinson, C. Northcote; In-laws and Outlaws; pb Murray. Advice on next steps. Illus Lancaster. VG. £3

S641) Potter, Stephen; One-Upmanship; pb Penguin. The humorous classic which coined the phrase. VG. £4

S642) Potter, Stephen; Anti-Woo – Gambits for Non-Lovers; 1965 1^st ed; Heinemann.  Nr fine in VG dw. £5

S643) The Scottish Clans and Their Tartans; 40^th ed 1962, Johnston. Nice small hb packed with information about Scottish clans, with 50pp of introductory information including maps, then about 100 clan histories given with their tartans illustrated. Lovely period ads at the beginning and end too!  VG+. £6.50

S644) Septima; Something to Do – 300 games, hobbies and pastimes; pb Puffin. Illus Shirley Hughes. VG £4

S645) Temple Bar magazine annual 1884; half-leather binding. Interesting mix of fiction & non-fiction. VG. £6

S646) Willans/ Searle; How to be Topp; pb. Classic Molesworth including “Private Life of the Gerund” VG £3 ******************

S647) DVDs; £2 each (Buy 2, get a third free)

Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs Tittlemouse; The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck, beautiful faithful animations of Beatrix Potter’s drawings;;

Black Books (Series 1), Channel 4 black comedy about a bookshop, with Tamsin Grieg and Bill Bailey;

The Constant Gardener, with Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz;

An Education, with Carey Mulligan, Dominic Cooper, Emma Thompson;

Four Weddings and A Funeral, acclaimed RomCom with Hugh Grant, Simon Callow;

An Ideal Husband, with Rupert Everett, Cate Blanchett, Jeremy Northam, Minnie Driver;

Much Ado About Nothing, sparkling version with Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh, Richard Briers., Denzil Washington and Keanu Reeves;

The Pianist, acclaimed film of WWII Warsaw ghetto;

Pride and Prejudice; 2005 film with Keira Knightly;

Rear Window, classic with James Stewart and Grace Kelly;

Sense and Sensibility; 2008 BBC version with Dominic Cooper, Dan Stevens, Hattie Morahan;

Sherlock (Series One), the wonderful modern version with Benedict Cumberbatch and martin Freeman; Sherlock (Series Two), the wonderful modern version with Benedict Cumberbatch and martin Freeman;

The Social Network, hit film about the founding of Facebook

S648) DVD sets; £3.50 each.

Bleak House (3 discs), BBC serial with Gillian Anderson, Charles Dance, Carey Mulligan, Timothy West; London Olympics 2012, (5 discs) BBC, opening and closing ceremonies plus 7 hours of sporting highlights.

S649) VHS video tapes – Buy One,  Get One Free;  

The Barchester Chronicles, 2 tapes, BBC 1982, with Susan Hampshire, Donald Pleasance, Nigel Hawthorne, Alan Rickman, £2;

Beatrix Potter – The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle and Mr Jeremy Fisher and The Tale of Pigling Bland, beautiful faithful animations of Beatrix Potter’s books, £1;

Brief Encounter, starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard, £1.50;

Elizabeth, film with Cate Blanchett, £1.50;

Elizabeth R, BBC 1971 series starring Glenda Jackson, part one (2 episodes, 3 hours), £1;

Fortunes of War, 2 tapes, of excellent BBC series based on the books by Olivia Manning, starring Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson, £2.50;

Gone with the Wind, starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, £1;

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, second film in sequence, £1; It’s a Wonderful Life, starring James Stewart, £1.50;

Kind Hearts and Coronets, classic Ealing comedy, £1.50;

Lord of the Rings – The Two Towers, £1;

Middlemarch, BBC, with Juliet Aubrey, Robert Hardy, Rufus Sewell, 2 tapes, £3;

Monty Python’s Life of Brian, classic comedy, £1.50;

The Name of the Rose, based on book by Umberto Eco, starring Sean Connery, £1.50; Pride and Prejudice, BBC, classic version with Colin Firth, 2 tapes, £3;

Remains of the Day (Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins) plus Sense and Sensibility (Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet) £1.50;

Star Wars – The Phantom Menace, £1;

Wives and Daughters, BBC, Michael Gambon, Keely Hawes, Tom Hollander, 2 tapes, £3;

The Cream of Crime  (see also Greyladies Books above for new titles)

S650) Allingham, Margery; The Tiger in the Smoke; 1953 rep; RS. VG. £4.50

S651) Atkinson, Kate; Case Histories; pb Black Swan. Overlapping cases in Cambridge. VG+. £3

S652) British Library Crime Classics; paperback reprints from the interwar “Golden Age”, with ravishingly stylish covers! VG+ or better. £4.50 each.

Bude, John – The Cornish Coast Murder;

Crofts, Freeman Wills – The Hog’s Back Mystery;

Farjeon, J. Jefferson [Eleanor’s brother] - Thirteen Guests;

Farjeon, J. Jefferson – Mystery in White;

Hay, Mavis Doriel – Murder Underground; 

Hay, Mavis Doriel – Death on the Cherwell;

Kitchin, C.H.B. – Crime at Christmas (publ Faber, but v. similar 1930s look);

Morgan, Lorna Nicholl; Another Little Christmas Murder (publ Sphere, but v. similar 1930s look).

S654) Brody, Frances, A Medal for Murder; pb Piatkus; A Kate Shackleton 1920s mystery. VG+. £3.50

S656) Burley, W.J.; Wycliffe’s Wild-Goose Chase; pb Orion. Fine. £3.50

S657) Burley, W.J.; Wycliffe’s and the Guild of Nine; 2000 rep; BC. Fine in VG+ dw. £5

S658) [Christie, Agatha] Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks – Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making by John Curran; pb Harper. The clues to her writing life. Includes 2 unpublished Poirot stories. VG+. £6

S659) Christie, Agatha; Nemesis; 2005 facsimile reprint; Collins. Miss Marple’s last case. VG+ in VG+ dw. £5

S660) Christie, Agatha; Murder on the Orient Express; 2011 Collins. Lovely facsimile 1^st ed. Fine/ fine dw £6

S661) Christie, Agatha; The Murder at the Vicarage; 2005 rep Collins. Facsimile of first ed. Fine in fine dw. £6

S662) Christie, Agatha; The Clocks; 1963 rep BC. A dead man is found in the front room of a blind lady’s house, and four strange clocks have somehow appeared too… VG in VG dw. £5

S663) Christie, Agatha; classic early Pan pbs; VG. £3.50 each: Poirot Investigates; The Murder on the Links.

S664) Cross, Amanda; No Word from Winifred; pb Virago. Kate Fansler mystery. VG+. £4.50

S665) Cross, Amanda; The James Joyce Murder; pb Virago. Kate Fansler mystery. VG+. £4.50

S666) Dunn, Carola; Die Laughing; pb Robinson. A Daisy Dalrymple 1920s mystery. VG+. £3

S667) Dunn, Carola; Manna from Hades; pb C&R. A Cornish Mystery. VG+. £3

S668) Fforde, Jasper; The Fourth Bear – An Investigation with the Nursery Crime Division; pb Hodder.  The Gingerbreadman, Psychopath, genius, murderer and biscuit – Fforde is inventive & hugely funny. Fine. £3

S668a) Granger, Ann; Rack Ruin and Murder; pb Headline. A Campbell and Carter Cotswold mystery. VG. £3

S669) Gregory, Susannah; Matthew Bartholomew mysteries in mediaeval Cambridge. Pbs, VG, £3 each: An Order for Death; The Mark of a Murderer; The Hand of Justice; A Masterly Murder; A Deadly Brew.

S670) Innes, Michael; Operation Pax; 1953 rep; Gollancz. VG. £4

S671) King, Laurie R.; A Monstrous Regiment of Women; pb A&B. Holmes & his friend Mary Russell VG £4

S672) King, Laurie R.; Locked Rooms; pb A&B. Set in 1924 San Francisco and featuring Mary Russell and her husband Sherlock Holmes. VG. £4

S673) King, Laurie R.; The Moor; pb A&B. Russell and Holmes return to Dartmoor. Nr fine. £4

S674) King, Laurie R.; Justice Hall; pb A&B. Russell and Holmes VG £4

S675) Lathen, Emma; Banking on Death; pb Penguin. Witty mystery; John Thatcher of Wall Street VG. £4

S676) Lathen, Emma; Sweet and Low; pb Penguin. Another mystery with Thatcher the banker. VG £4

S677) Lathen, Emma; Murder Makes the Wheels Go Round; pb Penguin. Thatcher mystery. VG+ £4.50

S678) Lathen, Emma; By Hook or By Crook; pb Penguin. Another Thatcher mystery. VG+ £4.50

S679) Linscott, Gillian; Blood on the Wood; pb TM. Nell Bray tries to steal a picture, finds a body. VG. £3.50

S680) Linscott, Gillian; Crown Witness; 1995 St Martin. Nell Bray realises a float at a suffragette rally has a dead body on it… VG in VG dw. £4.50

S681) MacLeod, Charlotte; Exit the Milkman; pb Mysterious Press. Prof Shandy VG. £4

S682) MacLeod, Charlotte; Vane Pursuit; pb Mysterious Press. Prof Shandy and his wife Helen. VG. £6

S683) Marsh, Ngaio; Vintage Murder; pb Fontana. Insp Roderick Alleyn. VG. £3.50

S684) Marsh, Ngaio; Death and the Dancing Footman; pb HC. VG. £4

S685) Marsh, Ngaio; Opening Night; pb Fontana. G. £3.50

S685a) Marsh, Ngaio; Tied Up in Tinsel; pb Fontana. G. £3.50

S686) Morgan, Fidelis; The Rival Queens; pb HC. 1699 - Countess Ashby de la Zouche and her maid in lively pursuit of a murder committed at a concert under their very noses. VG. £3.50

S687) Sayers, DL & Eustace, R; The Documents in the Case; 1958 Gollancz. Really interesting. Ex-lib, G+. £4

S688) Sayers, DL & Walsh, Jill Paton; Thrones, Dominations; pb Hodder. Peter Wimsey. VG+. £3.50

S690) Sayers, D.L.; Striding Folly; pb NEL. Wimsey stories. VG+. £4

S690a) Sheridan, Sara; England Expects; pb LB. Mirabelle Brown investigates in 1950s Brighton, in the detective agency she’s inherited – here squatters in the Pavilion and a death connected with bookmaking.  VG. £3

S691) Tyler, L.C; Crooked Herring; pb. Crime writer Ethelred Tressider has to investigate a real murder. VG £3

Special Offer – any 4 crime books below for £10

S692) Christie, Agatha; 4:50 from Paddington; 1959 Book club.  VG in G+ pictorial dw. £5

S693) Christie, Agatha; At Bertram’s Hotel; 1965 rep; Book club.  VG++ in VG dw. £5

S694) Christie, Agatha; Paperbacks.  All G+ or better, £3 each; Curtain – Poirot’s Last Case; Murder on the Orient Express; Death on the Nile; The Murder of Roger Ackroyd; N or M?; One, Two, Buckle My Shoe; Evil Under the Sun.

S695) Dexter, Colin; pbs, Pan. All VG, £3 each; The Riddle of the third Mile; The Daughters of Cain; The Secret of Annexe 3.

S696) Granger, Ann; A Season for Murder; pb Headline. Mitchell and Markby – set in Cotswolds. VG. £3

S697) Heyer, Georgette; Envious Casca; pb Grafton. VG. £3

S699) Sayers, Dorothy L; Gaudy Night; pb NEL. VG+. £3

S700) Sayers, Dorothy L; Strong Poison; pb NEL. The Wimsey novel which introduces Harriet Vane. VG+. £3

S701) Sedley, Kate ; Roger the Chapman mysteries, set in Bristol and London; Roger, by dint of his calling as a pedlar, is ideally placed to elucidate mysteries for the future Richard III. An attractive protagonist, and convincing detail. Pbs all VG; £3 each: The Brothers of Glastonbury; The Hanged Man; The Weaver’s Inheritance; The Midsummer Crown.

S702) Smith, Alexander McCall; Morality for Beautiful Girls; pb Abacus. VG. £3

S703) Smith, Alexander McCall; The Full Cupboard of Life; pb Abacus. VG. £3

S705) Tey, Josephine; The Singing Sands; pb Arrow. Inspector Grant. VG. £3

S706) Upson, Nicola; A fascinating crime series featuring 1930s Josephine Tey herself  encountering murders. All larger pbs, Faber; £3 each; a) Angel with Two Faces; b) Two for Sorrow; c) The Death of Lucy Kyte; London Rain.

S707) Wentworth, Patricia; Through the Wall; 1952 1^st; H&S. Good reading copy, signs of damp, poor dw! £3

S708) Wentworth, Patricia; Poison in the Pen; nd Thriller Crime Club.  G+. £4

S709) Wentworth, Patricia; The Fingerprint; 1959 Thriller Crime Club. VG+ in VG dw. £5

S710) Wentworth, Patricia; The Watersplash; nd BC. VG in dw (complete, but long tear, now protected). £5

S711) Wentworth, Patricia; The Gazebo; nd BC. Some foxing, G+ in VG dw. £4

S127) Wentworth, Patricia; Miss Silver paperbacks; G+ or better; £3.50 each; The Fingerprint; The Clock Strikes Twelve; The Listening Eye; The Traveller Returns; The Girl in the Cellar; Lonesome Road; The Brading Collection; The Watersplash; The Chinese Shawl; Eternity Ring.

S713) Winspear, Jacqueline; Pardonable Lies; 2006 1^st JM. 1920s - inimitable Maisie Dobbs. VG in VG dw £4

S714) Winspear, Jacqueline; A Dangerous Place; pb 2016. Latest Maisie Dobbs, 1937 Gibraltar. VG. £4

I hope you’ll find lots to interest you for relaxing summer reading - and help relieve our storage problems!  Sally