Please e-mail me at  sdore@waitrose.com to place an order

Welcome to my half of the new Topsy-Turvy catalogue. My part of the catalogue contains my usual mix of second-hand and new books, children’s books first and then Sally’s Specials, those for adults.  Betula’s books can be found on her page. The book of the talks and presentations from our 2018 conference will be published  in the next few months – for those of you who were there and those who missed it!

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) [Brent-Dyer] The Chalet School Annexe: by Adrianne Fitzpatrick; pb GGBP 2018.  £13

S2) Brent-Dyer, Elinor; The Condor Crags Adventure; pb GGBP 2018. New. £13

S3) Brent-Dyer, Elinor; The Lost Staircase; pb GGBP rep 2018. New. £13

S4) Clifford, Kay; Career Novels for Girls; pb Mirfield Press 2018.  NEW. £15

S5) Courtney, Gwendoline; Stepmother; pb GGBP. NEW. 2018. £13

S6) Edwards, Monica; The Midnight Horse; pb GGBP 2018

S7) Goudge, Elizabeth;  The Valley of Song; pb GGBP 2019 £13

S8) Hill, Lorna; Veronica at the Wells; pb GGBP 2018

S9) Oxenham, E.J.; Rachel in the Abbey; pb EJO Soc. 2018. New  £16

S10) Saville, Malcolm; Dark Danger; pb GGBP 2018. New. £13

S11) Smith, Evelyn; The Twins at School; pb GGBP 2018. £12

S12) Stafford, Ann; Silver Street; pb Greyladies 2018. New. £12

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

Postage is cheaper for advance orders. GGBP now print significantly fewer copies of each title, so titles are going out of print within a short time, sometimes before the next catalogue - order in advance to be sure of a copy)

S13) Brent-Dyer, Elinor; Exploits of the Chalet Girls; pb GGBP 2019. NEW. £13

S14) Brent-Dyer, Elinor; Geography Readers Volume 1: A Quintette in Queensland and Verena Visits New Zealand; pb GGBP 2019. NEW. £13

S15) [Brent-Dyer] The Chalet School and Cornelia: by Katherine Bruce; pb GGBP 2019 £13

S16) Bristol Conference: Papers and Presentations from the Sixth Conference; pb. Spring 2019. £7.50

S17) Edwards, Monica; The Summer of the Great Secret; pb GGBP 2019. New. £13

S18) Forest, Antonia; The Thuggery Affair; pb GGBP 2019. New. £13

S19) Oxenham, E.J.; The Troubles of Tazy; pb EJO Soc 2019. £15

S20) Smith, Evelyn; Terry’s Best Term; pb BTT. 2019. £12

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

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

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

S23) The Stolen Lake; 1982 1^st ed; Cape. Fine in fine dw. Here the action moves to S. America and a literal stolen lake… Nr fine in nr fine dw. £7.50

S24) Dido and Pa; 1986 1^st ed; Cape. Fine in fine dw. £7.50

S25) Is; 1992 1^st ed; Cape. Is is the name of Dido’s younger sister… Fine in fine dw. £7.50

S26) Limbo Lodge; pb larger; Red Fox. Fine. £4

S27) Aiken, Joan; Paperbacks, Puffin / Red Fox; VG, £3 each; The Wolves of Willoughby Chase; Black Hearts in Battersea; Night Birds on Nantucket;  The Stolen Lake; The Cuckoo Tree; Is;  Dido and Pa .

S28) Bridle the Wind; 1983 1^st ed; Cape. A different hero here. Young Felix Brooke has to try to reach his grandfather in Spain in the early years of the 19^th Century. Fine in fine dw. £7.50

S29) The Teeth of the Gale; 1988 1^st ed. Cape. Further adventure of Felix Brooke. Fine in fine dw. £7.50

S30) Midnight is a Place; pb Red Fox. Lucas and his bad-tempered (and sinister?) guardian. Fine. £3

Allan, Mabel Esther

S31) New Schoools for Old; pb GGBP 2018. New. £13

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

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

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

S35) Three Go to Switzerland; pb GGBP 2016. NEW. £15

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

S44) The Bumper Budget; c1931 Nelson. Incl The Fourth’s Form Mistress (DFB), Wynne. Col fp. VG. £6

S45) Daily Mail Annual for Girls; 1^st story Lisa Writes a Postcard - Sybil Burr. 1 p loose, gen G+/ G++ dw £3

S46) Daily Mail Annual for Boys and Girls (8^th); 1^st story The Pantomime Goose – Noel Streatfeild. VG. £4

S47) The Girls’ Budget; c 1926; Blackie. 1^st story The Witch’s Rock. Incl E. Smith, Chaundler, Talbot. VG £4

S48) The Modern Book for Girls; Birn Bros. 1^st story Phantom Pluck by Winifred Norling. Also Laura’s Dull Life and Guardian of Gwaerallion by Mabel Esther Allan, and Bertha Leonard, Constance White. VG. £5

S49) The School Girl’s Annual; Vol X 1931, GOP. 1^st story: The Winning of Kit by Bertha Leonard. Wonderful period cover of closely-fought hockey match. VG. £6.50

S50) Schoolgirls’ Stories; Ch’s Press. Unusual softback annual. Cover: paperchase. 1^st story The Pool. G+. £4

S51) Stories for Girls; Blackie. 1^st story: Sheila of the Marshes. Cumming, Elder, Chaundler, Talbot. VG. £5

Badger, Jane

S52) Heroines on Horseback; pb GGBP 2013. Splendid account of pony books. Non-fiction £15

Barber, Helen

S53) Mollie’s Choice; pb BTT. New story by author of The Bettanys prequels. This has been a very popular debut of a new day school setting, with Mollie coming to stay at the boarding house associated with it and finding her feet. The school is based on a real one. £12

Barber, Antonia

S54) The Amazing Mr Blunden; pb Puffin. Lucy isn’t sure whether Mr Blunden means to hurt or help the troubled ghosts who seem to lurk in the old house. VG. £3

Biggs, Margaret

S57) The very attractive Melling series follows the Blake family at a small home-like school.

All New GGBP pbs, All £13 The New Prefect at Melling; 2004; Last Term for Helen; 2005; New Girl at Melling; 2005; Head Girl at Melling;   2006; Last Term at Melling; 2006; Susan in the Sixth; 2007; Kate at Melling; 2008;  Changes at Melling;   2009.  

S58) Bobby at Hill House; pb GGBP 2014. £13

S59) Christmas Term at Vernley; pb GGBP 2012.  £13

S60) The Two Families; pb GGBP 2010. NEW.  £13

S61) Dilly Goes to Ambergate; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £13

S62) Biggs, Margaret & Blairman, Jacqueline; Triplets at Royders; pb GGBP 2015. School story. New £13

Blyton, Enid

S63) Six Enid Blyton Plays; 1949 rep; Methuen. The book states there is no fee for performance!  Includes Robin Hood & the Butcher and The Whistling Brownies. VG. £6

S64) Six Cousins at Mistletoe Farm; 1948 1^st rep; Evans. G+. 3 spoilt cousins are reformed by a wholesome country lifestyle. G+. £5

S65) 1960s Paperbacks; Armada, £3 each: 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.

S66) Five on a Treasure Island; 1949 rep; H&S. The very first title. VG. £5

S67) Five On Kirrin Island Again; 1965 rep; H&S. VG in VG dw. £7.50

S68) Five Fall into Adventure; 1962 rep; H&S. VG. £4

S69) The Rilloby Fair Mystery; 1957 rep; Collins. VG. £5

S70) Second Form at Malory Towers; 1947 1^st ed; Methuen.  Nice clean VG copy. £6

Brazil, Angela

S71) A Fourth Form Friendship; pb 2006 GGBP, centenary edition, a good one! NEW. £13

S72) A Harum-Scarum School-Girl; nd Blackie. Fat edition, all 6 b&w plates. Pic bds rather worn, G+ inside. £6

S73) A Popular School-Girl; nd Blackie. Fat edition, all 6 b&w plates. Lovely crisp pic bds, inside fep removed, a little foxing, G++. £7.50

S74) A Fourth Form Friendship; nd Blackie. Handsome bds. 5/5 b&w pl. Lacks fep, VG. £6

S75) The Leader of the Lower School; nd Blackie. Fat edition, lovely bright pictorial bds. Fp and 1 other plate missing, 3 more present. Missing fep, hinge exposed in a couple of places, gen G+. £5

S76) Armada pbs, G or better; £3 each; Head Girl at the Gables; The Manor House School.

Breary, Nancy

S77) It was Fun in the Fourth; nd Nelson. Very entertaining. A little tired but sound. £6

Brent-Dyer, Elinor

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

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S78) McCallum, Alison; The Chalet School Encyclopedia;. GGBP larger format pbs. Fascinating and exhaustive guide to all things Chalet. Non-fiction. £16 each. a) Volume 1 (A-D) 2013; b) Volume 2 (E-L) 2014; c79) Volume 3 (M-Q) 2015; d) Volume 4 (R-Z) 2016.

S80) Brent-Dyer, Elinor; Geography Readers Volume 1: A Quintette in Queensland and Verena Visits New Zealand; pb GGBP 2019. NEW. £13

S81) Chalet School World: Short Stories by Helen Barber; pb GGBP 2013. New. £13

S82) Before the Chalet School; Last Term at Taverton High  by Helen Barber. GGBP 2018. £13

S83) Before the Chalet School – The Bettanys on the Home Front by Helen Barber; pb GGBP 2015. £20

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

See also “Mollie’s Choice” under Barber

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

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

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

S88) The Princess of the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2014. NEW. £15

S89) Juniors at the Chalet School by Katharine Bruce; pb GGBP 2016. Same term as “Princess”. NEW. £13

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

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

S92) Head Girl at the Chalet School; pb  GGBP 2013. NEW £15

S93) The Chalet School and Cornelia by Katherine Bruce; pb GGBP 2019. Corney Flower’s first term, with all its excitements. £13

S94) The Rivals of the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2015. NEW £15

S95) Deira Joins the Chalet School by Caroline German; pb GGBP 2010. NEW  £13

S96) Eustacia Goes to the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2016. NEW £20

S97) The Chalet School and Jo; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £15

S98) The Chalet Girls in Camp; pb GGBP 2010.  NEW.  £15

S99) Exploits of the Chalet Girls; pb GGBP 2019. NEW. £13

S100) The Chalet School Annexe: by Adrianne Fitzpatrick; pb GGBP 2018.  £13

S101) The New House at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW.  £15

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

S103) Gillian of the Chalet School  by Carol Allan. GGBP rep 2018. NEW Very popular fill-in. £13

S104) The Chalet School in Exile; pb GGBP.  NEW.  £20

S105) The Muller Twins at the Chalet School by Bruce, Katherine;  pb GGBP 2012.  NEW. £13

S106) The Chalet School Goes To It;  pb GGBP 2010 NEW £15

S107) The Chalet School & Robin by Caroline German; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW.   £13

S108) The Highland Twins at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2018. £15

S109) Lavender Laughs in the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £15

S110) Gay from China at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2007. (Heavily cut in Armada pb ed.) New.  £20

S111) Mystery at the Chalet School; pb GGBP. The older edition without the added story. NEW. £8

S112) Mystery at the Chalet School; rep GGBP 2014. And “Robin Heeds the Call” by Wilkinson/Brownlie. £15

S113) A Chalet School Headmistress by Helen Barber. GGBP rep 2017. Very popular fill-in. £13

S114) Tom Tackles the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S115) The Chalet School and Rosalie; pb GGBP 2016.  New. £15

S116) Sisters at the Chalet School; by Amy Fletcher; pb GGBP 2017. As the War nears its end, the Triplets join the school along with Madge and Bess Herbert. NEW. £13

S117) The Champion of the Chalet School by Adrianne Fitzpatrick; pb GGBP 2014. £13

S118) Three Go to the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2007. NEW. £20

S119) A Difficult Term at the Chalet School by Lisa Townsend; pb GGBP 2011.  £13.

S120) Carola Storms the Chalet School; GGBP 2008.  £15

S121) The Wrong Chalet School; pb GGBP 2011. NEW. £15

S122) Shocks for the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2015. Order now. £13

S123) Changes for the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2014. NEW. £13

S124) Bride Leads the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £20

S125) Joey Goes to the Oberland; pb GGBP 2016. NEW. £20

S126) The Chalet School and Barbara; pb GGBP 2014. £13

S127) The Chalet School Does It Again; pb GGBP 2012. £20

S128) Mary-Lou of  the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW. £15

S129)  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

S130) Excitements at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2007.  £15

S131) The Coming of Age of the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW.  £15

S132) The Chalet School and Richenda; pb GGBP 2018. Heavily cut in the Armada pb. NEW. £15

S133) Joey and Co in Tirol; pb rep, GGBP 2016. New. £15

S134) Ruey Richardson – Chaletian; pb GGBP 2009. £15

S135) The Feud in the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2009.  £15

S136) The Chalet School Triplets; pb  GGBP 2013.  £13

S137) Chalet School Reunion; pb rep GGBP 2015. £15

S138) Jane and the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2013. £13

S139) Adrienne and the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £15

S140) Summer Term at the Chalet School; pb GGBP. New. £15

S141) Two Sams at the Chalet School;  GGBP 2008.  £20

S142) Prefects at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2007. NEW.  £20

S143) 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

S144) Chalet Club Newsletters; pb rep GGBP 2016. Reprints of the original 1960s Chalet Club newsletters, with extra information by EBD about the Chalet School World.  New. £13

S145) The Feud in the Fifth Remove; pb GGBP 2014. New. £13

S146) The School at Skelton Hall; pb GGBP 2009.  The last school EBD created.  NEW.  £13

S147) Trouble at Skelton Hall; pb GGBP 2009.  Sequel to above.  NEW.  £13.

S148) Carnation of the Upper Fourth; pb GGBP 2007.  £13

S149) A Thrilling Term at Janeways; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S150) Caroline the Second; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW  £13

S151) Elizabeth the Gallant; pb GGBP 2006.  NEW.  £13

S152) Step-Sisters for Lorna; pb GGBP 2004.  £15

S154) The Lost Staircase; pb GGBP rep, 2018. NEW. £13

S155) A Head Girl’s Difficulties; pb GGBP. Introduction by me on child deaths in the early 20^th C.  New.  £15

S156) The Maids of La Rochelle; pb GGBP 2011. NEW  £13

S157) Seven Scamps; pb GGBP 2013. £13

S158) Heather Leaves School; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S159) Judy the Guide; pb GGBP 2010.  New. £13

S160) Kennelmaid Nan; pb GGBP 2011. EBD’s almost-career-story. NEW. £13

S161) They Both Liked Dogs; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £13

S162) Fardingales; pb GGBP 2015. New. £13

S163) The Susannah Adventure; pb GGBP 2016. New. £15

S164) Chudleigh Hold; pb GGBP 2007. New. One copy only.  £25

S165) The Condor Crags Adventure; pb GGBP 2018. New. £13

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

S168) The Chalet Girls in Camp; 1960 rep. Sp sl faded, bookplate on endpaper, o/w VG. £10

S170) New House at the Chalet School;  1948 rep.  VG+ in G- dw missing chunk at top of sp / front cover.  £10

S173) Lavender Laughs in the Chalet School; 1956 rep.  VG in VG dw. £20

S174) Gay from China at the Chalet School; 1955 rep. VG+ in G+ dw (spine and hinges have been reinforced with tape, but because of the colours of the dw design, tape isn’t very apparent under protection). £15

S176) Ruey Richardson – Chaletian; nd 1^st. VG+; dw is gen G++ but has been sl trimmed top and bottom. £24

178) Jand and the Chalet School; 1964 1^st ed. Sp sl faded, gen VG+. £22

S179) Gerry Goes to School; 1952 rep. Sl damp mark on edge of first few pages, gen VG in p/c dw. £15

S180) The Maids of La Rochelle; 1952 rep. Lower part of front hinge split, o/w VG in p/c dw. £12

S181) The Lost Staricase; 1954 rep. Chalet connector. Pages biscuity, gen VG. £15

S182) Monica Turns Up Trumps; nd (1^st ed?) RTS. A worn but nice thick copy of this CS connector. £15

S183) Lorna at Wynyards; 1947 1^st ed; Lutterworth. One of my favourite EBDs. VG-. £14

S841) Collected Verse; ed Joy Wotton; NCC 2006 124pp booklet. New. £2.50

S185) Visitors for the Chalet School (the very first Chalet School “fill-in” by Helen McClelland, EBD’s biographer, along  the lines that EBD had sketched out); Armada pb. VG+ £6

S186) Armada pbs; All at £4; Tom, Feud, Winds the Trick, Kenya, Richenda, Triplets, Coming of Age, New Mistress, Reunion

S187) Elinor M. Brent-Dyer’s Chalet School; large format pb 1989 1^st, Armada. Well illustrated collection of background articles and stories, including material from Helen McClelland. VG+. £4.50

Bristol Conference – see what you’ve been missing!  These are all new.

S188)   Twentieth Century Schoolgirls and Their Books - Papers & Presentations from the Sixth 2018 Bristol Conference; 2019. Forthcoming – order now.  Overall theme is War. Illustrated in colour throughout. £7.50

S189) Twentieth Century Schoolgirls and Their Books - Papers & Presentations from the Fifth 2016 Bristol Conference; 2017. Themes are Series fiction and Hobbies. Topics include: Series writing - Narrative Arc or Burbling Stream; Edward Eager & Elfrida Vipont; Series Fiction of Gene Kemp; The Penny series by Stephen Tring; The Bannermere Books of Geoffrey Trease; Amateur Dramatics at Home and at School; Camera, Girls (and a few boys) Own; Switching Sides – From Academic to Author; What were Schoolgirls Reading in 1916?; Gifted Girls in Children’s and Young Adult Fiction; The Pony Book in WWII; Superior Hobbies; A Healthful Outdoor Hobby and Other Ideas from Girls’ Annuals;  EJO Hobbies; How Series Fiction Documents Societal Change; Writing about Yesterday’s Schoolgirl for Today’s Reader104pp paperback, illustrated in colour throughout. £6.50

S190) Twentieth Century Schoolgirls and Their Books - Papers & Presentations from the Fourth 2014 Bristol Conference; 2015. Themes include Locations, real and fictional. Topics include: Quests & Footsteps, Stories set in Sussex , Musical performance in children’s books,  K M Peyton’s school stories,  Ransome & Beyond , European Schoolgirls in Children’s Literature during WWII , 1914 Schoolgirl & Her Books,  Children’s Fiction of Dartmoor,  Real locations used in children’s fiction,  Ruritanian Landscapes,  Young Traveller series. 68pp A5 booklet. NEW.  £5

S191) Twentieth Century Schoolgirls and Their Books - Papers & Presentations from the Third 2012 Bristol Conference; 2012. Themes include Careers. Papers include Careers (real & fictional); Antonia Forest’s England; Joey Bettany’s Character; Ballet books; Streatfeild’s Middle Children and much more 64-page A5 booklet. NEW.  £4.50

S192) Twentieth Century Schoolgirls and Their Books - Papers & Presentations from the Second 2010 Bristol Conference; 2011. Themes include Guides. Papers include Kitty Barne; Chalet School guides & camps; pony books; English language books in translation; building a child’s library and much more 60pp A5 booklet. NEW.  £3.50

S193) Bristol Conference booklets: SPECIAL OFFER   All five booklets  £20

Brown, Pamela

S194) The Swish of the Curtain; pb Knight.  Classic story of theatre-mad group of friends, written originally when the author was 14. Front wrap creased. G+. £3.50

S195) Brown, Pamela; Maddy Alone; pb Nelson. A sequel. VG+. £6.50

S196) Brown, Pamela; Blue Door Venture; 1949 1^st ed; Nelson. Sequel - struggles as very new theatre company. Signed by author. Very slight foxing on sp, sp & tiny strip of front a bit faded, inside VG. £7.50.

Bruce, Dorita Fairlie

S197) Wild Goose Quest; pb GGBP 2013. £13

S198) The Serendipity Shop; pb GGBP 2009.  Colmskirk series, set in very recognisable Scottish locations. £13

S199) Triffeny; pb GGBP 2010.  Second Colmskirk title.  £13

S200) The Debatable Mound; pb GGBP 2011.  Colmskirk series.  NEW. £13

S201) The School on the Moor; pb GGBP 2006.  First Toby title. NEW.  £13

S202) The School in the Woods; pb GGBP 2007. Toby title of legendary rarity.  £13

S203) Toby at Tibbs Cross; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW.  £13

S204) Dimsie and the Jane Willard Foundation: pb GGBP. The collected Dimsie short stories. NEW. £13

S206) Dimsie Takes Charge; 1985 1^st in collected form; Goodchild.  Dimsie and Jane Willard stories gathered together. VG++ in VG+ dw. £8.50

S207) The Girls of St Bride’s; pb GGBP. Mint. £13

S208) That Boarding School Girl; 1935 rep; OUP. Embossed bds, col fp, VG. £6

S209) Nancy at St Bride’s; pb GGBP. New. £13

Buckeridge, Anthony

S210) Jennings Goes to School; 1957 rep; Collins. VG+ in worn but very attractive wraparound dw, on which Mr Carter, Jennings, Darbishire, Mr Pemberton-Oakes and Darbishire senior can all be identified! £10

S211) Jennings pbs, Armada; G+ or better, £3 each. Jennings Goes to School; Jennings and Darbishire; Jennings’ Little Hut; Jennings As Usual; Our Friend Jennings; Jennnings’ Little Hut.

Burton, Hester

S212) Time of Trial; 1972 rep; OUP. Carnegie Medal-winning coming-of-age story of Meg in 1801, her father imprisoned for sedition, and her relationship with their young medical student lodger unresolved. An excellent writer, and this is perhaps my favourite of her books. VG++ in VG+ dw (some scrapes on reverse of dw, not visible from right side). £16

Caldwell, Patricia

S213) Prefects at Vivians; pb GGBP 2010.  NEW.  £13

S214) Head Girl at Vivians; pb GGBP 2010.  NEW.  £13

S215) Strangers at Vivians; pb GGBP 2011.  Order now!  NEW.  £13

S216) Left Until Called For at Vivians; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £13

S217) A Last Year at Vivians; pb GGBP 2013. £13

S218) ¡Viva Vivians!;  pb GGBP 2014. £13

S219) Winter at Vivians; pb GGBP 2016.  New. £13

Career Books

Clifford, Kay

S220) 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. Under the name Kay Whalley, she has delivered many entertaining talks on this subject at the Bristol Conference and elsewhere. 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

Career Books and Career Adventure Stories

S221) Allan, Mabel Esther; Judith Teaches; pb GGBP 2016. Very interesting career story. New. £13

S222) Allan, M.E.; Here We Go Round; pb GGBP 2015. Nursery teacher – interesting career book. £13

S223) Boylston, Helen Dore; Sue Barton, Neighbourhood Nurse; 1954 rep Bodley. Sl foxing, VG in G+ dw. £8

S224) Boylston, Helen Dore; Sue Barton, Rural Nurse; pb Knight. VG £4.50

S225) Edwards, Monica; Rennie Goes Riding; pb Kinght; (Macdonald career series). VG+. £4

Channon, E.M.

S226) That Awful Term; pb BTT 2018. £12

S227) The Honour of the House; nd Collins. Paulina wins over the stolid Kibbles… G+. £5

S228) The Handsome Hardcastles; pb BTT 2017. NEW. £12

S229) A Countess at School;  pb BTT 2016.  £12

S230) 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

S231) Expelled from St Madern’s; pb BTT 2014. New. £12

S232) 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

S233) 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

Chappell, Jennie

S234) Holidays at Waverlea; nd Blackie. Chris and Carlie staying in the history-soaked country one summer. Prize plate, sadly details scratched out. Handsome pic bds, col fp 2 b&w pl, VG. £5

Chappell, Mollie

S235) Cat with No Fiddle; Wealthy Mrs Hunt is having a family reunion for her 100^th birthday, but two rivals for her fortune turn up – who is the imposter?  VG in G+ dw.  £7.50

Chaundler, Christine

S236) The Right St John’s; pb 2007 GGBP. Really charming school story.  NEW.  £13

Courtney, Gwendoline

S237) Stepmother; pb GGBP. NEW. Summer 2018. £13

S238) The Grenville Garrison; pb GGBP 2014. NEW. £13

S239) The Girls of Friars’ Rise; pb GGBP 2004.  NEW.  £13

S240) Denehurst Secret Service; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S241) Well Done Denehurst; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S242) The Chiltons; GGBP 2006.  NEW  £13

S243) Torley Grange; pb GGBP 2008.  £13

S244) Sally’s Family; pb GGBP 2012. A great favourite of mine.  £13

S245) Long Barrow; pb GGBP 2015.  £13

S246) Mermaid House; pb GGBP 2011 1st publication in book form! £13

S247) The Wild Lorings at School; pb GGBP. NEW.  £13

S248) Wild Lorings – Detectives; pb GGBP 2010. £13

Cowper, E.E

S249) Three Girls on a Yacht; nd Cassell. Nd, but early 1900s. 4/4 plates. Wonderful bds with a picture onlaid taken from one of the inside plates, showing our heroines entering a room through the French windows to find an elderly man prostrate on the floor. Other plates illustrate them yachting in typical Edwardian skirts, blouses and ties, and bathing in very fetching full swimming costumes. The final plate shows Anne hiding behind bed curtains, revolver in hand, while an intruder enters the room… Spine lettering faded, o/w VG+.  £8.50

Crompton, Richmal

S250) William- the Globetrotter; pb Armada. VG. £3.50

S251) William and the Monster; pb Armada. VG. £3.50

S252) Willam; 1948 rep Newnes. G+. £5

S253) Willam the Detective; 1944 rep Newnes.   G+. £5

S254) Willam and the Brains Trust; 1954 rep Newnes.  VG in worn dw with splendid picture of two elderly bearded twins confronting each other over William’s cheeky head. £6.50

Curtis, Alice Turner

S256) A Little Maid of New England, omnibus volume containing A Little Maid of Province Town and A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony; 1991 1^st thus, Derrydale. These are American classics for girls. Originally published in 1913, they were forerunners of today’s very popular children’s fiction books written as diaries or focusing on children participating in historic events, here the American Revolution. Curtis went on to write a series of “Little Maid” books.  Fine in fine dw. £12

Darch, Winifred

S257) The New School and Hilary; pb 2008 . Insight into staff point of view.   NEW.  £13

Edwards, Monica

S259) Storm Ahead; pb GGBP. New. £20.

S260) No Entry; pb GGBP 2005. NEW £15

S261) Operation Seabird; pb GGBP 2007.  NEW.  £15

S262) Strangers to the Marsh; pb GGBP.  NEW.  £15

S263) Strangers to the March; 1986 rev ed; Goodchild.  £5

S264) The Hoodwinkers;  pb GGBP 2008.  £15

S265) Dolphin Summer; pb GGBP 2009. £15

S266) The Wild One; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £15

S267) The Spirit of Punchbowl Farm; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW.  £15

S268) Fire at the Punchbowl; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £15

S269) Black Hunting Whip; pb GGBP 2011.  £15

S270) Punchbowl Midnight; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £15 

S271) The Wanderer; pb GGBP 2012. £15

S272) Punchbowl Harvest; pb GGBP 2013.  £15.

S273) Frenchman’s Secret; pb GGBP 2013. £15

S274) The Cownappers; pb GGBP 2014. New. £15

S275) The Outsider; pb GGBP 2015. New. £15

S276) Cargo of Horses; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £15

S277) The Midnight Horse; pb GGBP 2018. NEW. £15

S278) The Summer of the Great Secret; pb GGBP 2019. New. £13

Elder, Josephine

S279) Sister Anne Resigns; pb Greyladies 2012. Uses the author’s own medical background. New. £13.

S280) The Mystery of the Purple Bentley; pb Greyladies 2012. A disappearing doctor …. NEW.  £12

S281) Erica Wins Through; pb GGBP 2010. 1^st of Scholarship Girl trilogy. NEW £13

S282) The Scholarship Girl; pb GGBP 2011.  Second in trilogy.  NEW. £13

S283) 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

S284) Exile for Annis; pb GGBP 2013.  First in the Farm School trilogy. Annis has to leave her wonderful high school to go to an eccentric school in the country run by family friends. £13

S285) Evelyn Finds Herself; pb GGBP 2006.  Excellent school story.  NEW.  £13

Enright, Elizabeth

S711) Gone-Away Lake; pb Odyssey. When Portia and Julian go exploring one summer, they discover, on the other side of the large swamp that had once been a lake, the ruins of an elegant resort community which has faded away. But not all the houses are empty…  Nr fine. £4

S286) Return to Gone-Away; 1969 rep; Heinemann. A new-to-Portia but very old house by the lake to explore over a wonderful summer. Ex-lib, G+ in VG+ dw. £6.50

S710) Spiderweb for Two; 1970 rep; Heinemann. Of all the Melendy stories, this is perhaps my favourite. When the older children go away to school, Randy and Oliver anticipate a miserable time, but then there arrives what is obviously a clue to a treasure hunt…  Ex-lib, G+ in VG dw. £6.50

Estoril, Jean

S288) Drina Dances in Switzerland; pb S&S larger format. VG. £4.50

S289) Drina Dances in Italy; pb S&S larger format. G+. £4.50

S290) Drina Dances Again; pb S&S smaller format. VG. £3

Everett-Green, Evelyn

S291) Loyal Hearts and True – A Tale of the Days of Queen Elizabeth; Nelson; nd but inscribed 1907. 6/6 col plates, of which fp has tissue protection. Dec bds, lovely copy, VG++. £6.50

Fidler, Kathleen

S292) Brydons Get Things Going; pb Knight. VG+. £4

S294) Challenge to the Brydons; pb Knight. VG+. £4

S295) Tales of the South Country; 1962 1^st  Lutterworth. Events from the history of various southern English towns, 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. £6

S712) Look to the West – Tales of Liverpool; 1957 Lutterworth. The great port through the ages. Ex-lib, dw affixed to bds. G++. £4

Fisher, Bertha

S296) An Unpopular Schoolgirl; nd [rep, 1^st published in 1913] Partridge. G+. £5

Forest, Antonia

S297) Hayward, Sally; Antonia Forest’s Kingscote Spring Term; pb GGBP 2011. Well-received.  NEW  £13

S298) [Forest] The Marlows and Their Maker, by Anne Heazlewood; GGBP 2007.  £15

S299) Celebrating Antonia Forest: 2008. Papers from AF Conference, draft material from Run Away Home. £13

S300) Autumn Term; pb Puffin.  VG. £3

S301) End of Term; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £15

S302) End of Term; pb Puffin. Ex-sch lib, G++. £6

S303) The Marlows and the Traitor; pb rep 2015. New. £15

S304) Falconer’s Lure; pb GGBP 2016 rep. NEW. £13

S305) Peter’s Room; pb GGBP. Summer 2018. NEW. £15

S306) The Ready-Made Family; pb GGBP 2004. NEW. £25

S307) The Thuggery Affair; pb GGBP 2005. NEW.  £9

S308) Run Away Home: pb GGBP 2006. New. £25

S309) The Player’s Boy; pb GGBP 2006. Wonderful “extras”!  NEW.  £15

S310) The Players and the Rebels; 1971 1^st ed; Faber.  Minimally ex-lib, VG+ in fine dw. £20

S311) The Players and the Rebels; pb GGBP 2008.    Order Now!  NEW.  £15

S312) The Thursday Kidnapping  pb GGBP.  Her only self-contained story.   £13

Frederick, Heather V.

S313) The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed; 1^st S&S. 1835 – “a salty blend of historical detail and high seas adventure” says a review. Nr fine in nr fine dw. £6.50

Gardam, Jane

S314) The Summer After the Funeral; pb. 16 year old Athene moves between reality and rich fantasies of reincarnating Emily Bronte after her father’s death. VG £3

Goudge, Elizabeth

S318) The Valley of Song; pb GGBP 2019 £13

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

S319) A Dream of Sadler’s Wells; pb GGBP 2012. First in the Wells series.  NEW. £13

S320) Veronica at the Wells; pb GGBP 2018. £13

S321) A Dream of Sadler’s Wells; 1954 rep, Evans. VG in VG dw. £8.50

S322) Masquerade at the Wells; 1952 1^st ed; Evans. Bds slightly marked, gen VG.  £6

S323) Dress Rehearsal; pb GGBP.   Wells series.  NEW.  £13

S324) Back-Stage; pb GGBP.   Wells series.  NEW.  £13

S325) Swan Feather; pb GGBP 2006. Wells series.   NEW.  £13

S326) Dancing Peel; 1954 1^st; Nelson. Annette Dancy in Northumberland. VG in G++ dw. £9.50

S327) Dancer in Danger; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £13

S328) Border Peel; pb GGBP spring 2007.  NEW.  £13 

S329) Northern Lights;  pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £13

S330) More About Mandy; pb GGBP 2009.  “Vicarage Children” story drawing on Lorna Hill’s own background as a clergyman’s wife.  NEW.  £13

S331) The Vicarage Children in Skye; pb GGBP 2010.  £13

Jacberns, Raymond

S332) Becky Compton, Ex-Dux; 1909 1^st Chambers.  A very engaging school story, how Becky, her turn as leader of the middles’ house having ended, copes with the seeming weaknesses of her successor. Pic bds, 8 /8 b&w plates. Fep missing, binding slightly loose and ends of sp sl fraying. G. £6.50

Johns, Capt. W.E.

S333) Biggles Defies the Swastika; 1945 rep; OUP. Line picture in brown on front board, some foxing on spine, inside VG. £10

S334) Biggles Defies the Swastika; pb Red Fox. VG. £3

S335) Biggles Gets his Men; 1950 1^st ed, H&S. VG in dw with big chunk missing at the top of the front, taking some of title, but not picture of Chinaman menacing bound prisoner. £8

S336) Biggles Delivers the Goods; 1952 rep; H&S. VG. £5

S337) Biggles Flies to Work; 1963 Dean. Glazed picture bds, VG+. £5

S338) Biggles Paperbacks; 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

S339) A Circling Star; pb Margin Notes. Russian circus school is very demanding. New. £13

S340) Masha; Margin Notes Books; pb 2014. Reprint of much-loved and very scarce book about early 19thC Masha at the (real) Smolni Institute for Noble Girls. Masha, who will be attending the school for nine years without even  a single visit home, is desperately home-sick at first, but makes two friends who make life endurable, rich Sophie and the birch sapling in the garden, the only living thing who will never betray any confidences.  NEW £13

S341) The Youngest Lady-in-Waiting; Margin Notes Books; pb  2015. Reprint of sequel to Masha, what happened when Masha left Smolni, I was so delighted to find this. NEW. £13

Kendall, Carol

S342) The Minnipins; pb Puffin.  A rich fantasy – five unlikely rebels, exiled from their respectable Minnipin villages, discover that the deadly Mushroom tribe is coming to attack their Valley. I loved this as a child. Under the surface adventure, it’s a book which has a lot to say about eccentrics and “outsiders” in society and how they are treated. (Earlier than and not to be confused with Roald Dahl’s The Minpins.) VG. £4

S343) The Whisper of Glocken; pb Harcourt. Sequel to The Minnipins. VG+. £4

King, Clive:  Clive King is one of the most original children’s writers of the later 20thC, and, apart from Stig of the Dump, his books haven’t received the recognition I think they deserve.  I think this may in part be due to the fact that his books are so different from each other.

S344) Stig of the Dump; pb Puffin. With the original cover design and illustrations by the incomparable Edward Ardizzone.  VG+. £3.50

S345) Ninny’s Boat; pb Puffin. Ninny, always an outsider,left to fend for himself (and his animals) in a flood, but then he helps to build a boat to help his rescuers travel to the Isles of the Ocean. VG. £3

Konigsburg, E.L.;

S347) The Second Mrs Gioconda; pb Aladdin. Salai, Leonardo’s wayward apprentice, and why the Mona Lisa was painted. Few writers are as imaginative as Konigsburg. VG+. £4

S713) From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler; pb Firefly. The author’s originality is given full bent. New Yorker Claudia, who feels unappreciated at home, wants to run away to somewhere comfortable, so she chooses the Metropolitan Museum of Art. VG+. £4

Lang, Andrew

S348) The Green Fairy Book; 1972 rep; Longman. VG in G++ dw. £6

Lewis, Hilda

S349) The Gentle Falcon; 1966 rep; Oxford CL. The story of Isabella of France, devoted child-bride of Richard II, and of her lady-in-waiting, another Isabella, dispossessed heiress. VG+ in VG+ dw. £8

Lloyd, Marjorie

S350) Fell Farm for Christmas; pb Puffin. The much-loved Fell Farm books – can anything be more Christmassy than loads of snow?!  VG. £3

S714) Fell Farm Campers; pb Puffin.  “It is a good sensible story by one who understands good camping, and it fairly tingles with keen air straight from the fell tops.” Illus Shirley Hughes. G++. £3

Mallory, Clare

S351) 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.

S352) Leith and Friends; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £13 

S353) Merry Again; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S354) Merry Marches On; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S355) 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

S356) The League of the Smallest; pb GGBP 2009.  NEW.  £13

S357) 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

S358) Chloe Takes Control; 1942 rep; Lutterworth. Spine faded, o/w VG. £7.50

S359) The Queerness of Rusty; 1941 1^st ed; Lutterworth. Spine faded o/w VG. £8.50

S360) Chloe Takes Control; pb GGBP 2013.  1st Daneswood school story. £13

S361) The Queerness of Rusty; pb GGBP 2014. 2^nd Daneswood title. Rather unusual school story featuring a genuinely working class girl going to a boarding school. New. £13

S362) Thanks to Mr Jones; pb GGBP 2013. Family theatricals. NEW. £13

Mayne, William

S363) A Swarm in May; 1955 1^st ed; OUP. First in Mayne’s wonderful Cathedral Quartet, based on his experiences as a Canterbury chorister. Illus by C. Walter Hodges. VG+, nice clean copy. £18

S364) 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

S365) A Swarm in May; 1962 rep: Oxford Children’s Library. Slightly smaller format than the original. VG+ in VG dw. £12

S366) The Rolling Season; 1960 1^st ed; OUP. VG+. £6.50

S367) Summer Visitors; 1961 1^st ed; OUP. Ex-sch lib, VG dw covered in protection taped to bds, remains of label, inside 1 page mended with yellowing tape, gen G+. £6

S368) The Incline; 1973 rep; CBC. VG+ in VG+ dw. £6.50

S715) Tiger’s Railway; pb Walker. The railway superintendent of Bessar District in Eastern Europe has a very strange hobby – he steals trains! “Solzhenitsyn crossed with Lewis Carroll…”. Fine. £3.50

Middleton, Ivy

S369) Chris Temple – Patrol Leader; 1964 Victory Press. VG in edgeworn but G dw. £5

Montgomery, L.M.

S370) The Story Girl; 1950 rep; Harrap. VG+ in VG uniform orange dw.  £7.50

S371) 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.

S372) The Doctor’s Sweetheart + Other Stories; pb Bantam. Posthumous collection. VG £4

S373) Anne of Ingleside; 1957 rep Harrap. VG+ in G+ dw. £6

S374) Further Chronicles of Avonlea; 1972 “Canada ed” Ryerson. Fine in fine dw. £7.50

S375) Further Chronicles of Avonlea; pb Bantam. VG. £3

Moore, Dorothea

S376) Brenda of Beech House; nd Collins. Ruritanian princess at school. VG in G- dw. £5

S377) The Only Day Girl; pb GGBP; includes one of the very few portraits of disability in traditional school stories in having a blind girl as a central character.  NEW.  £12

S378) Wanted – An English Girl; pb Books to Treasure 2014. Scarce WWI title, a gritty story not minimising the horrors of war. £12

S379) The Wrenford Tradition; pb Books to Treasure 2015. Welcome republication of this classic. £12

Needham, Violet Violet Needham’s Empire series is one of the most interesting sequences in twentieth century children’s fiction, using a Ruritanian background to explore questions of loyalty and treachery, faithfulness and bravery. Her other books often feature a touch of other-worldly influence on adventures in the English countryside.  

S381) How Many Miles to Babylon?; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW. £13

S382) The Horn of Merlyns; pb GGBP 2010.  £13

S383) The Bell of the Four Evangelists; pb GGBP.  NEW.  £13

S384) Pandora of Parrham Royal  pb GGBP.  NEW.  £13

S385) The Emerald Crown; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW  £15

S386) The House of the Paladin; pb GGBP 2006.  NEW.  £13

S387) Richard and the Golden Horseshoe; pb GGBP 2008.  £13

S388) The Great House of Estraville; pb GGBP 2014.  NEW. £13

S389) The Secret of the White Peacock;  GGBP 2008.  £13

S390) The Red Rose of Ruvina;  GGBP 2008.  £13

S391) The Avenue; pb GGBP 2013. NEW. £13

S392) The Boy in Red; pb GGBP 2015.  NEW. Order now.  £13

S393) The Black Riders; 1967 rep, Collins Evergreen. VG+ in G+ dw. £18

S394) The Emerald Crown; 1970 rep; Collins Evergreen. VG++ in VG++ dw, very clean and fresh. £12

S395) The House of the Paladin; 1945 1^st 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

S396) The House of the Paladin; 1957 rep; Collins Seagull. VG+ in VG dw. £8.50

S397) The Betrayer; nd CBC. VG+ in edgeworn dw, now protected. £8.50

S398) The Red Rose of Ruvina; 1957 1^st ed; Collins. Scarce in hb. Missing its endpapers, front hinge well repaired, rest G+ in p/c dw. £14

S399) The Horn of Merlyns; 1943 1^st ed; Collins. “To all children evacuated to the United States, this story of England.” Front hinge professionally repaired,  G++ in worn dw. £8

S400) The Bell of the Four Evangelists; 1947 1^st ed; Collins. Sine sunned, o/w VG. £7.50

Oliver, Jane

S401) Queen Most Fair; pb Dragon. The story of Mary Queen of Scots and her escape from Loch Leven – I read this over and over again as a girl!  VG. £3

Oxenham, E.J.

S402) The Troubles of Tazy; pb EJO Soc 2019. £15

S403) Girls of the Hamlet Club; pb EJO Soc; £16

S404) Biddy’s Secret; pb EJO Soc; £16

S405) Joy’s New Adventure; pb EJO Soc; £16

S406) The Two Form Captains; pb EJO Society 2014. £16

S407) Captain of the Fifth; pb EJO Soc. 2015 £16

S408) The Junior Captain; pb EJO Soc; 2015. £16

S409) Rosaly’s New School;  pb EJO Society 2013.  NEW. £16

S410) The School without a Name; pb EJO Soc. 2016. £16

S411) A School Camp-Fire; pb EJO Soc. 2018. £16.

S412) Ven At Gregory’s; pb EJO Soc Spring 2017 £16

S413) Rosamund’s Victory; pb EJO Soc. 2017. NEW. £16

S414) Rachel in the Abbey; pb EJO Soc. Autumn 2018. £16

S415) Abbey Champion; pb  EJO Society 2014. £16

S416) Maidlin to the Rescue; pb  EJO Society 2014. £16

S417) A Fiddler for the Abbey; pb EJO Soc; 2015. £16

S418) Guardians of the Abbey; pb EJO Soc. 2016 £16

S419) Goblin Island; pb GGBP 2007.  £13

S420) The Camp Mystery; pb GGBP 2006.  £13

S421) Maidlin Bears the Torch;  pb GGBP 2009.  NEW.  £13

S422) The Abbey Girls Go Back to School; pb 2005 GGBP £13

S423) Jen of the Abbey Schoool; pb 2007 GGBP. Details of complex publishing history. NEW. £13

S424) Queen of the Abbey Girls; pb GGBP 2010. NEW.  £13

S425) The Abbey Girls; 1945  “fat orange” rep; Collins. Col pl. Front hinge repaired, gen G+. £7.50

S426) The Abbey Girls Play Up; 1948 rep; Collins. VG+. £7.50

S427) Two Joans at the Abbey; 1945 1^st ed; Collins. B&w fp. VG. £8

S428) Queen of the Abbey Girls; 1947 “fat orange” (blue bds) rep; Collins. Col fp. VG. £7.50

S429) Secrets of the Abbey; 1941 rep; Collins. B&w fp. VG. £7.50

S430) Expelled from School; nd, rep; Children’s Press. This undated reprint is an inter-war one with very handsome glazed picture bds. Colour fp. £8.

S431) Rosamund’s Tuck-Shop; 1950 rep; Lutterworth. Col fp. VG+. Scarce. £40

S432) Rosamund’s Victory; 1933 1^st ed; Harrap. Col fp. VG+ (dw flap pasted to front endpaper) in pc dw. Scarce. £75

S435) Jinty’s Patrol; nd 1^st ed; Newnes. B&w fp. Slight tear (no loss) at top of spine, gen VG. Very scarce. £75

S437) Oxenham Interest: Cleeve &Muchelney Abbeys; large handbook for teachers by English Heritage £3

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

S439) The Abbey Girls Go Back to School; 1949 Collins. VG in poor dw, missing half sp. £7.50

S440) The Abbey Girls at Home; 1950 rep; Collins. Ex-lib, library binding. G+. £7.50

S441) Schoolgirl Jen at the Abbey; 1955 Seagull. VG. £5

S442) Jen of the Abbey School; 1949 Seagull. VG.  £5

S443) Stowaways in the Abbey; 1951 Seagull. VG in chipped dw. £6

S444) Strangers at the Abbey; 1959 Collins red Abbey. VG in G dw. £7.50

S445) Two Joans at the Abbey; 1949 Seagull. Missing fep, o/w VG in chipped dw. £7.50

S446) Maid of the Abbey; 1961 rep Seagull. Fine in nr fine dw. £7.50

S447) Selma at the Abbey; 1957 rep Seagull. Near fine, a lovely copy. £5

S448) Robins in the Abbey; 1950 rep; Collins.  VG in chipped dw. £6.50

S449) A Dancer from the Abbey; 1956 rep; Seagull. VG+ in VG dw. £7.50

S450) Jandy Mac Comes Back; 1952 rep Seagull. VG+ in poor dw reassembled from pieces under protection! £7

Ransome, Arthur

S452) Missee Lee; 1941 1^st ed, Cape. VG. £8.50

S453) Winter Holiday; 1949 rep; Cape. VG in VG dw, sl worn at ends of spine. £10

S454) Swallowdale; 1953 rep, Cape. G++. £5

S455) Peter Duck; 1948 rep; Cape. VG+. £6.50

S456) Old Peter’s Russian Tales; nd, 1938 new ed, Nelson. 7 / 7 col plates by Dmitri Mitrokhin. Biro scribble on margin of p274, top spine sl fraying, no eps, gen G+. £5.

Saville, Malcolm

The Lone Pine Series

S457) Mystery at Witchend; pb rep GGBP 2015. New, £15

S458) The Gay Dolphin Adventure; GGBP 2006. New. One copy only. £25

S459) The Secret of Grey Walls; pb GGBP 2007.  NEW.  £15 

S460) Lone Pine Five; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW. £15

S461) The Elusive Grasshopper; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW.  £15

S462) The Neglected Mountain ; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £15

S463) Wings Over Witchend; pb GGBP 2009.  New. £15

S464) Lone Pine London; pb 2010. NEW. £15

S465) The Secret of the Gorge; pb GGBP 2011. £15

S466) Saucers Over the Moor; pb 2009.  NEW.  £15

S467) Mystery Mine; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £15 

S468) Sea Witch Comes Home; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £15

S469) Not Scarlet But Gold; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW. £15

S470) Treasure at Amorys; pb GGBP 2013.  £15.

S471) The Man with Three Fingers; pb GGBP 2013.  £15

S472) Rye Royal; pb GGBP 2014.  NEW £15.

S473) Strangers at Witchend; pb GGBP 2014.  NEW £15.

S474) Where’s My Girl with The Flower Show Hat (Lone Pine long short story); GGBP pb 2017. £15

S475) Home to Witchend; pb GGBP 2015. NEW £15

S476) Mystery at Witchend; 1953 rep; Newnes.  VG, with rear panel and flap of dw only. £10

S477) The Secret of Grey Walls; 1948 rep; Newnes.  Tiny bit of fraying on edges of bds, inside VG. £8

S478) The Neglected Mountain; 1953 1^st ed; Newnes. VG+, nice clean copy. £15

S479) Lone Pine London; 1970 rep; Collins. Ex-lib, front hinge mended, G in VG+ dw, spine faded. £7.50

S480) Saucers Over the Moor; 1955 1^st ed; Newnes. VG+, nice clean copy. £15

S481) Mystery Mine; 1959 rep; Newnes. VG+. £10

S482) Sea Witch Comes Home; 1960 1^st ed; Newnes. VG+, nice clean copy. £15

S483) Not Scarlet but Gold; 1962 CBC. VG++ in VG+ dw. £12

S484) 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; Lone Pine London (1965 slightly fragile).  

Jillies series

S485) Two Fair Plaits; 1948 1^st; Lutterworth. Nice map eps of London’s docks. Bds sl patchy, gen VG. £8

S486) Strangers at Snowfell; 1949 1^st ed; Lutterworth. Set in the Lakes. A bit of fading on bds, gen VG. £8.50

Buckinghams Series

S488) The Master of Maryknoll; 1^st rev ed 1971. VG++ in VG++ dw. £8

Marston Baines series

S489) Three Towers in Tuscany; pb GGBP 2016. A Marston Baines title. New. £15

S490) The Purple Valley; pb GGBP 2017. Marston Baines title. NEW. £13

S491) The Purple Valley; 1964 1^st ed: Heinemann. VG. £10

S492) Dark Danger; pb GGBP. New. £13

Nettleford Series

S493) All Summer Through; 1951 1^st ed; H&S. Illustreated by Joan Kiddell Monroe. VG+ in pc dw. £10

S494) Christmas at Nettleford; 1953 1^st ed; H&S. Sp slightly faded, gen VG. £8.50

Other titles

S495) The Secret of Galleybird Pit; pb Armada. Lucy & Humf  (hb title Four &Twenty Blackbirds). G+. £3

Seth-Smith, E.K.

S497) The Fen Frog; 1964 1^st; Harrap. 1485 – Philippa goes to live with her uncle in Norfolk, but finds an enemy in the village reeve, out to convince people that Philippa has a strange fen creature as a “familiar”.  Ex-school lib, dw affixed to bds, G+. £5

Shaw, Jane

S498) Susan Interferes; nd; Ch Press.  G+ in VG dw. £4

S499) Susan’s Helping Hand; nd Children’s Press. VG in G+ dw. £5

Sleigh, Barbara

S500) No One Must Know; 1968 rep Collins. Contemporary urban dramatic adventure. Ex-lib, G++ in dw affixed to bds. £6

S716) The Kingdom of Carbonel; pb Puffin. Carbonel, magical king of the cats, asks John and Rosemary for help guarding his kittens while he is away.  Nr fine. £4

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

S501) 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

S502) Binkie of IIIB; pb BTT. NEW. £12

S503) Marie Macleod, Schoolgirl; pb BTT 2016. New. £12

S504) The Little Betty Wilkinson; pb BTT 2016. New. £12

S505) The First Fifth Form; pb Books to Treasure 2013. NEW. £12.

S506) The Small Sixth Form; pb Books to Treasure 2013. NEW. £12.

S507) Seven Sisters at Queen Anne’s; pb Books to Treasure 2013. NEW. £12.

S508) Septima at School; pb Books to Treasure 2014. Second Queen Anne’s book. NEW. £12.

S509) Phyllida in Form III; pb Books to Treasure 2014. Third Queen Anne’s book. NEW. £12.

S510) Biddy and Quilla; pb BTT 2014. Older girl defending unpopular newcomer. NEW. £12

S511) Milly in the Fifth; pb BTT 2015. NEW. £12

S512) Nicky of the Lower Fourth; pb BTT 2015. Order now. £12

S513) The Twins at School; pb BTT 2018. New. £12

S514) Terry’s Best Term; pb BTT. 2019. £12

Smith, Harriet Lummis

S515) Peggy Raymond’s Schooldays; nd prize plate 1935; Harrap. Interesting contrasting American picture of school life.  Some foxing, G+. £5

S717) The Girls of Friendly Terrace; nd, insc 1929, Harrap. Further adventures of Peggy Raymond. VG. £5

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

S516) Paperbacks; Puffin / Collins / Lion / Dragon; VG or better; £3.50 each; The Painted Garden; Thursday’s Child; Far to Go; The Growing Summer; Apple Bough; Party Frock; The Noel Streatfeild Summer Holiday Book (Target)

S517) Gemma; Gemma and Sisters; Gemma Alone; pb Armada Originals; 1968 1^st ed (no hb).  G+. £4 each

S519) White Boots; 1951 1^st ed; Collins. The classic story of Harriet, told to skate for her health, and spoilt Lalla, being brought up by her aunt to be a Champion. G++. £6.50

S520) Party Frock; 1966; Collins. First few pages have a few small splashes (pale coffee?) o/w VG in G+ dw. £6

S521) Saplings: 1945 1^st ed; Collins. Novel for adults. Same style, darker tone! G++. £7.50

S522) The Winter is Past; pb Greyladies 2014. NEW. £12

Sutcliff, Rosemary Outstanding writer of historical fiction

S523) Warrior Scarlet; 1970 rep; OUP. Bronze age Drem coming of age in Sussex Downs. VG+ in G+ dw. £7

S524) The Lantern Bearers; 1961 rep; OUP. Aquila has to decide whether his loyalties lie with Rome or Britain. Ex-college lib, G+. £5

S525) The Silver Branch; 1957 1^st ed; OUP. The collapse of the Roman Empire in Britain. VG in G+ dw repaired at edges with archival tissue. £15

S526) The Light Beyond the Forest – The Quest for the Holy Grail; 1985 rep BH. VG+ in VG+ dw. £7.50

S527) The Hound of Ulster; 1963 rep; BH. The story of Cuchulain. Ex-lib, tape marks, G. £5

S528) Knight’s Fee; 1974 rep; OUP (OCL). Randal, dog-boy at Arundel Castle. Ex-lib, glazed bds, G+. £6

S529) The Queen Elizabeth Story; 1964 rep; OUP. Such a great favourite of mine. Perdita, who can see fairies, longs to see the Queen as she progresses through Devon, but then she develops a rash! VG  £5

S530) Lady-in-Waiting; 1966 rep; H&S. Story of Bess, Walter Raleigh’s wife. VG in VG- dw. £6.50

S531) Simon; 1959 rep; OUP (OCL). Simon & conflicting loyalties in Civil War – excellent. VG in VG+ dw £8

S532) Paperbacks; all G+ or better; £3 each; Dragon Slayer – The Story of Beowulf; Song for a Dark Queen; Warrior Scarlet; The Eagle of the Ninth; The Lantern Bearers; The Mark of the Horse Lord; Tristan and Iseult; Outcast.    

Symons, Geraldine

S533) The Workhouse Child; pb Puffin. The wonderful Atalanta, & her engaging friend Pansy, who kindly swaps clothes so a workhouse girl can go bathing. VG £3.50

Talbot, Ethel

S534) The New Girl at the Priory; pb BTT 2015. £12

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. 

S535) No Boats on Bannermere 2004; GGBP pb 2004. £20

S536) GGBP pbs; NEW; £15 each;  Under Black Banner ; Black Banner Players  2005. 

S537) GGBP pbs; NEW; £13 each;  Black Banner Abroad; pb GGBP 2006; The Gates of Bannerdale; 2007.

S538) Under Black Banner; 1967 rep; Heinemann Windmill. VG+. £12

S539) 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

S540) The Red Towers of Granada; 1966 1^st ed; Macmillan. Robin, having heard himself pronounced dead to the world, then told by a Jewish doctor that his “leprosy” will clear up, accompanies the family to Spain when the Jews are expelled from England.  Ex-lib, G+. £7.50

S541) The Hills of Varna; 1948 1^st ed; Macmillan. Alan, having to flee Cambridge after a brawl in 1509, is sent by the famous Venetian printer Aldus Manutius to seek a vital manuscript. VG++ in VG dw. £15

S542) 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

S543) The Cormorant Venture; 1984 1^st ed; Macmillan. Renold Mandeville is caught up in the unrest of Charles I’s Short Parliament. Glazed picture bds as issued. VG. £12

S544) Fire on the Wind; 1993 1^st ed; Macmillan. Great Fire. VG++ in VG dw. £7.50

S545) When the Drums Beat; 1976; Heinemann. Illustrated story for younger readers. VG in G+ dw. £5

S546) When the Drums Beat and Other Stories; pb Piccolo. Includes A Ship to Rome, The Chocolate Boy. £4

S547) Popinjay Stairs; 1971 CBC. Young naval officer Denzil does a favour for Samuel Pepys, the Secretary to the navy, and gets mixed up in an adventure that somehow seems to involve the theatre too. Glazed picture bds as issued, VG. £8.50

S548) Follow My Black Plume; 1963 rep; Mac. Mark encounters Garibaldi in 1848. Ex-lib, VG in VG dw. £8

S549) A Flight of Angels; 1988 Macmillan. Contemporary story. Inspired by the caves under Nottingham Castle (Trease’s father’s wine merchant’s had cellars in these caves.) Glazed picture bds, VG. £4.50

S550) A Whiff of Burnt Boats; pb GGBP 2009 larger size. Very entertaining autobiography Photos, extras. £15

S551) Fortune My Foe: The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh; 1957; Methuen. Ex-lib, G+/ protected G+ dw. £5

S552) Byron: A Poet Dangerous to Know; 1969 1^st ed; Macmillan. Fine in VG dw. £5

S553) Fortune My Foe – The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh; 1960 rep; Methuen. VG+ in VG dw. £5

Trevor, Elleston

S554) Mole’s Castle; 1967 rep; Heinemann. A tale of the “Woodlanders”, in the tradition of Wind in the Willows. Ex-college lib, tape marks on eps, o/w VG++ in VG+ dw, protection affixed. £6

Uttley, Alison

S555) A Traveller in Time; 1968 rep; Faber. Minimally ex-sch library service, very clean VG+ copy in VG dw. £7.50

Vereker, Barbara

S556) Caroline in Wales; 1959 1^st ed; Ward Lock. Caroline, on holiday at her Welsh grandparents’, is distressed that her friend seems to have changed, but then there is a disaster at the local pit…  VG in VG dw. £5

Vipont, Elfrida

S557) Vipont, Charles [=Elfrida]; Blow the Man Down; 1939 1^st; OUP. Piratical 18thC tale. VG+. £7.50

S558) 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

S559) Flowering Spring; pb GGBP 2013. Lovely story – Laura growing up. NEW.  £13

S560) The Pavilion; pb GGBP 2014. Last in Haverard family series. New. £13

Welch, Ronald

S718) Knight Crusader; pb Puffin. Compelling Carnegie-medal-winning book about young Philip D’Aubigny and the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Great favourite of mine. G+. £3

S719) The Galleon; nd 1^st OUP. Exciting Elizabethan adventure, young Robert has to go to sea after a duel, but after escaping prison in Spain, helps to foil a plot to free Mary, Queen of Scots. Ex-lib, no title page, o/w Vg in VG++ dw. £15

S561) For the King; 1969 rep; OCL. Neil Carey and his conflicting loyalties during the Civil War. Lacks fep, old tape marks on eps, gen G++ in VG dw. £12

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

S562) 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

S720) The Penny Pony; pb Puffin. For younger readers. VG. £3

S721) The Keys of Mantlemass; 1981 1^st; Kestrel. The intertwined chronicles of the Mallory and Medley families, of Mantlemass, a manor house deep in Sussex, from 1485 to 1644, are one of the great achievements of 20^th C children’s historical writing. This book of short stories is the perfect complement, either for those who know the other books, or as an introduction. Nr fine in nr fine dw. £8

S722) The Richleighs of Tantamount; 1966 1^st Constable. The four Victorian Richleigh children, who have only ever known Tantamount, their ancestral half castle, half house perched on cliffs in the West Country as a picture on the wall, finally get there.  Illus by C. Walter Hodges. VG++ in VG dw £12

S563) The House with Roots; 1961 rep; Constable. When Pryde’s Plat and its filling station are threatened with demolition, the Pryde family make up their minds to act. VG+ in VG+ dw. £8

S564) Augustine Came to Kent; 1964 1^st World’s Work. Young Wolf decides to follow Father Augustine to England. VG+ in VG+ dw. £6.50

Williams, Ursula Moray

S565) Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse; 1961 rep, Harrap. Colour fp and illustrated throughout by Joyce Lankester Brisley. VG. £7.50

S566) The Three Toymakers; pb Piccolo. G++. £3

Yonge, Charlotte

S567) A Book of Golden Deeds; nd (Victorian); Nelson. Sp slightly scuffed, gen VG. £5

Sally’s Specials

Fiction  Lots of favourites and new ones to try.   

S568) Bridge, Ann; Singing Waters; 1945 Chatto. VG in dw missing lower 4 cm of spine, rest G+. £6

S569) Bridge, Ann; A Place to Stand; 1955 rep. G++. £4

S570) Buchan, John; Greenmantle; 1923 rep; H&S. A nice edition of this classic Hannay story. VG. £6.50

S571) Douglas, O; The Day of Small Things; nd rep; Nelson pocket ed. Lower spine well repaired, G+. £5

S572) Gibbons, Stella; Cold Comfort Farm; pb Penguin. Comic classic of rural life. VG. £3

S573) Godden, Rumer; China Court; 1961 BC. 5 generations of Cornish Quins have lived here. VG in VG. £5

S575) Kyle, Elizabeth; Mirror Dance; 1970 1^st Davies. Judith, thinking herself Aunt Vera’s heir, suddenly finds evidence that things are not what they seem… Ex-lib, fair in fair dw with coloured tape bits. £3

S576) Kyle, Elizabeth; A Summer Scandal; 1979 1^st ed; Davies. Neil Campbell needs to stay on good terms with his nephew…  Ex-lib, fair in fair+ dw. £3

S577) Pears, Iain; The Dream of Scipio; pb Vintage. Three protagonists, three lives in different eras are dazzlingly interwoven. VG. £3.

S578) Penman, Sharon; Falls the Shadow; pb Penguin. VG. £3

S579) Shaffer and Barrows; The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society; pb Bloomsbury. VG £3

S580) Shute, Nevil; No Highway; 1948 1^st ed; Heinemann. Classic story. VG in G sl chipped dw. £6.50

S581) Sinclair, May; The Divine Fire; 1911 Partridge. Entertainingly overwritten novel of rocky path of love – “She turned to him that ardent gaze which made the hot day hotter.” G+. £5

S582) Stevenson, D. E.; Amberwell; 1956 rep; BC. VG+ in dw missing 1 cm base of spine. £6

S583) Stevenson, D.E.; see Greyladies below for previously unpublished novels

S584) Thirkell, Angela; The Headmistress; pb Penguin 1955. G+. £6.50

S585) Thirkell, Angela; Wild Strawberries; pb Virago. Nr fine. £5

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

S586) Channon, E.M.;  Twice Dead; pb 2010.  Excellent murder mystery.  NEW.  £12

S587) Channon, E.M.; Little G; pb Greyladies 2012. NEW.  £12

S588) Channon, E.M.; The Chimney Murder; pb Greyladies 2012. NEW.  £12

S589) Clavering, Mollie; Near Neighbours; pb Greyladies 2015. New. £12

S590) Crompton, Richmal; Leadon Hill; pb 2011. English country life acutely observed… NEW £12

S591) Crompton, Richmal; Matty and the Dearingroydes; pb Greyladies 2012. Warm and delightful. New. £13

S592) Crompton, Richmal: Mrs Frensham Describes a Circle; pb Greyladies 2015. NEW. £12

S593) Douglas, O; The Day of Small Things; pb Greyladies. Delightful - by John Buchan’s sister. NEW. £12

S594) Douglas, O; Pink Sugar; pb Greyladies. Scottish inter-war life. NEW. £12

S595) Elder, Josephine; The Encircled Heart; pb Greyladies. A doctor and her errant husband. NEW. £12

S596) Elder, Josephine; Sister Anne Resigns; pb Greyladies 2012. An enthralling novel of nursing in the East End in the 1920s and 30s, using the author’s own medical background. New. £12.

S597) Lee, Austin; Miss Hogg and the Bronte Murders; pb Greyladies 2016. When Flora Hogg’s father dies, she realises an ambition by giving up her job as French mistress and sets up as a private investigator… £12

S598) Pleydell, Susan; The Glenvarroch Gathering; pb Greyladies 2014.  NEW. £12

S599) Pleydell, Susan; Brighouse Hotel; pb Greyladies 2014. New. £12

S600) Pleydell, Susan; The Road to the Harbour; pb Greyladies. New. £12

S601) Pullein-Thompson, Josephine; Murder Strikes Pink; pb Greyladies 2014. NEW. £12

S602) Pullein-Thompson, Josephine; Gin and Murder; pb Greyladies 2014. NEW. £12

S603) Stafford, Ann; Silver Street; pb Greyladies 2018. New. £12

S604) Stevenson, D.E.; Greyladies pbs, all NEW, £12 each; a) The Fair Miss Fortune; 2011.  Previously unpublished! b) Emily Dennistoun; 2011.  Previously unpublished! c) Jean Erskine’s Secret; 2013. 1^st publication of novel written & set in WWI d) Found in the Attic; 2013. Previously unpublished cornucopia e) The English Air; pb Greyladies 2014. f) Five Windows; 2016.

S605) Streatfeild, Noel; The Winter is Past; pb Greyladies 2014. NEW. £12

S606) Streatfeild, Noel; It Pays to be Good; pb Greyladies 2015. New. £12

S607) [Noel Streatfeild writing as] Scarlett, Susan; all New Greyladies pbs; £12 each;  Ten Way Street  (2012); Poppies for England (2008).; The Man in the Dark; ( 2014); Pirouette  (2014); Under the Rainbow (2014).

S608) Vaizey, Mrs Geo. de Horne; The Ignorance of Sybilla & Other Stories; pb Greyladies 2010 NEW  £12

S609) White, Ethel; The Third Eye; pb Greyladies 2016. “From the first, Professor Freeman was reluctant to let his young sister-in-law, Caroline, accept the post of games mistress at the Abbey School.” New. £12

Books about Books and Authors

S724) Barrett, Frank: Treasured Island – A Book Lover’s Tour of Britain; pb AA. Inspired by finding his childhood copy of Treasure Island, Barrett embarks on a literary odyssey. VG+. £5

S610) Bates, C & Latempa, S; Storybook Travels – From Eloise’s New York to Harry Potter’s London, Visits to 30 of the Best-Loved Landmarks in Children’s Literature; pb 3 Rivers. Ex-lib, VG. £3

S611) Bodger, Joan; How the Heather Looks – A Joyous Journey to the British Sources of Children’s Books; 1^st ed.  A really delightful American account of her family’s 1960s journey of exploration (undertaken in the days before the internet, and hence requiring months of real research!). Ex-lib, VG. £7.50

S612) A Book of Days; NCC A5 booklet Events for different days of the year, taken from girls’ books.  New.  £3

S613) Buchan, John; Memory–Hold-the-Door; 1940 rep H&S. Reminiscences. VG. £5

S614) [Buchan] Adam Smith, Janet; John Buchan, A Biography; 1965 1^st, Hart-Davis. VG in VG dw. £6

S726) Campbell, Jen; The Bookshop Book; 2014 Constable. “This book is a love letter to bookshops around the world.” Nr fine in VG++ dw. £5

S727) Du Maurier, Daphne; Myself When Young – The Shaping of a Writer; pb Pan. VG. £3.50

S615) [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

S616) Fraser, L & Ross, K; Reading Round Edinburgh – A Guide to Children’s Books of the City; pb. VG. £5

S617) Hardyment, Christina; The Canary-Coloured Cart – One Family’s Search for Storybook Europe. Wonderful account of a summer’s travels. Ex-lib, large print, VG. £5

S618) Hardyment, Christina; Arthur Ransome and Captain Flint’s Trunk; pb Cape. Explores the background to the Swallows and Amazons series. VG. £5

S619) James, PD; Talking about Detective Fiction; 2009 1^st ed; Bodleian Library. Fine in fine dw. £4

S620) [Lewis] Sibley, Brian; The Land of Narnia; pb Lions. Large format. Background, features, including biographical sketch, Lewis’ Chronology of Narnian History etc. Baynes illustrations in colour and b&w, and photos, Nr fine. £6

S621) 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

S622) Marchalonis, Shirley; College Girls – A Century in Fiction; pb 1995 Rutgers UP. What American fiction reveals. VG++. £6.50

S728) Pritchett, VS; A Cab at the Door; Chatto 1968. The novelist’s very entertaining memoir of his childhood and youth, 1900-1920. His father’s Micawber-like optimism often led to the family having to do flits from unpaid-for lodgings (hence the title), so his life was a very unpredictable affair!  VG+ in VG dw. £6.50

S623) Quindlen, Anna; Imagined London – A Tour of the World’s Greatest Fictional City; pb NGD. A really appealing account of the American author’s London, intertwining the real, fictional and historical. VG £4

S729) Spufford, Francis; The Child that Books Built; pb Faber. Spufford engagingly considers how, what and why we read as children, as he recalls his childhood retreat into books in the face of family sadness. VG+. £4

S730) Sutherland, John; Is Heathcliff a Murderer? – Puzzles in 19^th Century Fiction; pb OUP. VG+. £4.50

A Little History

S624) Anon; Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain 1942; facsimile modern rep. VG+

S625) Allen, Charles; Tales from the South China Seas; pb Futura. Pictures of the British in their empire in the twentieth century. VG+. £3

S626) Allen, Charles; Tales from the Dark Continent; pb Futura. British life in Africa. VG+. £3

S627) Attar, Dena; Wasting Girls’ Time – The History and Politics of Home Economics; pb Virago. Ex-lib, lacks prelims and title page. £4.50

S628) Czarra, Fred; Spices, A Global History; 2009 Reaktion. Fine in fine dw. £4

S629) Garfield, Simon; Our Hidden Lives – The Remarkable Diaries of Post-War Britain; pb VG. £4

S630) Milton, Giles; White Gold – The Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa’s One Million European Slaves; pb Sceptre. VG. £3

S631) Pavord, Anna; The Tulip; pb Bloomsbury. A fascinating history, social and economic no less than horticultural, of one of the most famous objects of “mania”. VG+ £3.50

S632) Pierce, Patricia; Old London Bridge; pb Review.  600 years of absolutely fascinating history. VG+. £4

An Interesting Miscellany

S633) Ackerley, J.R. Hindoo Holiday; pb Penguin. Entertaining journal of 1920s stint as companion to Maharajah of Chhokrapur. VG+. £4

S634) [Blyton for Grown-Ups] Five Go on a Strategy Awayday; 2016 Quercus.  Entertaining spoof. Fine. £4

S635) Bryson, Bill; Mother Tongue – The English Language; pb Penguin. Fascinating. VG. £3

S636) Craig, Elizabeth; Enquire Within; 1951 rep Collins. “Simple, lively and up-to-date information on every household subject.” Inscribed “to my darling wife”. VG. £5

S637) Gelman and Rinzler; How to Set Up for a Mah-Jongg Game and Other Lost Arts; 1987 Simon and Schuster. Rescuing the lost arts of being a perfect American hostess. Includes How to Be a Lady, How to Hire Help and How to Marry Off your Daughter.  Fine in fine dw. £5

S638) King-Smith, Dick; Chewing the Cud – An Unexpected Life from Farmyard to Hollywood; pb VG £4

S639) Ladybirds: the new amusing spoof series (aimed at adults, not children) using the original Ladybird archives of illustrations: all VG+, £3 each: How It Works – The Dad; How It Works – The Dog; The Ladybird Book of the Shed.

S640) Mackie, Mary; Cobwebs and Cream Teas – Behind the Scenes in a National Trust House; pb Orion. Entertaining account of living in as custodian of Felbrigg Hall. VG+ £4

S642) Mander, A.E.; Psychology for Everyman (and Woman); 1936 rep; Thinker’s Library, Watts & Co. In introduction to the subject. VG. £4

S643) Marshall, Arthur; Giggling in the Shrubbery; pb Fontana. Former girls’ public school memories. VG. £4

S644) Mikes, George; Italy for Beginners; pb Penguin. The Hungarian humourist’s take on Italy. G. £3

S646) Morton, H.V; In Search of England; pb Penguin. A light-hearted account of an exploration the length and breadth of England in the 1930s. VG+. £3.50

S647) Rhodes, Margaret; The Final Curtsey – A Royal Memoir by the Queen’s Cousin; pb Umbria. Nr fine £4

S648) Temple Bar magazine annual 1884; half-leather binding. Interesting mix of fiction & non-fiction. VG. £5

S650) Verney, John; Going to the Wars – A Journey in Various Directions; 1955 1^st ed; Collins. An engaging memoir, not necessarily entirely accurate, of Verney’s experiences in the territorial army and the War that followed. Dw design by Verney, well known for his children’s books. VG+ in VG dw. £6

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S652) DVDs; £1 each; Blackadder Goes Forth, BBC; Chronicles of Narnia – Prince Caspian, with Ben Barnes; The Constant Gardener, with Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz; Darrow, film based on real campaigning American reporter with Kevin Spacey; Dial “M” for Murder, the Hitchcock classic;  Elizabeth, with Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes, Christopher Eccleston; Elizabeth – The Golden Age, with Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Clive Owen; The Golden Compass, based on the Philip Pullman book, with Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig; Ladies in Lavender with Judi Dench and Maggie Smith; Lost in Austen with Hugh Bonneville, Lindsey Duncan, Gemma Arterton, Jemima Rooper; Macbeth, RSC production with Ian McKellen, Judi Dench;  Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightly; 

S653) DVD sets; £2.50 each. The Big Bang Theory Season 4 (3 discs); Bleak House (3 discs), BBC serial with Gillian Anderson, Charles Dance, Carey Mulligan, Timothy West; Brideshead Revisited, ITV classic series with Anthony Andrews, Jeremy Irons and Laurence Olivier; The West Wing complete Season 3; The West Wing complete Season 6.

S654) DVD set; Jacob Bronowski’s The Ascent of Man; the classic landmark BBC series from the 1970s, 11 hours+. £7.50

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

S656) Allingham, Margery; The Tiger in the Smoke; 1953 rep; RS. VG. £4

S657) Anderson, James; The Affair of the Mutilated Mink; pb A&B. Enjoyable 1930s murder mystery written with inspiration from the Golden Age detective story writers. VG+. £3

S658) Ash, Maureen; A Plague of Poison; pb Berkley. A Templar Knight Mystery of Lincoln in 1201. VG+. £4

S659) Barrett, Lorna; Murder is Binding; pb Berkley. Book-shop owner Tricia’s neighbour is killed. VG+. £4

S660) Beaton, M.C.; Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came; pb Robinson. Ex-hosp lib, but VG+. £3

S661) Bentley, E.C.; Trent Intervenes; pb Penguin. Green crime livery. VG. £4

S662) Bude, John; The Cornish Coast Murder; British Library Crime Classics rep pb with very stylish cover. VG+. £4.50

S663) Brody, Frances; Series featuring young Yorkshire war widow Kate Shackleton who 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; Death at the Seaside.

S664) Christie, Agatha; classic early Pan pbs; VG. £3.50 each: Poirot Investigates; The Murder on the Links.

S665) Christie, Agatha; The Murder at the Vicarage; nd recent rep, nice hb edition. VG. £3

S666) Crispin, Edmund; Love Lies Bleeding; pb Vintage. Gervase Fen mystery. VG++. £3.50

S668) Detection Club; The Floating Admiral; 1981 rep; Macmillan. Written collectively, contributors include Christie, Sayers, G.K.Chesterton, Freeman Wills Croft and Anthony Berkeley. Ex-lib, G+ in VG dw. £6

S669) Dunn, Carola; The “Cornish Mystery” series featuring retiree Eleanor and her detective sergeant niece Megan in the 1960s. Pbs C&R. All VG. £3 each.  A Colourful Death; Manna from Hades.

S671) Fraser, Antonia; The Cavalier Case; pb Mandarin. A Jemima Shore mystery.  VG. £3.50

S673) Harding, Paul; Murder Most Holy; pb Headline. Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan. G++. £3

S674) Heyer, Georgette; Duplicate Death; 1952 rep, BC. Chief Insp Hemingway and bridge party death. VG. £5

S675) Holme, Timothy; At the Lake of Sudden Death; pb Futura. Commissario Peroni, “the Valentino of the Venice fuzz” is personally involved when a body is discovered in Lake Garda. VG. £3.50

S676) Innes, Michael; Operation Pax; 1953 rep; Gollancz. VG. £3

S677) Leon, Donna; A Venetian Reckoning; pb Pan. Commissario Brunetti of the Venetian police. VG+.  £3

S679) MacNeal, Susan; Mr Churchill’s Secretary; pb Constable. American Maggie Hope is entangled with the British establishment as war progresses.  VG+. £3.50

S680) Marsh, Ngaio; Dead Water; 1964 Collins Crime Club. Inspector Roderick Alleyn. VG+. £6

S681) Marsh, Ngaio; When in Rome; 1970 CBC. Inspector Roderick Alleyn. VG+ in VG+ dw. £7.50

S682) Marsh, Ngaio; Photo Finish; pb Fontana. VG. £3

S683) Marsh, Ngaio; Death and the Dancing Footman; pb Fontana. VG. £3

S684) Marsh, Ngaio; Off with His Head; pb HC. VG. £3

S685) Mitchell, Gladys; Handsome new paperback editions of classic Mrs Bradley mysteries published by Vintage. All VG++. £3 each. Come Away, Death.

S687) Peters, Ellis; A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs; pb Futura. An Inspector Felse mystery. VG. £3.50

S688) 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: The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency; Morality for Beautiful Girls; Blue Shoes and Happiness; The Full Cupboard of Life; Tears of the Giraffe.

Special Offer – any 4 crime books below for £10

S689) Burley, W.J.; Superintendent Wycliffe mysteries set in Cornwall. All Orion /Corgi pbs, VG+. £3 each.  Wycliffe and the Dunes Mystery; Wycliffe and Death in Stanley Street; Wycliffe and the Guild of Nine; Wycliffe and Death in a Salubrious Place; Wycliffe and the Last Rites; Wycliffe and the Dead Flautist; Wycliffe and the Redhead; Wycliffe and the Guilt-Edged Alibi.

S690) Christie, Agatha; 4:50 from Paddington; 1959 Book club.  VG in G+ pictorial dw. £5

S692) Davis, Lindsey; The Silver Pigs; pb Pan. The first entertaining Falco ancient Rome mystery. VG. £3

S695) Gregory, Susannah; Enjoyable mysteries featuring physician Matthew Bartholomew in mediaeval Cambridge. Pbs, VG, £3 each: An Order for Death; The Mark of a Murderer; The Hand of Justice; A Masterly Murder; A Deadly Brew; The Tarnished Chalice; To Kill or Cure.

S697) Penman, Sharon; Cruel as the Grave; pb Penguin. Justin de Quncy, Queen Eleanor’s man… VG+. £3

S698) Perry, Anne; A Christmas Beginning; pb Headline. Victorian Superintendent Runcorn caught up in a mystery on Anglesey while on holiday. VG+. 3.50

S699) Rendell, Ruth; A Judgement in Stone; pb Arrow. Fascinating anatomy-of-a-crime. VG £3

S700) Sayers, Dorothy L; Gaudy Night; pb NEL. VG+. £3

S702) Sayers, D.L.; The Five Red Herrings; 1947 4/6 “Cheap Edition”; Gollancz. VG in worn dw. £6

S703) Sayers, Dorothy L; Clouds of Witness; 1947 rep Gollancz. VG+. £5

S704) Sayers, Dorothy; In the Teeth of the Evidence; pb NEL. Short stories – Wimsey, Montague Egg and others. VG. £3.50

S705) Tey, Josephine ; The Franchise Affair; pb Penguin. Two women accused of kidnapping a teenager. G. £3

S706) Wentworth, Patricia; The Fingerprint; 1959 Thriller Crime Club. VG+ in VG dw. £5

S707) Wentworth, Patricia; The Watersplash; nd BC. VG in dw (complete, but long tear, now protected). £5

S708) Wentworth, Patricia; The Gazebo; nd BC. Some foxing, G+ in VG dw. £4

S709) Wentworth, Patricia; Miss Silver paperbacks; G+ or better; £3.50 each; The Fingerprint; The Clock Strikes Twelve; The Listening Eye; The Traveller Returns; The Girl in the Cellar; Lonesome Road; The Brading Collection; The Watersplash; Miss Silver Intervenes

I hope you will all enjoy the longer spring days!   Sally