Sally’s Catalogue

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Welcome to my new catalogue, updated in April.    The booklet of papers from our 2012 conference is now available (see below). We’ve decided to go for another residential conference in July 2014, so I hope it will be a chance for us to meet more of our customers in person.  Further information about it will be available with our next catalogue in July.   I hope you find something that appeals to you in the large selection of books here, including an interesting range of titles for adults in the last part.

Titles underlined are NEW books.  Payment is due when you receive the books (please return books within 7 days if you think they are not as described). Overseas customers; payment is due on receipt of invoice.  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. Even if you cannot get in touch when you receive the catalogue, it is still well worth contacting us later to place an order.

I am always looking out for books like those in the catalogue, so please think of me if you have any to sell, whether just one or two or a whole lot.

New Books – place orders now for these recently published titles

S1) Twentieth Century Schoolgirls and Their Books - Papers & Presentations from the 2012 Bristol Conference; Topsy-Turvy 2012. A5 booklet. Find out what you missed at our August conference! Newly published.   NEW.  £4.50

S2) Twentieth Century Schoolgirls and Their Books - Papers & Presentations from the 2010 Bristol Conference; Topsy-Turvy 2011. 60-page A5 booklet. NEW.  £3.50

S3) Special Offer: Order both conference proceedings together for £7 plus postage.

S4) Allan, M.E.; The Wyndhams Went to Wales; pb GGBP 2013.  Just out! £13

S5) Allan, M.E; Return to the West ; pb Greyladies 2013. Very early adult novel. NEW. Just Published!  £12

S6) Biggs, Margaret; Christmas Term at Vernley; pb GGBP 2012.  £13

S7) [Brent-Dyer] Bruce, Katherine; The Muller Twins at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW. £13

S8) Brent-Dyer, Elinor; The Chalet School in the Oberland; pb GGBP 2012. £13

S9) Courtney, Gwendoline; Sally’s Family; pb GGBP 2012. I can highly recommend it!  (And not just because my name is Sally).  NEW. £13

S10) Edwards, Monica: The Wanderer; pb GGBP 2012. Order now!  £13

S11) Elder, Josephine; Sister Anne Resigns; pb Greyladies 2012. New. £13.

S12) Elder, Josephine; The Mystery of the Purple Bentley; pb Greyladies 2012. A disappearing doctor tracked down by her nurse / secretary – a mystery making use of the author’s medical background. NEW.  £12

S13) Hill, Lorna; A Dream of Sadler’s Wells; pb GGBP 2012. First in the famous series. £13

S14) Mallory, Clare; Candy Nevill; pb 2012 Margin Notes.  A hitherto unpublished book by Mallory, which features lots of baking and sweet-making (shades of the Merry books!). Candy is the “slow” one in a family of bright siblings, and doesn’t seem to shine at anything…  NEW. £13.

S15) Matthewman, Phyllis; Chloe Takes Control; pb GGBP 2013.  The first of the Daneswood series.  Just out!   £13

S16) Mitchell, Gladys; On Your Marks - Greyladies P/b. NEW. Career novel at PE college and first jobs. Just Published! £12

S17) Oxenham, E.J.; Girls of the Hamlet Club;  pb EJO Society 2012.  NEW. £15

S18) Oxenham, E.J.; Biddy’s Secret; pb EJO Society 2012.  NEW. £15

S19) Redlich, Monica; Five Farthings; pb 2011 Margin Notes. This is a gorgeous family story with a tremendous sense of place – the London that disappeared in the Second World War.  Full of city churches, views of St Paul’s, publishing espionage and housekeeping!  NEW. £13

S20) [Streatfeild] Scarlett, Susan; Sally-Ann; pb Greyladies 2012.  NEW. £12

S21) Vipont, Elfrida; The Spring of the Year; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW.   £13

New Books – place advance orders now for these titles due in the spring or early summer

S22) Badger, Jane; Heroines on Horseback; pb GGBP 2013. Non-fiction. Order now!  £15               

S23) Caldwell, Patricia; A Last Year at Vivians;  pb GGBP 2013. £13

S24) Brent-Dyer, Elinor; Jane and the Chalet School; pb  GGBP 2013.  £13

S25) Edwards, Monica; Punchbowl Harvest; pb GGBP 2013.  £13.

S26) McCallum, Alison; The Chalet School Encyclopedia Volume One; pb GGBP 2013. Non-fiction. £15

S27) Needham, Violet; The Avenue; pb GGBP 2013. NEW. £13

S28) Oxenham, E.J.; Joy’s New Adventure;  pb EJO Society 2013.  Order now! NEW. £15

S29) Saville, Malcolm; Treasure at Amorys; pb GGBP 2013.  £13.  Just out!

S30) Stevenson, D.E.; Jean Erskine’s Secret; pb Greyladies 2013.  Previously unpublished novel written and set in WWI. NEW. £12

S31) Stevenson, D.E.; Found in the Attic; pb Greyladies 2013.  Previously unpublished cornucopia – plays, short stories, poems, articles.  NEW.  £12.

S32) Vipont, Elfrida; Flowering Spring; pb GGBP 2013. Lovely story – Laura growing up. £13. Just out!

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Aiken, Joan

S33) Paperbacks, Puffin / Red Fox; VG, £3 each;  Black Hearts in Battersea; Night Birds on Nantucket;  The Cuckoo Tree; Is;  Dido and Pa .

S34) Midwinter Nightingale; pb Red Fox. Penultimate Dido title.  Fine. £4

Allan, Mabel Esther

S38) The Vine-Clad Hill; 1970 rep; Collins. Glazed picture bds. VG. £5

S39) The Horns of Danger; 1981 Severn House. Old mysteries invade modern life. Glazed picture bds, ex-lib, G+. £5

S40)  The Wyndhams Went to Wales; pb GGBP 2013.  Just out!  £13

S41) The Ballet Family; pb GGBP 2012.  First of a delightful pair of books; orphaned cousin Joan comes from the north to alien artistic London family.  NEW.  £13

S42) The Ballet Family Again; pb GGBP 2012.  Sequel – Joan discovers her own talents and learns to hold her own with her confident cousins!  NEW.  £13

S43) Margaret Finds a Future; pb GGBP 2011.   Intriguing story of life for a teenager at a National Trust house.  NEW. £13

S44) Chiltern School; pb GGBP 2011.  This story set in a progressive school was written in the 1960s, but has only been privately published before now [nb NOT Chiltern Adventure].  NEW.  £13.

S45) Murder at the Flood;  pb Greyladies.    NEW.  £12

S46) Death Goes to Italy; pb Greyladies 2011. NEW.  £12

Atkinson, M.E.

S47) The Monster of Widgeon Weir; 1945 rep; Bodley Head.  VG in G chipped dw. £8.50

S48) Unexpected Adventure; nd CBC.  Family detective story. VG+  in VG+ dw.  £6.50

S49) Castaway Camp; 1951 1^st ed; BH.  VG. £7.50

Avery, Gillian

S51) A Likely Lad; 1971 1^st ed; Collins. A “lower middle class Manchester comedy of manners at the turn of the century” is how the blurb describes it – a wonderful tale of Willy Overs and his father’s expectations of him which I vividly remember being read to my class in school! VG+ in VG dw. £10

Baker, Margaret J.

S52) Homer Goes to Stratford; 1969 rep, Brock. Ex-sch lib, VG in dw affixed to bds. £6

S53) Castaway Christmas; 1963 Methuen. Ex-lib, G+. £6

Biggs, Margaret

S57) The New Prefect at Melling; pb GGBP 2004.  NEW.  £15

S58) Last Term for Helen; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £15

S59) Head Girl at Melling; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £15

S60) New Girl at Melling; pb GGBP 2006.  NEW.  £15

S61) Summer Term at Melling; pb GGBP 2006.  NEW.  £15

S62) Susan in the Sixth; pb GGBP 2007.  New.  £15

S63) Kate at Melling; pb GGBP 2008.  A completely new Melling title.  NEW.  £15

S64) Changes at Melling; pb GGBP 2009. Newly-written final book in series. NEW  £15

S65) The Two Families; pb GGBP 2010. NEW.  £13

S66) Dilly Goes to Ambergate; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £13

Blyton, Enid

S67) Five Have a Wonderful Time; 1952 1^st ed; H&S.  VG. £6

S68) Five Run Away Together; 1952 rep; H&S. Front hinge exposed, o/w G++. £5

S69) Five Go to Mystery Moor; 1954 1^st ed; H&S. VG. £6

S70) Five Go to Billycock Hill; 1969 rep; Brockhampton.  VG. £4

S71) Six Cousins at Mistletoe Farm; 1948 rep; Evans.  Clean copy, but detached from boards at rear. £3

S72) The Mystery that Never Was; 1965 rep; Collins. VG. £5

S73) The Put-em-Rights; 1946 1^st ed; Lutterworth. Lacks fep, o/w VG. £4

S74) Circus Days Again; 1952 rep; Newnes.  Mr Galliano’s Circus.  Corners bumped, VG. £4

S76) Claudine at St Clare’s; 1947 2^nd ed, Methuen.  VG+, a very nice copy.  £6

S77) Mystery pbs – The Five Find-Outers and Dog; Dragon, all G+ or better, £3 each; Secret Room; Pantomime Cat;  Spiteful Letters;  Vanished Prince;  Burnt Cottage; Missing Necklace. 

S78) School pbs; Granada/ Armadas, all G+, £3 each;  Claudine at St Clare’s; 5^th Formers at St Clare’s

S79) Old-style Armada pbs, all G or better, £3 each; Put-Em-Rights; Mr Galliano’s Circus; Circus Days Again; The Family at Red-Roofs; House-at-the-Corner;  The Children of Willow Farm; Mr Pink-Whistle Interferes; The Ring O’ Bells Mystery.

Boden, Hilda

S80) The House by the Sea; 1965. Will Gerry & Penny, brought up overseas,  ever get used to England? G in G dw £5

Branford, Henrietta

S83) Dipper’s Island; 1999 1^st Walker. Glazed picture bds, fine. £5

Angela Brazil

S84) A Fourth Form Friendship; pb GGBP 2006. “Fun in the Fourth” series. NEW.  £13

S85) Bosom Friends; nd, insc 1930; Nelson.  Pic bds, VG+. £5

S86) The School by the Sea; Blackie.  4/5 pl. Beautiful pic bds, but inside all prelims cut out, some scribble. £4

S88) A Fourth Form Friendship; nd Blackie. Fat ed, v handsome pict bds. 5/5 b&w pl. Lacks fep, VG. £6

S89) Blackie “Small Red” editions (may actually be green or grey!); nd; ask for details of condition; £4 each:- The Girls of St Cyprian’s;  The Leader of the Lower School;  A Pair of Schoolgirls; The Nicest Girl in the School;   Monitress Merle, Jill’s Jolliest School.

S90) 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

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S91) McCallum, Alison; The Chalet School Encyclopedia Volume One; pb GGBP 2013. The first volume of the exhaustive guide to all things Chalet. To be published late spring. Non-fiction. Order now!  £15

S92) The Chalet School Cookbook; pb GGBP 2009. Joey and friends discuss recipes!  NEW.  £13

S93) Before the Chalet School – The Bettanys of Taverton High by Helen Barber;   GGBP 2008.  NEW. £20

S94) The School at the Chalet; pb GGBP 2005. 80^th Anniversary ed Colour photos, maps,  4 Brisley plates £20

S95) Jo of the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW.  £13

S96) The Guides of the Chalet School by Jane Berry; pb GGBP 2009. Early Tyrol days.   NEW.  £13

S97) Juliet of the Chalet School by Caroline German; pb GGBP 2006.  NEW.  £20

S98) Deira Joins the Chalet School by Caroline German; pb GGBP 2010.  Recently published.  £13

S99) The Chalet Girls in Camp; pb GGBP 2010.  NEW.  £13

S100) Gillian of the Chalet School by Carol Allan;  pb GGBP 2006.  NEW. £25

S101) The New House at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW.  £13 

S102) The New Chalet School; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £15

S103) The Chalet School in Exile; pb GGBP.  NEW.  £20 

S104) The Chalet School Goes To It;  pb GGBP 2010  £13

S105) The Chalet School & Robin by Caroline German; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW.   £13

S106) Lavender Laughs in the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £13

S107) Gay from China at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2007. (Heavily cut in Armada pb ed.) New.  £20

S108) Peace Comes to the Chalet School by Katherine Bruce; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW. £25

S109) Jo to the Rescue; pb GGBP 2006.  £25

S110) Three Go to the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2007.  Much cut in Armada paperback.  NEW.  £20

S111) A Difficult Term at the Chalet School by Lisa Townsend; pb GGBP 2011.  £13.

S112) Carola Storms the Chalet School; GGBP 2008.   £15

S113) The Wrong Chalet School; pb GGBP 2011. NEW. £13

S114) Bride Leads the Chalet School; GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £20

S115) A Chalet Girl from Kenya; pb GGBP 2006.  Mint.  £28

S116) The Chalet School Does It Again; pb GGBP 2012. £13

S117)  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

S118) A Problem for the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2005. Unabridged.  NEW.  £30

S119) Mary-Lou of  the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW. £13

S120) Excitements at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2007.  £15

S121) The Coming of Age of the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW.  £20

S122) Ruey Richardson – Chaletian; pb GGBP 2009. £13

S123)  A Future Chalet School Girl; pb GGBP 2007.  £20

S124) The Feud in the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2009.  £13

S125) Redheads at the Chalet School; GGBP 2011. NEW.  £13

S126) Challenge for the CS; GGBP 2007. £20

S127) Two Sams at the Chalet School;  GGBP 2008.  £20

S128) Adrienne and the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £15

S129) Althea Joins the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2006.  NEW.  £25

S130) Prefects at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2007. NEW.  £25

S131) New Beginnings at the Chalet School, by Heather Paisley; pb rep GGBP 2006.  CS continuation.   £20

S132) 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).  £13

S133) The Chalet Club Newsletter Book; pb GGBP 2004. From original 1960s Chalet Club. £15

S134) The School at Skelton Hall; pb GGBP 2009.  The last school EBD created.  NEW.  £15.

S135) Trouble at Skelton Hall; pb GGBP 2009.  Sequel to above.  NEW.  £13.

S136) Carnation of the Upper Fourth; pb GGBP 2007.  £15

S137) A Thrilling Term at Janeways; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £15

S138) Caroline the Second; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW  £15

S139) Elizabeth the Gallant; pb GGBP 2006.  NEW.  £13

S140) Step-Sisters for Lorna; pb GGBP 2004.  £20

S141) Gerry Goes to School; pb GGBP rep 2005. NEW.  £20

S142)  A Head Girl’s Difficulties; pb GGBP. Introduction by me on child deaths in the early 20^th C.  New.  £20

S143)  The Maids of La Rochelle; pb GGBP 2011. NEW  £13

S144)  Janie Steps In ; pb GGBP 2003.  New.  £25

S145) Judy the Guide; pb GGBP 2010.  £13

S146) Kennelmaid Nan; pb GGBP 2011. EBD’s almost-career-story. NEW. £13

S147) They Both Liked Dogs; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £13

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

A great variety of Chalet titles, many at bargain prices, as well as other non-Chalet titles.

S148) The School at the Chalet;  1958 rep.  VG+ in 80% dw.  £10

S150) Eustacia Goes to the Chalet School; 1950 rep. Dw picture has been pasted in as a frontispiece. Spine and bds sunned, o/w VG. £8

S151) New House at the Chalet School; 1937 2^nd fat ed.  B&w Nina K. Brisley fp.  G+ in p/c dw.  £16

S152) New House at the Chalet School;  1948 rep.  VG+ in G- dw missing chunk at top of sp / front cover.  £12

S153) The Chalet School Goes To It; 1941 1^st rep. V small tear on dedication page, gen VG in p/c dw. £14

S155) Lavender Laughs in the Chalet School; 1956 rep.  G+ in p/c dw. £16

S156) Gay from China at the Chalet School; 1955 rep. VG in VG dw (edges reinforced with tape, but not too noticeable on this darkish cover). £25

S157) Jo to the Rescue; 1946 rep. Small format like 1^st ed, VG, in edge-worn dw.  £30

S158) Three Go to the Chalet School; 1951 rep.  VG in p/c dw. £14

S159) New Mistress at the Chalet School; 1957 1^st. Sp faded, pages sl biscuit coloured, gen VG in p/c dw. £30

S161) Joey and Co in Tirol; 1960 1^st ed. VG in VG dw with a few tape repairs. £45

S164) The Feud in the Chalet School; nd 1^st ed.  VG++ in repaired dw.  £25

S166) Adrienne and the Chalet School; 1965 1^st ed. G+ in pc dw. £28

S167) Two Sams at the Chalet School; 1967 1^st ed.  Fine in VG dw. £38

S168) Maids of La Rochelle; 1952 rep.  Front hinge exposed, o/w VG in p/c dw.  £18

S169) Janie Steps In; 1953 1^st ed.  VG+ in VG dw. £25

S170) Chudleigh Hold; 1954 1^st ed. Pages biscuit-colour o/w VG+ in G+ dw. £25

S172) The Lost Staircase; 1946 1^st ed (smaller wartime size). VG+ in G+ dw. £25

S173) Carnation of the Upper Fourth; 1958 new ed; Lutterworth. VG in VG dw.  £12

S174) Chalet Club Newsletters; 1997 rep, FOCS.  Corners a little curled, gen VG. £2

Chalet School paperbacks, all Armada, G+ or better; ask for details of editions.

S175) All at £3; a) School  b) Jo of  c) Princess  d)  Exile  f) Head Girl g) Camp g) Rivals  h)  Eustacia  j)  And Jo  k) Exploits

S176) All at £4; a) Rebel b) Mary-Lou c) New Mistress  d)  Genius   f) Trials  g) Three Go h) Lintons  i)  Problem  j) Peggy  k) New CS  l) Excitements  m) At War  n) United  p) Island

S177) All at £6;  a) Highland Twins  b) Gay Lambert  c) Wrong  d) Shocks 

S178) All at £12; a) Coming of Age  b) Prefects c) Adrienne  d) Two Sams  e) Future   f) Feud  g) Leader  

Bruce, Dorita Fairlie

S179) The Serendipity Shop; pb GGBP 2009.  Colmskirk series, set in very recognisable Scottish locations. £13

S180) Triffeny; pb GGBP 2010.  Second Colmskirk title.  £13

S181) The Debatable Mound; pb GGBP 2011.  Colmskirk series.  NEW. £13

S182) The School on the Moor; pb GGBP 2006.  First Toby title. NEW.  £13

S183) The School in the Woods; pb GGBP 2007. Toby title of legendary rarity.  £13

S184) Toby at Tibbs Cross; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW.  £13

S185) The New House Captain; nd Spring. Col fp. VG in G+ dw. £6.50

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

S187) The Girls of St Bride’s; pb GGBP. Mint. £15

S188) That Boarding School Girl; 1935 rep; OUP.  Col fp.  VG. £6

**Try Something New!  Special offer – buy two GGBP Nancy titles below and get a third half price**

S191) All at £15: 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

S192) Jennings Goes to School; 1961 rep; Collins.  Col fp.  Page edges browning a little, gen VG in splendid VG dw. £7.50

S193) Jennings’ Little Hut; pb Armada. G+. £3

S194) Jennings and Darbishire; pb Armada. VG. £3.50

Burton, Hester

S195) Riders of the Storm; 1972 1^st ed; OUP. Stephen moves to Manchester in the turbulent times of the French Revolution with its suspicion of anything radical or seditious – can Stephen fight off a trumped up charge against him?  Tape marks on bds, o/w VG. £6

S196) To Ravensrigg; 1976 1^st ed; OUP. Emmie, living as poor relation, disgraces her family by sheltering a runaway slave. What can she do when disaster overtakes her? Ex-lib, G+ in VG dw. £7.50

Caldwell, Patricia

S197) Prefects at Vivians; pb GGBP 2010.  NEW.  £13

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

S199) Strangers at Vivians; pb GGBP 2011.  Order now!  NEW.  £13

S200) Left Until Called For at Vivians; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £13

Career Books and Career Adventure Stories

S201) Bertram, Rosamund; Ann Thorne in America; 1948 rep; Nelson. Ann sent to cover murder trial in USA. Popular career series by journalist. VG in edgeworn dw missing top inch of spine. £5

S202) Bertram, Rosamund; Scoop for Ann Thorne; 1949 1^st ed; Nelson. Popular career series by journalist. VG+ in sl edgeworn G+ dw, which is very attractive period piece wrapping round spine. £8

S203) Blank, Clair; Beverley Grey, Reporter; 1940 Grosset. VG in G+ dw with chunk missing from rear, delightful period dw of two girls dashing from just-landed aeroplane. £6.50

S204) Edwards, Monica; Rennie Goes Riding; pb Knight. VG. £5

S206) Mitchell, Gladys; On Your Marks - Greyladies P/b. NEW. Career novel at PE college and first jobs. £12

S209) Wells, Helen; Vicki Barr – Peril Over the Airport; 1953 Grosset. VG+. £6

S210) Wells, Helen; Cherry Ames, Rural Nurse; 1961 WD. VG+ in G dw with a few chips. £6

S211) Wells, Helen; Cherry Ames, Flight Nurse; Grosset. Glazed bds, VG. £5

S212) Wells, Helen; Cherry Ames, Flight Nurse; 1958 WD. Darkened strip on eps, o/w VG in VG dw. £6

S213) Wells, Helen; Cherry Ames, Cruise Nurse; 1958 WD. VG in somewhat scraped dw. £6

S214) [Wells] Tatham, J; Cherry Ames, Night Supervisor; 1958 WD. G+. £3

Carr, Judith

S217) Scholarship Sue; nd War Econ; Blackie.  Fp shows one girl pulling another’s hair – “Priscilla let out a wail like a siren”. G++. £6.50

S218) The Templeton Twins; nd War Econ, Blackie. Fp shows a girl being pursued through a door by two others – “Save me! Those twins will murder me!”  G+. £6.50

S219) Penelope’s Prefects; nd Blackie. Fp the sadly sedate “Fay wants you in the San”. VG. £6.50

Chappell, Mollie

S220) Rhodesian Adventure; nd Collins. Col fp, VG.  £5

Chaundler, Christine

S221) The Right St John’s; pb 2007 GGBP.  Fun in the Fourth series.  NEW.  £13

Cooper, Gordon

S224) A Second Springtime; 1973 1^st ed; OUP. Touching story of orphan Hester, sent with 5 others to live with settlers in Canada in 1873. A very good and much underrated writer of only a handful of historical children's novels.  Fine in VG slightly rippled dw. £10

Cooper, Susan

S225) King of Shadows; pb Puffin. Time-slip story – Shakespeare’s Globe. G+. £3

Courtney, Gwendoline

S226) The Girls of Friars’ Rise; pb GGBP 2004.  NEW.  £15

S227) Denehurst Secret Service; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £15

S228) Well Done Denehurst; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £15

S229) The Chiltons; GGBP 2006.  NEW  £15

S230) Torley Grange; pb GGBP 2008.  £15 

S231) The Wild Lorings at School; pb GGBP. NEW.  £15 

S232) Wild Lorings – Detectives; pb GGBP 2010. £13

S233) Mermaid House; pb GGBP 2011 New title – 1st publication in book form! £13

S234) Sally’s Family; pb GGBP 2012.Highly recommended!  £13 

Cowper, E.E.

S235) Rosamond Takes the Lead; nd Blackie.  Mysterious manor house holiday. VG. £5

Crompton, Richmal

S236) Matty and the Dearingroydes; pb Greyladies 2012. A warm and delightful novel; the flamboyant Matty, even in her sixties, is game for any adventure. New. £13

Darch, Winifred

S237) The New School and Hilary; pb GGBP 2008. “Fun in the Fourth”.  £13

Digby, Anne

S238) Fifth Year Friendships at Trebizon; pb Puffin.  VG.  £5

S239) Trebizon pbs; Puffin / Granada; G+.  £3 each:- First Term; Second Term; Summer Term; More Trouble; Summer Camp; Hockey Term; Into the Fourth; Fourth Yr Triumphs.

Edwards, Monica

S240) [Edwards] Monica Edwards – The Official Biography by Brian Parks; Pb GGBP.  NEW  £15

S241) [No Going Back; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW.  £15

S242) [No Entry; pb GGBP 2005. NEW.  £15

S243) [Hidden in a Dream;  pb GGBP 2006.  NEW.  £15

S244) [Operation Seabird; pb GGBP 2007.  NEW.  £13 

S245) [Strangers to the Marsh; pb GGBP forthcoming.  NEW.  £13

S246) [The Hoodwinkers;  pb GGBP 2008.  £15

S247) [Dolphin Summer; pb GGBP 2009. Order Now!   £13

S248) [A Wind is Blowing; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £15

S249) [The Wild One; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £13

S250) Fire at the Punchbowl; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £13

S251) Black Hunting Whip; pb GGBP 2011.  £13

S252) Punchbowl Midnight; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £13 

S253) The Spirit of Punchbowl Farm; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW.  £13

S254) Cargo of Horses; pb 1955 Fontana.  Hinges fragile, rest quite sound. £4

Elder, Josephine

S255) Sister Anne Resigns; pb Greyladies 2012. An enthralling novel of nursing in London's East End in the 1920s and 30s, using the author’s own medical background. Just out!  New. £13.

S256) Lady of Letters;  pb Greyladies 2008.  Struggles to reconcile career with love life.  £12

S257) Erica Wins Through; pb GGBP 2010. 1^st of Scholarship Girl trilogy. NEW £13

S258) The Scholarship Girl; pb GGBP 2011.  Second in trilogy.  NEW. £13

S259) The Scholarship Girl at Cambridge; pb GGBP 2012. Third in trilogy. Such an interesting story of life for a new student at one of the women’s colleges – where so many girls in girls’ school stories were destined, but a stage that is rarely described.  NEW. £13

S260) Evelyn Finds Herself; pb GGBP 2006.  Excellent school story.  NEW.  £13

Enright, Elizabeth

S262) Thimble Summer; 1965 rep Heinemann. Author’s own charming illustrations. VG £4

S263) Gone-Away Lake; 2000 rep; Harcourt. Ex-lib, glazed picture bds. G++ clean copy. £4

S264) Spiderweb for Two; 1972 rep; Heinemann.  Melendy family story – if you don’t know them, you have a treat in store!  A treasure hunt with a difference. Author’s own characteristic illustrations. Minimally ex-lib, VG in VG dw. £6

Erdman, Loula

S265) The Wind Blows Free; nd Brockhampton. Her brothers are excited by ideas of cowboys and adventure, but can Melinda bear the barren Texan claim to which her family moves?  VG/ VG dw. £5

Forest, Antonia

S266) Hayward, Sally; Antonia Forest’s Kingscote Spring Term; pb GGBP 2011. Well-received!  NEW  £13

S267) [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

S268) Celebrating Antonia Forest: 2008. Papers from AF Conference, draft material from Run Away Home. £13

S269) Autumn Term; pb Puffin.  G+. £3

S270) Falconer’s Lure; pb GGBP 2003. Out of print.   NEW. £30

S271) Run Away Home; pb GGBP 2003.  Out of print.  NEW.  £30

S272) The Ready-Made Family; pb GGBP 2004. NEW. Out of print.  £30

S273) The Thuggery Affair; pb GGBP 2005. Out of print.    NEW.  £20

S274) The Player’s Boy; pb GGBP 2006. Out of print.  Wonderful “extras”!  NEW.  £20

S275) The Players and the Rebels; 1971 1^st ed; Faber.  Minimally ex-lib, VG+ in fine dw. £45

S276) The Players and the Rebels; pb GGBP 2008.    Order Now!  NEW.  £20

S277) The Thursday Kidnapping  pb GGBP.  Her only self-contained story.   £15 

Fun in the Fourth:  Outstanding Girls’ School Stories from GGBP (all with extra introductions)

S278) Brazil, Angela;  A Fourth Form Friendship; pb GGBP 2006. A classic from the doyenne.   NEW.  £13

S279) Chaundler, Christine; The Right St John’s; pb 2007 GGBP.  A really charming book.  NEW.  £13

S280) Darch, Winifred; The New School and Hilary; pb GGBP 2008.  Story of Hilary and also a new young mistress, Judith – a rare staff point of view.  £13

S281) Elder, Josephine; Evelyn Finds Herself; pb GGBP 2006. Excellent very scarce school story.  NEW.  £13

S282) Elder, Josephine; Erica Wins Through; pb GGBP 2010. 1^st of Scholarship Girl trilogy. Order now £13

S283) Elder, Josephine; The Scholarship Girl; pb GGBP 2011.  Second in trilogy.  NEW. £13

S284) Elder, Josephine; The Scholarship Girl at Cambridge; pb GGBP 2012. Third in trilogy. Such an interesting story of life for a new student at one of the women’s colleges.  NEW. £13

S285) Moore, Dorothea; The Only Day-Girl; pb GGBP. Exuberant fun! (And features one of the few disabled girls in classic girls’ school stories.) NEW. £13

S286) Smith, Evelyn; Val Forrest in the Fifth ; pb GGBP 2009. NEW. £13

Gardam, Jane

S287) God on the Rocks; pb Abacus.  Fine. £3

S288) A Few Fair Days; 1987 MacRae.  Fine in fine dw. £5

Gegan, Phyllis

S289) A Mystery for Ninepence; Collins. 9d bundle of old books sparks mystery. VG/VG £6

Goodall, John

S290) An Edwardian Christmas; 1977 1^st ed.  A beautifully illustrated book, a delightful wordless story. VG++ in VG++ dw. £6

Harnett, Cynthia

S293) The Great House; pb Puffin. 1690 – can Barbara and Geoffrey convince their architect father to use some of their ideas on his new commission? Beautifully illustrated as always. VG £5

Harris, Mary K

S295) Emily and the Headmistress; pb Puffin. Emily has to spend the holidays ALONE with Miss Robinson; a nice funny story. £5

S296) Gretel at St Bride’s; 1953 rep; Nelson.  Gretel, German refugee at boarding school, has great difficulty adjusting to a strange world.  VG+ in VG+ dw. £7.50

Hill, Lorna;  Wells series dustwrappers are lovely watercolours of ballet scenes

S297) Dancer in Danger; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £13

S298) Dancer’s Luck; 1955 1^st ed; Nelson.  VG. £9.50

S299) The Vicarage Children; pb GGBP 2008. 1^st of trilogy.  £13

S300) More About Mandy; pb GGBP 2009.  Second in Vicarage Children trilogy.  NEW.  £13

S301) The Vicarage Children in Skye; pb GGBP 2010.  £13

S302) A Dream of Sadler’s Wells; pb GGBP 2012. First in the Wells series.  NEW. £13

S303) Dress Rehearsal; pb GGBP.   Wells series.  NEW.  £15

S304) Swan Feather; pb GGBP 2006. Wells series.   NEW.  £15

S305) Masquerade at the Wells; 1952 1^st ed; Evans. Bds slightly marked, gen VG.  £7.50

S306) Wells pbs; Piper / Piccolo.  G+ or better, £3.50 each; Dream; No Castanets.

S307) Marjorie and Co.; 1956 rep; Nelson. Col fp. VG. £8.50

S308) Border Peel; pb GGBP spring 2007.  NEW.  £13 

S309) Northern Lights;  pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £13

S310) Castle in Northumbria; 1961 rep; Burke. VG. £7.50

Hunter, Mollie

S313) Mermaid Summer; pb Lion. How can Anna and Jon save their village from the vengeance of a rather unpleasant mermaid?  Fine. £3

S314) Patrick Kentigern Keenan; 1963 1^st ed; Blackie.  He claims to be the smartest man in Ireland, able to outwit the fairies, but when they call his bluff, he has to prove it! Ex-lib, G in VG dw. £5

S315) The Thirteenth Member; pb Piccolo. Historical adventure - Gilly the kitchenmaid is threatened as a witch. G. £3

James, Grace

S316) John and Mary Detectives; 1953 rep; Muller. VG in VG dw. £6.50

Jarrell, Randall

S317) The Animal Family; 1976 Kestrel.  Illus Maurice Sendak. Ex-lib, tapes marks on eps o/w VG in VG+ dw. £5

Johns, Capt. W.E.

S318) Biggles pbs; Nice old Knight or Armada, 1960s & 1970s;  all G+ or better, £3 each; Chinese Puzzle; Air Commodore; Defies the Swastika; In the Orient

S319) Biggles in the Orient; 1944 1^st ed; H&S.  Boards faded in patches, inside VG.  £4

S320) Biggles in the Orient; 1952 rep; H&S. G++ in G chipped dw with 1” missing from top of sp

S321) Biggles Delivers the Goods; 1952 rep; H&S. VG. £5

S322) Biggles Breaks the Silence; 1949 1^st ed; H&S.  Nice crisp bds, ome foxing, G+. £6

S323) Gimlet’s Oriental Quest; 1948 1^st ed; Brockhampton. Col fp. Tape marks on eps, G+. £6.50

Konigsburg, E.L.

S324) From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler; pb Walker. Claudia runs away – to the Metropolitan Museum of Art…  VG. £3.50

Lane, Jane

S325) The Escape of the Queen; 1961 rep; Evans. Mary, Queen of Scots. G+ in G repaired dw. £5

Lunn, Janet

S326) Shadow in Hawthorn Bay; pb Puffin.  1815 – enthralling tale of mystery and love. VG. £3

Mackenzie, James

S328) Another Country – A Guide to the Children’s Books of the Lake District and Cumbria.  GGBP Larger format 2008. Fascinating, with useful info and  enticing illustrations. £15

Mallory, Clare

S329) Candy Nevill; pb 2012 Margin Notes.  A hitherto unpublished book by Mallory, which features lots of baking and sweet-making (shades of the Merry books!). Candy is the “slow” one in a family of bright siblings, and doesn’t seem to shine at anything…  NEW. £13.

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

S331) Merry Again; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £15

S332) Merry Marches On; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £15

S333) Juliet Overseas; pb GGBP 2006. New Zealander Juliet comes to English  school. NEW £15

S334) The New House at Winwood; pb GGBP 2008.  Such an enjoyable school story! The familiar trope of the new house being resented by those of longer standing, but so well written. NEW.  £15

S335) The League of the Smallest; pb GGBP 2009.  NEW.  £15 

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.  £13

McClelland, Helen

S340) Summer’s Ending; pb GGBP 2006. Fascinating novel by EBD biographer. NEW £5

Montgomery, L.M

S344)  Paperbacks, all Puffin, all VG or better, £3.50 each; Anne of Green Gables; Anne of Avonlea;  Anne of the Island;  Anne’s House of Dreams;

S345) Anne of Green Gables; 1971 rep; Harrap. VG+ in VG dw (Kim Braden TV pic). £5

S346) Anne of Avonlea; 1925; Harrap.  Col fp. Edges foxed o/w VG. £5

S347) Anne of The Island; 1960 rep; Ryerson.  Handsome Canadian ed, a bit larger than usual.  VG++ in G+ dw missing 3 chunks on spine.  £5

S348) Anne of The Island; 1934 rep Harrap. VG in VG-  orange dw. £5

S349) Anne of Ingleside; 1941 rep; Harrap. VG. £5

S350) Chronicles of Avonlea; 1925 1^st UK; Harrap. No fp, 1 page has tape marks, VG. £6

Moore, Dorothea

S353) The Only Day-Girl; pb GGBP. NEW. £13

Needham, Violet

S354) The Woods of Windri; 1944 1^st ed; Collins.  Excellent historical story set in her Ruritanian middle European landscape.  VG in G++ dw.  £12.50

S355) How Many Miles to Babylon?; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW. £13

S356) The Horn of Merlyns; pb GGBP 2010.  £13

S357) The Bell of the Four Evangelists; pb GGBP.  NEW.  £13

S358) Pandora of Parrham Royal  pb GGBP.  NEW.  £13

S359) The Emerald Crown; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW  £25

S360) Stormy Petrel; pb GGBP 2006.  NEW.  £25

S361) The House of the Paladin; pb GGBP 2006.  NEW.  £15

S362) Richard and the Golden Horseshoe; pb GGBP 2008.  £15

S363) The Secret of the White Peacock;  GGBP 2008.  £15

S364) The Red Rose of Ruvina;  GGBP 2008.  £15

O’Farrell, Kathleen

S365) The Camerons Lead the Way; 1957 1^st ed; Heinemann. VG+.  £6.50

Oldmeadow, Katherine

S366) Princess Prunella; nd Ch Press.  School story. VG+ in VG dw.  £6.50

S367) Princess Charming; nd Ch Press.  School story – impoverished family of girls, faced with leaving their large house, decide to turn it into a somewhat unconventional school with the help of their governess. VG+ in VG dw.  £6.50

Oliver, Jane

S368) Queen Most Fair; pb Dragon.  Escape of Mary Queen of Scots. Fine. £3

Oxenham, E.J.

S369) Girls of the Hamlet Club; pb EJO Society 2012.  NEW. Order now!  £15

S370) Maidlin Bears the Torch;  pb GGBP, 2009.  Welcome reprint of extremely rare title. NEW.  £13 

S371) Goblin Island; pb GGBP 2007.  Very handsome special centenary edition of  EJO’s first book.  £13

S372) The Camp Mystery; pb GGBP 2006.  £15

S373) The Abbey Girls; pb GGBP 2004.  NEW.  £20

S374) The Abbey Girls Go Back to School; pb 2005 GGBP.  £15

S375) Jen of the Abbey Schoool; pb 2007 GGBP. Details of very complicated publishing history. NEW. £15

S376) The New Abbey Girls;  pb GGBP 2008.  This is the story which introduces Rosamund and Maidlin to the Abbey, if you have the brutally cut Children’s Press version this is almost like a different book.  NEW  £15 

S377) Queen of the Abbey Girls; pb GGBP 2010. NEW.  £13

S378) The Abbey Girls; ex-lib.  Reading copy, £5

S379) Jen of the Abbey School; 1949 rep; Collins.  VG. £6

S381) The Abbey Girls in Town; 1953 rep; Collins.  VG in G dw. £7.50

S382) A Dancer from the Abbey; 1956 rep; Collins.  VG. £6

S383) Robins in the Abbey; 1950 rep; Collins.  No text missing, but rather messy; sound reading copy.  £4

S384) Schoolgirls and Scouts; nd Collins. Col fp. G++. £25

S385) The Conquest of Christina; nd Collins.  G+ in G+ dw. £30

S386) A School Camp-Fire; nd Chambers. Fp and 2 other colour plates by Percy Tarrant.  Page edges have just a little foxing, o/w VG in a VG dw.  £60

S388) Deb at School; 1929 1^st ed; Chambers.  A scarce title.  1 b&w pl, plus 3 excellent photocopies of the other plates.  VG in p/c dw.  £160

S389) Comb-bound Typescripts; good second-hand condition, £10 each; Girls of the Hamlet Club; Rachel in the Abbey;  Damaris Dances.

Pocock, Doris

S391) The Treasure of the Trevellyans; 1959 1^st Ward Lock. Cornish house. G+ in G++ dw. £5

Porter, Eleanor

S393) Oh, Money! Money!; 1918 1^st UK; Constable. What should a multi-millionaire do with his money? He has 3 relations and he decides to check them out anonymously. Fp. Pic bd. VG. £10

S394) Cross-Currents – The Story of Margaret; 1928 rep; Harrap. VG. £5

S395) Pollyanna; pb Puffin.  VG+.  £3

S396) Pollyanna; 1957 rep; Harrap. Sp faded o/w VG+.  £4

S397) Pollyanna Grows Up; pb Starfish.  VG. £3

S398) Six Star Ranch; 1928 Harrap.  VG. £6

S399) [Porter] Smith, Harriet L; Pollyanna’s Western Adventure; 1950 rep; Harrap. A little bowed, G. £4

S400) [Porter] Borton, E; Pollyanna in Hollywood; 1951 rep; Harrap. VG  £6

S401) [Porter] Borton, E; Pollyanna’s Castle in Mexico; 1951 rep; Harrap. VG in worn dw. £7.50

S402) [Porter] Borton, E.; Pollyanna’s Golden Horseshoe; 1940 A&R. VG. £6

S403) [Porter] Chalmers, M; Pollyanna’s Protegée; 1949 rep; Harrap.  Scarce title. Clean, G. £6

S404) [Porter] Moffitt, V; Pollyanna of Magic Valley; 1952 rep; Harrap. Book token stuck on fep, VG. £5

Price, Willard

S406) South Sea Adventure; 1980 rep; Cape. Exciting world-ranging animal collecting adventures of teenagers Hal and Roger Hunt.   Illus Pat Marriott. Ex-lib, G++ in VG dw. £6

S407) Underwater Adventure; 1969 rep; Cape.  Illus Pat Marriott. Col fp. VG+ in VG dw. £7.50

S408) African Adventure; 1969 rep; Cape.  Illus Pat Marriott. Ex-lib, VG in VG dw. £7.50

S409) Safari Adventure; 1969 rep; Cape.  Illus Pat Marriott. Ex-lib, G+. £5

S410) Diving Adventure; 1970 1^st; Cape. Gt Barrier Reef.  Illus Pat Marriott. VG/ G+ dw. £7.50

S411) Arctic Adventure; 1980 1^st ed Cape.  Illus Pat Marriott. VG+ in VG+ dw. £7.50

Ransome, Arthur

S412) Old Peter’s Russian Tales; pb Puffin. VG  £3

S414) Winter Holiday; 1949 rep; Cape. VG+ in VG+ dw.  £6

S415) Coot Club; 1949 rep; Cape.  VG+ in VG+ dw.  £6

S416) Secret Water; 1962 rep; Cape.  VG+ in VG+ dw, lovely copy.  £6

S417) Missee Lee; 1957 rep; Cape.  Boards and dw rippled by damp, pages not affected, inside G++ in G+ dw. £6

S418) The Big Six; 1954 rep; Cape.  VG+ in G+ dw.  £6

S419) Great Northern?; 1947 2^nd imp; Cape.  VG+ lovely bright copy, remains of dw.  £6

S420) Paperbacks; Puffin, trad Ransome covers; G+ or better, £3 each; Picts & Martyrs; Peter Duck; Winter Holiday; Secret Water; Great Northern?;  Coot Club. 

Redlich, Monica

S421) Five Farthings; pb 2011 Margin Notes. This is a gorgeous family story with a tremendous sense of place – the London that disappeared in the Second World War.  Full of city churches, views of St Paul’s, publishing espionage and housekeeping!  NEW. £13

Saville, Malcolm

The Lone Pine Series

S422) The Secret of Grey Walls; pb GGBP 2007.  NEW.  £15 

S423) Lone Pine Five; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW. £15

S424) The Elusive Grasshopper; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW.  £13

S425) The Neglected Mountain ; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £13

S425a) Wings Over Witchend; pb GGBP. NEW. £13

S426) Saucers Over the Moor; pb 2009.  NEW.  £13

S427) The Secret of the Gorge; pb GGBP 2011. £13

S428) Mystery Mine; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £13 

S429) Sea Witch Comes Home; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £13

S430) Not Scarlet But Gold; pb GGBP 2012.  Forthcoming - Order now!  NEW. £13

S431) Mystery at Witchend; 1953 rep; Newnes.  VG, with rear panel and flap of dw only. £12

S432) Seven White Gates; nd (title page missing); Newnes.  Sp blotchy, rear hinge exposed, text G.  £4

S433) The Secret of Grey Walls; 1948 rep; Newnes.  Tiny bit of fraying on edges of bds, inside VG. £10

S434) The Secret of Grey Walls; 1986 rev ed; Goodchild.  VG in VG+ dw.  £6

S435) The Elusive Grasshopper; 1951 1^st ed; Newnes.  A good reading copy.  £8

S439) The Neglected Mountain; 1953 1^st ed; Newnes.  Heart drawn on front bd, o/w gen VG. £14

S440) The Neglected Mountain; 1986 rev ed; Goodchild.  Ex-lib, gen G++ in G+ dw.  £6

S441) Home to Witchend; pb 1^st ed (Armada original, no hb 1^st ed). VG. £7.50

S442) Lone Pine pbs; Armada / Merlin; G+ £3.50 each; Lone Pine 5; Treasure at Amorys; The Neglected Mountain; Wings Over Witchend; Mystery Mine

Jillies Series

S443) Strangers at Snowfell; 1949 1^st ed; Lutterworth. Col fp. Bds a little worn, professional repairs to spine and eps, text VG. £11

S444) The Sign of the Alpine Rose; 1950 1^st ed; Lutterworth.  VG+.  £12

Other titles

S446) Good Dog Dandy; pb 1971 1^st (pb original, no hb); Armada.  Lucy and Humf story set in Sussex. Fine. £5

S447) All Summer Through; pb Armada.  Nettleford title. VG. £3.50

S448) The Secret of Galleybird Pit; pb Armada. Nettleford title. G++ £3

S449) Trouble at Townsend; 1946 Transatlantic. Michael and Mary title. G++. £5

S450) Seaside Scrapbook for Boys and Girls; 1946 Gramol.  VG in charming VG dw. £5

S451) [Saville] Malcolm Saville: A Friendship Remembered by Viv Turner; pb GGBP 2010.  £15

S452) Saville Interest: The Shropshire Village Book; Shropshire Fed of Women’s Institutes; pb 1988. A detailed gazetteer of Shropshire villages with all the familiar Saville names featured. VG. £5

Severn, David

S453) Hermit in the Hills; 1945 1^st ed; Bodley Head.  Bds very slightly marked, inside VG. £6

Shaw, Jane

S455) Susan and the Spae-Wife; in Collins’ Girls Annual 1960. Story charmingly illustrated in b&w and 1 col pl. Sp sl detached, o/w VG. £4

S456) Susan Interferes; nd; Ch Press.  G+ in VG dw. £4

S457) Susan Pulls the Strings; nd rep; Ch Press.  VG in G+ dw.  £5

S458) Where is Susan?; pb Bettany Press; 2006.  £12

Sleigh, Barbara

S459) The Kingdom of Carbonel; pb Puffin.  The magical cat. VG. £3

Smith, Dodie

S460) The Hundred & One Dalmations; 1974 rep; Heinemann. Ex-lib, G+ in G dw, sp faded. £5

Smith, Evelyn

S461) Val Forrest in the Fifth ; pb GGBP 2009. £13

S462) The Little Betty Wilkinson; nd Blackie.  B&w fp and 2 other pl.  G+, bright bds. £6.50

Speare, Elizabeth George

S463) The Witch of Blackbird Pond; nd HM. Flamboyant Kit from Barbados has to come to terms with 1687 Puritan New England – and it with her.  VG+ in fine dw. £7.50

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

S464) Paperbacks; Puffin / Collins / Lion / Hodder/ Dragon; VG or better; £3.50 each;  White Boots;  Ballet Shoes for Anna; Apple Bough; Party Frock.  

S465) Tea by the Nursery Fire; pb Virago. A welcome reprint of a scarce title, “Gran-Nannie”, the fictionalised biography of the treasured nanny to three Victorian and Edwardian generations (including herself) of her father’s family in the same way that A Vicarage Family drew on her own life. Mint. £6

S466) Caldicott Place; pb Red Fox. G+. Tim, youngest of the family, inherits a grand country house. £4

S467) Gemma and Sisters; pb Armada Original; 1968 1^st ed (no hb).  VG. £4

S468) White Boots; 1966 rep; Collins.  Ex-lib, VG in VG dw with clear protection affixed. £6

S469) Party Frock; 1956 rep; Collins.  VG. £6

S470) The House in Cornwall; pb Dragon. G++. £4

S471) My Summer Holidays; in The NS Summer Holiday Book; pb Target.  Enjoyable anthology.  VG. £3

S472) The Whicharts; pb 2010 Margin Notes.  Newly republished, Streatfeild’s first novel for adults, which she later rewrote for children as Ballet Shoes – fascinating to compare!  NEW.  £13

S473) [as Susan Scarlett]; Ten Way Street ; pb Greyladies 2012. NEW. £12

S474) [as Susan Scarlett]; Sally-Ann; pb Greyladies 2012.  NEW. £12

Sutcliff, Rosemary

S476) The Queen Elizabeth Story; 1958 rep; OUP. FP neatly coloured in.  Such a great favourite of mine. Here Perdita, who is gifted with being able to see the fairies, longs to see the Queen as she progresses through Devon, but is seemingly thwarted when she develops a rash! VG in VG dw.  £8.50

S480) Sword at Sunset; 1963 1^st ed; H&S. VG+ in VG dw. £7.50

S481) Paperbacks; all G+ or better; £3 each; Warrior Scarlet; The Lantern Bearers; The Sword & the Circle –  Forming of the Round Table; The Road to Camlann; Tristan and Iseult; Outcast.    

Symons, Geraldine

S482) The Rose Window; 1964 1^st H’mann. Very rare early book about Pansy, set before The Workhouse Child, at home in the Cathedral Close, and the search for the rose window hidden from Cromwell’s depredations.  Insc to a niece from Aunt Wendy, with note that “Geraldine Symons who wrote this book lives in Salisbury & I lived in her house for four months.” VG in VG+ dw.  £28

S483) The Workhouse Child; 1969 1^st ed; Macmillan. Ex-college lib, VG in VG dw. £10

S484) The Workhouse Child; pb Puffin. Conventional Pansy, at the seaside with bohemian Atalanta, gets into a scrape when she is mistaken for a workhouse girl. A wonderful pairing. VG. £3

S486) Mademoiselle; pb Puffin, VG+, £4.50

Travers, PL

S487) Mary Poppins from A to Z; 1965 rep; Lyndon.  Lovely pictorial Poppins! VG. £6.50

Trease, Geoffrey

Acclaimed Bannermere books, written as contemporary stories (ie in the early 1950s), set in the Lake District and taking friends from young grammar school pupils to university students. 

S488) GGBP pbs; NEW; £25 each;  No Boats 2004;  Under Black Banner  2005;  Black Banner Players  2005. 

S489) GGBP pbs; NEW; £15 each;  Black Banner Abroad; 2006; The Gates of Bannerdale; 2007.

S490) Under Black Banner; 1964 rep: Heinemann.  VG+ in G somewhat edge-worn dw. £22

S491) Under Black Banner; 1967 rep; Heinemann Windmill. VG+. £20

S492) Black Banner Players; pb GGBP 2005. Front cover has a couple of small creases, o/w VG++. £20

S495) Cloak for a Spy; pb Macmillan. 1585 – Giles on dangerous tour of Europe. VG. £4

S496) Cue for Treason; pb Puffin.  Spying and Shakespeare.  G+. £3

S501) Fire on the Wind; 1993 1^st ed; Macmillan. Great fire of London. Ex-lib, but VG in fine dw. £7.50

S503) The Arpino Assignment; pb Walker.  SOE operations in Italy.  G+. £3

S504) Aunt Augusta’s Elephant; pb Piper.  Children find an unusual jewelled egg… Set in Bath. VG. £3.50

S505) A Whiff of Burnt Boats; pb GGBP 2009 larger size. Very entertaining autobiography Photos, extras. £15

Turner, Philip

S506) Colonel Sheperton’s Clock; pb OUP.  A Darnley Mills story, by a much neglected author. VG. £4

Vaizey, Mrs George de Horne

S507) The Ignorance of Sybilla and Other Stories; pb Greyladies 2010.  £12

Vipont, Elfrida

S508) The Spring of the Year; pb GGBP 2012.  Engaging heroine, Laura, struggles with finding her niche, inside the family and beyond.  NEW.  £13

S509) Flowering Spring; pb GGBP 2013. Lovely story – Laura growing up. NEW.  £13.

Webster, Jean

S511) Daddy-Long-Legs; 1947 rep H&S. Classic novel in letter form. Bds blotchy, inside VG. £3

FIDRA BOOKS       SPECIAL OFFER -  £9 each, or £7.50 each if you buy more than one Fidra title

S518) Cannan, Joanna; We Met Our Cousins; and  London Pride; pb Fidra NEW  Each £9

S519) Cumming, Primrose; Silver Snaffles;  pb Fidra 2007.  One of the most loved pony stories of all!  £9

S520) Digby, Anne; Secret Letters at Trebizon;  pb Fidra NEW  £9 

S521) Digby, Anne; Fifth Year Friendships at Trebizon; pb Fidra.  £9

S522) Fitzroy, Olivia; Orders to Poach; pb Fidra 2006.  NEW  £9

S523) Fitzroy, Olivia; Steer By the Stars; pb Fidra.  NEW  £9

S524) Fitzroy, Olivia; The House in the Hills; pb Fidra 2009.  Order Now. NEW.  £9

S525) Lyon, Elinor; Run Away Home;  pb Fidra 2007.  Third Ian and Sovra title.   NEW.  £9

S526) Pardoe, M; Bunkle Began It; pb Fidra.  NEW  £9

S527) Peyton, K.M.; Fly-By-Night; pb 2007 Fidra.  Fascinating introduction by Peyton herself.  NEW.  £9

S528) Walker, Victoria; The House Called Hadlows; pb Fidra.  Much-loved fantasy.  NEW.  £9

Sally’s Specials

Fiction  Lots of favourites and perhaps some new ones to try.   See Greyladies below for D.E. Stevenson!

S529) Bernieres, Louis de; The War of Don Emmanuel’s Nether Parts; pb Vintage. VG+. £3

S530) Burgess, Anthony; Beard’s Roman Women; pb Penguin.  VG. £3

S531) Chevalier, Tracy; Falling Angels; pb Harper Collins.  VG++. £3

S532) Collins, Wilkie; The Moonstone; pb Fontana.  G+.  £3

S533) Dell, Ethel M; The Keeper of the Door; 1930 rep; Benn.  VG in G+ lovely period dw. £5

S534) Douglas, O; Pink Sugar; 1950 rep; H&S. Attractive dw – blossom and Vivien Leigh look-alike! Ex-Fry factory library; back of dw, bds and eps sadly have marks of old sellotape, o/w in good condition. £6

S537) Douglas, O; The Day of Small Things; 1933 rep; Nelson Pocket ed. Nicole and her mother “in exile”; more difficult title. Half spine missing, professionally repaired, inside VG. £8

S539) Du Maurier, Daphne; The Loving Spirit; pb Penguin. Her first novel, set in her beloved Cornwall. VG £4

S541) Firbank, Ronald; Valmouth + 2 more short novels; pb Penguin Modern Classic.  G++. £3

S542) Gallico, Paul; Scruffy; 1962.  Fun novel centred on the Barbary Apes of Gibraltar! VG+ /VG+  £5

S544) Godden, Rumer; Kingfishers Catch Fire; 1955 rep.  VG+ ion VG+ dw. £5

S545) Goudge, Elizabeth; Island Magic; pb Hodder.  Complete but 1 section of pages loose, reading copy. £1

S546) Heyer, Georgette; Friday’s Child; 1946 Book Club.  VG. £4

S547) Heyer, Gerogette; The Black Moth; 1929 rep (same year as 1^st) Heinemann. No fep, front hinge well repaired, rest G+. £5

S553) Holtby, Winifred; South Riding; 1949 rep; Reprint Soc. Classic story of feisty headmistress. VG+. £6

S555) Kyle, Elisabeth; Queen’s Evidence; 1969 1^st Davies. Lib-binding, dw bound to bds. G+. £6

S556) Lehmann, Rosamund; The Ballad and the Source; 1946 rep. VG+ in VG dw. £5

S557) Lehmann, Rosamund; The Weather in the Streets; pb Virago.  VG++. £4

S558) Lewycka, Marina; A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian; pb Penguin. Surprise hit comedy. VG+ £3

S560) Macaulay, Rose; The Towers of Trebizond; 1959 rep.  A novel of travel.  VG+ in VG+ dw. £5

S561) McCarthy, Mary; The Company She Keeps; pb Penguin.  VG. £3

S563) Renault, Mary; The Bull from the Sea; 1962 rep. Ancient Greece – sequel to above. VG+ in VG+ dw  £5

S565) Spark, Muriel; The Mandelbaum Gate; pb Penguin.  £3 

S566) Stafford, Jean; Boston Adventure; pb Hogarth. Heroine Sonie Marburg longs to belong; snobby old-school Bostonians threatened by energy of new 1930s Jazz Age. VG+. £3.50

S568) Watson, Winifred; Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day; pb Persephone.  Charming 1938 novel. VG+. £6

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

S569) Allan, Mabel Esther; Murder at the Flood;  pb. Rare title for adults.  NEW.  £12

S570) Channon, E.M.;  Twice Dead; pb 2010.  Excellent murder mystery.  NEW.  £12

S571) Channon, E.M.; The Chimney Murder; pb Greyladies 2012. Just out!  NEW.  £12

S572) Crompton, Richmal; Leadon Hill; pb 2011. English country life acutely observed… NEW £12

S573) Crompton, Richmal; Matty and the Dearingroydes; pb Greyladies 2012. A warm and delightful novel; the flamboyant Matty, even in her sixties, is game for any adventure. Just out! New. £13

S574) Douglas, O; Pink Sugar;   The Proper Place;  pb.  Delightful Scottish novels by John Buchan’s sister.  NEW. Each £12

S575) 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

S576) Elder, Josephine; Lady of Letters;  pb 2008.  Young school mistress / lecturer in 1930s.  NEW.  £12

S577) 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. Just out!  New. £12.

S578) Mitchell, Gladys; Convent on Styx; pb 2010.  Murder in convent school…  NEW. £12

S579) Pleydell, Susan; Summer Term; pb 2010. Clare, daughter of boys’ school Headmaster, takes her mother’s place for a term, tries to  keep things running smoothly in face of turbulence. NEW. £12

S580) Pleydell, Susan; A Young Man’s Fancy; pb Greyladies 2011.  NEW. Sequel to “Summer Term”. £12

S581) [Streatfeild] Scarlett, Susan; Sally-Ann; pb Greyladies 2012.  NEW. £12

S582) [Streatfeild] Scarlett, Susan; Ten Way Street ; pb Greyladies 2012. That’s Number 10, Way St, home of egocentric actress and family, rather than a ten-way street (definitely a contender for puzzling title). NEW. £12

S583) [Streatfeild] Scarlett, Susan; Clothes-Pegs; pb 2009.  Sizzling 1930s story of mannequins. NEW.  £12

S584) [Streatfeild] Scarlett, Susan; Poppies for England; pb 2008. Holiday camp troupe. £12

S585) [Streatfeild] Scarlett, Susan; Peter and Paul;  pb 2008. Twins in London Fashion House. £12

S586) [Streatfeild] Scarlett, Susan; Love in a Mist ; pb Greyladies 2011. £12

S587) [Streatfeild] Scarlett, Susan; Summer Pudding ; pb Greyladies 2011. Just Out! £12

S588) Stevenson, D.E.; The Fair Miss Fortune; pb Greyladies May 2011.  Previously unpublished! NEW. £12

S589) Stevenson, D.E.; Emily Dennistoun; pb Greyladies May 2011.  Previously unpublished! NEW. £12

S30) Stevenson, D.E.; Jean Erskine’s Secret; pb Greyladies 2013.  Previously unpublished novel written and set in WWI. NEW. Order Now! £12

S590) Vaizey, Mrs George de Horne; The Ignorance of Sybilla and Other Stories; pb Greyladies 2010.  Previously uncollected stories by the author of Pixie O’Shaughnessy.  NEW.  £12

Books about Books and Authors

S591) Twentieth Century Schoolgirls and Their Books - Papers & Presentations from the 2012 Bristol Conference; Topsy-Turvy 2012.  A5 booklet. Find out what you missed at our recent August conference! Newly published   NEW.  £4.50

S592) Twentieth Century Schoolgirls and Their Books - Papers & Presentations from the 2010 Bristol Conference; Topsy-Turvy 2011. 60-page A5 booklet. NEW.  £3.50

S593) Special Offer: Order both conference proceedings together for £7 plus postage.

S594) [Austen] Jenkins, Elizabeth; Jane Austen, A Biography; pb Gollancz.  VG. £5

S595) [Austen] Ashton, Helen; Parson Austen’s Daughter; 1949 1^st ed; Collins. A novel based on Jane’s Austen’s life. VG in charming sl chipped G+ dw. £8

S596) Badger, Jane; Heroines on Horseback; pb GGBP 2013. Non-fiction. A wonderful account of pony books.  Order now!  £15

S597) Bennett, Alan; A Life Like Other People’s; 2009 1^st thus; Faber.  Account of his childhood and family. Fine in fine dw. £6

S598) Blake, Quentin; The Laureate’s Party; pb Red Fox. Selection of his 50 favourite children’s books. VG £4

S599) Brooke, Rupert; The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke, with a Memoir; 1927 rep; Sidgwick.  Memorial issue first published in 1918. Tissue-guarded photo plus sketch of Brook.  VG. £10

S600) A Book of Days; NCC A5 booklet Events for different days of the year, taken from girls’ books.  New.  £4

S601) Children’s Series Fiction; NCC A5 booklet; invaluable lists of all the series by major (and most minor) children’s authors. Discover the books you never knew about!  New.  £4

S602) [Du Maurier] Forster, M.; Daphne Du Maurier; pb Arrow.  Biography of fascinating author. VG+  £5

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) Fox, Geoff et al (eds); Writers, Critics and Children; 1978 Heinemann. Includes sections by numerous authors such as Geoffrey Trease, Nina Bawden, Joan Aiken, Ted Hughes, Russell Hoban, Gillian Avery, Penelope Farmer and Peter Dickinson, as well as on CS Lewis and the Flambards trilogy. VG. £7.50

S605) Green, Roger Lancelyn; Fifty Years of Peter Pan; 1954 Davies.  A very interesting detailed “life” of the play and associated books. VG.  £5

S606) Herbert, Rosemary; Whodunit? A Who’s Who in Crime and Mystery Writing; pb 2003 OUP. Fine. £8

S607) Hollindale, Peter; Choosing Books for Children; 1972 Elek. Discussion of different types of books for various ages, with book lists (including, admirably, Antonia Forest, Mary K. Harris etc).  Interesting chapter on why children like Blyton and are less keen on William Mayne. Ex-lib, VG in nf fine dw. £6

S608) Humphrey, Judith; The English Girls’ School Story: Subversion and Challenge; 2010 pb Academica Press (US).  “Girls’ school stories are dangerous: they change lives.  This is the claim of Judith Humphrey, who combines wry wit and rigorous scholarship in her wide-ranging exploration of the phenomenon of the English girls’ school story and its continuing popularity with adult women.”  NEW.  £17.50

S609) Jackson, Mary V.; Engines of Instruction, Mischief and Magic – Children’s Literature in England from Its Beginnings to 1839; 1989 Scolar.  Substantial book with copious illustrations. VG+ in VG+ £10

S610) 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

S611) Maugham, W. Somerset; A Writer’s Notebook; pb Penguin. Sp faded, VG. £3

S612) [Montgomery] Bruce, H; Maud: the Life of L.M.Montgomery; pb Bantam.  VG. £5

S613) [Nesbit] Briggs, Julia; A Woman of Passion - Life of E. Nesbit; 1987 Hutchinson. VG+ / VG+ dw £7.50

S615) [Sayers] Hitchman, J; Such a Strange Lady; pb NEL. Biography of Dorothy Sayers. VG. £3.50

S616) [Shakespeare] Bryson, Bill; Shakespeare; pb HC.  A splendid short biography.  VG. £4

S617) Smith, Frank; Reading; 1985 2^nd ed; CUP.  How the brain reads, processing visual cues, language, the role of memory, comprehension, readers, learning to read, and ideas for a teacher’s role. VG. £5

S618) Spufford, Francis; The Child that Books Built – A Memoir; 2002 1^st ed; Faber. Fine in fine dw. £5

S619) Tolkien, J.R.R.; 8 Portraits: set of postcards; photos taken at home in 1961 and 1966 by eminent news photographer Pamela Chandler.  Mint in packaging.  £5

S620) Trease / Hugh Lofting / Barrie; collected Bodley Head Monographs; 1968. Fine in nr fine dw. £5

S621) [Wesley] Marnham, Patrick; Wild Mary – A Life of Mary Wesley; pb vintage. Fascinating! Fine. £5

Remarkable Women    A fascinating selection of guides, memoirs and biographies

S622) Bailey, Jenna; Can Any Mother Help Me?; 2007 1^st ed: Faber.  A wonderful slice of social history; a letter from a lonely mother in Nursery World sparked a supportive fifty year correspondence among a large group of mothers. Fine in near fine dw. £5.50

S623) [Beeton] Hughes, Kathryn; The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton; pb Harper.  VG. £4.50

S625) Grenfell, Joyce; Joyce by Herself and Her Friends; pb Futura. VG+. £3

S626) Hughes, M.V.; Vivians – a Family in Victorian Cornwall; pb OUP. Story of Tony and Mary, aunt and mother of this author who wrote about her own life in A London Child of the 1870s etc. VG+. £6

S627) Raverat, Gwen; Period Piece; 1954 rep; Faber.  Lovely account of Cambridge childhood of Darwin’s daughter.  VG++. £5

A Little History

S628) Andrews’ and Dury’s Map of Wiltshire 1773; 1974 rep; Wilts Soc. Large book.  Fascinating!  VG+. £8

S629) Bradford, Ernle; The Great Siege – Malta 1565; 1962 World Books. Knights of St John defending Malta against the Turks. VG+ in VG+ dw. £5

S630) Buruma, Ian; Wages of Guilt – Memories of War in Germany and Japan; pb Vintage. VG. £3

S632) McGrath, Alister; In the Beginning – The Story of the King James Bible and How it Changed a Nation, a Language and a Culture; 2001 H&S. The history of a famous book, without doubt the most important ever published in English. Near fine in fine dw.  £6.50

S634) Nicholson, Virginia; Singled Out; pb Penguin. The generation of spinsters after WWI. VG-. £4

S635) Ollard, Richard; Pepys – A Biography; pb Atheneum. Enthusiastic account of his times. VG++. £3

S636) Preston, Jean; The Diary of a Farmer’s Wife, 1796-97; pb Penguin.  Fascinating Anne Hughes’ diary, compiled from old diary notes by Anne herself and oral stories told by Anne’s daughter to Jean, who wrote them up in the 1930s for Farmers’ Weekly.  VG. £5

S637) White, Rowland; Vulcan 607; 2006 Bantam.  Last heavy bomber mission, in Falklands. Fine / fine £5

S638) Woodward, G: A Parson in the Vale of the White Horse – George Woodward’s Letters 1753-61. VG £4

S639) Wright, Lawrence; Clean and Decent – The Fascinating History of the Bathroom and the Water Closet; pb (larger size) Penguin.  VG++. £4.50

An Interesting Miscellany

S640) Ballantyne, Andrew; Architecture – A Very Short Introduction; pb 2002 OUP.  Fine. £3

S641) The Beano Book 1959; DC Thomson.  Scarce early annual, showing its age, but well restored to robust readability with a new spine.  £14

S642) Blanch, Lesley; Around the World in Eighty Dishes; pb 1962 Penguin. The world in your kitchen. VG.£5

S643) Cakes and Custard – Children’s Rhymes Chosen by Brian Alderson, Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury; 1974 Heinemann.  A lovely collection.  Glazed picture bds, sp just sl loose at the top, VG. £5.50

S644) Dampier and Walton; What’s in the Queen’s Handbag and other Royal Secrets; 2010 rep.  All those interesting little facts!  Glazed bds, VG+. £3

S645) Du Maurier, Daphne; Gerald; pb Penguin.  Biography of Daphne’s father, great actor-manager. G+. £3

S646) [Girl] Charm School – Advice for the Thoroughly Modern Girl: Tips from the 1950s Girl comics on everything from making friends with boys and dealing with a dull complexion to becoming a missionary… 2007 Prion. Large format. VG+.  £6

S647) Hanff, Helene; 84 Charing Cross Rd; pb.  Classic account of buying books by post, 1940s on. VG. £4

S648) Hanff, Helene; Q’s Legacy; pb Futura.  Author’s literary influences.  VG+. £3

S649) Hanff, Helene; Apple of My Eye; pb Futura.  Love letter to New York.  V G+. £3

S651) Hanson, Shirley; Food for Thought – A Book of Parsonage Recipes; 1961 Lincs Old Churches Trust. How to make Pufferies, Dandy Pudding or Friars Omelette…  VG. £5

S654) Jacobs, Norman; Behind the Colonnade – 37 Years at the British Museum ; pb 2010 HP.  A very interesting behind-the-scenes look at a great institution. VG £4

S655) Kahn, Tim; Bringing Up Boys; pb Picadilly.  Very useful book!  VG+. £3

S656) Mackie, Mary; Dry Rot and Daffodils; pb Gollancz. Living in a National Trust house. G. £3

S657) Potter, Stephen; Potter on One-Upmanship; 1952 1^st ed; Hart-Davis.  Sp sunned, o/w VG+. £7.50

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S658) Double Audio Cassettes; £3 each:  Wodehouse, PG – Right Ho, Jeeves: BBC dramatisation (case slightly damaged) ; 

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

S659) Allingham, Margery; The Tiger in the Smoke; pb Vintage. Handsome reprint, VG+.  £4

S661) Beaton, M.C.; Snobbery with Violence; pb Robinson. Heroine Lady Rose, Edwardian mystery. G+. £3

S663) Christie, Agatha; Problem at Pollensa Bay; pb 1991 Fontana.  1^st collected appearance of several early short stories. VG. £5

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S664) Christie, Agatha; Really handsome facsimile editions of original Collins/ Crime Club early editions (1930s-50s), with the original dw designs, published 2005-8, very attractive, all fine/ near fine condition in similar dws; £5 each; Mysterious Affair at Styles; At Bertram’s Hotel;  A Pocket Full of Rye; Sleeping Murder;   4:50 from Paddington. 

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S669) Cross, Amanda; The James Joyce Murder; pb Virago. A Kate Fansler (prof of English) mystery. VG £4

S670) Lake, Deryn; Death at St James’s Palace; pb A&B. John Rawlings Georgian mystery.  VG+. £4

S671) Lake, Deryn; Death in the Setting Sun; pb A&B. John Rawlings Georgian mystery.  VG+. £4

S672) Lawrence, Paul; The Sweet Smell of Decay; pb BB. 1664 – Harry Lytle’s cousin is murdered. VG £3

S673) Marston, Edward; The King’s Evil; pb A&B. Jonathan Bale, Puritan constable, and Christopher Redmayne, Cavalier architect, unite to find killer of Sir Ambrose Northcott in ashes of Great Fire. VG+. £3

S674) Mitchell, Gladys; Tom Brown’s Body; pb Vintage. Handsome new edition.  Nr fine, £4

S676) Mitchell, Gladys; The Saltmarsh Murders; pb Vintage. Handsome new edition.  Nr fine,   £4

S677) Mitchell, Gladys; Death at the Opera; pb Vintage. Handsome new edition.  VG+,   £4

S679) Sayers, D. L; Strong Poison; 1947 rep; Gollancz.  VG. £5

S680) Sayers, D.L.; Have His Carcase; 1940 rep; Gollancz.  VG. £5

S681) Sayers, D.L.; Busman’s Honeymoon; 1947 4/6 Cheap Edition; Gollancz. VG in worn dw. £6

S682) Sedley, Kate ; The Midsummer Crown; pb 2011; Severn House.  Very recent Roger the Chapman mystery set in turbulent 1483. Near fine, read only once. £7

S684) Walsh, Jill Paton; The Bad Quarto; 2007 H&S.  Cambridge mystery featuring delightful Imogen Quy.  VG+ in VG+ dw. £6.50

Special Offer – any 4 crime books below for £10

S685) Bell, Josephine; Death of a Conman; 1990 rep Chivers.  VG in VG++ dw.  £4.50

S686) Burley, W.J.; Wycliffe And the Guild of Nine; pb Orion.  VG+. £3.50

S688) Christie, Agatha; 4:50 from Paddington; 1959 Book club.  VG in G+ pictorial dw. £5

S689) Christie, Agatha; Dead Man’s Folly; 1956 Collins Crime Club.  VG in G+ dw chipped on lower edge. £5

S690) Christie, Agatha; At Bertram’s Hotel; 1965 rep; Book club.  VG++ in VG dw. £5

S692) Christie, Agatha; Paperbacks.  All G+ or better, £3 each; Lord Edgeware Dies; Murder on the Orient Express; Poirot Investigates;  Listerdale Mystery; The Murder of Roger Ackroyd;   Hallowe’en Party; Cards on the Table; Miss Marple’s Final Cases; Partners in Crime; N or M?.

S693) Davis, Lindsey; The Silver Pigs; pb Arrow. Falco Roman mystery – very entertaining.  VG+. £3.50

S695) Dibdin, Michael; Vendetta; pb Faber. Aurelio Zen mystery set in Sardinia. VG+. £4

S696) Greene [ed]; The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes – Early Detective Stories; pb Penguin. Spine cracked at one point, fragile but no loose pages.  £2

S697) Heyer, Georgette; Behold, Here’s Poison; pb Arrow. Handsome new cover. £4

S698) Heyer, Georgette; No Wind of Blame; pb Arrow. Handsome new cover. £4

S699) Heyer, Georgette; Death in the Stocks; pb Arrow. Handsome new cover. £4

S700) Heyer, Georgette; Footsteps in the Dark; pb Grafton. £3

S701) Lovesey, Peter; A Case of Spirits; 1978 BCA.  Sergeant Cribb Victorian mystery.  VG in VG dw. £4

S702) Martinez, Guillermo; The Oxford Murders; pb Abacus.  Celebrated debut. VG+. £4

S703) Medieval Murderers; The Lost Prophecies; pb Pocket. Authors incl Jecks, Gregory, Knight etc. VG. £4

S704) Ostrander, Isabel; The Clue in the Air; nd [originally pub 1917] Hutchinson.  G. £3

S705) Packard, Frank; Jimmie Dale and the Blue Envelope Murder; nd H&S.  Fair. £3

S706) Peters, Ellis; The Potter’s Field; pb Futura.  Brother Cadfael.  VG. £3

S707) Peters, Ellis; The Rose Rent; pb Futura.  Brother Cadfael.  VG. £3

S708) Peters, Ellis; An Excellent Mystery; pb Futura.  Brother Cadfael.  VG. £3

S709) Peters, Ellis; The Pilgrim of Hate; pb Futura.  Brother Cadfael.  VG. £3

S710) Ross, Kate; A Broken Vessel; pb Penguin.  A Julian Kestrel Regency mystery. VG. £4

S711) Ross, Kate; The Devil in Music;  pb Penguin.  A Julian Kestrel Regency mystery. VG. £4

S712) Sayers, Dorothy; Paperbacks; G or better, £3 each: Whose Body?;   Clouds of Witness; Gaudy Night. 

S713) Stallwood, Veronica; Oxford Fall; pb Headline. Kate Ivory mystery, set (as you might guess) in Oxford; Kate is a writer of romantic fiction who happens to encounter dead bodies everywhere! G++. £3.50

S715) Watson, Colin; The Flaxborough Chronicle; 1972 rep BCA. Omnibus featuring Coffin, Scarcely Used; Bump in the Night; Hopjoy Was Here.  Comic mysteries.  VG in VG dw. £6.50

S716) Wentworth, Patricia; Poison in the Pen; pb Penguin; 1962.  Green crime livery. G+. £3

S717) Wentworth, Patricia; Poison in the Pen; nd Thriller Crime Club.  G+. £4.50

S718) Wentworth, Patricia; The Fingerprint; 1959 Thriller Crime Club. VG+ in VG dw. £6

S719) Wentworth, Patricia; Miss Silver Paperbacks, Hodder or Pyramid, 1963-70; only fair (complete but fragile); £2 each; The Chinese Shawl;  The Fingerprint; The Ivory Dagger.

S720) Wentworth, Patricia; Miss Silver Paperbacks, Coronet 1972-88; G or better; £3 each; The Clock Strikes Twelve; Poison in the Pen; The Brading Collection;  The Girl in the Cellar.

S721) Winspear, Jacqueline; Maisie Dobbs; pb Murray.  First in excellent series set in 1920s, with a very unusual detective. VG. £3

Here's to a lovely spring of reading!  Sally