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Sally’s Catalogue
June / July 2020
Please e-mail sdore@waitrose.com to place an order
Welcome to my half of the new Topsy-Turvy catalogue. I do hope you have
survived the current strange times in good shape. We
know how much reading has been an important part of the last few
months, for all sorts of reasons, not least revisiting old and
reassuringly familiar favourites. I hope perhaps some of the books on
this list will come to be your favourites of the future. My part of the
catalogue
contains my usual mix of second-hand and new books, with books for
adults at
the end.
Books that are underlined are NEW.
Postage for all orders is
added at cost (or at a slightly reduced rate for advance orders of new titles)
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; Ann’s Alpine Adventure; pb GGBP 2020. New. £13
S2) Allan, Mabel
Esther; To Be an Author; pb Greyladies 2020. This is MEA’s literary
autobiography, until now only privately published in two booklets in the 1980s.
£10
S3) Brent-Dyer, Elinor; The Chalet School and the
Lintons; pb GGBP 2020. New. £13
S4) [Brent-Dyer] Peace Comes to the Chalet
School by Katherine Bruce;
pb GGBP rep 2020. New. £13
S5) [Brent-Dyer]; A
Refuge for the Chalet School by Amy Fletcher; pb GGBP. (Overlaps with Exile). £13
S6) Christian,
Catherine; Harriet; pb (smaller) Greyladies 2020. Dr Harriet Gore, back
in London after 10 years in Asia, finds Guiding in the doldrums, but with her
good-hearted common sense, manages to lift all her former guides and help them
sort out their lives. Guiding from an adult point of view, from 1941. £8
S7) Douglas, O; The
Wintry Years; pb Greyladies (smaller) 2019. Final unfinished novel
+ extras. NEW. £8
S8) Edwards, Monica;
Wish
for a Pony; pb GGBP 2020. New. £13
S9) Forest, Antonia;
The
Cricket Term; pb GGBP 2020. NEW. £13
S10) Saville, Malcolm;
Power
of Three; pb GGBP 2020. New. £13
New Books – place advance
orders now for these titles due in the summer / autumn
Postage is cheaper for advance orders. Titles are
going out of print fast, so do pre-order to be sure of a copy.
S11) Barber, Helen;
Mollie’s
Friends; pb BTT 2020. A welcome sequel to Mollie’s Choice, Helen Barber's acclaimed inter-war school story. New. £12
S12) Brent-Dyer, E; Geography Readers Vol 2: Bess in Canada +
Sharlie’s Kenya Diary pb GGBP 2020. £13
S13) Brent-Dyer, Elinor; Janie of La Rochelle;
pb rep GGBP 2020. New. £13
S14) Brent-Dyer, Elinor; New Mistress at the Chalet
School; pb rep GGBP 2020. New. £13
S15) Brent-Dyer, Elinor; A Leader in the Chalet School;
pb GGBP 2020. New. £13
S)16 [Brent-Dyer, Elinor] The Chalet School in Guernsey
by Katherine Bruce; pb GGBP 2020.
New. £13
S17) [Brent-Dyer, Elinor]; The Bettany Twins and the
Chalet School by Helen Barber; pb GGBP 2020. £13
S18) [Brent-Dyer, Elinor]; New Beginnings at the Chalet
School by Heather Paisley; pb GGBP 2020 £13
S19) Butler-Joyce,
Joan; Hot Water; pb BTT 2020. A trilogy first published 1935 –
1940, about school friends Madge, Pam and new girl Leah. New £12
S20) Butler-Joyce,
Joan; She Went to London;
pb BTT 2020 Madge visits Leah for eventful holiday. New £12
S21) Butler-Joyce, Joan; No Responsibility; pb BTT 2020. The three are not keen
on idea of prefectship. £12
S22) Goudge,
Elizabeth; Smoky-House; pb GGBP 2020. The Treguddick children of
the Smoky-House Inn in 19th C Devon caught up in smuggling and other
adventures. New. £13
S23) Goudge,
Elizabeth; Henrietta’s House; pb GGBP 2020. New. £13
S24) Goudge,
Elizabeth; The Valley of Song; pb GGBP 2020. New. £13
S25) Hill, Lorna;
The
Secret; pb rep 2020 GGBP. New. £13
S26) Matthewman,
Phyllis; A New Role for Natasha; pb GGBP 2020. £13
S27) Oxenham, Elsie J;
Elsa
Puts Things Right; pb EJO Soc 2020. £16
S28) Saville, Malcolm;
Two
Fair Plaits; pb GGBP 2020. New £13
S29) Shaw, Jane; The
House of the Glimmering Light; pb GGBP 2020. New £13
S30) Sims and Clare;
The
Encyclopaedia of Girls’ School Stories Vol 1 (July), Vol 2 (Sept), Vol 3 (Nov);
pb larger format GGBP 2020. The first edition of this
standard work was published twenty years ago, and has now become extremely
sought after and expensive on the second-hand market, known because of its
all-encompassing nature as “The Book” to anyone interested in girls’ school
stories. This is a new edition in 3
volumes of that standard work, much revised, updated, fulsomely illustrated and
eagerly awaited! Exhaustive coverage of school story authors alphabetically,
plus specific articles on all sorts of topics such as adult school fiction,
annuals, college fiction, ballet school stories, Scottish school stories,
historical and fantasy school stories and much more! New. £16 each
Single copies of new titles (eg
GGBP, Greyladies, EJO Society etc) Try a
New Author!
All the books below
are second-hand or have minor damage (things like scratches, bent corners
etc).
S31) £4 each: Brent-Dyer – Carnation of the Upper Fourth;
Brent-Dyer – Judy the Guide; Brent-Dyer – Caroline the Second; E. Nesbit – Ghost Stories; EJ Oxenham – Goblin Island;
S32) £6 each: Mabel Esther Allan – Here
We Go Round; DF Bruce – Toby
at Tibbs Cross; EM. Channon – The Chimney Murder; A. Digby - Secret Letters at Trebizon;
Brent-Dyer – The School at Skelton Hall;
[A.
Forest] Hayward – Kingscote Spring Term; Phyllis Matthewman – The
Queerness of Rusty; EJ Oxenham – Jen of the Abbey School; J. Pullein-Thompson – Murder
Strikes Pink;
S33) £8 each: [Brnet-Dyer] McCallum – Chalet
School Encyclopaedia Volume 3; [Brent-Dyer]
Fitzpatrick – Champion of the Chalet School; [Brent-Dyer] Bruce – The Muller Twins at the Chalet School;
Gwendoline Courtney – The
Girls of Friar’s Rise; Monica
Edwards – Spirit of Punchbowl Farm; Josephine
Elder – Erica Wins Through; J.
Mackenzie – Another Country: The Children’s Books of the Lake District and Cumbria;
Susan Scarlett / Noel Streatfeild – Ten
Way Street; Scarlett /
Streatfeild – Under the Rainbow;
S34) £10 each:
[Brent-Dyer] Barber – Before
the Chalet School, Last Term at Taverton High; Violet Needham – The Great House of Estraville;
Malcolm Saville – The
Elusive Grasshopper;
S35) £12 each: Brent-Dyer – The Condor Crags Adventure;
Brent-Dyer – Mary-Lou of the Chalet School;
Brent-Dyer – Lavender Laughs at the Chalet
School; [Brent-Dyer] Fletcher – A
Refuge for the Chalet School; Monica
Edwards – The Midnight Horse; Antonia
Forest – The Thuggery Affair; EJ Oxenham – The Two Form Captains; Oxenham – The School Without a Name;
Malcolm Saville – Mystery
at Witchend;
S36) £15 each: [Brent-Dyer]
German – Juliet of the Chalet School; EJ Oxenham
– Joy’s
New Adventure; EJ Oxenham – Rosaly’s New School; Malcolm Saville – The Secret of Grey Walls;
Malcolm Saville – Lone
Pine Five
Allan, Mabel Esther
S37) To Be an
Author; pb Greyladies 2020. This is MEA’s literary
autobiography, until now only privately published in two booklets in the 1980s.
£10
S38) In Pursuit of
Clarinda; pb Greyladies. ”I think they’re planning to kill me…” £12
S39) Ann’s Alpine
Adventure; pb GGBP 2020. New £13
S40) The Wyndhams
Went to Wales; pb GGBP 2013.
NEW. £13
S41) Cilia of
Chilterns’ Edge; pb GGBP 2019. New. £13
S42) New Schoools
for Old; pb GGBP 2018. New. £13
S43) Swiss School;
pb GGBP 2017. Felicity is not sure about her new school...NEW £13
S44) Judith
Teaches; pb GGBP 2016. Very interesting career story. New. £13
S45) Here We Go
Round; pb GGBP 2015. Nursery teacher – interesting career book. £13
S46) Trouble at
Melville Manor; pb GGBP 2014. Ray wants to be a writer. NEW. £13
S47) Balconies and
Blue Nets; pb GGBP 2014. Sequel to above. New. £13
S48) The MacIans
of Glen Gillean; pb GGBP 2013. NEW. £13
S49) The Wyndhams
Went to Wales; pb GGBP 2013.
NEW. £13
S50) Ballet Family;
pb GGBP 2012. Joan comes to alien London
family. New £13
S51) The Ballet
Family Again; pb GGBP 2012. Joan discovers her own gifts. NEW. £13
S52) Margaret
Finds a Future; pb GGBP 2011. Life at a National Trust house. New £13
S53) Chiltern
School; pb GGBP 2011. Set in a
progressive school. NEW. £13.
Badger, Jane
S54) Heroines on
Horseback; pb GGBP 2013. Splendid account of pony books. Non-fiction
£15
Banks, Lynne Reid
S55) The Indian in
the Cupboard; pb Collins Modern Classics. VG+. £3
S56) Sarah and After;
1975 1st Bodley. The stories of Sarah, Rebecca, Leah and Rachel,
later Biblical matriarchs, brought to life. Ex-lib, VG in VG+ dw. £7.50
Barber, Helen
S57) Mollie’s Choice; pb BTT. Popular debut by author of The
Bettanys prequels. New. £12
S57a) Mollie’s Friends; pb BTT 2020. Sequel to
Helen’s first story, Mollie’s Choice.
New. £12
Barne, Kitty
S58) While the
Music Lasted; pb Greyladies. This is a fascinating standalone novel of
musical talent, but also a sequel, written for adults, of Kitty Barne’s
children’s book She Shall Have Music. £12
S59) The Secret of
the Sandhills; nd Nelson (aka The Easter Holidays). VG+ in G dw. £10
Biggs, Margaret
The very attractive Melling series follows the Blake family
at a small home-like school.
S60) All New GGBP
pbs, All £13 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.
S61) Bobby at Hill
House; pb GGBP 2014. £13
S62) Christmas
Term at Vernley; pb GGBP 2012.
£13
S63) The Two
Families; pb GGBP 2010. NEW.
£13
S64) Dilly Goes to
Ambergate; pb GGBP 2011.
NEW. £13
S65) Biggs, Margaret
& Blairman, Jacqueline; Triplets
at Royders; pb GGBP 2015. School story. New £13
Blyton, Enid
S66) 1960s
Paperbacks; Armada, £3 each: The
Rockingdown Mystery; The Mystery of the Strange Messages; The Valley of
Adventure; The Castle of Adventure; The Sea of Adventure; The Secret Mountain;
The Secret of Moon Castle; The Secret of Spiggy Holes; Mr Galliano’s Circus.
Brazil, Angela
S71) A Fourth Form
Friendship; pb 2006 GGBP, centenary edition, a good one! NEW. £6
S72) A Fourth Form
Friendship; nd insc 1924 Blackie. Col fp, 4/4 b&w plates. Lovely pic
bds, VG+, nice copy. £8
S73) The School by
the Sea; nd Blackie. Lacks fp, 4/4 other plates. Pic bds, new fep, sp
reinforced from rear. G+. £6
S75) The Madcap of
the School; nd Blackie thick ed. Lacks frontis, new fep. Lovely bright pic
bds, 3/4 b&w plates. Very attractive copy despite missing frontispiece.
VG+. £6.50
S77) The Manor House
School; nd Blackie thick. Col fp,3/4 b&w pl. Pic bds, G+. £5
S78) The School at
the Turrets; nd Blackie smaller. B&w fp. VG in torn dw. £3
S79) Jill’s Jolliest
School; nd Blackie small ed. B&W fp. G+. £5
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) The Chalet
School Revisited; ed Auchmuty/Gosling; pb Bettany Press 1994. Splendid
collection of essays, with subjects including Guides, Dustwrappers and illustrations,
Religion, Biography, the literary context, the series factor, collecting the
books, the centenary celebrations etc. Name label on fep, o/w VG+. £16
S82) McCallum, Alison; The Chalet School Encyclopedia;. GGBP larger format
pbs. Fascinating and exhaustive guide to all things Chalet. Non-fiction. NEW. £20 each;
a) Volume 1 (A-D) 2013; b) Volume 2 (E-L)
2014. £16 each: c) Volume 3 (M-Q)
2015; d) Volume 4 (R-Z) 2016.
S83) Geography
Readers Vol 1: A Quintette in Queensland/ Verena Visits New Zealand; pb
GGBP 2019. £15
S84) Geography
Readers Vol 2: Bess on her Own in Canada + Sharlie’s Kenya Diary; pb
GGBP 2020. £13
S85) New
Beginnings at the Chalet School by Heather Paisley; pb rep GGBP 2020
£13
S86) The Bettany
Twins and the Chalet School by Helen Barber; pb GGBP 2020. £13
S87) The Chalet
School in Guernsey by Katherine
Bruce; pb GGBP 2020. New. £13
S88) Chalet School
World: Short Stories by Helen
Barber; pb GGBP 2013. New. £13
S89) Before the
Chalet School; Last Term at Taverton High
by Helen Barber. GGBP 2018. NEW. £13
S90) Before the
Chalet School – The Bettanys on the Home Front by Helen Barber; pb GGBP 2015 New £20
S91) Before the
Chalet School – The Bettanys of Taverton High by Helen Barber; GGBP
2008. NEW. £25
S92) The Chalet
School Cookbook; pb GGBP 2009. Joey and friends discuss recipes! NEW.
£13
S93) The School at
the Chalet; pb GGBP 2005. 80th
Anniversary ed Colour photos, maps,
4 plates NEW £20
S94) Jo of the
Chalet School; pb GGBP 2012. NEW
£20
S95) The Princess
of the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2014. NEW. £15
S96) Juniors at
the Chalet School by Katharine
Bruce; pb GGBP 2016. Same term as “Princess”. NEW. £15
S97) The Guides of
the Chalet School by Jane
Berry; pb GGBP 2009. NEW. £13
S98) Juliet of the
Chalet School by Caroline
German; pb GGBP 2006. NEW. £20
S99) Head Girl at the
Chalet School; pb GGBP 2013. NEW £20
S100) The
Chalet School and Cornelia by Katherine Bruce; pb GGBP 2019. Corney Flower’s
first term. £15
S101) The Rivals
of the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2015. NEW £15
S102) Deira Joins
the Chalet School by Caroline
German; pb GGBP 2010. NEW £13
S103) The Chalet
Girls in Camp; pb GGBP 2010.
NEW. £15
S104) Exploits of
the Chalet Girls; pb GGBP 2019. NEW. £20
S105) The Chalet
School and the Lintons; pb GGBP 2020. New. £13
S106) The
Chalet School Annexe: by Adrianne Fitzpatrick; pb GGBP 2018. NEW. £15
S107) The New
House at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2008. NEW. £15
S108) The New
Chalet School; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.
£20
S109) Gillian of
the Chalet School by Carol Allan.
GGBP rep 2018. NEW Very popular fill-in. £13
S110) The Chalet
School in Exile; pb GGBP.
NEW. £13
S111) A Refuge for
the Chalet School by Amy
Fletcher; pb GGBP. Members of the Chalet School re-group in Guernsey
following the flight from Austria. (Overlaps with CS in Exile). NEW. £13
S112) The Muller
Twins at the Chalet School by Bruce,
Katherine; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £13
S113) The Chalet
School & Robin by
Caroline German; pb GGBP 2012.
NEW. £20
S114) The Highland
Twins at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2018. £15
S115) Lavender
Laughs in the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £15
S116) A Chalet
School Headmistress by Helen Barber. GGBP rep 2017. Very popular
fill-in. £13
S117) Tom Tackles
the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13
S118) Sisters at
the Chalet School by Amy Fletcher; pb GGBP 2017. New. £15
S119) Peace Comes
to the Chalet School by Katherine
Bruce; pb GGBP rep 2020. New. £13
S120) The Champion
of the Chalet School by
Adrianne Fitzpatrick; pb GGBP 2014. NEW. £13
S121) A Difficult
Term at the Chalet School by Lisa
Townsend; pb GGBP 2011. NEW. £13.
S122) The Wrong
Chalet School; pb GGBP 2011. NEW. £15
S123) Shocks for
the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2015. NEW. £15
S124) Changes for
the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2014. NEW. £15
S125) Bride Leads
the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2011.
NEW. £20
S127) The Chalet
School and Barbara; pb GGBP 2014. NEW. £13
S128) New Mistress
at the Chalet School; pb rep GGBP 2020. New. £13
S129) Mary-Lou
of the Chalet School; pb GGBP
2012. NEW. £15
S130)
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
S131) Excitements
at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2007.
NEW. £15
S132) The Coming
of Age of the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2008. NEW. £15
S133) Theodora at
the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2019. NEW. £15
S134) Ruey
Richardson – Chaletian; pb GGBP 2009. NEW. £15
S135) The Feud in
the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2009. NEW. £15
S136) The Chalet School
Triplets; pb GGBP 2013. NEW. £15
S137) A Leader in
the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2020. New. £13
S138) Chalet
School Reunion; pb rep GGBP 2015. NEW. £15
S139) Jane and the
Chalet School; pb GGBP 2013. NEW. £13
S140) Adrienne and
the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.
£15
S141) Summer Term
at the Chalet School; pb GGBP. New. £15
S142) Two Sams at
the Chalet School; GGBP
2008. £20
S143) Prefects at
the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2007. NEW.
£20
S144) 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
S145) Chalet Club
Newsletters; pb rep GGBP 2016. 1960s Chalet Club newsletters, extra CS
info. New £13
S146) The Feud in
the Fifth Remove; pb GGBP 2014. New. £13
S147) The School
at Skelton Hall; pb GGBP 2009.
The last school EBD created.
NEW. £13
S148) Trouble at
Skelton Hall; pb GGBP 2009. Sequel
to above. NEW. £13.
S149) Carnation of
the Upper Fourth; pb GGBP 2007. £13
S150) A Thrilling
Term at Janeways; pb GGBP 2005.
NEW. £13
S151) Caroline the
Second; pb GGBP 2005. NEW £13
S152) Elizabeth
the Gallant; pb GGBP 2006. NEW. £13
S153) The Lost
Staircase; pb GGBP rep, 2018. NEW. £13
S154) Seven Scamps;
pb GGBP 2013. NEW. £15
S155) Janie of La
Rochelle; pb rep GGBP 2020. New. £13
S156) Judy the
Guide; pb GGBP 2010. New. £13
S157) Kennelmaid
Nan; pb GGBP 2011. EBD’s almost-career-story. NEW. £13
S158) They Both
Liked Dogs; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £13
S159) The Condor
Crags Adventure; pb GGBP 2018. New. £15
S161) Jean of Storms;
pb Bettany Press, 1996. VG++ £10
Chalet School hardbacks (all Chambers), and
other hbs, Armada pbs and items relating to EBD
S163) Exploits of the
Chalet Girls; 1961 rep. VG. £15
S164) The New House
at the Chalet School; 1956 rep. VG, nice fresh copy. £12
S168) Ruey Richardson
– Chaletian; nd 1st.
VG+; dw G+. £24
S169) The Chalet
School Triplets; nd 1st . VG+ in G+ sl edgeworn dw. £28
S170) A Head Girl’s
Difficulties; 1952 rep. Front hinge weak, o/w VG. £14
S171) The Maids of La
Rochelle; 1927 VG £22
S721) Seven Scamps;
1955 rep. VG+. £15
S174) Monica Turns Up
Trumps; nd (1st ed?) RTS. A worn but nice thick copy of this CS connector. £15
S175) Collected Verse;
ed Joy Wotton; NCC 2006 124pp booklet. New. £2.50
S176) Armada pbs;
All at £4; Tom, Feud, Winds the Trick, Kenya, Richenda, Triplets, Coming of Age, New Mistress, Reunion. The
Chalet School Companion by Helen McClelland
Bristol Conference – see what you’ve been missing! These are all new.
S177) Bristol Conference booklets: SPECIAL
OFFER All five booklets/books £20
S178) 20th C Schoolgirls and Their Books – 6th 2018 Bristol
Conference; 2019.
Overall theme is War. 144pp book. Illustrated in colour throughout. £7.50
S179) 20th C Schoolgirls and Their Books – 5th 2016 Bristol
Conference; 2017.
Themes are Series fiction and Hobbies. 104pp book, illustrated in colour
throughout. £6.50
S180) 20th C Schoolgirls and Their Books – 4th 2014 Conference;
2015. Locations,
real and fictional. 68pp £5
S181) 20th C Schoolgirls and Their Books – 3rd 2012 Conference;
2012. Include
Career books. 64-pp £4.50
S182) 20th C Schoolgirls and Their Books – 2nd 2010 Conference;
2011. Themes
include Guides. 60pp. £3.50
Bruce, Dorita Fairlie A wonderful selection of all DFB’s classic
series this time, at prices to suit all.
Toby trilogy
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
Dimsie series
S186) Dimsie and
the Jane Willard Foundation: pb GGBP. The collected Dimsie short
stories. NEW. £13
S187) Dimsie Moves Up;
1945 rep; OUP. Monochrome frontispiece. VG. £7.50
S188) Dimsie Moves Up
Again; 1949 rep; OUP. VG+ in G+ dw. £8.50
S189) Dimsie Among the
Prefects; 1944 rep; OUP. Monochrome frontispiece. Dec bds, VG in G+ dw.
£9.50
S190) Dimsie Head
Girl; nd Spring. Col fp. VG. £5
S191) Dimsie Grows Up;
1st ed 1924; OUP. Col frontispiece and 4/4 b&w plates. Dec bds
with oval pictorial onlay. Spine sl faded, a little foxing on page edges,
G+. £16
S192) Dimsie Goes
Back; 1931 rep; OUP. Dec bds, col frontispiece. Thin ink stain on spine,
o/w G++. £8
S195) Dimsie Takes
Charge; 1985 1st in collected form; Goodchild. Dimsie and Jane Willard stories gathered
together. VG++ in VG+ dw. £6.50
Springdale Series
S196) The New House
Captain; 1952 rep; OUP. VG+. £12
S197) The Best House
in the School; 1951 rep OUP. VG. £10.50
S198) The New House
at Springdale; 1934 1st ed; OUP. Col fp. G+. £12
S199) Captain of
Springdale; 1950 rep; OUP. VG. £12
Colmskirk series
S200) Wild Goose
Quest; pb GGBP 2013. £13
S201) The
Serendipity Shop; pb GGBP 2009. Colmskirk series, set in very recognisable
Scottish locations. £13
S202) Triffeny;
pb GGBP 2010. Second Colmskirk
title. NEW. £13
S204) The
Debatable Mound; pb GGBP 2011.
Colmskirk series. NEW. £13
Nancy series
S205) That Boarding
School Girl; 1935 rep; OUP. Embossed bds, col fp, VG. £6
S206) Nancy to the
Rescue; 1935 rep; OUP. VG. £6
S207) The New Girl
and Nancy; 1928 rep; OUP. Col fp. G++ £7.50
S208) Nancy at St
Bride’s; pb GGBP. New. £13
Buckeridge, Anthony
S209) Jennings
pbs, Armada; G+ or better, £3 each. Jennings
and Darbishire; Jennings’ Little Hut;
Jennings As Usual; Our Friend Jennings;
Jennnings’ Little Hut.
Burton, Hester
S210) To Ravensrigg;
1976 1st; OUP. 1786 – 15-year-old Emmie, fighting slavery, has to
come to terms with her own family. Minimally ex-lib, VG in VG+ dw. £9.50
S211) The Rebel;
1971 1st; OUP. 1788-9; four young people explore the freedoms and
limits of their lives in very different ways.
VG+ in VG+ dw. £9.50
S212) Thomas;
1969 1st OUP. For childhood friends Thomas, Richard and Richenda,
1665 is the most testing year they have ever known. VG++ in VG++ dw. £12
S213) Castors Away!;
1962 1st ed; OUP. Tom at Trafalgar, Edmund studying medicine in
London, Nell stuck at home in Suffolk… VG+ in VG+ dw. £12
Butler-Joyce, Joan Long out of print, these well-regarded school stories are long-overdue a new edition.
S214) Hot Water;
pb BTT 2020. A trilogy first published 1935 – 1940, about school friends Madge,
Pam and new girl Leah. New £12
S215) She Went to
London; pb BTT 2020 Madge visits Leah for eventful holiday. New £12
S216) No
Responsibility; pb BTT 2020. The three friends are not keen on the
implications of prefectship. New. £12
Caldwell, Patricia
S217) The Vivians
school series, all GGBP, £13 each. Prefects at Vivians 2010; Head Girl at Vivians 2010; Strangers at Vivians 2011; Left Until Called For at Vivians
2012; A Last Year at Vivians
2013; ¡Viva Vivians! 2014; Winter at Vivians 2016
Cassedy, Sylvia
S218) Behind the
Attic Wall; pb Lions. Maggie realises she & her aunts are not alone… VG
£3
Catherall, Arthur
S219) The Strange
Invader; 1965 CBC. Who has been washed ashore on the island after the
hurricane? VG+ in VG dw. £6
Channon, E.M.
S220) That Awful
Term; pb BTT 2018. £12
S221) The Handsome
Hardcastles; pb BTT 2017. NEW. £12
S222) A Countess
at School; pb BTT 2016.
£12
S223) 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. £12
S224) Expelled
from St Madern’s; pb BTT 2014. New. £12
S225) 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. £12
S226) A Fifth-Form
Martyr; pb BTT 2015. A wonderful time-slip story (she used her
daughter’s experiences contrasted with her own 35 years earlier). NEW. £12
Chaundler, Christine
S227) The Right St
John’s; pb 2007 GGBP. Really charming school story. NEW.
£13
Christian, Catherine
S228) Harriet;
pb Greyladies 2020. Dr Harriet Gore, returning to London after 10 years in
Asia, finds Guiding in the doldrums, but with her good-hearted common sense,
manages to lift all her former guides and help them sort out their lives.
Guiding from an adult point of view, first published in 1941. Smaller pocket
pb. New. £8
Clifford, Kay
S229) Career
Novels for Girls; pb 2018 Mirfield Press. Kay is the foremost expert on this fascinating genre,
with perhaps the most extensive existing collection of these titles which offer
such fabulous insights into the social history of their times. In this splendid
volume she surveys the whole genre in groups of similar careers, and appendices
include very full lists of career titles by author and publisher, as well as
summary information about the authors too.
A really enjoyable survey revealing much about the position of women and
girls in the mid-twentieth century. NEW. £15
Courtney, Gwendoline
S230) Stepmother;
pb GGBP. NEW. 2018. £13
S231) The
Grenville Garrison; pb GGBP 2014. NEW. £13
S232) The Girls of
Friars’ Rise; pb GGBP 2004.
NEW. £13
S233) Denehurst
Secret Service; pb GGBP 2005.
NEW. £13
S234) Well Done
Denehurst; pb GGBP 2005. NEW. £13
S235) The Chiltons;
GGBP 2006. NEW £13
S236) Torley
Grange; pb GGBP 2008. NEW. £13
S237) Sally’s
Family; pb GGBP 2012. Sally brings her large family together after WWII
has separated them. £15
S238) Long Barrow;
pb GGBP 2015. £13
S239) Mermaid
House; pb GGBP 2011 1st
publication in book form! £13
S240) The Wild
Lorings at School; pb GGBP. NEW.
£13
S241) Wild Lorings
– Detectives; pb GGBP 2010. £13
Darch, Winifred
S242) The New
School and Hilary; pb 2008 . Insight into staff point of view. NEW.
£13
Denison, Muriel
S243) Susannah of the
Mounties; 1962 rep Dent. Classic story of 1890s Canada. VG+ £6.50
Donald, Winifred
S244) Linda in
Lucerne; nd Hutchinson. A decent reading copy, secure but tatty. £4.50
Doudney, Sarah
S245) When We Were
Girls Together; 1907 rep (orig publ 1885) H&S. School story. Gilt page edges, pic bds, lacks fep o/w VG. £6.50
Edwards, Monica
S246) All GGBP
pbs, all NEW. £15 each; No Entry
2005; Operation Seabird 2007;
The Hoodwinkers 2008; Dolphin Summer 2009; The Wild One 2009 ; Fire at the Punchbowl 2009; Black Hunting Whip 2011; Punchbowl Midnight 2011; The Spirit of Punchbowl Farm
2012; The Wanderer 2012; Punchbowl Harvest 2013; Frenchman’s Secret 2013; The Cownappers 2014; The Outsider 2015; Cargo of Horses GGBP 2017; The Midnight Horse 2018
S247) Strangers to
the Marsh; pb GGBP. New. £20
S248) The Summer
of the Great Secret; pb GGBP 2019. New. £13
S249) Wish for a
Pony; pb GGBP 2020. New. £13
S250) Strangers to
the Marsh; 1958 CBC. Small blank paper pasted onto corner of fep with one
date stamp, but no other indications of library. VG+, very fresh. £12
Edwards, Owen Dudley
S251) British
Children’s Fiction in the Second World War; pb 2009 Edinburgh University
Press. Very interesting and very substantial study
(700+pp), now very scarce. £22
Elder, Josephine
S252) Erica Wins
Through; pb GGBP 2010. 1st
of Scholarship Girl trilogy. NEW £13
S253) The
Scholarship Girl; pb GGBP 2011. Second in trilogy. NEW. £13
S254) 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
S255) Exile for
Annis; pb GGBP 2013. Annis leaves
wonderful high school for weird country school. New £13
S256) Evelyn Finds
Herself; pb GGBP 2006. Excellent
school story. NEW. £13
Enright, Elizabeth
S257) The Four-Storey
Mistake; pb Puffin. Lovely Melendy story. G++. £4.50
Fidler, Kathleen
S258) Look to the
West – Tales of Liverpool; 1957 L’worth.. Ex-lib, dw affixed to bds G+ £4
S259) Tales of the
South Country; 1962 1st Lutterworth. Including the kidnapping of
the Mayor of Reading, Lunardi’s balloon ascent over Hertfordshire, the famous
murder in Canterbury, the “happy prisoner” of Guildford and many more. Minimally
ex-lib, VG in VG dw. £5
Forest, Antonia
S260) Hayward, Sally;
Antonia Forest’s Kingscote Spring Term; pb GGBP 2011.
Well-received. NEW £13
S261) [Forest] The
Marlows and Their Maker, by
Anne Heazlewood; GGBP 2007. £15
S262) Celebrating
Antonia Forest: 2008. Papers from AF Conference, draft material from
Run Away Home. £13
S263) C. Northcote
Parkinson; The Life& Times of
Horatio Hornblower pb Penguin Nicola would
approve! £4
S264) The Marlows
and the Traitor; pb rep 2015. New. £20
S652) Falconer’s
Lure; pb GGBP 2016 rep. NEW.
£20
S266) End of Term;
pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £20
S267) Peter’s Room;
pb GGBP. Summer 2018. NEW. £15
S268) The Thuggery
Affair; pb GGBP 2005. NEW. £15
S269) The Cricket
Term; pb GGBP 2020. NEW. £13
S270) The Player’s
Boy; pb GGBP 2006. Wonderful
“extras”! NEW. £20
S271) The Players
and the Rebels; pb GGBP 2008. NEW. £20
S272) The Thursday
Kidnapping pb GGBP. Her only self-contained story. £13
Garfield, Leon
S273) Devil-in-the-Fog;
1968 rep; Longmans. 18thC George Treet, of the strolling players, find himself
George Dexter, heir of Sir John – but then someone tries to murder him... VG+
in VG+ dw. £8
S274) Lucifer Wilkins;
1973 Heinemann. For younger readers. Tim and his monkey Piston, transported to
America, follow Lucifer, the slave determined to escape. Ex-lib, G+ in VG dw.
£5
Goudge, Elizabeth
S275) Smoky-House;
pb GGBP 2020. The Treguddick children of the Smoky-House Inn in 19th
C Devon caught up in smuggling and other adventures. New. £13
S276) Henrietta’s
House; pb GGBP 2020. New. £13
S277) The Valley
of Song; pb GGBP 2020. New. £13
Heinlein, Robert A.
S278) Tunnel in the
Sky; 1965 CBC. Exciting science fiction. VG+ in VG dw. £6
Harris, Ruth Elwyn
S279) The Silent
Shore; pb Walker. Sisters of the Quantocks quartet – each is focused on the different but
overlapping stories of one of the sisters around the time of WWI. Here
Sarah. VG. £4
S280) The Dividing
Sea; pb Walker. Julia’s story. VG+. £4
S281) The Beckoning
Hills; pb Walker. Frances’ story. VG+. £4
Henty, G.A
S282) At Agincourt;
nd Blackie. Col fp, 4/4 b&w pl. Handsome pictorial bds, VG. £5
Hill, Lorna
S283) A Dream of
Sadler’s Wells; pb GGBP 2012. First in the Wells series. NEW. £13
S284) Veronica at
the Wells; pb GGBP 2018. £13
S285) Dress
Rehearsal; pb GGBP. Wells
series. NEW. £13
S286) Swan Feather;
pb GGBP 2006. Wells series. NEW.
£13
S287) The Secret;
pb rep 2020 GGBP. New. £13
S288) Dancing Peel;
1954 1st; Nelson. Annette Dancy in Northumberland. VG in G++ dw. £9.50
S289) Dancer in
Danger; pb GGBP 2011.
NEW. £15
S290) Border Peel;
pb GGBP 2007. NEW. £13
S291) Northern
Lights; pb GGBP 2009. Only
edition of this Lorna Hill story which was unpublished.NEW £13
S292) More About
Mandy; pb GGBP 2009. “Vicarage
Children” story drawing on Lorna Hill’s own background as a clergyman’s
wife. NEW. £13
S293) The Vicarage
Children in Skye; pb GGBP 2010. New.
£13
Hodges, C. Walter
S294) The Overland
Launch; Puffin. 1899. 13 miles over Devon hills to launch lifeboat. £3
S295) The Namesake &
The Marsh King; pbs Puffin. King
Alfred fights the Vikings, with crippled Alfred Timber-leg, friend and scribe,
at his side, in open battle and shadowy attack. VG. £3 each
Hoffman, Dr Heinrich
S296) Struwwelpeter;
Routledge, nd, inscribed “To Darling Bubbles, 1910”. Pictures and cautionary
verses. Hinges reinforced, now sound. £6.50
Johns, Capt. W.E
S298) Biggles Defies
the Swastika; 1945 rep; OUP. Line picture in brown on front board, some
foxing on spine, inside VG. £6.50
S299) Biggles Defies
the Swastika; pb Red Fox. VG. £3
S300) Biggles Gets
his Men; 1950 1st 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
S301) Biggles
Delivers the Goods; 1952 rep; H&S. VG. £5
S302) Biggles Flies to Work; 1963 Dean. Glazed
picture bds, VG+. £5
S303) Biggles and the Blue Moon; pb Knight. VG.
£4
S304) Biggles pbs;
Nice old Knight or Armada, 1960s & 1970s;
all G+ or better, £3 each; Air
Commodore; In the Orient; The Rescue Flight; Flies North; Goes to War; And the
Dark Intruder.
Kay, Mara
S305) A Circling Star; pb Margin Notes.
Russian circus school is very demanding. New. £13
Mackenzie, Kathleen
S306) The Cave in the
Cliff; 1961 1st Evans. 2 sisters’ adventures in France. VG+ in
attractive dw missing top half of spine, now protected. £6
Mallory, Clare
S307) 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.
S308) The New
House at Winwood; pb GGBP. One of my great favourites! NEW. £13
S309) Leith and
Friends; pb GGBP 2011. NEW. £13
S310) Merry Again;
pb GGBP 2005. NEW. £13
S311) Merry
Marches On; pb GGBP 2005. NEW. £13
S312) The League
of the Smallest; pb GGBP 2009.
NEW. £13
S313) 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
S314) The Pen and
Pencil Girls; pb GGBP 2010.
Lovely story of group of friends producing a hand-written magazine for a
competition. £13
Mark, Jan
S316) Thunder and
Lightnings; pb Puffin. A modern classic, tale of a friendship. VG+. £3
Matthewman, Phyllis
S317) Chloe Takes
Control; 1942 rep; Lutterworth. Spine faded, o/w VG. £7.50
S318) The Queerness
of Rusty; 1941 1st ed; Lutterworth. Spine faded o/w VG. £8.50
S319) Chloe Takes
Control; pb GGBP 2013. 1st
Daneswood school story. £13
S320) The
Queerness of Rusty; pb GGBP 2014. 2nd Daneswood title.
Rather unusual school story featuring a genuinely working class girl going to a
boarding school. New. £13
S321) A New Role
for Natasha; pb GGBP 2020. Daneswood series. £13
S322) Thanks to Mr
Jones; pb GGBP 2013. Family theatricals. NEW. £13
Mayne, William
S323) A Swarm in May;
1956 rep: OUP. Illus C. Walter Hodges,
incl the lovely busy dw framed by cathedral arches. Very minimally ex-sch lib,
some stamps but v little wear, VG+ in VG dw. £18
S324) A Swarm in May;
1962 rep: OCL. Smaller format than the original. VG+ in VG dw £12
S325) Choristers’
Cake; 1956 1st ed; OUP. Illus C. Walter Hodges. VG+ in G+ dw
chipped at spine ends. £30
S326) The Incline;
1973 rep; CBC. VG+ in VG+ dw. £6.50
Middleton, Ivy F.E.
S327) Chris Temple –
Patrol Leader; 1964 Victory Press. VG in edgeworn but G dw. £5
Montgomery, L.M. A
complete selection of LM Montogomery’s Anne stories, as well as many of her
others. Her stories are much loved, and give a real flavour of the rural
Victorian Canada in which she grew up, particularly of Prince Edward Island.
Rilla of Ingleside is especially noted as one of the great Canadian novels of
the WWI Home Front.
S329) Mistress Pat;
1935 Burt (USA). VG+. £5
S330) Emily of New
Moon; 1977 rep; Harrap. Interesting introduction by Mary Wilson including a
letter she received from LMM in reply to her childhood fan letter. Ex-lib, G+
in VG dw. £7.50
S331) Emily’s Quest;
1979 rep; Harrap. VG+ in VG dw. £7.50
S332) The Story Girl;
1950 rep; Harrap. VG+ in VG uniform orange dw.
£7.50
S334) Puffin Classics;
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.
S335) Anne of Green
Gables; 1927 Harrap. Col fp. VG. £5
S336) Anne of Green
Gables; 1953 rep; Harrap. VG+ in VG uniform orange dw. £6.50
S337) Anne of Avonlea;
1925; Harrap. Possibly first UK edition. VG in G+ scarce dw. £10
S338) Anne of Avonlea;
1931 rep; Harrap. VG+. £6
S339) Anne of The
Island; 1934 rep; Harrap. VG+ in G+ uniform orange dw. £7.50
S340) Anne of Windy
Willows; 1940 rep; Harrap. UK title.
A little foxing, gen VG. £5
S341) Anne of Windy
Poplars; 1936; McClelland & Stewart (Canada). “Cavendish” edition of
L.M. Montgomery’s work named after her childhood home. VG+ in VG+ dw. £7.50
S342) Anne’s House of
Dreams; 1935 rep; Harrap. A little foxing, G++ in G+ dw. £6
S343) Anne of
Ingleside; 1939; McClelland & Stewart (Canada). “Cavendish” edition of
L.M. Montgomery’s work named after her childhood home. VG+ in VG+ dw. £7.50
S344) Anne of
Ingleside; 1957 rep Harrap. VG+ in G+ dw. £6
S345) Rainbow Valley;
McClelland & Stewart (Canada). “Cavendish” edition of L.M. Montgomery’s
work named after her childhood home. Anne’s children centre stage. VG+ in VG+
dw. £12
S346) Rainbow Valley;
1937 rep; Harrap. VG+ in VG uniform orange dw. £10
S347) Rilla of
Ingleside; 1953 rep; Harrap. Canada on home front. VG+/ G+ orange dw £10
S348) Chronicles of
Avonlea; 1936 rep; Harrap. VG+ in G+ uniform orange dw. £6.50
S349) Further
Chronicles of Avonlea; 1972 “Canada ed” Ryerson. Fine in fine dw. £7.50
S350) The Road to
Yesterday; 1975 1st UK. Newly collected stories. VG+ in VG+ dw
£8
Moore, Dorothea
S351) The Only Day
Girl; pb GGBP; Unusually, blind girl is a central character. NEW. £12
S352) The Wrenford
Tradition; pb Books to Treasure 2015. School story classic. £12
Morris, Jean
S353) The Donkey’s
Crusade; pb Beaver. Outstanding story of Thomas, and his donkey, guiding
Sir Reynauld from Outremer in search of Prester John’s kingdom. Great story and
characters. VG. £4
Needham, Violet
S354) The Horn of
Merlyns; pb GGBP 2010. £13
S355) The Bell of
the Four Evangelists; pb GGBP.
NEW. £13
S356) Pandora of
Parrham Royal pb GGBP. NEW.
£13
S357) The Emerald
Crown; pb GGBP 2005. NEW £15
S358) The House of
the Paladin; pb GGBP 2006.
NEW. £13
S359) How Many
Miles to Babylon?; pb GGBP 2012.
NEW. £13
S360) Richard and
the Golden Horseshoe; pb GGBP 2008.
NEW. £13
S361) The Great
House of Estraville; pb GGBP 2014.
NEW. £13
S362) The Secret
of the White Peacock; GGBP
2008. £13
S363) The Red Rose
of Ruvina; GGBP 2008. NEW. £13
S364) The Avenue;
pb GGBP 2013. NEW. £13
S365) The Boy in
Red; pb GGBP 2015. NEW. Order
now. £13
S366) The Black
Riders; 1967 rep, Collins Evergreen. VG+ in G+ dw. £18
S367) The Emerald
Crown; 1970 rep; Collins Evergreen. VG++ in VG++ dw, very clean and fresh.
£12
S368) The House of
the Paladin; 1945 1st ed; Collins. The young Duchess Anastasia
of Ornowitza has to contend with manifold dangers. A little foxing, generally
VG in VG dw with slightly sunned spine. £14
S369) The House of
the Paladin; 1957 rep; Collins Seagull. VG+ in VG dw. £8.50
S370) The Betrayer;
nd CBC. VG+ in edgeworn dw, now protected. £8.50
S371) The Red Rose of
Ruvina; 1957 1st ed; Collins. Scarce in hb. Missing its endpapers,
front hinge well repaired, rest G+ in p/c dw. £14
S372) The Horn of
Merlyns; 1943 1st ed; Collins. “To all children evacuated to the
United States, this story of England.” Front hinge professionally repaired, G++ in worn dw. £8
S373) The Bell of the
Four Evangelists; 1947 1st ed; Collins. Spine sunned, o/w VG. £7.50
Oxenham, E.J.
S374) Elsa Puts
Things Right; pb EJO Soc 2020. £16
S375) The Secrets
of Vairy; pb EJO Soc 2019. NEW. £16
S376) The Troubles
of Tazy; pb EJO Soc 2019. NEW. £16
S377) Girls of the
Hamlet Club; pb EJO Soc; NEW. £16
S378) Biddy’s
Secret; pb EJO Soc; NEW. £16
S379) Joy’s New
Adventure; pb EJO Soc; NEW. £16
S380) The Two Form
Captains; pb EJO Society 2014. NEW. £16
S381) Captain of
the Fifth; pb EJO Soc. 2015 NEW. £16
S382) The Junior
Captain; pb EJO Soc; 2015. NEW. £16
S383) Rosaly’s New
School; pb EJO Society
2013. NEW. £16
S384) The School
without a Name; pb EJO Soc. 2016. NEW. £16
S385) A School
Camp-Fire; pb EJO Soc. 2018. NEW. £16.
S386) Ven At
Gregory’s; pb EJO Soc Spring 2017 NEW. £16
S387) Rosamund’s
Victory; pb EJO Soc. 2017. NEW. £16
S388) Rachel in
the Abbey; pb EJO Soc. Autumn 2018. NEW. £16
S389) Abbey
Champion; pb EJO Society 2014. NEW.
£16
S390) Maidlin to
the Rescue; pb EJO
Society 2014. NEW. £16
S391) A Fiddler
for the Abbey; pb EJO Soc; 2015. NEW. £16
S392) Guardians of
the Abbey; pb EJO Soc. 2016 NEW. £16
S393) Goblin
Island; pb GGBP 2007. NEW. £13
S394) The Camp
Mystery; pb GGBP 2006. NEW. £13
S395) Maidlin
Bears the Torch; pb GGBP 2009. NEW. £13
S396) The Abbey
Girls Go Back to School; pb 2005 GGBP £13
S397) Jen of the
Abbey Schoool; pb 2007 GGBP. Details
of complex publishing history. NEW. £13
S398) Queen of the
Abbey Girls; pb GGBP 2010. NEW.
£13
S399) The Girls of
the Abbey School; nd Collins rep. Lacks fep. Col fp of dancing on the Abbey
garth. G+. £8
S401) Queen of the
Abbey Girls; 1947 “fat orange” (blue bds) rep; Collins. Col fp. VG. £7.50
S402) Damaris Dances;
nd Spring. VG in G++ dw. £8
S403) The Girl Who
Wouldn’t Make Friends; VG. £30
S404) The Abbey Girls
Play Up; 1950 rep; Collins. Sl foxing, G++. £6
S405) Rosamund’s
Victory; 1933 1st; Harrap. Col fp. VG+ (dw flap pasted to front
ep) in pc dw. Scarce. £48
S406) Maidlin Bears
the Torch, 1st ed; VG
in pc dw. £65
S407) Rachel in the
Abbey; 1951 1st ed; Muller. VG+ in p/c dw. £65
S408) Margery Meets
the Roses; VG. £28
S409) The Conquest of
Christina; 1940 Collins. Illus Grace Lodge. Bds spotted, inside G++. £10
S410) Oxenham
Interest: Cleeve &Muchelney
Abbeys; large handbook for teachers by English
Heritage £3
SPECIAL OFFER: All Abbey School hardbacks below 3 for £15
S411) Schoolgirl Jen
at the Abbey; 1955 Seagull. VG. £5
S412) Jen of the
Abbey School; 1949 Seagull. VG. £5
S413) Stowaways in
the Abbey; 1951 Seagull. VG in chipped dw. £6
S414) Strangers at
the Abbey; 1959 Collins red Abbey. VG in G dw. £7.50
S415) Two Joans at
the Abbey; 1949 Seagull. Missing fep, o/w VG in chipped dw. £7.50
S416) Maid of the
Abbey; 1961 rep Seagull. Fine in nr fine dw. £7.50
S417) Robins in the
Abbey; 1950 rep; Collins. VG in
chipped dw. £6.50
S418) Jandy Mac Comes
Back; 1952 rep Seagull. VG+ in poor dw reassembled from pieces under
protection! £7
S419) A Dancer from
the Abbey; 1959 rep Seagull. VG+ in G+ dw. £7.50
S420) The Song of the
Abbey; 1959 rep; Collins red Abbey. Col fp. VG in VG dw. £7.50
Plunket, Ierne
S421) Dayhouse;
nd OUP. Can Dayhouse compete with insufferable Schoolhouse? G++. £6
Pocock, Doris
S422) For the Good of
the School; 1925 1st ed; Cassell. Col fp, 3/3 b&w plates.
Dec bds, oval picture onlay. G++. £6
Pudney, John
S423) Spring
Adventure; 1961 CBC. Lovely map eps. VG++ in VG++ dw. £8
S424) Winter
Adventure; 1961 CBC. VG++ in VG++ dw. £8
Rae, Gwynedd
S425) All Mary;
pb Knight. Mary Plain is the small but adventurous bear from Berne. G+. £3.50
Ransome, Arthur
S426) We Didn’t Mean
to Go to Sea; 1937 rep Cape. Small mark on front cover, G++. £8
S427) Missee Lee;
1941 1st ed, Cape. VG. £8.50
S428) Winter Holiday;
1949 rep; Cape. VG in VG dw, sl worn at ends of spine. £10
S429) Peter Duck;
1948 rep; Cape. VG+. £6.50
Rosoff, N & Spencer, S;
S431) British and American School Stories, 1910-1960 – Fiction,
Femininity and Friendship; 2019 Palgrave Macmillan. Fascinating
study in several themed chapters including Sociability; Responsibility;
Domesticity; Authority; & Possibility. Acknowledgments given by authors to
GGBP. Glazed pictorial bds NEW (Published
price £60). £24
Saville, Malcolm
The Lone Pine Series
S432) Mystery at
Witchend; pb rep GGBP 2015. New, £15
S433) The Secret
of Grey Walls; pb GGBP 2007.
NEW. £20
S434) Lone Pine
Five; pb GGBP 2008. NEW. £20
S435) The Elusive
Grasshopper; pb GGBP 2008.
NEW. £15
S436) The
Neglected Mountain ; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.
£15
S437) Wings Over
Witchend; pb GGBP 2009. New. £15
S438) Lone Pine
London; pb 2010. NEW. £15
S439) The Secret
of the Gorge; pb GGBP 2011. £15
S440) Saucers Over
the Moor; pb 2009. NEW. £15
S441) Mystery Mine;
pb GGBP 2011. NEW. £15
S442) Sea Witch
Comes Home; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £15
S443) Not Scarlet
But Gold; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £15
S444) Treasure at
Amorys; pb GGBP 2013. £15.
S445) The Man with
Three Fingers; pb GGBP 2013. £15
S446) Rye Royal;
pb GGBP 2014. NEW £17.50
S447) Strangers at
Witchend; pb GGBP 2014. NEW £17.50
S448) Where’s My
Girl with The Flower Show Hat
(Lone Pine long short story); GGBP pb 2017. £17.50
S449) Home to
Witchend; pb GGBP 2015. NEW £15
S450) Mystery at
Witchend; 1953 rep; Newnes. VG, with
rear panel and flap of dw only. £10
S451) The Secret of
Grey Walls; 1948 rep; Newnes. Tiny
bit of fraying on edges of bds, inside VG. £8
S452) The Neglected
Mountain; 1953 1st ed; Newnes. VG+, nice clean copy. £12
S454) Lone Pine
London; 1970 rep; Collins. Ex-lib, front hinge mended, G in VG+ dw, spine
faded. £7.50
S455) Saucers Over
the Moor; 1955 1st ed; Newnes. VG+, nice clean copy. £12
S456) Mystery Mine;
1959 rep; Newnes. VG+. £10
S457) Sea Witch Comes
Home; 1960 1st ed; Newnes. VG+, nice clean copy. £12
S458) Not Scarlet but
Gold; 1962 CBC. VG++ in VG+ dw. £12
S459) Lone Pine pbs;
Armada / Merlin; G+ £3 each; Lone Pine 5; Treasure at Amorys; The Neglected Mountain; Mystery Mine; Sea Witch
Comes Home; Wings Over Witchend; Saucers over the Moor; The Secret of Grey
Walls.
Jillies series
S460) Redshank’s
Warning; pb GGBP 2019. The first in the Jillies series. NEW. £15
S461) Two Fair
Plaits; pb GGBP 2020. New £13
Buckinghams Series
S463) The Master of
Maryknoll; 1st rev ed 1971. VG++ in VG++ dw. £8
Marston Baines series
S464) Three Towers
in Tuscany; pb GGBP 2016. A Marston Baines title. New. £15
S465) The Purple
Valley; pb GGBP 2017. Marston Baines title. NEW. £13
S466) The Purple
Valley; 1964 1st ed: Heinemann. VG. £10
S467) Dark Danger;
pb GGBP. New. £13
S468) White Fire;
pb GGBP 2019. New. £13
S469) Power of
Three; pb GGBP 2020. New. £13
Nettleford Series
S470) All Summer
Through; 1951 1st ed; H&S. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell
Monroe. VG+ in pc dw. £6.50
S471) Christmas at
Nettleford; 1953 1st ed; H&S. Sp slightly faded, gen VG. £7.50
Other titles
S473) The Secret of
Galleybird Pit; pb Armada. Lucy & Humf
(hb title Four &Twenty Blackbirds). G+. £3
Shaw, Jane
S474) Susan
Interferes; nd; Ch Press. G+ in VG
dw. £4
S475) The House of
the Glimmering Light; pb GGBP 2020. New £13
Sims, S. and Clare, H.
S476) The Encyclopaedia
of Girls’ School Stories Vols 1, 2,3 ; pb GGBP 2020. The first
edition of this standard work was published twenty years ago, and has now
become extremely sought after and expensive on the second-hand market, known
because of its all-encompassing nature as “The Book” to anyone interested in
girls’ school stories. This is a new
edition in 3 volumes of that standard work, much revised, updated, fulsomely
illustrated and eagerly awaited! Exhaustive coverage of school story authors
alphabetically, plus specific articles on all sorts of topics such as adult
school fiction, annuals, college fiction, ballet school stories, Scottish
school stories, historical and fantasy school stories and much more! 3 volumes due in July, September and November,
orders can be placed for all of them. New £16 each
Smith, Emma
S477) Maidens’ Trip;
pb Bloomsbury. Grand Union Canal – the author’s own wartime experiences
condensed into a fictionalised account of herself and two friends, written
1945. Fine. £4.50
Smith, Evelyn: one of the most
sophisticated writers of classic school stories, full of character insights
S478) 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
S479) Binkie of
IIIB; pb BTT. NEW. £12
S480) Marie
Macleod, Schoolgirl; pb BTT 2016. New. £12
S481) The Little
Betty Wilkinson; pb BTT 2016. New. £12
S482) The First
Fifth Form; pb Books to Treasure 2013. NEW. £12.
S483) The Small
Sixth Form; pb Books to Treasure 2013. NEW. £12.
S484) Seven
Sisters at Queen Anne’s; pb Books to Treasure 2013. NEW. £12.
S485) Septima at
School; pb Books to Treasure 2014. Second Queen Anne’s book. NEW. £12.
S486) Phyllida in
Form III; pb Books to Treasure 2014. Third Queen Anne’s book. NEW. £12.
S487) Biddy and
Quilla; pb BTT 2014. Older girl defending unpopular newcomer. NEW. £12
S488) Milly in the
Fifth; pb BTT 2015. NEW. £12
S489) Nicky of the
Lower Fourth; pb BTT 2015. Order now. £12
S490) The Twins at
School; pb BTT 2018. New. £12
S491) Terry’s Best
Term; pb BTT. 2019. £12
Smith, Harriet L
S492) Peggy Raymond’s
Schooldays; nd c1935; Harrap. American school life. Foxing, G+ £5
S493) The Girls of
Friendly Terrace; nd, insc 1929, Harrap. Further adventures of Peggy
Raymond, now sharing a house. VG. £5
Streatfeild, Noel
S496) Paperbacks;
Puffin / Collins / Lion / Dragon; VG; £3.50 each; Thursday’s Child; The
Growing Summer; Apple Bough; Party Frock.
S497) Sinclair,
Catherine; Holiday House; 1909 rep; Ward Lock. In Apple Bough, Wolfie gets
the part of bad Harry in a TV series based on this book. Embossed bds, gilded
spine and panel, lovely copy. VG+. £7.50
S498) Party Frock;
1966; Collins. First few pages have a few small splashes (pale coffee?) o/w VG
in G+ dw. £6
S499) Saplings:
1945 1st ed; Collins. Novel for adults. Same style, darker tone! G++.
£7.50
S500) [Noel
Streatfeild writing as] Scarlett, Susan; all New pbs; £12 each; Poppies for England (2008).; The Man in the Dark; (
2014); Pirouette (2014); Under
the Rainbow (2014); Babbacombes.
Sutcliff, Rosemary
S501) The Queen
Elizabeth Story; 1964 rep; OUP. Such a great favourite of mine. Perdita,
who can see fairies, longs to see the Queen’s progress in Devon but then she
develops a rash! VG+/G+ £8
S502) The Armourer’s
House; OCL. Tamsyn in Henry VIII’s time – gorgeous! VG/VG. £8
S503) Brother
Dusty-Feet; OCL. Hugh, running away to Oxford, falls in with a company of
strolling players. Ex-lib, tape marks on eps, gen VG in VG+ dw. £10
Talbot, Ethel
S505) The New Girl at
the Priory; pb BTT 2015. £12
Tempest, Margaret – See Uttley, Alison
Travers, P.L
S506) I Go by Sea, I
Go by Land; large pb Virago; handsome edition of this classic story of WWII
evacuation to the USA (surprisingly by the author of Mary Poppins). Fine. £4.50
S507) Mary Poppins;
pb Harper. Nice ed using classic design of hardback dw. Nr fine. £4
S508) Mary Poppins
Comes Back; pb Harper. Cover is classic design of hardback dw. Nr fine. £4
Treadgold, Mary
S509) No Ponies;
1948 rep; Cape. Post-war south of France. Illus Ruth Gervis. VG+ /G. £8
S510) The Polly
Harris – A London Thriller; 1968 rev ed; HH. Splendid London mystery,
featuring post-war Caroline and Mick Templeton (of We Couldn’t Leave Dinah).
VG+ in VG dw. £10
Trease, Geoffrey: Outstanding
writer, particularly of historical fiction, but wrote excellent contemporary
stories too.
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.
S511) No Boats on
Bannermere 2004; GGBP pb 2004. £20
S512) GGBP pbs; NEW;
£15 each; Under Black Banner ; Black Banner Players 2005.
S513) GGBP pbs; NEW;
£13 each; Black Banner Abroad; pb GGBP 2006; The Gates of Bannerdale; 2007.
S514) Under Black
Banner; 1967 rep; Heinemann Windmill. VG+. £12
S515) Change at
Maythorn; 1963 rep; CBC. Mike’s family has to get used to life in a country
village after a bustling city. VG+ in VG dw. £7.50
S516) Mist over
Athelney; 1958 1st; Macmillan. King Alfred confronts the
Vikings. Ex-lib, reading copy. £6.50
S517) In the Land of
the Mogul; 1948 rep; Blackwell. Signed
by the author. Nicky on first East
India Co. venture into India. VG+ in VG
dw, small chip where spine meets front. £14
S518) The Cormorant
Venture; 1984 1st ed; Macmillan. Renold Mandeville is caught up
in the unrest of Charles I’s Short Parliament. Glazed picture bds as issued.
VG. £12
S519) The Field of
the Forty Footsteps; 1977 1st Mac’n. Ex-lib, corner torn off
fep, gen G++ in VG++ dw. £10
S520) Popinjay Stairs;
1971 CBC. Young naval officer Denzil does a favour for Samuel Pepys, Secretary
to the navy - an adventure that somehow involves the theatre too. Glazed
picture bds as issued, VG. £8.50
S521) Trumpets in the
West; 1966 rep Blackwell. Sedgemoor and 1688. Ex-lib, VG in VG £8
S522) The Iron Tsar;
1975 1st; Macmillan. Ex-lib, G+ in very bright dw with a small strip
cut off front flap. £8
S523) A Wood by
Moonlight and Other Stories; 1981 1st ed; Chatto. A wide-ranging
collection, from Venice to Puritan England to a beetle causing havoc at
Winthwaite Grammar. Minimally ex-lib, VG+ in VG+ dw. £8
S524) When the Drums
Beat; 1976; Heinemann. Illustrated story for younger readers. VG in G+ dw.
£5
S525) The Arpino
Assignment; pb Walker. SOE in Italy. Ex-lib, good reading copy, £2.50
S526) A Whiff of
Burnt Boats; pb GGBP 2009 larger size. Very entertaining autobiography Photos, extras. £15
S528) Fortune My Foe –
The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh; 1960
rep; Methuen. VG+ in VG dw. £5
Tring, A. Stephen
S529) Penny Penitent;
1983 rev; Goodchild. Ex-lib, but nice and clean, VG in VG dw. £8
Uttley, Alison
S530) Little Grey
Rabbit’s Washing-Day; 1971; Collins. Illustrated
by Margaret Tempest. VG in dw with half a coffee ring, o/w VG. £4
S531) Hare Joins the
Home Guard; 1972; Collins. VG in dw with partial coffee ring o/w VG. £4
S532) Little Grey
Rabbit books; Collins. All with the famous
illustrations by Margaret Tempest. Matte picture bds. Slightly worn
corners, generally VG. £4 each: Little
Grey Rabbit Makes Lace; Little Grey
Rabbit and the S5) Weasels; Hare and the Easter Eggs; Hare and Guy Fawkes; Moldy Warp the Mole.
S533) Grey Rabbit’s
May Day; 1975; Collins. Glazed pic bds. VG+. £4.50
Vipont, Charles [=Elfrida]
S534) Blow the Man
Down; 1939 1st; OUP. Piratical 18thC tale. VG+. £7.50
Vipont, Elfrida
S535) 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
S536) Flowering
Spring; pb GGBP 2013. Lovely story – Laura growing up. NEW. £13
S537) The Pavilion;
pb GGBP 2014. Last in Haverard family series. New. £13
Walton, Amy
S538) Susan; nd,
insc Xmas 1923, Blackie. 4/4 b&w plates, handsome dec bds. VG. £4
Westall, Robert
S539) Blitzcat;
pb Piper. What was the blitz in Coventry like? Blitzcat knows. VG+. £3
Wilder, Laura Ingalls
S541) 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; Farmer Boy.
Willard, Barbara
S542) The Penny Pony;
pb Puffin. For younger readers. VG. £3
S543) Priscilla
Pentecost; pb Puffin. Foundling Priscilla is uprooted from her farm. G++.
£3
Williams, Ursula Moray
S544) Adventures of
the Little Wooden Horse; 1961 rep, Harrap. Colour fp and illustrated
throughout by Joyce Lankester Brisley.
VG. £7.50
S545) The Three
Toymakers; pb Piccolo. G++. £3
Wodehouse, P.G
S546) Mike at Wrykin;
pb Armada. Classic humorous school story. VG. £4
Sally’s Specials
Fiction Lots of favourites and new ones to try.
S547) Barnes, Julian; Staring at the Sun; 1986
1st ed; Cape. Near fine in near fine dw. £12
S548) Brahms, Caryl, & Simon, SJ; No
Bed for Bacon; pb Black Swan. Classic comic romp of Shakespeare and
Lady Viola, plus Bacon, Queen Elizabeth, Walter Raleigh et all, predating Shakespeare in Love by several decades,
and providing the inspiration for it and other series like Blackadder. VG. £4.50
S549) Buchan, John; Greenmantle; 1923 rep;
H&S. A nice edition of this classic Hannay story. VG. £6.50
S550) Burgess, Anthony; The Long Day Wanes; pb
Penguin. Post-war Malayan trilogy omnibus; Time
for a Tiger + The Enemy in the Blanket + Beds in the East. VG. £4
S551) Burgess, Anthony; Earthly Powers; pb
Penguin. His most acclaimed novel. G+. £3
S552) Deighton, Len; Billion-Dollar Brain; pb
Penguin. Thriller. VG. £3
S553) Delafield, E.M.; The Diary of a Provincial Lady;
pb Virago. An omnibus edition also including The PL Goes Further, The
PL in America and The PL in Wartime. If you have never encountered her, you’re in for a treat!
My 20-something daughter just read them for the first time and loved them.
VG+. £7.50
S555) Forster, E.M.; Where Angels Fear to Tread;
pb Penguin. VG. £3
S556) Grass, Gunter; The Tin Drum; pb Penguin.
VG £3
S557) Hartley, L.P; The Go-Between; pb
Penguin. VG. £3
S558) Lytton, Lord; The Last Days of Pompeii;
nd insc 1947. Nice ed with dec bds, paper biscuity, G. £3
S559) Mackenzie, Compton; Water on the Brain; pb
Penguin. VG. £3
S560) Plaidy, Jean; The Prince & the Quakeress;
1968 1st Hale. George III as idealistic prince. VG+/VG £5
S561) Plaidy, Jean; Castile for Isabella; pb
Pan. VG. £3
S562) Plaidy, Jean; Spain for the Sovereigns;
pb Pan. VG. £3
S563) Plaidy, Jean; Royal Road to Fotheringay;
pb Pan. Mary Queen of Scots. VG. £3
S564) Shaffer and Barrows; The Guernsey Literary and Potato
Peel Pie Society; pb Bloomsbury. VG £3
S565) Stevenson, D. E.; Amberwell; 1956 rep; BC.
VG+ in dw missing 1 cm base of spine. £6
S566) Stevenson, D.E.; see Greyladies below
for previously unpublished novels
S567) Watson, Winifred; Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day;
pb Persephone. Lovely! Near fine. £7.50
S568) Wodehouse, P.G.; The Clicking of Cuthbert &
Other Stories; pb Penguin; front creased, gen VG£3
Greyladies
Newly reprinted books
mainly by authors better known for their children’s titles; All New. Pocket editions £8,
slim editions £10, standard pbs £12
S569) Allan, Mabel Esther; To Be an Author;
pb Greyladies 2020. This is MEA’s autobiography, until now only privately
published in two booklets in the 1980s. £10
S570) Allan, Mabel Esther; In Pursuit of Clarinda;
pb Greyladies. ”I think they’re planning to kill me…” £12
S571) Allan, Mabel Esther; Death Goes Dancing; pb Greyladies. £12
S572) Barne, Kitty; While the Music Lasted;
pb Greyladies. This is a fascinating standalone novel of musical talent, but
it’s also interesting because it’s a sequel, written for adults, of Kitty
Barne’s children’s book She Shall Have
Music. £12
S573) Channon, E.M.; Little G; pb
Greyladies 2012. NEW. £12
S574) Channon, E.M.; The Chimney Murder;
pb Greyladies 2012. NEW. £12
S575) Christian, Catherine; Harriet; pb (pocket)
Greyladies 2020. Dr Harriet Gore, back in London after 10 years in Asia, finds
Guiding in the doldrums, but with her good-hearted common sense, manages to
lift all her former guides and help them sort out their lives. Guiding from an
adult point of view, from 1941. £8
S576) Crompton, Richmal; Leadon Hill; pb
2011. English country life acutely observed… NEW £12
S577) Crompton, Richmal; Matty and the Dearingroydes;
pb Greyladies 2012. Warm and delightful. New. £12
S578) Crompton, Richmal: Mrs Frensham Describes a
Circle; pb Greyladies 2015. NEW. £12
S579) Douglas, O; The Wintry Years; pb
Greyladies (pocket) 2019. O. Douglas’s final unfinished novel, with 3 recently
unearthed chapters; also a discussion by O.Douglas’s great-niece on its
possible ending. NEW. £8
S580) Elder, Josephine; The Encircled Heart;
pb Greyladies. A doctor and her errant husband. NEW. £12
S581) Nesbit, E; Ghost Stories; pb (pocket) Greyladies. £8
S582) Lee, Austin; Sheep’s Clothing; 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
S583) Lee, Austin; Miss Hogg and the Bronte Murders;
pb Greyladies 2016. £12
S584) Pleydell, Susan; The Glenvarroch Gathering;
pb Greyladies 2014. NEW. £12
S585) Pleydell, Susan; Brighouse Hotel;
pb Greyladies 2014. New. £12
S586) Pleydell, Susan; The Road to the Harbour;
pb Greyladies. New. £12
S587) Pullein-Thompson, Josephine; Murder
Strikes Pink; pb Greyladies 2014. NEW. £12
S588) Pullein-Thompson, Josephine; Gin
and Murder; pb Greyladies 2014. NEW. £12
S589) Stafford, Ann; Silver Street; pb
Greyladies 2018. New. £12
S590) 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. 1st 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.
S591) [Noel
Streatfeild writing as] Scarlett, Susan;
all New pbs; £12 each; Poppies
for England (2008).; The Man in the Dark;
( 2014); Pirouette (2014);
Under
the Rainbow (2014); Babbacombes.
S592) Vaizey, Mrs Geo. de Horne; The Ignorance of Sybilla &
Other Stories; pb Greyladies 2010 NEW £12
Books about Books and Authors
S594) Allan, Mabel Esther; To Be an Author;
pb Greyladies 2020. This is MEA’s writer’s autobiography, until now only
privately published in two booklets in the 1980s. £10
S595) Avery & Briggs; Children and Their Books – A Celebration
of the Work of Iona & Peter Opie; pb OUP. Fascinating collection of
essays ranging over the history of children’s books and book collecting.VG+. £6
S596) Baines, Phil; Puffin by Design 1940-2010;
large pb, Allen Lane. A celebration of cover art & illustration, and a
wonderful nostalgia-fest for anyone who has ever read children’s books! Ex-lib
but VG+. £8.50
S597) A Book of Days; NCC A5 booklet Events for different days of the year,
taken from girls’ books. New. £3
S598) Buchan, John; Memory–Hold-the-Door;
1940 rep H&S. Reminiscences. VG. £5
S599) Douglas, O. / Buchan, Anna; Unforgettable, Unforgotten;
1945 1st H&S. Family memoir by John Buchan’s sister, who wrote
very popular, mainly Scottish, novels under the name O.Douglas. VG+. £7.50
S600) Du Maurier, Daphne; Myself When Young – The Shaping
of a Writer; pb Pan. VG. £3.50
S601) Edwards, Owen Dudley; British Children’s Fiction in the
Second World War; pb 2009 Edinburgh University Press. Very substantial
study (700+pp), now scarce. £22
S602) Ewards and Saltman; Picturing Canada – A History of
Canadian Children’s Illustrated Books and Publishing; pb very large
format; U of Toronto Press. VG+. £8
S603) [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
S604) 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
S605) [Ransome] Hardyment, C.
Arthur
Ransome and Captain Flint’s Trunk; pb Cape. Ransome’s real life
locations, and the inspirations for his characters (interviews with the originals
of the Walkers etc). VG £6
S606) Rosoff, N & Spencer, S; British and American School Stories, 1910-1960 – Fiction, Femininity
and Friendship; 2019 Palgrave Macmillan. Fascinating study in several themed chapters including Sociability; Responsibility; Domesticity;
Authority & Possibility. Glazed pictorial bds NEW (Published price £60). £22
S607) [Sayers, Dorothy L.] Hitchman, Janet; Such a Strange Lady – A Biography;
pb NEL. VG+. £3.50
S608) Thwaite, M.F.; From Primer to Pleasure;
1963 LA. 14thC-1900 history of children’s books. VG/VG £6
S609) Turner, E.S; Boys will be Boys; 1948
rep; Joseph. From Jack Harkaway to Dick Barton via Bunter and Sexton Blake –
decades of “Bloods” and Penny Dreadfuls. VG. £6
S610) White Antonia; As Once in May; pb
Virago. Evocative memoir of her early childhood. VG+. £3
A Little History
S611) Anon; Instructions
for American Servicemen in Britain 1942; facsimile modern rep. VG+
S612) Attar, Dena; Wasting
Girls’ Time – The History and Politics of Home Economics; pb Virago.
Ex-lib, lacks prelims and title page. £4
S616) Komorowski, E.A; Night
Never Ending; pb Futura.
Eye-witness account of 1940 Katyn massacre. VG £3
S617) Last, Nella; Nella
Last’s War; pb Profile. The fascinating wartime life of a housewife who
kept a diary for Mass Observation, filmed as “Housewife, 49” with Victoria
Wood. VG+. £4
S618) Last, Nella; Nella
Last’s Peace; pb Profile. Continuation of Nella Last’s diaries into
peace. VG+. £4
S619) Maloney, Alice; Life
Below Stairs – True Lives of Edwardian Servants; 2011. Nr fine/ nr fine
dw £6
S620) Milton, Giles; White
Gold – The Story of Thomas Pellow & North Africa’s One Million European
Slaves; pb Sceptre. VG. £3
An Interesting Miscellany
S622) Gilbreth, F & E; Cheaper by the Dozen; pb
Pan. Entertaining memoir of being the dozen children of two of the pioneering
Time and Motion experts in the USA, Frank and Lilian Gilbreth. VG. £3.50
S623) Fisher, M.F.K.; Long Ago in France; pb S&S.
3 years in Dijon that shaped the famous food writer VG £4
S624) Lamming, George; In the Castle of My Skin;
pb. Boyhood on Barbados, part fiction, part memoir. VG £3
S625) Mander, A.E.; Psychology for Everyman (and Woman);
1936; Thinker’s Library, Watts & Co. VG £4
S626) Marshall, Arthur; Giggling in the Shrubbery;
pb Fontana. Former girls’ public school memories. VG. £4
S627) Mikes, George; How to be an Alien; 1947
rep; Wingate. Illus Nicholas Bentley. VG. £5
S628) Oberammergau; The Oberammergau Passion Play;
parish of Oberammergau. English –language text, produced for the 1950 cycle,
with a lovely woodcut fp, cast of players etc. Wraps worn, inside VG. £6.50
S629) Parker-Bowles, T; E is for Eating – An Alphabet of
Greed; 2004 Illus Matthew Rice. Fine in VG+ dw £6
S630) Parkinson, C. Northcote; Parkinson’s Law; pb
Murray. Amusing exposition of “Work expands…” £3
S631) Paxman, Jeremy; The
English; pb Puffin. Witty
reflections on various facets. G++. £3
S632) Potter, Stephen; One-Upmanship; pb
Penguin. The humorous classic which coined the phrase. VG+. £4
S633) Slater, Nigel; Toast; pb Harper. A
childhood remembered through food. VG. £3
S634) Tit-Bits Book of Wrinkles; nd
(interwar) Newnes. A splendid household manual using “wrinkles” in the now
old-fashioned sense of a tip or hint; a real window on the past. Covering
everything from making chutney, levelling warped floorboards, how to start
ballroom dancing, how to prune an apple tree and how to store blankets, to
“Beds, Damp (To Remedy)”, and “Binding Over (see Crime)”! VG+, fresh. £8
******************
S635) Audio Books – Classic readings
Double cassettes, £4 each;
Crompton, Richmal
– Just
William, read by Martin Jarvis; Milne,
AA – Winnie the Pooh & House at Pooh Corner, read by Alan
Bennett
S636) Audio Books – Fiction
Double Cassettes;
£3 each or 4 for £10;
Austen, Jane – Mansfield Park, BBC dramatisation; Austen, Jane – Emma, read by Kate
Beckinsale; [Bilko] Sergeant
Bilko Vol 1, 4 episodes including Bilko’s Perfect Day; Bronte, Emily – Wuthering Heights, read
by Juliet Stevenson; Childers, Erskine
– The
Riddle of the Sands, read by Linus Roache; Christie, Agatha – Murder on the Orient Express, BBC
dramatisation; Christie, Agatha – Murder
at the Vicarage, BBC dramatisation; Dickens, Charles – Great Expectations, read by Paul
Schofield; Du Maurier, Daphne – My
Cousin Rachel, read by Mel Gibson; Forester,
C.S. – Flying Colours (Hornblower), read by Ioan Gruffudd; Forster, E.M. – A Passage to India, read
by Ben Kingsley; The Gielgud Collection – John Gielgud reads Shakespeare,
Longfellow, Lear, plus an episode as Sherlock
Holmes from 1950s radio and his reading of A Christmas Carol; The
Goons at Christmas, BBC, 4 episodes including Ye Bandit of Sherwood
forest; Goon Show Classics, BBC, 4 episodes including The String
Robberies; Goon Shows Vol I, 4 episodes including Tales of Old Dartmoor; Grenfell, Joyce – Joyful Joyce, songs and
monologues; Higgins, Jack – Touch
the Devil, read by Ian Holm; Johns,
W.E. – Biggles Flies East, dramatisation with Tim Piggott-Smith; Lewis, C.S. – The Magician’s Nephew,
read by Kenneth Branagh; Lewis, C.S.
– The
Magician’s Nephew, BBC dramatisation; Not the Nine O’Clock News,
classic sketches, BBC; On the Hour, BBC Radio 4 news comedy
series; Peters, Ellis – The
Virgin
in the Ice, BBC dramatisation; Poetry Please! Vol 2, BBC, several
readers; Sayers, Dorothy – The
Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, BBC dramatisation; Sayers, Dorothy – Murder Must Advertise, BBC dramatisation;; Sayers, Dorothy – Unnatural Death, BBC dramatisation; Shakespeare – Othello, BBC with Paul Schofield and
Nicol Williamson; Steptoe and Son, 4 classic episodes including The Offer, BBC; Thomas, Dylan – Under Milk Wood, BBC with
Richard Burton; Wood, Victoria – The
Best of Victoria Wood, BBC.
S637) Audio Books – Non-Fiction
Double Cassettes;
£3 each;
Barker, Juliet – The
Brontes: A Life in Letters, 4 readers; Bennett, Alan – Diaries 1980-1990, ready by author; Grenfell, Joyce – Joyce Grenfell Requests the
Pleasure (autobiography), read by author; Jarvis, Martin – Acting
Strangely (memoir) read by author; Marshall,
Arthur – Life’s Rich Pageant (memoir), read by author; Tillyard, Stella – Aristocrats, read by
Serena Gordon; Woman’s Hour – Christmas Collection, a seasonal mix of stories,
recipes, music advice, BBC.
S638) DVD sets
£7.50 each
Jacob Bronowski’s The
Ascent of Man; 1970s landmark BBC series, 11 hours+;
Brideshead Revisited;
classic series with Anthony Andrews, Jeremy Irons, Laurence Olivier, 11 hours+.
The Cream of Crime (see also
Greyladies Books above for new titles)
S640) Allingham, Margery; The Mind Readers; 1965 1st
Chatto. Ex-lib, G+ in dw with protection affixed. £5
S641) Allingham, Margery; The Allingham Minibus; 1973 1st ed; Chatto &
Windus. Short stories, incl some with Albert Campion. Ex-lib, G+ in VG dw.
S642 Allingham, Margery; Penguin pbs, classic green
crime livery, name written on front cover o/w VG, £4 each: Black Plumes; Look
to the Lady; More Work for the Undertaker; Coroner’s
Pidgin; The Fashion in Shrouds; Hide My Eyes; No Love Lost.
S643 Allingham, Margery; Penguin pbs, classic green
crime livery, name written on front cover, G or G+, £3 each: Flowers
for the Judge; Police at the Funeral; The
Case of the Late Pig; Traitor’s Purse; Mystery Mile; Mr Campion and Others.
S644) Allingham, Margery; Penguin later green crime
with pictorial covers; G+ or VG, £3.50 each: The China Governess;
Dancers
in Mourning; Death of a Ghost; The
Tiger in the Smoke.
S645) Allingham, Margery; Cargo of Eagles; pb
Penguin. Reading copy. £2
S646) Brody, Frances; Yorkshire war widow Kate
Shackleton finds herself in the 1920s falling into being a private
investigator; pbs, Piatkus, all VG. £3.50 each; Death of an Avid Reader; A
Medal for Murder.
S648) Christie, Agatha; classic early Pan pbs; VG.
£3.50 each: Poirot Investigates; Five Little Pigs; Dead
Man’s Folly; The Murder on the Links.
S649) Christie, Agatha; classic green crime livery
Penguin pbs; G+ or VG. £3.50 each; Parker
Pyne Investigates; Miss Marple and the Thirteen Problems.
S650) Christie, Agatha; Peril at End House; 1936
rep Crime Club. Spine faded, gen VG. £6
S652 Christie, Agatha; The Murder at the Vicarage;
nd recent rep, nice hb edition. VG. £3
S653) Christie, Agatha; Hickory Dickory Dock;
1956 rep; BC. VG in VG dw. £5
S654) Christie, Agatha; Ordeal by Innocence; 1959
rep BC. VG+ in VG dw. £5
S655) Christie, Agatha; The Mystery of the Blue Train;
pb Harper. Nice cover with period atmosphere. VG+ £3
S656) Heyer, Georgette; Behold, Here’s Poison; pb
Arrow. Superintendent Hannasyde investigates. VG. £3
S657) Lathen, Emma; pbs Penguin; very entertaining murder mysteries featuring the eminent
Wall Street banker John Putnam Thatcher,
usually each featuring a different industry. I’ve discovered this series fairly
recently and really enjoyed them, written with lots of dry humour. G+ or better, £4 each; By
Hook or by Crook; Murder Without Icing; Come
to Dust; Sweet and Low; Banking on Death; Green
Grow the Dollars; Something in the Air; When in Greece; Right on the Money;
Double, Double, Oil and Trouble; Murder Makes the Wheels Go Round; Accounting for Murder.
S658) McDermid, V.L; Booked for Murder; pb HC.
A Lindsay Gordon (literary agent) mystery. VG+. £3.50
S659) Sayers, Dorothy L; The Nine Tailors; 1937
rep Gollancz. Spine ends fraying, G. £4
S660) Sayers, Dorothy L.; The Unpleasantness at the Bellona
Club; pb NEL. Nice edition, VG. £4
S664) Sayers, Dorothy L; Striding Folly; pb NEL. 3
Lord Peter Wimsey longer short stories. VG. £4
S665) Sayers, Dorothy L; In the Teeth of the Evidence;
pb NEL. Montague Egg /Wimsey short stories. VG. £4
S666) Sayers, Dorothy L; Hangman’s Holiday; pb
NEL. Montague Egg /Wimsey short stories. VG. £4
S668) Wishart, David; The Lydian Baker; pb
Flame. Marcus Corvinus, in Athens tracking down an ancient golden sculpture,
encounters murder… VG £3
Special Offer – any 4 crime books below for
£10
S669) Allingham, Margery; The Tiger in the Smoke;
1953 rep; RS. VG. £4
S671) Bentley, E.C.; Trent Intervenes; pb
Penguin. Green crime livery. VG. £3
S672) Burley, W.J.; Supt Wycliffe mysteries in Cornwall. All Orion /Corgi pbs, VG+. £3
each. Wycliffe &the Dunes Mystery; Wycliffe
and Death in a Salubrious Place; Wycliffe and the Three-Toed Pussy; Wycliffe in
Paul’s Court; Wycliffe and The Beales; Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine.
S674) Conan Doyle, Arthur; His Last Bow; pb
Headline. Classic Holmes stories. VG. £3
S675) Marsh, Ngaio; Death and the Dancing Footman;
pb Fontana. VG. £3
S679) Peters, Ellis; Monk’s Hood; pb Futura.
Brother Cadfael’s boundless curiosity helps solve a death. VG. £3
S684) Sayers, D.L.; The
Five Red Herrings; 1947 4/6 “Cheap Edition”; Gollancz. VG in worn dw.
£6
S685) Smith, Alexander McCall; the now-famous No 1
Ladies’ Detective Agency set in Botswana with the splendid Mama Ramotswe; pbs
Abacus, all VG+, £3 each: Morality for Beautiful Girls; Blue
Shoes and Happiness; The Full Cupboard of Life; Tears
of the Giraffe.
S686) Tey, Josephine ; The Franchise Affair; pb Penguin.
Two women accused of kidnapping a teenager. G. £3
S687) Tey, Josephine; The Daughter of Time; pb.
Different - once voted the best detective story ever. VG. £3
Last time
I wrote “I hope you’ll have lots of opportunities for some spring-time reading,”
never thinking what was in store for us! Whether or not you are staying at
home, I hope you’ll find something to enjoy here. Sally