Please e-mail sally.dore@cantab.net to place an order

Welcome to my new Topsy-Turvy catalogue.  I do have some lovely books, so I hope you’ll find something that appeals. 
 

Our Ninth Bristol Conference – Twentieth Century Schoolgirls and their Books will take place from 24^th – 27^th July 2026 (booking forms are now available, please ask, or see our website, https://thebristolconference.org/ ) and the overall theme will be “Fresh Air and Freedom” (Betula’s more alliterative take on my suggested “Outdoors and Adventure”!) The book of talks from the Eighth Conference will be published in the near future.

Please feel free to contact me with orders between catalogues, don’t feel it’s “too late” – more orders will always be welcome!  My catalogue contains my usual mix of second-hand and new books, with books for adults at the end. 

New books are underlined. A small discount on postage is given for titles ordered and paid for in advance of publication, otherwise postage is in addition as with orders for other books. (For the UK, postage for an advance order is £1.50 per book.)

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

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

S1)      Allan, Mabel Esther; Signpost to Switzerland; pb GGBP, 2025. Spoilt Camilla has just left school, and her father arranges for her to go, reluctantly, to help at a friend’s hotel in Switzerland. Heartache and a dramatic turn of events change the whole course of her life. New. £13

S2)      Brent-Dyer, Elinor M; The School at the Chalet; pb GGBP 2025. A new centenary edition of this pioneering book, with loads of extras. NEW £13

S3)      [Brent-Dyer] Simone of the Chalet School by Amy Fletcher; pb GGBP 2025. Although Simone is one of the original pupils of the Chalet School, she is very much seen through the eyes of others. Here we get her point of view. NEW. £13

S4)      [Brent-Dyer] Seniors of the Chalet School by Lisa Towsnend; pb GGBP 2025. As Jack, Flavia, Wanda and the rest of Inter V look forward to a term busy with significant events, they have to prove that they have what it takes to become proper seniors (overlaps with Althea and Prefects). NEW £13

S5)      Brent-Dyer, Elinor; The Chalet Book for Girls; pb GGBP 2025. A reprint of the first annual-type book published when the Chalet School was at the height of its fame. Chalet short stories and more. New. £14

S6)      Courtney, Gwendoline; At School with the Stanhopes; pb GGBP 2025. Such an enjoyable book and the detail of starting a school is so appealing. Rosalind has to leave her school and stay with her dour brother Richard, but when Kate Stanhope, a mistress at Rosalind’s old school, inherits a nearby house, she and her four younger sisters decide that the only thing to do is start a school in it…  NEW £13

S7)      Edwards, Monica: The Cats of Punchbowl Farm; pb GGBP 2026. NEW. £13

S8)      Forest, Antonia; End of Term; pb GGBP rep 2026. A welcome return of one of the Marlow school stories, which went out of print very quickly when first published by GGBP. NEW. £13

S9)      Forest, Antonia; The Player’s Boy; pb GGBP 2025. Young Nicholas Marlow runs away and is taken on by a London player called Master William Shakespeare. Although she only wrote a couple, Antonia Forest proves her mastery of historical fiction and produces one of the most convincing portraits of Shakespeare ever. Whether you are already a fan of historical fiction or not, this is definitely one to try. NEW £13

S10)    Matthewman, Phyllis; The Intrusion of Nicola; pb GGBP 2025.  Daneswood is surprised when Nicola, at nearly 19 rather old for school, joins the VIth Form, and Daneswood remains surprised… NEW £13

S11)    Oxenham, Elsie J; New Girls at Woodend; pb EJO Soc. 2024. New. £16

S12)    Oxenham, Elsie J; The Testing of the Torment; pb EJO Soc, 2025. New £16

S13)    Saville, Malcolm; Diamonds in the Sky; pb GGBP 2025. Rarest in the Buckingham series; Charles, Juliet, and her younger brother Simon, happen upon diamond smuggling on a visit to Amsterdam. New £13

S14)    Shaw, Jane; Penny Foolish; pb GGBP 2025. The first in the Penny series; unhappy Penny is staying on the isle of Arran recovering from an illness, longing for her sister Jill. But when Jill arrives, demanding concealment from desperate pursuers, her troubles are only just beginning… NEW. £13

S15)    Whalley, Kay; A Smart Suit and White Gloves – Career Books for Girls; pb GGBP 2025. This is a revised and expanded new edition of Kay’s book on Career Stories (under the name Kay Clifford), covering all the career books published for girls, profusely illustrated. Not only valuable reference but also fascinating social history. NEW. £13

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

Please note that GGBP are doing shorter print runs now, and some titles go out of print very quickly (for example Prefects of the Chalet School last year was listed as forthcoming in one catalogue, was published and went out of print before the next catalogue). It is really helpful to order in advance to be sure of getting a copy.

S16)    Breary, Nancy; The Impossible Prefect; pb Books to Treasure 2026. Lindsay Dysart has difficulty when her literary ambitions start clashing with her school duties; Lindsay really doesn’t seem to be prefect material, but does the Head know better? A school story in Breary’s inimitable voice. New. £15

S17)    Brent-Dyer, Elinor M; The Coming of Age of the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2026. New. £13

S18)    [Brent-Dyer] The Chalet School in Peril by Katherine Bruce; pb GGBP 2026. A much anticipated fuller chronicle of the anxious and turbulent term when the Chalet School moves up to the Sonnalpe in the face of an increasingly uneasy international situation (parallel with the first half of Exile). New £13

S19)    [Brent-Dyer] Further Tales of the Chalet School by Lisa Townsend; pb GGBP 2026. A collection of Lisa’s stories from various reprints, plus a couple that are newly written for this volume. New. £13

S20)    Lloyd, Joanna; Catherine Goes to School; pb Books to Treasure 2026.  A welcome reprint of the first of the much-loved, now rare, Bramber Manor series; when she arrives at school, home-tutored Catherine is surprised by the lack of emphasis on learning and the respect for sport, but her good nature and good sense overcome all hiccups. Joanna Lloyd was one of the great exponents of the amusing school story. New £15

S21)    Saville, Malcolm; All Summer Through; pb GGBP 2026. The first of the very attractive Nettleford quartet (featuring one of my favourite fictional shops, The Wise Owl bookshop). New. £13

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Alcott, Louisa May

S22)    Jo’s Boys; pb Puffin. VG+. £3

S23)    Little Men; nd Sampson Low. Little Women sequel. Glazed picture bds, rear hinge of spine repaired, £5

S24)    An Old-Fashioned Girl; nd Sampson Low “new and cheaper edition”. Decorated bds. Pages going biscuity and front and rear hinges exposed, a handsome reading copy. £3

Allan, Mabel Esther       

S25)    [As Priscilla Hagon]; Mystery at the Villa Bianca; pb Greyladies 2024. Frances Grey takes up a post as secretary at an exclusive finishing school in Switzerland; but what starts as a young adult school story turns into a tense thriller! Introduction by Sue Sims. New. £12

S26)    Philomel Follows After;  pb Greyladies 2021. This is MEA’s second full-length book, unpublished until now, and astonishingly written when she was 15, a school story with a difference. Full of Scottish romanticism, not exactly realistic, but very readable, and with girls’ dialogue that rings true. £12

S27)    Ragged Robin Began It; pb (pocket size) Greyladies 2020. MEA gives her thoughts on school stories, including the Big Three and several others – one can criticise and still love, she says. NEW £8

S28)    To Be an Author; pb Greyladies 2020. MEA’s autobiography, until now only privately published. £10

S29)    Signpost to Switzerland; pb GGBP, 2025. Spoilt Camilla has just left school, and her father arranges for her to go, reluctantly, to help at a friend’s hotel in Switzerland. Heartache and a dramatic turn of events change the whole course of her life. New. £13

S30)    Over the Sea to School; pb GGBP 2024. Dillion Harvey is reluctant to go to school, but the progressive Dundonay House on Skye is a different matter… New. £13

S31)    A School in Danger; pb GGBP, 2025. Dundonay House might be ousted by the landlord. New. £13

S32)    Shadow Over the Alps; pb GGBP 2023. A group of Sixth formers taken to the Alps face an atmosphere of increasing menace. Can anyone really wish them harm? New. £13

S33)    Ann’s Alpine Adventure; pb GGBP 2020. New £13

S34)    New Schoools for Old; pb GGBP 2018. New. £13

S35)    Judith Teaches; pb GGBP 2016. Very interesting career story. New. £13

S36)    Here We Go Round; pb GGBP 2015. Nursery teaching. £13

S37)    The MacIans of Glen Gillean; pb GGBP 2013. NEW. £13

S38)    The Wyndhams Went to Wales; pb GGBP 2013.  NEW. £13

S39)    The Ballet Family; pb GGBP 2012.  Joan comes to alien London family.  New  £13

S40)    The Ballet Family Again; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £13

S41)    Trouble at Melville Manor; pb GGBP 2014. Ray, aspiring writer. NEW £13

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

S43)    Amanda Goes to Italy; pb GGBP 2022. New £13

Atkinson, M.E.

S44)    Steeple Folly; 1950 1^st; Bodley Head. The Locketts head for more adventures, in the country. Scarce. VG. £16

Barber, Helen

S45)    Mollie’s Choice; pb BTT. Popular day school story debut. New. £10

S46)    Mollie’s Friends; pb BTT 2020. Sequel to, Mollie’s Choice. New. £10

Batten, H. Mortimer

S47)    Starlight; 1946 1^st pb Puffin. The compellingly told story of a timberwolf. G++. £3.50

Bevan, Marjorie

S48)    Merely Belinda; 1939 1^st ed; Warne. Belinda, daughter of a Hollywood star and her director husband, is very upset at being sent to school in dismal old England. Col fp. G++. £7.50

S49)    The Fifth at Foleys; 1961 Purnell. Veronica, Leonora and new girl Jill form a trio. VG. £6

Biggs, Margaret

S50)    The very attractive Melling series follows the Blake family at a small home-like school.  All New GGBP pbs, All £13 New Girl at Melling; 2005; Susan in the Sixth; 2007; Changes at Melling;   2009.  

S51)    Bobby at Hill House; pb GGBP 2014. £13

S52)    Christmas Term at Vernley; pb GGBP 2012.  £13

S53)    The Two Families; pb GGBP 2010. NEW.  £13

S54)    Dilly Goes to Ambergate; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £13

Blyton, Enid

S55)    Mr Pinkwhistle Interferes; pb Dragon. VG+ £4

S56)    The Naughtiest Girl is a Monitor; 1973 rev ed, Dean. Glazed picture bds as issued. VG+. £5

S57)    Famous Five paperbacks; Knight, (the edition of my childhood!) all G+ or better, £3.50 each; Five Get Into a Fix; Five on Finniston Farm; Five Fall into Adventure.

S58)    St Clare’s; paperbacks Dragon, G++, £3 each. The Twins at St Clare’s; The O’Sullivan Twins; Summer Term at St Clare’s; Second Form at St Clare’s; Fifth Formers at St Clare’s.

S59)    Five Have a Mystery to Solve; pb Knight. There is a small three-quarter inch tear in the cover midway along the open edge, and tiny pieces of Sellotape have been used to mend corresponding tears in several pages at the front, no loss to cover or pages. £3

S60)    Mr Galliano’s Circus; pb Armada 1962. G++. £3.50

S61)    Chimney Corner Stories; 1963 Dean. VG £5

Borer, M. Cathcart

S62)    The First Term at Northwood; 1948 Pitman. A search for a hidden will spices up Judy and Anna’s first term at Northwood, a school housed in what had been their grandfather’s ancestral home in Wiltshire. Engagingly written. A good reading copy. £5

Boston, Lucy M.

S63)    Lovely paperback reprints from early 2000s by Oldknow Books. All based on Lucy Boston’s real house, the visitable Hemingford Grey Manor near Cambridge, one of the contenders as the oldest still-inhabited house in England. All VG+ or better, £3 each. The Children of Green Knowe; An Enemy at Green Knowe; The Stones of Green Knowe.

Brazil, Angela

S64)    A Fourth Form Friendship; pb 2006 GGBP, centenary edition, a good one! NEW. £6

S65)    The Nicest Girl in the School; nd (fat edition), Blackie. Col fp, 4/4 b&w plates. Pic bds. Well read, G. £6

S66)    The Manor House School; nd Blackie (later ed). 4/4 b&w plates, VG in VG+ dw. £8

S67)    For the Sake of the School; nd War Econ; Blackie. 4/4 b&w plates. VG, a lovely fresh copy. £7.50

S68)    The Madcap of the School; nd Blackie. 4/4 b&w plates. Pic bds. A little foxing, VG. £7.50

S69)    The Youngest Girl in the Fifth; nd, (fat edition), Blackie. Handsome pictorial boards, only 2 of 6 plates, a good reading copy. £5

S70)    The Mystery of the Moated Grange; nd War Economy; Blackie. Rear hinge splitting, otherwise G+, b&w fp and 3/3 other plates by Lindsay Cable. £5

S71)    Joan’s Best Chum; nd War Economy; Blackie. Missing one of 4 plates. G++. £5

S72)    The New Girl at ST Chad’s; nd, (fat edition), Blackie. Handsome pictorial boards, missing frontis but has all 5 other plates. Well-read, G. £6

S73)    The Girls of St Cyprian’s; nd (fat edition), Blackie. Handsome pic bds, all 6 b&w plates. G++. £10

Breary, Nancy

S74)    The Impossible Prefect; pb Books to Treasure 2026. Lindsay Dysart has difficulty when her literary ambitions start clashing with her school duties; Lindsay really doesn’t seem to be prefect material, but does the Head know better? A school story in Breary’s inimitable voice. New. £15

Brent-Dyer, Elinor

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

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S75)    [Ed Auchmuty and Gosling] The Chalet School Revisited; pb Bettany Press. Published to mark EBD’s centenary, this has essays by experts on Guides, the centenary celebrations, collecting the books, religion, dustwrappers & illustrations, EBD’s life, the literary context and the series factor, plus others. VG++.  £14

S76)    McClelland, Helen; Behind the Chalet School – A Biography of Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; 1996 1^st ed; Bettany Press. The pioneering work which established so much new information about EBD. Bizarrely two different sorts of paper stock were clearly used, and have aged very slightly differently, so the closed page edges now have a striped effect! VG++. £14

S77)    McCallum, Alison; The Chalet School Encyclopedia;. GGBP larger format pbs. Fascinating and exhaustive guide to all things Chalet. Non-fiction. NEW.  Volume 4 (R-Z) 2016. £20

S78)    The Chalet Book for Girls; pb GGBP 2025. A reprint of the first annual-type book published when the Chalet School was at the height of its fame. Chalet short stories and more. New. £14

S79)    [Brent-Dyer, Elinor] Tales from the Chalet School by Helen Barber and Katherine Bruce; pb GGBP 2023. Short stories by two well-respected fill-in writers, including a couple of new ones. New. £16

S80)    Further Tales of the Chalet School by Lisa Townsend; pb GGBP 2026. A collection of Lisa’s stories from various reprints, plus a couple that are newly written for this volume. New. £13

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

S82)    The Chalet School Christmas Story Book; pb GGBP 2007. A lovely seasonal collection. VG+. £13

S83)    The Chalet School Cook Book; pb GGBP 2009. The only out-of-series Chalet book that EBD wrote. An interesting book of recipes of the time, structured around conversations between Joey, Simone, Frieda and Marie, who are in quarantine. People have tried the recipes, with mixed results! NEW.  One copy only. £20

S84)    Before the Chalet School - The Bettanys of Taverton High by Helen Barber; pb rep 2022. New £13

S85)    Before the Chalet School - Last Term at Taverton High  by Helen Barber. GGBP 2018. NEW. £16

S86)    The School at the Chalet; pb GGBP 2025. A new centenary ed, loads of extras. NEW £13

S87)    Simone of the Chalet School by Amy Fletcher; pb GGBP 2025. Complements School at the Chalet where she is seen through the eyes of others. Here is her point of view of those foundational events. NEW. £13

S88)    Deira Joins the Chalet School by Caroline German; pb GGBP 2010. NEW  £20

S89)    Jo Returns to the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2021. New. £20

S90)    The Muller Twins at the Chalet School by Bruce, Katherine;  pb GGBP 2012.  NEW. £13

S91)    Gillian of the Chalet School by Carol Allan; pb GGBP 2006. £20

S92)    The Chalet School in Exile; pb GGBP.  NEW.  £20

S93)    The Chalet School in Peril by Katherine Bruce; pb GGBP 2026. A much anticipated fuller chronicle of the anxious and turbulent term when the Chalet School moves up to the Sonnalpe in the face of an increasingly uneasy international situation (parallel with the first half of Exile). New £13

S95)    The Chalet School in Guernsey by Katherine Bruce; pb GGBP 2020. New. £13

S96)    The Chalet School and Robin by Caroline German; pb GGBP 2003. VG++. £15

S97)    Flight of a Chalet School Girl by Katherine Bruce; pb GGBP 2022. 1 copy only. New £25

S98)    Gay from China at the Chalet School; pb rep GGBP 2023. New. £13

S99)    Jo to the Rescue; pb GGBP 2022 New £16

S100)  A Chalet School Headmistress by Helen Barber. GGBP rep 2017. Very popular fill-in. £16

S101)  Tom Tackles the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £16

S102)  Primula of the Chalet School by Helen Barber; pb GGBP 2025. Shy Primula has to cope.  New. £20

S103)  The Bettany Twins and the Chalet School by Helen Barber; pb GGBP 2020. £13

S104)  A Guernsey Girl at the Chalet School by Amy Fletcher; pb GGBP 2021. £16

S105)  Peace Comes to the Chalet School by Katherine Bruce; pb GGBP rep 2020. New. £20

S106)  The Champion of the Chalet School by Adrianne Fitzpatrick; pb GGBP 2014. NEW. £20

S107)  Three Go to the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2022 New £16

S108)  A Difficult Term at the Chalet School by Lisa Townsend; pb GGBP 2021 rep. NEW.  £20

S109)  The Chalet School and the Island; pb GGBP 2022. New £16

S110)  Peggy of the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2021. New. £16

S111)  Maeve of the Chalet School by H. Barber; pb GGBP 2022. Same term as CS Oberland, Shocks. New £25

S112)  Changes for the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2014. NEW. One copy only £20

S113)  The Chalet School and Barbara; pb GGBP 2014. NEW. £20

S114)  The Chalet School Returns to the Alps by Lisa Townsend; pb GGBP 2021. Nancy Wilmot joins the school as a mistress and takes some time to feel at home. (Overlaps with CS and Barbara). New. £13

S115)  A Chalet Girl from Kenya; pb rep GGBP 2021. New. £16

S116)  Mary-Lou of the Chalet School; pb GGBP rep. 2024. £16

S117)  A Problem for the Chalet School; pb rep GGBP 2021. New. £16

S118)  New Mistress at the Chalet School; pb rep GGBP 2020. New. £20

S119)  The Coming of Age of the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2026. New. £13

S120)  A Leader in the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2020. New. £20

S121)  The Chalet School Wins the Trick; pb GGBP 2022 New £13

S122)  A Future Chalet School Girl pb rep GGBP 2024. New. £16 

S123)  Jane and the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2013. NEW.  £20

S124)  Redheads at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2023. NEW.  £13

S125)  Rosamund Leads the Chalet School by Lisa Townsend; pb GGBP 2023. The term of Redheads, but from Rosamund’s point of view. Now out of print. NEW £16

S126)  Challenge for The Chalet School; pb GGBP rep 2023 New £16

S127)  Seniors of the Chalet School by Lisa Towsnend; pb GGBP 2025. Jack, Flavia, Wanda and the rest of Inter V are looking forward to a care-free time before they have to leave the Middles, but as the Chalet School faces a term busy with significant events, they have to prove that they have what it takes to become proper seniors (overlaps with Althea and Prefects). NEW £13

S128)  Althea Joins the Chalet School; pb rep GGBP 2021. New. £20

S129)  Prefects at the Chalet School; pb GGBP rep 2025. New. Out of print £20

S130)  New Beginnings at the Chalet School by Heather Paisley; pb rep GGBP 2020 £13

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

S131)  The School at the Chalet; 1963 rep. Spine faded, several names written on eps, gen VG+. £7.50

S132)  The Head-Girl of the Chalet School; 1949 rep. Some notes, inscriptions on eps, seems well-read. £7.50

S133)  The Chalet School and Jo; 1951 rep. Lovely and fresh, VG++ in worn but attractive dw. £16

S134)  Exploits of the Chalet Girls; 1950 rep. One section of pages has been repeated, but there are no omissions! Neat repair reinforcing front hinge, generally G++ in p/c dw. £8.50

S135)  The New House at the Chalet School; 1950 rep. VG+; the book has been given a tidy, handsomely lettered (removable) brown paper cover, with the dw blurb taped inside it, and the front cover of the dw loosely tucked into the turn over. £10

S136)  The New House at the Chalet School; 1963 rep. A beautifully fresh copy, fine in VG++ dw. £18

S137)  The Chalet School in Exile; 1950 rep. VG. £14

S139)  Lavender Laughs in the Chalet School; 1956 rep. Pages going biscuity, o/w VG++ in VG+ dw. £24

S140)  Gay from China at the Chalet School; 1960 rep. This is the edition with the attractive vignette of Hereford Cathedral on the spine. VG++ in VG+ dw. £20

S141)  The Chalet School and Barbara; 1954 1^st ed. Pages going a little biscuity, o/w VG+ in dw with a few substantial chips, now protected. £20

S142)  A Genius at the Chalet School; 1956 1^st ed. VG+ in VG dw. £24

S143)  Excitements for the Chalet School; 1957 1^st ed. Overall a sound copy, but for some reason the spine is peeling a bit and slightly torn at the top. £8

S144)  The Chalet School Reunion; 1963 1^st ed. 4 colour plates. Near fine in VG- dw with the wraparound design, a few tears but little loss, now protected. £34

S145)  Summer Term at the Chalet School; 1^st ed. VG. £20

S146)  Challenge for the Chalet School; 1966 1^st ed. VG £24

S147)  Judy the Guide; 1^st ed 1928; Nelson. Handsome pictorial boards, generally VG. £14

S148)  EBD’s Collected Verse; ed Joy Wotton; NCC 2006 124pp booklet. New. £2.50

La Rochelle series and other Chalet connectors

S149)  The Lost Staircase; hb,1954 rep; Chambers. Young Jesanne Gellibrand (later of the Chalet School), is brought over to The Dragon House from New Zealand by the eccentric Sir Ambrose when she becomes his heir. A really charming book even if the plot is somewhat far-fetched. Has no prelims, although no sign of anything missing. Pages going biscuity, overall VG. £16

S150)  Monica Turns Up Trumps; pb GGBP 2025. Unsatisfactory Monica eventually comes good (and goes to the Chalet School…) Very attractive Christmassy cover. New. £13

S151)  Monica Turns Up Trumps; hb, nd (1^st ed?) RTS. A worn but nice thick copy of this CS connector. £10

S152)  Gerry Goes to School; pb GGBP 2022. Reprint for the 100^th anniversary of its first publication. New £13

S153)  A Head Girl’s Difficulties; pb rep GGBP, 2024. The second La Rochelle title, with an introduction by me on Sentiment and Stoicism: Reactions to Children’s Deaths. New. £13

S154)  The Maids of La Rochelle; hb, 1927, Chambers.  VG £22

S155)  Seven Scamps; pb GGBP 2013. NEW. £20

S156)  Janie of La Rochelle; pb rep GGBP 2020. £16

S157)  Janie of La Rochelle; hb, 1952 rep, Chambers. Spine faded, overall VG. £14.50

S158)  Janie Steps In; pb GGBP rep 2023. The final La Rochelle title. New £13

Lorna

S159)  Lorna At Wynyards; pb GGBP rep 2021. One of my favourite EBD titles. New. £13

S160)  Stepsisters for Lorna; pb GGBP rep 2023. New £13

S161)  [Brent-Dyer, Elinor]; Lorna’s Last Year at Wynyards by Amy Fletcher pb GGBP 2023. The Lorna duo is a favourite with many; what might have happened to Lorna afterwards? New £16

Condor Crags Series

S162)  The Condor Crags Adventure; pb GGBP 2018. New. £16

S163)  Chudleigh Hold; pb GGBP. New. £16

S164)  Top Secret; pb GGBP 2022. New £16

Other titles

S165)  The Little Marie José / The Little Missus; pb GGBP. New. £20 

S166)  The Evangelical Books – Nesta Steps Out, Beechy of the Harbour School and Leader in Spite of Herself; pb GGBP 2021. Some of EBD’s rarest titles, slim volumes here published in one book. New. £20

S167)  Geography Readers Vol 1: A Quintette in Queensland/ Verena Visits New Zealand; pb GGBP 2019. £16

S168)  Geography Readers Vol 2: Bess on her Own in Canada + Sharlie’s Kenya Diary; pb GGBP 2020. £13

S169)  Chalet Club Newsletters; pb rep GGBP 2016. 1960s Chalet Club newsletters, extra CS info.  New £13

S170)  The Feud in the Fifth Remove; pb GGBP 2014. New. £13

S171)  Trouble at Skelton Hall; pb GGBP 2009.  NEW.  £13.

S172)  Caroline the Second; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW  £13

S173)  Elizabeth the Gallant; pb GGBP 2006.  NEW.  £13

S174)  The Lost Staircase; pb GGBP rep, 2018. NEW. £16

S175)  Judy the Guide; pb GGBP 2010.  New. £13

S176)  Kennelmaid Nan; pb GGBP 2011. EBD’s almost-career-story. NEW. £13

S177)  They Both Liked Dogs; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £13

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

S178)  Bristol Conference booklets: SPECIAL OFFER   All six booklets/books below £25

S179)  20^th Century Schoolgirls and Their Books – 7^th 2022 Bristol Conference, 2024. Overall theme is Eccentrics, Misfits and Oddballs. 148pp. Illustrated in colour throughout. £8.50

S180)  20^th C Schoolgirls and Their Books – 6th 2018 Bristol Conference; 2019. Overall theme is War. 144pp book. Illustrated in colour throughout. £7.50

S181)  20^th C Schoolgirls and Their Books – 5th 2016 Bristol Conference; 2017. Themes are Series fiction and Hobbies. 104pp book, illustrated in colour throughout. £6.50

S182)  20^th C Schoolgirls and Their Books – 4th 2014 Conference; 2015. Locations, real and fictional. 68pp £5

S183)  20^th C Schoolgirls and Their Books – 3rd 2012 Conference; 2012. Includes Career books. 64-pp £4.50

S184)  20^th C Schoolgirls and Their Books – 2nd 2010 Conference; 2011. Themes include Guides. 60pp. £3.50

Bruce, Dorita Fairlie  One of the major school story writers, DFB wrote titles in a variety of series

Dimsie series

S185)  Dimsie and the Jane Willard Foundation: pb GGBP. The collected Dimsie short stories. NEW. £13

Toby trilogy

S186)  The School on the Moor; pb GGBP 2006.  First Toby title. NEW.  £13

S187)  The School on the Moor; 1937 rep; OUP “Swan” ed. Boards a little marked, G. £6.50

S188)  The School in the Woods; pb GGBP 2007. Toby title of legendary rarity.  £13

S189)  Toby at Tibbs Cross; 1942 1^st ed; OUP. Fascinating now particularly for its social history of Toby working on the land in wartime, but its plot is the thriller / romance one might expect. Surprisingly substantial edition for wartime, with a colour fp. VG £15

S190)  Toby at Tibbs Cross; pb GGBP. New. £13

Colmskirk series A series of 9 books about interlinking families set around the area DFB knew well, Largs on the west coast of Scotland, from the 17^th to 20^th centuries. DFB saw these as more ambitious novels for young adults. (The first two (historical) stories, The King’s Curate and Mistress Mariner, published in the 1930s, have never been reprinted, and are almost impossible to get hold of.)

S191)  Wild Goose Quest; pb GGBP 2013. £13

S192)  Wild Goose Quest; 1945 1^st ed; Lutterworth. Spine faded, o/w VG. £13

S193)  The Serendipity Shop; pb GGBP 2009.  Colmskirk series, set in very recognisable Scottish locations. £13

S194)  Triffeny; pb GGBP 2010.  Second modern Colmskirk title.  NEW. £13

S195)  Triffeny; 1950 1^st ed; OUP. Triffeny aged 16, decides she must go to London to pursue her artistic bent. Her aunts agree it’s impossible – but how can they reconcile Triffeny to staying in Colmskirk? Enter Great-aunt Tryphena, owner of a pottery. VG in VG dw. £22

S196)  The Debatable Mound; pb GGBP 2011.  Colmskirk series.  NEW. £13

S197)  The Debatable Mound; 1953 1^st ed; OUP. A handsome fresh copy in p/c dw. £13

S198)  The Bartle Bequest; pb GGBP. New. £13

Nancy series

S199)  The Girls of St Bride’s; 1927 rep; OUP. Dec bds, gen G+. £7.50

S200)  Nancy at St Bride’s; 1973 rep White Lion. VG in VG slightly baggy dw with faded spine. £5

S201)  The New Girl and Nancy – A Story of School and the Open Air; 1937 rep; OUP. Spine spotty and band darkend on front board, inside is generally VG. £7.50

S202)  Nancy to the Rescue; 1930 rep; OUP. Col fp. Generally G+. £5

S203)  Nancy Returns to St Bride’s; 1938 OUP. Swan edition. This is dedicated to Elsie Oxenham who had pressed DFB for Nancy to be sent back to St Bride’s! Colour fp, VG. £10

Bruce, Mary Grant

An important Australian writer, best known for the Billabong series following the fortunes of the Linton family on Billabong Station in Victoria and in England and Ireland during World War I. Her writing was significant in helping to shape ideas of Australian national identity.

S204)  A Little Bush Maid; 1975 pb Ward Lock. VG. £3

S205)  Mates at Billabong; nd Ward Lock. B&w frontispiece. Some foxing, G++ in G chipped dw. £7.50

S206)  Norah of Billabong; nd Ward Lock. B&w frontispiece. VG+, in dw with a couple of chunks missing. £6

S207)  From Billabong to London; ND Ward Lock. B&w frontispiece. VG+ in VG dw. £14

S208)  Jim and Wally; nd Ward Lock. B&w frontispiece. Jim and Wally join up as War is declared. VG++ in G+ dw. £14

S209)  Captain Jim; nd Ward Lock. B&w frontispiece. VG+. £10

S210)  Back to Billabong; nd Ward Lock. B&w frontispiece. VG in VG dw. £12

S211)  Billabong’s Daughter; nd Ward Lock. B&w frontispiece. VG++ in VG+ dw. £12

S212)  Billabong Adventures; nd Ward Lock. B&w frontispiece. VG in VG dw. £10

S213)  Bill of Billabong; 1931 1^st ed; Ward Lock. B&w frontispiece. Handsome pic bds, VG+. £12

S214)  Billabong’s Luck; nd Ward Lock. B&w frontispiece. VG in VG+ dw. £12

S215)  Wings Above Billabong; 1935 1^st ed; Ward Lock. B&w frontispiece. Handsome pic bds, VG+. £12

S216)  Billabong Gold; nd Ward Lock. B&w frontispiece. Ex-lib, G+ in G+ dw. £7.50

S217)  Son of Billabong; 1951 rep; Ward Lock. B&w frontispiece. VG £7.50

S218)  Billabong Riders; 1946 rep (same year as first); Ward Lock. B&w frontispiece. Pages a little biscuity, generally VG in G++ dw. £7.50

Buckeridge, Anthony   

S219)  Jennings and Darbishire; 1957 rep; Collins. VG+ in VG dw. £8

S220)  Jennings’ Little Hut; 1957 rep; Collins. VG+ in G++ dw with a little edgewear. £8

S221)  According to Jennings; 1957 rep; Collins. VG- in dw missing 1 cm at top of spine, would o/w be VG. £8

S222)  Jennings Goes to School; pb Puffin. Cover by John Verney. VG. £3.50

Burgess, Trevor

S223)  A Spy at Monk’s Court; 1960 rep; Hutchinson. Jim Raymond and his friends spend the summer term trying to unravel the mystery of Koromoff, a new boy, supposedly the son of a foreign diplomat. Dw by Terence Freeman. VG in VG dw. £8.50

Burton, Hester

S224)  Time of Trial; 1963 1^st ed; OUP. Margaret’s world collapses when her father is imprisoned for sedition, campaigning for reform when the country is menaced by Napoleon. Can she hold on to her principles – and her love for Robert Kerridge, the medical student who had lodged with them? A book I read as a child and returned to over and over. Rough strip from removed tape down centre of eps, o/w VG. £7.50

Butler-Joyce, Joan

S225)  Hot Water; pb BTT 2020. A trilogy first published 1935 – 1940, about school friends Madge, Pam and charismatic new girl Leah. New £12

S226)  She Went to London; pb BTT 2020 Madge visits Leah for eventful holiday. New £12

S227)  No Responsibility; pb BTT 2020. The  friends are not keen on the implications of prefectship. New. £12

Caldwell, Patricia

S228)  The Vivians school series, all GGBP, £13 each (or £10 each if you buy more than one Vivians title). Prefects at Vivians 2010; Head Girl at Vivians 2010; Strangers at Vivians 2011; Left Until Called For at Vivians 2012; A Last Year at Vivians 2013; ¡Viva Vivians! 2014; Winter at Vivians 2016

S229)  Prefects at Vivians; pb GGBP. St Vivians is a Cumberland boarding school. Slight damage, gen VG. £4

Channon, E.M.

S230)  That Awful Term; pb BTT 2018. £12

S231)  The Handsome Hardcastles; pb BTT 2017. NEW. £12

S232)  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

S233)  Expelled from St Madern’s; Nisbet nd, insc 1933. B&w fp, G++. £6

S234)  Expelled from St Madern’s; pb BTT 2014. New. £12

S235)  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

S236)  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

Chatwyn, Alys

S237)  A Credit to the School; nd Prize plate 1937; Epworth. VG. £5

Chaundler, Christine  One of the major school story writers of the 20^th C, she succeeds in creating splendidly sympathetic main characters whom the reader cheers on in their inevitable travails.

S238)  A Disgrace to the Fourth; Micky Keith, the least confident and most scared member of the Upper Fourth, seemed to attract misfortune! The perfect person for the Lower Fourth to use in their feud with the higher form… VG, dw has been repaired, little loss, nice and bright under protection. £6.50

S239)  The Chivalrous Fifth; nd Nelson. Jane Smith’s mother apparently keeps a shop; her new friends decide they must be Terribly Kind to show they don’t mind… B&w drawings throughout. VG £6

S240)  The Right St John’s; pb 2007 GGBP. A new girl begins to suspects she’s in the wrong place...  NEW  £13

Courtney, Gwendoline       

S241)  At School with the Stanhopes; pb GGBP 2025. Such an enjoyable book and the detail of starting a school is so appealing. Rosalind has to leave her school and stay with her dour brother Richard, but when Kate Stanhope, a mistress at Rosalind’s old school, inherits a nearby house, she and her four younger sisters decide that the only thing to do is start a school in it…  NEW £13

S242)  A Coronet for Cathie; pb rep GGBP 2024. A really satisfying read! New. £13

S243)  Stepmother; pb GGBP. NEW.  2018. £16

S244)  The Grenville Garrison; pb GGBP 2014. NEW. £13

S245)  Denehurst Secret Service; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S246)  Well Done Denehurst; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S247)  The Chiltons; GGBP 2006.  NEW  £16

S248)  Mermaid House; pb GGBP 2011 1st publication in book form! £13

S249)  Wild Lorings – Detectives; pb GGBP 2010. £13

Cowper, E.E.

S250)  The Mystery Term; nd Blackie. 3/3 b&w plates. VG+. £8

Darch, Winifred

S251)  The New School and Hilary; pb 2008. Insight into staff point of view.  Darch’s books are “among the best school stories ever written” (Encyclopaedia of Girls’ School Stories).  NEW.  £13

Dennison, Dorothy

S252)  The Rebellion of the Upper Fifth; 1949 new ed; Lutterworth. Col fp. VG+. £6.50

Edwards, Monica       

Monica Edwards used her own experiences and places she knew well to create two classic series of books, the Punchbowl Farm series set in the Sussex countryside, and the Romney Marsh series on the coast at Rye, which later become interwoven.

S253)  The Cats of Punchbowl Farm; pb GGBP 2026. New. £13

S254)  The Unsought Farm; pb GGBP 2025. How Monica Edwards came upon the farm that was to be the model for the much-loved Punchbowl Farm. New. £13

S255)  Wish for a Pony 2020. pb GGBP NEW. £20

S256)  The Summer of the Great Secret 2019; pb GGBP. NEW. One copy only. £20

S257)  The White Riders; pb rep GGBP 2024. New. Now out of print. £13

S258)  Storm Ahead; pb rep GGBP 2021. £13

S259)  Storm Ahead; pb rep GGBP 2021. Covers slightly bent, £6

S260)  The Wanderer 2012; pb GGBP. NEW. £20

S261)  No Entry 2005; pb GGBP. NEW. £20

S262)  Punchbowl Harvest 2013; pb GGBP. NEW. £20

S263)  Operation Seabird 2007; pb GGBP. NEW. £20

S264)  Strangers to the Marsh pb GGBP. NEW. One copy only. £20

S265)  The Outsider 2015; pb GGBP NEW. One copy only. £20

S266)  Dolphin Summer 2009; pb GGBP. NEW. £20

S267)  Fire at the Punchbowl 2009; pb GGBP. NEW. £20

S268)  A Wind is Blowing; pb GGBP 2023. New £20

S269)  Wish for a Pony; nd Children’s Press. Pages a little biscuity, o/w VG+ in VG dw. £7.50

S270)  No Mistaking Corker; nd Collins. VG in G dw worn at ends of spine. £6

S271)  The White Riders; 1950 1^st ed; Collins. VG. £7.50

S272)  Black Hunting Whip; 1950 1^st ed; Collins. VG. £7.50

S273)  The Wanderer; 1955 rep, CBC. Some foxing on endpapers, otherwise G++, in dw missing bottom quarter of front and spine, now protected. £8.50

S274)  No Entry; 1956 rep CBC. The Romney Marsh children are able to help when an outbreak of Foot and Mouth means isolation for a local farm. VG+ in G+ dw. £10

S275)  The Outsider; 1962 CBC. The Romney Marsh children come to stay at Punchbowl Farm, and face the challenge of separating out a wild deer that has got in among the herd. VG+ in VG+ dw. £10

S276)  The Night Bird; 1956 rep; Collins. Splash mark on front board, o/w VG. £5

S277)  The White Riders; pb Puffin no. 95 1956. Pages biscuity, a good reading coy of a vintage paperback. £2.50

S278)  The Cownappers; 1964 1^st pb Armada. Pages biscuity, G+. £3

S279)  Cargo of Horses; 1956 pb Fontana. Cover Shirley Hughes, illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam, VG. £4

Elder, Josephine          

S280)  Erica Wins Through; pb GGBP 2010. 1^st of Scholarship Girl trilogy. NEW £13

S281)  The Scholarship Girl; pb GGBP 2011.  Second in trilogy.  NEW. £13

S282)  The Scholarship Girl at Cambridge; pb GGBP 2012. Third. Life for a new student.  NEW. £13

S283)  Cherry Tree Perch; pb GGBP 2021. A Farm School title, sequel to Exile for Annis. New. £13

S284)  Evelyn Finds Herself; pb GGBP 2006.  The new School Story Encyclopaedia calls it “outstanding”.  £13

Enright, Elizabeth

S285)  Gone-Away Lake; 1967 rep; Heinemann. Ex-sch lib, scrape on front pasted down endpaper, lacks the free front endpaper, o/w VG in lovely dw marred only by strip of old-tape discolouration on rear flap. £7.50

S286)  Thimble Summer; pb Puffin. Newbery Medal winner 1939. Garnet Lindon’s lovely summer. Illustrated by the author, cover design by Shirley Hughes. VG+. £4

S287)  The Four-Storey Mistake; pb Puffin. Cover Shirley Hughes, illus by Enright. Spine faded o/w VG. £4

Forest, Antonia    

S288)  Autumn Term; pb Puffin. VG+ £5

S289)  Autumn Term; GGBP 2024. The first Marlow title, first GGBP publication. New. Now out of print. £20

S290)  The Marlows and the Traitor; pb GGBP. New. £25

S291)  End of Term; pb GGBP rep 2026. A welcome return of one of the Marlow school stories, which went out of print very quickly when first published by GGBP. NEW. £13

S292)  The Thuggery Affair; pb GGBP 2005. NEW.  £16

S293)  The Ready-Made Family; pb GGBP 2021. New. £16

S294)  The Cricket Term; pb GGBP 2020. NEW. £20

S295)  The Attic Term; pb GGBP 2022. New £20

S296)  Run Away Home; pb GGBP rep 2023. New. £20

S297)  The Player’s Boy; pb GGBP 2025. Young Nicholas Marlow runs away and is taken on by a London player called Master William Shakespeare. One of the most convincing portraits of Shakespeare ever. Whether you are already a fan of historical fiction or not, this is definitely one to try. NEW £13

S298)  The Players and the Rebels; pb GGBP 2008.   NEW. £16

Garfield, Leon

S299)  Smith; pb Puffin. Why was the paper young Smith pickpocketed worth an old gentleman’s life? VG £3

Garnett, Eve

S300)  The Family From One End Street; 1953 rep; Muller. 1937 Carnegie Medal winner. Map eps of Otwell-on-the-Ouse (partly covered at front and rear, but luckily you can see everything on one or the other!) Mr Ruggles, dustman, and Mrs Ruggles, washerwoman, have 7 children. Daily details are now social history, but family dynamics remain as engaging. Illus by the author. Ex-education lib, a nice clean VG copy. £8

S301)  The Family From One End Street; pb Puffin. The salmon pink cover of my childhood. VG. £4

S302)  Holiday at the Dew Drop Inn; pb Puffin. Kate, oldest Ruggles, goes to stay in the country. I was grown up before I realised the pun involved in the name of the pub! Vertical crease in front wrap, otherwise VG. £4

Geras, Adele

S303)  The Tower Room; 1990 1^st ed, HH. School story loosely based on Rapunzel fairy tale. Fine in VG dw. £6

Godden, Rumer

S304)  Miss Happiness and Miss Flower; pb Macmillan. Nona, coming to chilly England from bright, warm India, is very homesick, until she receives a gift – two Japanese dolls. As she builds a traditional house for them, she comes to feel at home herself. Deservedly a classic. VG. £3.50

S305)  Little Plum; pb Puffin 1975. Inquisitive Belinda wants to know more about Gem, their unfriendly next door neighbour, especially as she has a Japanese doll too, Little Plum. VG++. £6.50

Goodall, John S. – These are delightful small wordless landscape format books, with stories conveyed entirely through Goodall’s illustrations. I can’t understand why these haven’t been snapped up!

S306)  An Edwardian Holiday; 1978 1^st ed; Macmillan. Our nameless boy and girl  and their family visit the seaside and go on a paddle steamer to the Continent. Fine in fine dw. £4

S307)  Edwardian Entertainments; 1981 1^st ed; Macmillan. Same format, another appealing subject. £4

S308)  Before the War: 1908-1939 – An Autobiography in Pictures; 1981 1^st ed; Macmillan. Another lovely book in small landscape format. £4

Goudge, Elizabeth

S309)  The Joy of the Snow; pb GGBP 2024. This new edition of her autobiography includes a selection of letters written by her in later life which have never been published before. New. £13

S310)  The World of Elizabeth Goudge by Sylvia Gower; pb GGBP 2020. Illuminating. New. £13

S311)  Smoky-House; pb GGBP 2020. The Treguddick children of the Smoky-House Inn in 19^th C Devon caught up in smuggling and other adventures. New. £13

S312)  Henrietta’s House; pb GGBP 2020. New. £13

S313)  The Valley of Song; pb GGBP 2020. New. £13

S314)  Sister of the Angels; pb GGBP. £13

S315)  Paperbacks, Hodder / Corgi. All at least G, £3 each: The Castle on the Hill; The Scent of Water; The Rosemary Tree; The Dean’s Watch; The Damerosehay Trilogy = The Bird in the Tree; The Herb of Grace; The Heart of the Family.

Grimm Brothers

S316)  Grimm’s Fairy Tales; nd (inter-war) Ward, Lock. A lovely book with a gorgeous cover and 16 colour plates by Harry G. Theaker. Occasional light spotting, gen VG. £12

Hallack, Cecily A once well-known Catholic writer whose books are now scarce

S317)  The Sword Blade of Michael; 1950 rep; Sands and Co. £14

S318)  The Sunny Wall; 1929 1^st ed; Burns Oates and Washbourne. VG++. £30

S319)  The Happiness of Father Happé; 1944 1^st ed; Browne& Nolan. Missing lower 1/3 of spine, inside VG. £5

Harnett, Cynthia

S320)  The Writing on the Hearth; hb rep. Young Stephen, visiting his friend Meg, rumoured a witch, encounters Roger Bolingbroke, who is such an enemy of the young king, Henry VI, and can’t forget the mysterious magic signs that he and Meg scratch on the hearth. Ranging over the Thames and the Chilterns, a splendid story of the troubling times before the Wars of the Roses erupt. VG+ in VG+ dw. Now scarce. £14

S321)  The Load of Unicorn; pb Puffin. Bendy, apprenticed to William Caxton, realises that his scrivener brothers are plotting to make sure that the load of unicorn paper destined for the printing presses never arrives. Illustrated as usual with the author’s own gorgeous drawings. Nr fine. £4.50

S322)  Stars of Fortune; pb Mammoth. Laurie and Robert Washington have taken to visiting the little town of Woodstock – but with its hugely important prisoner, will it prove dangerous for them? Fine. £4.50

            Hill, Lorna      

S323)  No Castanets at the Wells; pb GGBP 2022. New £13

S324)  Masquerade at the Wells; pb GGBP 2022. New £13

S325)  Jane Leaves the Wells; pb GGBP 2024. Newly successful ballerina Jane faces a choice. New. £13

S326)  The Secret; pb rep 2020 GGBP. New. £13

S327)  Vicki in Venice; pb rep GGBP 2021. New. £16

S328)  Dancing Peel; 1954 1^st; Nelson. Annette Dancy in Northumberland. VG in G++ dw. £9.50

S329)  Dancer in Danger; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £16

S330)  Northern Lights;  pb GGBP 2009. Only edition of this Marjorie story previously unpublished. NEW  £13

S331)  Castle in Northumbria; pb GGBP 2021. New. £13

S332)  The Vicarage Children; pb GGBP. New. £13

S333)  More About Mandy; pb GGBP 2009.  “Vicarage Children” story drawing on Lorna Hill’s own background as a clergyman’s wife.  NEW.  £13

S334)  The Vicarage Children in Skye; pb GGBP 2010.  New. £13

Hoyland, Rosemary

S335)  Ethelbert and the Witch Doctor; 1959 1^st ed; Collins. Bold attractive illustrations by the author in this classic picture book about Ethelbert the Tiger. Glazed picture boards as issued, slightly worn on the corners, generally VG. £6

Hunter, Mollie – A versatile and engaging Scottish writer, winner of the Carnegie Medal

S336)  The Thirteenth Member; pb Kelpie. On a dark night in the 1590s, Adam sees the Devil riding on a flaming horse. Drawn into a world of witches and plots to kill the king, can Adam save kitchen maid Gilly from burning at the stake? VG+ £4

Jansson, Tove

S337)  Moominpappa at Sea; 2018 rep; Sort of Books. A new reprint of the classic (with Jansson’s classic drawings too). Mint in mint dw. £5

Johns, Capt. W.E.

Flight Officer Joan Worralson, or rather “Worrals of the WAAF”, is the WWII equivalent of Biggles, Worrals was very popular and arguably a great role model.  

S338)  Worrals on the War-Path; 1948 rep; Lutterworth. VG. £6

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S339)  [Biggles] The Rescue Flight; 1953 rep; OUP. Nice clean copy, £7.50

S340)  Biggles, Pioneer Air Fighter; nd Dean. VG++ in VG dw. £7.50

S341)  Biggles, Air Detective; nd Latimer House. VG+ in G+ edgeworn dw. £7.50

S342)  Biggles pbs; Nice old Knight or Armada, 1960s & 1970s; all G+ or better, £3 each; In the Orient; The Rescue Flight; Flies North; Goes to War.  

Kerr, Judith

S343)  When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit; pb Harper. The classic tale of escape from the Nazis, based on Kerr’s own experiences as a child. Fine. £3.50

Konigsburg, E.L.  Hugely imaginative, unobtrusively thought-provoking writer

S344)  The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place; pb S&S. Margaret Rose Kane finds that neighbours around Schuyler Place, feeling that the three tall towers her uncles have lovingly built in their garden over the past 45 years are not in keeping with the aspirations of the neighbourhood, are wanting them torn down, and Margaret Rose discovers that there is something she really does want to get involved in. VG+ £4.50

S345)  The Second Mrs Gioconda; pb S&S. What is the mystery behind Leonardo’s most famous painting? Does the answer lie with his lazy, lying, thieving apprentice, Salai? VG. £4.50

S346)  A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver; pb S&S. Eleanor of Aquitaine, waiting 8 centuries in heaven for Henry II to be judged worthy to join her from Purgatory, passes the time by reminiscing about her life. Imaginative and entertaining. Nr fine. £4.50

Lee, M & C.

S347)  Rosamond Fane; 1963 Oxford. Rosamond’s uncle and guardian is appointed Commander of the Guard at St James’s Palace, to safeguard three of Charles I’s children. Rosamond’s live with them while her Royalist brother is overseas, but has to decide what to do when her loyalty to her uncle and his family comes into conflict with her Royalist sympathies. Ex-college lib, VG in VG+ dw. £5

Lewis, Lorna

S348)  Tea and Hot Bombs; pb Greyladies 2023. Jackie Lawrence joins the emergency Mobile Canteen Corps to fill in time until she is old enough to join the W.A.A.F. and is immediately in the thick of the London Blitz. Based on the author’s own experiences, this is a fascinating novel of the home front originally published in 1943. New. £12

Lingard, Joan

S349)  The Twelfth Day of July; pb Puffin. Sadie is Protestant, Kevin is Catholic. What does the future hold for them in the tense streets of Belfast? First published in 1970. Near fine. £3

S350)  The File on Fraulein Berg; 1982 rep; Heinemann. Harriet, Kate and Sally are suspicious of the new German teacher who arrives at their Belfast school in 1944 – and as they build up their file, it seems they may be right…  Ex-school lib, glazed picture bds as issued, VG. £4

Lloyd, Joanna

S351)  Catherine Goes to School; pb Books to Treasure 2026.  A welcome new edition of the first of the much-loved but now rare Bramber Manor series; when she arrives at school, home-tutored Catherine is surprised by the lack of emphasis on learning and the respect for sport, but her good nature and good sense overcome all obstacles. Joanna Lloyd was one of the great exponents of the amusing school stories.  New. £15

Lloyd, Marjorie

S352)  Fell Farm Holiday; pb Puffin original (no hardback). The first Fell Farm book introduces the Browne family, two sets of twins and Sally. I always read them when we go on a Lake District holiday, which leaves me even more in awe of the scale of their hikes than usual! VG++ £7.50

S353)  Fell Farm Campers; pb Puffin original (no hardback). Illustrated by Shirley Hughes. These much loved Puffin Original stories of the Browne family in the Lake District are becoming very hard to find. VG. £6

Mackenzie, James

S354)  Another Country –Children’s Books of the Lake District & Cumbria. Pb GGBP  NEW. £10

Mallory, Clare

S355)  The New House at Winwood; pb GGBP. One of my great favourites! NEW. £13

S356)  Leith and Friends; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £13 

S357)  Merry Begins; pb GGBP 2004. One copy only. Mint. £14

S358)  Merry Again; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S359)  Merry Marches On; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S360)  The League of the Smallest; pb GGBP 2009.  NEW.  £13

S361)  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 £16

S362)  The Pen and Pencil Girls; pb GGBP 2010.  Lovely story of group of friends producing a hand-written magazine for a competition.  £13

Manning, Rosemary

S363)  Green Smoke; Puffin. In the little cove under the cliff, Susan discovers R. Dragon, 1,500 years old, who has impeccable manners and doesn’t want to frighten people with his green smoke. VG. £3

Matthewman, Phyllis

S364)  Chloe Takes Control; 1942 rep; Lutterworth. Spine faded, o/w VG. £7.50

S365)  The Queerness of Rusty; 1941 1^st ed; Lutterworth. Spine faded o/w VG. £8.50

S366)  Chloe Takes Control; pb GGBP 2013.  1st Daneswood school story. £13

S367)  A New Role for Natasha; pb GGBP 2020. Daneswood series. £13

S368)  Justice for Jacqueline; pb GGBP 2021. New. £13

S369)  Pat at the Helm; pb GGBP, 2023.  Pat, Josie and Rusty are now in the Sixth Form at Daneswood, and shouldering more responsibilities, in the face of some opposition from lower down the school. New £13

S370)  The Intrusion of Nicola; pb GGBP 2025.  Daneswood is surprised when Nicola, at 18-going-on-19 rather old for school, joins the Sixth Form, and Daneswood goes on being surprised… NEW. £13

S371)  Thanks to Mr Jones; pb GGBP 2013. Family theatricals. NEW. £13

Mayne, William

S372)  A Swarm in May; 1962 rep: OCL. Classic, beautifully written, set in a choir school. VG+ in VG dw £10

S373)  The Incline; 1973 rep; CBC. VG+ in VG+ dw. £6

Montgomery, L.M.

S374)  Emily of New Moon; pb Puffin. VG+. £3

S375)  The Story Girl; 1950 rep; Harrap. VG+ in VG uniform orange dw.  £7.50

S376)  Anne of Avonlea; 1925 1^st UK ed; Harrap. Colour frontipiece. Eps a little biscuity and a bit foxed, top quarter cut off free front endpaper, generally G++. £6

S377)  Anne of the Island; 1936 rep; Harrap. VG in poor worn uniform orange dw missing chunk at base of spine (looks reasonable now protected). £6.50

S378)  Anne’s House of Dreams; 1946 rep; Harrap. VG in VG uniform orange dw. £7.50

S379)  Anne of Ingleside; 1953 rep; Harrap. VG+ in G++ pictorial white dw. £6.50

S380)  Rainbow Valley; 1937 rep; Harrap. VG+ in VG uniform orange dw. £10

S381)  Chronicles of Avonlea; 1936 rep; Harrap. VG+ in G+ uniform orange dw. £6.50

S382)  Further Chronicles of Avonlea; 1972 “Canada ed” Ryerson. Fine in fine dw. £7.50

S383)  Paperbacks; VG+ £3 each; Anne of Green Gables; Anne of the Island; Anne’s House of Dreams; Anne of Ingleside; Rainbow Valley; Rilla of Ingleside; Further Chronicles of Avonlea.

Moore, Dorothea

S384)  The Only Day Girl; pb GGBP. A.J., keen to follow in her mother’s footsteps, but condemned to be a day-girl. Also features one of the few disabled girls in school stories – Sadie is blind. NEW. £12

S385)  The Wrenford Tradition; pb Books to Treasure 2015. School story classic. NEW. £12

S386)  Wanted, An English Girl; pb Books to Treasure, 2014. Scarce WWI title, a surprisingly gritty story not minimising the horrors of war. NEW. £12

Needham, Violet Adventures, some Ruritanian, others with a touch of magic, with compelling characters and complex challenges involving questions of loyalty, bravery and integrity.

S387)  The Horn of Merlyns; pb GGBP 2010.  £13

S388)  The Bell of the Four Evangelists; pb GGBP.  NEW.  £13

S389)  Pandora of Parrham Royal  pb GGBP.  NEW.  £13

S390)  The Emerald Crown; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW  £16

S391)  The Betrayer; pb GGBP. NEW. £13

S392)  The House of the Paladin; pb GGBP 2006.  NEW.  £13

S393)  How Many Miles to Babylon?; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW. £13

S394)  Richard and the Golden Horseshoe; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW. £16

S395)  The Great House of Estraville; pb GGBP 2014.  NEW. £13

S396)  The Secret of the White Peacock;  GGBP 2008.  £13

S397)  The Red Rose of Ruvina;  GGBP 2008. NEW.  £13

S398)  The Avenue; pb GGBP 2013. NEW. £13

S399)  The Boy in Red; pb GGBP 2015.  NEW. £13

S400)  The Black Riders; 1967 rep, Collins Evergreen. VG+ in G+ dw. £16

S401)  The Emerald Crown; 1970 rep; Collins Evergreen. VG++ in VG++ dw, very clean and fresh. £12

S402)  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. £10

Northcote Parkinson, C.

S403)  Ponies Plot; pb Puffin. The world is full of books about ponies, written for children. This is different – a book about children, written for ponies. Riding schools are full of children who can’t ride, so what can ponies do but rebel? G+. £3.50

O’Brien, Robert C.

S404)  Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH; pb Puffin. Mrs Frisby must move her family of mice before their home is destroyed, but time is running out, and her son Timothy is ill. Help comes unexpectedly in the form of mysterious, super-intelligent rats, and little by little, Mrs Frisby learns the secrets of their remarkable past. Deservedly a classic. Fine. £4.50

Oldmeadow, Katharine  Her school stories, usually set in rather unconventional schools, were characterised by her optimism and enjoyment of life

S405)  Madcap Judy; nd (early ed – first publ 1919) Collins. Oldmeadow’s first book. Pic bds, well-read, G. £6

S406)  Cuckoo Fair; nd Blackie. B&w fp, delightful paper boards. Failing spine has been backed, inside G++. £6

Oxenham, E.J.

S407)  [EJO Interest] Chiltern Country by H.J. Massingham; 1944 rep (1^st 1940) Batsford, Face of Britain series. From High Wycombe to Prince’s Risborough, and from Christmas Common to Amersham, a delightfully opinionated book about the whole Chilterns, setting of EJO’s Abbey books. Illustrated throughout. VG++ in attractive Batsford landscape VG- dw, worn at corners, now protected. £7.50

S408)  A Pilgrimage to the Shrines of Buckinghamshire by J. Leadbetter; probably 1^st ed 1860, Hall. A small volume describing visits to sites associated with Great Men, such as William Penn at Jordans, and Thomas Gray at Burnham Beeches, and including a long section on John Hampden, key role model in Girls of the Hamlet Club. This has been handsomely rebound in new boards, original contents VG. £10

S409)  The Testing of the Torment; pb EJO Soc, 2025. New £16

S410)  New Girls at Woodend; pb EJO Soc. 2024. An Abbey connector. New. £16

S411)  Patience and Her Problems; pb EJO Soc, 2023. New £16

S412)  Patience Joan, Outsider; pb EJO Soc, 2024. New £16

S413)  The Go-Ahead Schoolgirl; pb EJO Soc 2023. New. £16

S414)  The School of Ups and Downs; pb EJO Soc 2021. New £16

S415)  Pernel Wins; pb EJO Soc 2022. New. £16

S416)  Daring Doranne; pb EJO Soc 2022. New. £16

S417)  Elsa Puts Things Right; pb EJO Soc 2020. £16

S418)  The Secrets of Vairy; pb EJO Soc 2019. NEW. £16

S419)  The Troubles of Tazy; pb EJO Soc 2019. NEW. £16

S420)  Girls of the Hamlet Club; pb EJO Soc; NEW. £16

S421)  Biddy’s Secret; pb EJO Soc; NEW. £16

S422)  Joy’s New Adventure; pb EJO Soc; NEW. £16

S423)  The Two Form Captains; pb EJO Society 2014. NEW. £16

S424)  Captain of the Fifth; pb EJO Soc. 2015 NEW. £16

S425)  The Junior Captain; pb EJO Soc; 2015. NEW. £16

S426)  Rosaly’s New School;  pb EJO Society 2013.  NEW. £16

S427)  The School without a Name; pb EJO Soc. 2016. NEW. £16

S428)  A School Camp-Fire; pb EJO Soc. 2018. NEW. £16.

S429)  Ven At Gregory’s; pb EJO Soc Spring 2017 NEW. £16

S430)  Rosamund’s Victory; pb EJO Soc. 2017. NEW. £16

S431)  Rachel in the Abbey; pb EJO Soc. Autumn 2018. NEW. £16

S432)  Abbey Champion; pb  EJO Society 2014. NEW. £16

S433)  Maidlin to the Rescue; pb  EJO Society 2014. NEW.  £16

S434)  A Fiddler for the Abbey; pb EJO Soc; 2015. NEW. £16

S435)  Guardians of the Abbey; pb EJO Soc. 2016 NEW. £16

S436)  Goblin Island; pb GGBP 2007. Beautiful ed with all the colour illustrations from previous eds.  NEW. £13

S437)  The Camp Mystery; pb GGBP 2006.  NEW. £13

S438)  Maidlin Bears the Torch;  pb GGBP 2009.  NEW.  £13

S439)  The Abbey Girls Go Back to School; pb 2005 GGBP £13

S440)  Jen of the Abbey Schoool; pb 2007 GGBP. Details of complex publishing history. NEW. £13

S441)  Pernel Wins; 1942 1^st ed; Muller. Illustrated by Margaret Horder. Loosely connected to the Abbey series through Daring Doranne. VG+ in VG+ dw. £30

S442)  Margery Meets the Roses; 1^st ed 1947; Lutterworth. B&w fp. Margery Paine comes to Doranne Dering’s village of Rainbows to open a sweet shop, and meets the four “Rose” sisters – but with a name like that I think we can all guess who they’re related to… But can they be brought to admit it? VG++, nice and fresh, in dw missing chunks at the ends of the spine, now protected. £25

S443)  Stowaways in the Abbey; 1940 1^st ed, thicker size; Collins. VG. £8

S444)  The Abbey Girls Go Back to School; Collins nd “fat orange”. Folk dancing comes to the fore, a splendid period piece. Col fp. G++ £7.50

S445)  The Abbey Girls Go Back to School; 1949 Collins Seagull. Spine faded, bds sl marked, inside VG+. £6

S446)  The New Abbey Girls; nd, nice prize plate to Queenie Angell dated 1932; fat ed, decorated boards, G+.£10

S447)  The Abbey Girls at Home; 1947 rep. Collins “fat orange” (blue). VG- £8.50

S448)  The Abbey Girls in Town; 1947; Collins “fat orange” (maroon). VG+ in most of dw. £8

S449)  The Abbey Girls in Town; 1949 rep; Collins Seagull. VG+ in G+ dw chipped at ends of spine. £6

SPECIAL OFFER: All Abbey School hardbacks below 2 for £9

S450)  Strangers at the Abbey; 1958 rep; Collins “small red”. VG. £5

S451)  Selma at the Abbey; 1958 rep; Collins “small red”. VG in dw missing 4 mm at top of spine, o/w VG. £7

S452)  Schoolgirl Jen at the Abbey; 1955 Collins Seagull. Col fp. VG+. £5

S453)  Stowaways in the Abbey; 1951 rep; Collins Seagull. VG++, lovely clean copy, in G+ dw. £6.50

S454)  The Girls of Rocklands School; nd Collins. First part of Jen of the Abbey School. Monochrome fp. G. £4

S455)  Jandy Mac Comes Back; 1952 rep Seagull. VG+ in poor dw reassembled from pieces under protection! £5

S456)  Maid of the Abbey; 1961 rep; Collins “small red”. VG++ in VG dw. £7.50

S457)  A Dancer from the Abbey; 1953 1^st ed; Collins. Col fp. Lacks the fep, o/w G+. £6.50

S458)  The Song of the Abbey; 1954 1^st ed; Collins. Col fp. Pale grey bds looking a little grubby, very slight foxing on page edges, G++. £6.50

S459)  The Song of the Abbey; 1958 rep; Collins “small red”; VG+ in VG- dw. £6.50

S460)  Robins in the Abbey; 1950 rep; Collins.  VG in chipped dw. £6.50

S461)  Two Queens at the Abbey; 1959 1^st ed Collins. Col fp. VG. £6

Pardoe, M.

S462)  Four Plus Bunkle; 1942 rep; Routledge. The original Bunkle book, a splendid spy adventure. VG. £6

S463)  Bunkle Began It; 1957 rep; Routledge. The inimitable Bunkle launches out. VG. £8

S464)  Bunkle Butts In; 1953 rep; Routledge. Lacks fep, G++. £10

S465)  Bunkle Breaks Away; 1950 rep; Routledge. Spine and small margins of front and rear faded, o/w VG. £8

S466)  Bunkle’s Brainwave; 1952 1^st ed; Routledge. Spine worn, inside VG. £8.50

S467)  Bunkle’s Brainwave; pb 2006; Fidra. Attractive ed with the hardback dw as the cover art. Nr fine. £10

Parker, Mary Louise

S468)  Dormitory Wistaria; nd Economy Standards; Sampson Low. B&w fp. VG in G+ dw. £7.50

Pearce, Philippa

S469)  Tom’s Midnight Garden; 1^st pb Puffin. Classic time-slip story, a beautiful & memorable book. VG++ £4

Peyton, K.M.

S470)  Flambards; pb OUP. VG. £3.50

S471)  The Edge of the Cloud; pb Puffin. Second Flambards title. VG. £3

S472)  Flambards in Summer; pb Puffin. Third Flambards title. VG. £3

S473)  Flambards Divided; pb Puffin. Fourth Flambards title. VG. £3

S474)  Fly-By-Night; 1979 OUP rep. Line drawing iillustrations by the author. Glazed bds as issued, VG. £7.50

S475)  Pennington’s Seventeenth Summer; pb OUP. Patrick Pennington reaches a turning point. VG. £4

S476)  The Beethoven Medal; pb OUP. Ruth Hollis from Fly-By-Night, encounters Patrick Pennington and knows that everyone else she meets will seem insipid in contrast. VG+. £4

Ransome, Arthur

S477)  Secret Water; 1939 rep (same month as 1^st); Cape. VG+. £8

S478)  The Picts and the Martyrs; 1944 rep; Cape. VG. £8

S479)  Missee Lee; 1945 rep; Cape. VG. £8

S480)  Great Northern?; 1947 rep (same year as 1^st ed); Cape. VG+. £8

S481)  Paperbacks; Puffin 1970s, with classic covers as well as internal illustrations by the author; all VG+, £3 each; The Picts and the Martyrs; Winter Holiday; The Big Six; Great Northern?

S482)  The Autobiography of Arthur Ransome; pb Century. VG. £4.50

Reiss, Johanna

S483)  The Upstairs Room; pb OUP. Published in the 1970s, this story, based on the author’s own experience as a Jew in Holland during WWII, deserves to be better known. Like the more famous Anne Frank, she and her sister were hidden for over two years in the upper room of the Oostervelds’ farmhouse. G+. £6

Saville, Malcolm     

Devotees point to his ability to use and invoke a sense of place, all over the UK and beyond.

S484)  Malcolm Saville Short Stories; pb GGBP, 2023.  A new collection. New £13

Nettleford Series

S485)  All Summer Through; pb GGBP 2026. The first of the very attractive Nettleford quartet (featuring one of my favourite fictional shops, The Wise Owl bookshop). New. £13

S486)  All Summer Through; pb Armada. VG+. £3.50

S487)  Spring Comes to Nettleford; 1954 1^st ed; H&S. Illus by Joan Kiddell Monroe. Library binding, G++. £7.50

The Lone Pine Series

S488)  Lone Pine pbs; Armada / Merlin; G+ or better £3 each; Lone Pine 5; Treasure at Amorys; The Neglected Mountain; Mystery Mine; Sea Witch Comes Home; Wings Over Witchend; Saucers over the Moor; Ma with Three Fingers; The Secret of Grey Walls.

S489)  Mystery at Witchend; Collins. 1971 rev ed. Glazed Boards as issued. VG. £5

S490)  Seven White Gates; Newnes 3^rd 1946. Spine detaching, bds a bit discoloured, inside is nice and clean £8

S491)  The Secret of Grey Walls; Newnes 1948 first rep. Ends of the spine are very slightly frayed, o/w VG. £10

S492)  The Elusive Grasshopper; Collins 1970 rev ed.  Clean reading copy in VG++ dw. £5

S493)  Lone Pine London; Collins 1^st rev ed 1970. Ex-lib, missing free front endpaper, closed page edges are blotchy, but doesn’t seem to have affected the pages internally, overall G++ in VG dw, faded spine. £10

S494)  Mystery Mine; Newnes 1959 1^st ed. Name and address written twice on eps, VG in VG dw. £20

S495)  Mystery Mine; CBC; 1959. Spine blotchy (perhaps a water spill at some stage), inside nice and clean. Bit missing from lower margin of map on free back endpaper. £10

S496)  Not Scarlet but Gold; Newnes 1962 1^st ed. Ex-school lib, reading copy. £5

S497)  Man with Three Fingers; Collins 1969 (1^st rev ed). Page edges only foxed, otherwise VG in VG dw. £14

S498)  Mystery at Witchend; pb rep GGBP 2015. New £20

S499)  Seven White Gates; pb rep GGBP 2021. New. £16

S500)  The Elusive Grasshopper; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW.  £20

S501)  The Neglected Mountain ; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £20

S502)  Saucers Over the Moor; pb 2009.  NEW.  £20

S503)  Sea Witch Comes Home; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. One copy only. £20

S504)  Not Scarlet But Gold; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW. £20

S505)  Treasure at Amorys; pb GGBP 2013.  £20.

S506)  The Man with Three Fingers; pb GGBP 2013.  £20

Buckingham Series

S507)  Diamonds in the Sky; pb GGBP 2025. Diamond smuggling in Amsterdam. New £13

Marston Baines Series

S508)  The Purple Valley; pb GGBP 2017. Marston Baines title. NEW. £15

S509)  Dark Danger; pb GGBP. New. £15

S510)  Dark Danger; 1966 CBC. Nr fine in VG++ dw with evocative illustration of night-time Venice. £15

S511)  White Fire; pb GGBP 2019. New. £16

S512)  Power of Three; pb GGBP 2020. New. £16

S513)  The Dagger and the Flame; pb GGBP 2021. New £16

S514)  Marston - Master Spy; pb GGBP 2022. Order now. New £16

Jillies Series

S515)  The Ambermere Treasure; L’worth 1953 1^st. V scarce in hardback. Front ep mended hinge, ex-lib, G £10

S516)  Two Fair Plaits; pb GGBP 2020. New £13

S517)  Strangers at Snowfell; pb GGBP 2021. A Jillies title set in a wintry Lake District.  New £13

S518)  The Sign of the Alpine Rose; pb GGBP 2022. Jillies story, set in Austria. New £13

S519)  The Luck of Sallowby pb GGBP 2023. Jillies story. New £13

S520)  The Ambermere Treasure; pb GGBP 2024. Final Jillies book, always my favourite as a child. New. £13

Selincourt, Aubrey de

S521)  Family Afloat; 1942 2^nd imp; Routledge. Anne and Elizabeth sail to France with their parents. VG. £6

S522)  One More Summer; 1946 rep; Routledge. Elizabeth and siblings realise something odd is happening on the Star of Asia, lying wrecked near their holiday cottage. Family adventure. VG in VG dw. £10

Shaw, Jane

S523)  Looking After Thomas; 1957 1^st; Nelson. Adventure in Paris. B&w illustrations. VG+ £8.50

S524)  New House at Northmead; pb GGBP 2022. New £13

S525)  Northmead Nuisance; pb GGBP 2024. New. £13

S526)  Penny Foolish; pb GGBP 2025. The first in the Penny series; unhappy Penny is staying on the isle of Arran recovering from an illness, longing for her sister Jill. But when Jill arrives, demanding concealment from desperate pursuers, her troubles are only just beginning… NEW. £13

S527)  Crooked Sixpence; pb GGBP 2021. Last of the Penny series.  Those who only know the Susan books will be delighted to meet equally entertaining characters and a new setting near Bath. New. £13

S528)  Susan Interferes; 1960 rep; Children’s Press. Even in Switzerland, the inimitable Susan can’t help getting involved in things. VG in VG dw. £5

S529)  Susan’s Trying Term; 1966 rep; Collins. A splendid marrying of the exuberance of Susan’s ordinary life and the school story genre. VG. £7.50

Sims, Sue and Clare, Hilary

The Encyclopaedia of Girls’ School Stories 3 Vols; pb GGBP 2020. A new edition of the standard work, much revised, updated, fulsomely illustrated and eagerly awaited! The definitive guide to school stories. Authors are listed in alphabetical order, with bibliographies, and each volume has extra material such as articles on ballet school stories, historical school stories, school stories for adults etc. New. £13 each

S530)  Volume One; large pb GGBP 2020. Contents include   The Critical Response, Researching the encyclopaedia, Authors A-F, adult School fiction & an 8-page colour section

S531)  Volume Two; large pb GGBP 2020. Contents include   Authors G-M, Annuals, stories from Ballet & Stage School, College and Convent Schools, early School stories & an 8-page colour section 

S532)  Volume Three; large pb GGBP 2020. Contents include   Authors N-Z, Girls’ Own Paper and Story Papers, Guide stories, Historical, Fantasy, Modern & Pony School stories, Scottish School & 8-page col section.

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

S533)  A Book of Girls’ Stories; nd War Econ; Blackie. A collection by Evelyn Smith, Natalie Joan, Margaret Middleton and Winifred Peck. B&w fp. VG. £5

S534)  Nicky of the Lower Fourth; nd Blackie. 3/3 b&w pls. VG+. £6.50

S535)  The Twins at School; pb BTT 2018. New. £12

S536)  Val Forrest in the Fifth by Evelyn Smith; pb 2009 GGBP. NEW.  £13

S537)  Binkie of IIIB; pb BTT. NEW. £12

S538)  Marie Macleod, Schoolgirl; pb BTT 2016. New. £12

S539)  The Little Betty Wilkinson; pb BTT 2016. New. £12

S540)  The First Fifth Form; pb Books to Treasure 2013. NEW. £12.

S541)  The Small Sixth Form; pb Books to Treasure 2013. NEW. £12.

S542)  Seven Sisters at Queen Anne’s; pb Books to Treasure 2013. NEW. £12.

S543)  Septima at School; pb Books to Treasure 2014. Sequel to above NEW. £12.

S544)  Phyllida in Form III; pb Books to Treasure 2014. Third Queen Anne’s book. NEW. £12.

S545)  Biddy and Quilla; pb BTT 2014. Older girl defending unpopular newcomer. NEW. £12

S546)  Milly in the Fifth; pb BTT 2015. NEW. £12

S547)  Nicky of the Lower Fourth; pb BTT 2015. £12

S548)  Terry’s Best Term; pb BTT. 2019. £12

Spyri, Joanna 

S549)  [Tritton, Charles] Heidi Grows Up; 1975 rep; Collins. Illustrated by Pelagie Doane including dw. VG+ in dw which has very good front and back panels but a spine that’s oddly scraped. £5

S550)  [Tritton, Charles] Heidi’s Children; 1953 rep; Collins. Illustrated by Pelagie Doane. VG+. £5

Stevens, Robin

S551)  Murder Most Unladylike; very enjoyable series featuring 1930s schoolgirls Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong. Paperbacks, all VG+, each £3.50; Mistletoe and Murder; Death Sets Sail; Top Marks for Murder; Once Upon a Crime.

Streatfeild, Noel

S552)  Ballet Shoes; 75^th Anniversary edition, pb, larger size, in illustrated slipcase. Very handsome. VG. £7.50

S553)  Party Frock; 1946 1^st ed; Collins. One of the few books that reference a real point in WWII, just as the end seems in sight. Gen VG+ in dw, a few small chips mainly at ends of sunned spine. £10

S554)  The Circus is Coming; 1965 rep; Dent. Illustrated by Clarke Hutton. Streatfeild and the artist went “tenting” for a summer to do their homework for this book. VG++, lovely copy, in VG+ dw. £8.50

S555)  The Children of Primrose Lane; 1956 new ed; Collins. The six children enjoy using the empty house at the end of the lane as a secret den – a room each – but when they find a man there, their suspicions are aroused and they decide to track him to see if he really is the soldier he says he is and not the spy they think he might be.  Lacks fp, G+. £7.50

S556)  Paperbacks; Margaret Thursday pair; these tell the story of the inimitable orphan Margaret, who was “found on a Thursday on the church step with three of everything, all of the very best quality”, and how she organises an escape from the orphanage and subsequently arrives in the world of the Victorian London theatre.  Puffin / Collins / Lion / Dragon; G+ or VG; £3.50 each; Thursday’s Child; Far to Go.

S557)  Paperbacks; Puffin / Collins / Lion / Dragon; G+ or VG; £3.50 each; Apple Bough; Party Frock; The Growing Summer.

S558)  Paperback; larger recent format; Tennis Shoes; Party Shoes (= Party Frock). VG+. £3.50

Styles, Showell

S559)  Midshipman Quinn; 1956 1^st ed; Faber. Described as a “junior Hornblower”, this is a book I’ve loved since reading it as a child. The ingenious exploits are unlikely but hugely enjoyable. Possibly ex-lib, missing front endpaper, discoloured lines of former tape on the pastedowns; bds and rest of it VG. £8.50

Sutcliff, Rosemary

S560)  Brother Dusty-Feet; OCL. Hugh, running away to Oxford, falls in with a company of strolling players. Ex-lib, tape marks on eps, gen VG in G+ dw. £8

S561)  Simon; 1959 Oxford. Heart-wrenchingly divided loyalties during the Civil War. VG in VG dw. £8

Talbot, Ethel

S562)  The New Girl at the Priory; pb BTT 2015. £12

Thackeray, W.M.

S564)  The Rose and the Ring; pb Puffin. Thackeray’s delightful blend of fairy tale, fantasy and slapstick; Prince Bulbo of Crim Tartary, Prince Giglio of Paflagonia and the magic gifts of Fairy Blackstick. Nr fine. £4

Tiddeman, L.E.

S565)  The Prize Essay; nd Sampson Low. G+. £4

Todd, H. E.

S566)  Bobby Brwester’s Torch; pb Knight. In 1969, when this was first published, Todd “can claim to be the best-known story-teller in the world” due to TV appearances and story-telling sessions held throughout Australia, New Zealand, S. Africa and the UK. VG. £4

Townsend, John Rowe

S567)  The Intruder; 1969 1^st ed; OUP. Arnold encounters the disturbing stranger on the sands, the beginning of a nightmare. Ex-lib, tape marks, stamps etc, generally G++ in VG- dw. £8.50

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. 

S568)  GGBP pbs; NEW; £20 each;  Under Black Banner ; Black Banner Players  2005. 

S569)  GGBP pbs; NEW; £13 each;  Black Banner Abroad; pb GGBP 2006; The Gates of Bannerdale; 2007.

S570)  No Boats on Bannermere; 1949 1^st ed; Heinemann. VG+ in G+ slightly darkened dw. £25

S571)  Under Black Banner; 1967 rep; Heinemann Windmill. VG+. £8.50

S572)  The Gates of Bannerdale; 1956 1^st ed; Heinemann. Lacks free front endpaper, inscription on prelim, rest is VG, in G+ dw. £15

S573)  Change at Maythorn; 1963 rep CBC. For Mike and family, moving with his father’s railway job from a bustling Midlands town to a quiet village was a real upheaval. Page edges foxed, o/w VG in VG dw. £10

S574)  The Crown of Violet; pb Puffin. Much-loved story of Alexis, determined to write a play to defend his friend Socrates and, with his friend Corinna, to find out if they really have encountered traitors plotting to overthrow Athenian democracy as they fear. VG. £6.50

S575)  Cue for Treason; pb Puffin. Plots and plays – Kit and Peter, on the run, encounter Shakespeare. VG. £3

S576)  The Chocolate Boy; 1975 1^st ed Heinemann. Sam, a page kept to look good and serve his mistress hot chocolate, is miserable, even more so when he meets Sarah, her little niece. But his mistress can legally hunt him down if he runs away. What to do? Illustrated, for slightly younger children. Ex-lib, VG/ VG £8

S577)  Thunder of Valmy; 1972 rep; Macmillan. Pierre, a budding artist, is commissioned by the Marquis de Morsac to paint his niece, Pauline, but, in pre-Revolutionary France, his friendship Pauline can go no further. But then violence breaks out… Ex-lib, well read, front and rear hinges reinforced with library tape, good sound copy in VG+ lovely bright dw, small tape marks on the rear. £12

S578)  Follow My Black Plume; 1969 rep Macmillan. Mark, desperate to escape his stifling grandmother’s house, gets himself sent on a grand tour – but this is 1849, and Rome, fighting for independence under the  charismatic Garibaldi, becomes a dangerous place to be… Ex-college lib, VG in VG dw. £14

S579)  Shadow under the Sea; pb Walker. Crime and archaeological discovery in the days of glasnost. Ex-lib, G+. £3

S580)  A Whiff of Burnt Boats; pb GGBP 2009 larger size. Very entertaining autobiography Photos, extras. £12

Trevor, Elleston

The author of many books for children including the much-loved Woodlanders series, now all scarce

S581)  The Secret Travellers; 1948 1^st ed; Swan. Illus in b&w throughout. Spine and strip of front cover faded, a few very tiny spots on spine and front, otherwise VG. Scarce.  £8

S582)  The Island of the Pines; 1948 1^st ed; Swan. Illus in b&w throughout. Very scarce. Biscuity tinge to endpapers, VG+ in G++ edgeworn dw missing a bit at the ends of the spine. £10

S583)  Mole’s Castle;  19501^st ed Falcon Press. Drawings by Leslie Atkinson, plus four colour drawings including an unusual double spread (all present but not where listed at the front!). Scarce. VG+. £10

S584)  Green Glade; 1959 1^st ed; Swan. Illus in b&w throughout. VG+ in VG dw missing small chunk (less than a square inch) at the base of the spine. Very scarce. £12

S585)  The Crystal City; 1959 1^st ed; Swan. Strips on eps slightly biscuity, o/w VG++. Very scarce. £12

Tring, A.Stephen

S586)  The Old Gang; 1958 Oxford. Entertaining feud between “Grammar” and “Modern” boys. VG. £5

Turner, Ethel S.

S587)  Seven Little Australians; 1895 Ward Lock and Co. This Australian classic remains memorable (and was brought to life for new generations by a TV series in the 1970s). Illustrated in line throughout. Gilt titles and vignette on the front board. Lacks eps, slightly loose, but nice edition. £7.50

Tyrell, Mabel L.

S588)  Miss Pike and Her Pupils; 1^st, nd insc 1928; Nelson. A delightful story of the enigmatic Miss Pike and the girls at her tiny finishing school, including a visit en masse to Paris, and a happy ending. Pic bds, VG. £10

Verney, John

S589)  Friday’s Tunnel; 1962 1^st pb Puffin. Callendar family story-cum-thriller.  Illustrated by the author. VG £4

Vipont, Elfrida  The five independent but interlinked Haverard books are a wonderfully atmospheric and accomplished cycle, with fascinating glimpses in passing informed by Vipont’s own life, which encompassed singing, Quakerism and running a school.

S590)  The Lark in the Morn; 1956 rep; OUP. Much loved book introducing Kit Haverard, her schooldays, emerging love of music and Quaker background and relations. Ex-school lib, eps have lots of labels, stamps, rest of book VG £12

S591)  The Lark on the Wing; 1957 rep; OUP. Carnegie Medal winner. Kit Haverard moves to London to work, and to study singing, increasingly important to her. Elfrida Vipont herself studied singing in Leipzig, and Kit’s experiences are true to life. VG++ in G++ dw, somewhat edgeworn, now protected. £15

S592)  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

S593)  The Spring of the Year; 1957 1^st ed; OUP. Ex-sch lib, old tape marks on eps, front hinge repaired, G+. £8

S594)  Flowering Spring; pb GGBP 2013. Lovely story – Laura growing up. NEW.  £13

S595)  The Pavilion; pb GGBP 2014. Last in Haverard family series. New. £13

S596)  [As Charles Vipont] The Heir of Craigs; 1958 OCL. Gripping late 17thC adventure. VG+ in VG+ dw. £6

Walton, Mrs O.F.

S597)  A Peep Behind the Scenes; nd early; RTS. B&w fp. Travelling theatre troupe. Lovely pic bds. Gen VG. £6

Warner, P.M.

S598)  A Friend for Frances; 1962 rep; Collins. Frances and Deb bond over wearing the wrong clothes on their first day at the High School. VG+ in G++ dw missing bit at top left of front panel. £8

Welch, Ronald An accomplished exponent of historical fiction

S599)  The Galleon; nd (lacks title p) OUP. Young Robert Penderyn, newly aboard his uncle’s galleon The Swan, in tricky times with Mary Queen of Scots attracting plots. Illus V. Ambrus. Ex-lib? VG+ in nr fine dw. £12

S600)  For the King; 1969 rep OCL. Neil Carey reluctantly fights for King Charles, but his cousin is a Parliamentarian. Lacks prelims, ex-lib, but a G++ copy in a VG dw. £8

S601)  Captain of Dragoons; pb Puffin. Charles Carey goes behind the lines in Louis XIV’s France. Nr fine. £5

S602)  Escape from France; pb Puffin. Richard Carey launches a rescue in Revolutionary France. Nr fine. £5

Whalley, Kay

S603)  A Smart Suit and White Gloves – Career Books for Girls; pb GGBP 2025. This is a revised and expanded new edition of Kay’s book on Career Stories (under the name Kay Clifford), covering all the career books published for girls, profusely illustrated. Not only valuable reference but also fascinating social history. NEW. £13

Wiggin, Kate Douglas

S604)  Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm; 1950 rep; A&C. Black. Col fp. VG in VG dw. £6.50

S605)  More About Rebecca; 1958 rep; A&C Black. VG+ in VG+ dw. £6.50

Wilcox, Barbara

S606)  Susan at Herron’s Farm; nd [1946] Spring. Land girl Susan faces hard work & a mystery. VG in G dw £6

Willard, Barbara

S607)  The Grove of Green Holly; 1967 1^st ed; Constable. Young Rafe has been trained by his grandfather Gregory to be a play actor, although the Puritan government has closed all the theatres. When he and his family have to leave their tiny Sussex port, Gregory takes them into the Weald, the seat of iron founding, and Rafe finds his loyalties split. Possibly ex-lib (old tape marks on eps, spot where a stamp may have been erased), lacks prelims. Generally G++ in G++ dw. £10

The Mantlemass sequence chronicles the intertwined lives of two families, the Medleys and the Mallorys, living in the Weald of Sussex over the 15^th – 17^th C.

S608)  The Iron Lily; 1980 rep; Kestrel. Fine in fine dw. £7.50

S609)  Harrow and Harvest; 1974 1^st ed; Kestrel. Ex-lib, slight tilt to spine, o/w G++ in VG dw. £7.50

Wodehouse, P.G.  The inimitable stylist’s take on school stories, not necessarily for children!

See also Fiction section below

S610)  Mike and Psmith; pb Armada. VG. £4

S611)  Mike at Wrykyn; pb Penguin. Fine. £4

Yonge, Charlotte M.

S612)  The Little Duke; 1963 Dent. A really handsome edition of this Victorian classic, with 4 colour plates and numerous lovely drawings by Michael Godfrey. VG+ in VG+ dw. £8

Sally’s Specials

Fantastic Fiction  Lots of favourites and more recent novels to try.   

S613)  Bennett, Alan; The Uncommon Reader; pb Faber. One day, the Queen, chasing her corgis, encounters the mobile library in the courtyard at Buckingham Palace… Fine. £4

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Butler, Joan  This author of humorous novels, for three decades considered a real rival to PG Wodehouse, is now largely forgotten.

S614)  Low Spirits; nd War Econ. Stanley Paul. VG in G+ edgeworn dw. £7.50

S615)  Bridal Suite; 1956 1^st; Stanley Paul. Starspangled Films wants to make a movieat Meerton Manor. G+. £6

S616)  The Light Lover; 1957 rep (orig 1929); Stanley Paul. Anthony Wayne has a simple ambition, to spend money fast, and marry it even faster! “Shadow” on endpaper, gen VG in dw that has lost its lower front third. £7.50

S617)  Gilt Edged; 1953 1^st ed; Stanley Paul. Ex-private lib, G. £6

S618)  The Heavy Husband; 1948 rep (orig 1930); Stanley Paul. Ex-lib, G. £6

S619)  Soothing Syrup; 1951 1^st ed; Stanley Paul. VG in VG dw. £12

S620)  Double Figures; nd war econ; Stanley Paul. Ex-lib, good reading copy, in a dw that probably came from another book, overlaid on the original fragments stuck to the book! £6

S621)  Space to Let; 1955 1^st; Stanley Paul. VG+. £7.50

S622)  Unnatural Hazards; 1950 rep (orig 1931); Stanley Paul. VG. £8

S623)  Inside Work; 1951 1^st ed; Stanley Paul. VG+. £8

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S624)  Carr, J.L.; A Day in Summer; pb Hogarth. The inhabitants of Great Minden are preparing for its annual Feast, while Peplow, a London bank clerk, has arrived to shoot the driver who killed his son. A panorama of people, emotions, motives and follies, and also a blackly comic thriller. VG++ £3

S624a)Donoghue, Emma; Learned by Heart; 2023 Picador. 14-year-old Eliza Raine is sent “home” from India in 1805, to school in York. She learns to get along by keeping a low profile – until the charismatic Anne Lister enrols. A novel based on extensive research on both Lister and Raine. Very handsome signed edition with beautifully decorated page edges and endpapers, fine in nr fine dw. £7.50

S625)  Douglas, O; The Proper Place; 1929 1^st small pocket edition, Nelson. Nicole Rutherfurd and her mother, widowed and bereft of her sons, have to sell Rutherfurd Hall and move to a seaside town in Fife. But links with the old home continue. A nice sound, clean copy, with the boards rubbed at the edges and the rear hinge of the spine professionally reinforced. £5.50

S626)  Douglas, O; Pink Sugar; 1935 small pocket edition, Nelson. Kirsty invites three children to stay while their mother is away, and finds she can’t bear the thought of them going. Pages going biscuity, VG. £7.50

S627)  Dunnett, Dorothy; Niccolò Rising; pb Vintage. Bruges 1460 – Nicholas vander Poele, bold and cunning dyer’s apprentice, begins to shape his mercantile empire in this swashbuckling adventure. VG++ £4

S628)  Enright, Anne; Actress; pb Cape. Irish acting legend Katherine O’Dell’s life seemed to her daughter Norah to be a great performance, but when it all goes wrong, can she find the truth she seeks? VG+. £4

S629)  Farrell, Kathleen; Mistletoe Malice; pb Faber. A handsome reprint of this 1951 novel. “A stylish and penetrating comedy of manners”; The family gather around matriarch Rachel, but somehow the tensions are greater than usual. VG++. £4

S630)  Gibbons, Stella; Ticky; 1943 1^st ed; Longman’s. A mocking satire of all-male societies, here military men & their servants (with a cameo by Queen Victoria). Good reading copy, £4

S631)  Gibbons, Stella; Westwood; pb Vintage (orig 1946). Margaret and Hilda in wartime London. VG+. £3

S632)  Jackson, Jenny; Pineapple Street; Hutchinson H’mann. Love and class in Brooklyn. Fine in fine dw. £4

S633)  James, P.D.; The Children of Men; pb Faber. Originally published in 1993, this novel is set in what was then the future, 2021, and finds a very different Britain, one in which all sorts of developments have arisen after humanity faces mass infertility. Nr fine. £3

S634)  Pears, Tim; The Horseman; pb Bloomsbury. Well-received picture of country life in 1911; things are complicated between Leo, stable boy, and Charlotte, the master’s daughter, who bond over horses. VG+ £3

S635)  Smith, Dodie; I Capture the Castle; pb Red Fox. The much-loved classic story of teenager Cassandra Mortmain, who begins her journal “I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.” VG. £4

S636)  Stephens, James; The Crock of Gold; 1940 Armed Services Ed. This is a very intriguing format, what appears to be a small landscape booklet in fact containing the whole text of a novel, published for American servicemen, so weight and cheapness were paramount. Worn but functional, unfortunately the last page is missing, text supplied by printed copy. A fascintating piece of social history! £6

S637)  Stewart, Mary; paperbacks; VG, £3 each; The Gabriel Hounds; Stormy Petrel; Touch Not the Cat; Madam, Will You Talk?; This Rough Magic; Thunder on the Right; Thornyhold; Airs Above the Ground; The Ivy Tree; The Moonspinners.

S638)  Stewart, Mary; The Wind off the Small Isles; 1968 1^st ed, H&S. VG+ in VG dw. £6

S639)  Thirkell, Angela; The Headmistress; 1947 rep; HH. Sound, would be very good but for bad foxing. £4

S640)  Thirkell, Angela; Love at All Ages; 1959 1^st ed; HH. VG+ in VG dw. £10

S641)  Watson, Winifred; Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day; pb Persephone Classic (original 1938). A much-loved fantasy; Miss Pettigrew, a mild-mannered governess, finds her life transformed over 24 hours when she is mistakenly sent by the agency to a nightclub singer rather than a household of children. Near fine, Persephone’s beautifully designed book with pictorial covers. £6

S642)  White, Antonia; Frost in May; pb Virago Classics. Handsome ed of this autobiographical classic of Nanda Grey and the long shadow of Catholic boarding school life. Fine. £4.50

S643)  Wodehouse, PG; Money in the Bank; pb Penguin. Where has Viscount Uffenham stashed the family diamonds… G+ £3

S644)  Wodehouse, PG; Full Moon; pb Penguin. Young love at Blandings. VG. £3

Greyladies Newly reprinted books mainly by authors better known for their children’s titles; All New. Pocket editions £8, slim editions £10, standard pbs £12

S645)  Allan, Mabel Esther; Philomel Follows After;  pb Greyladies 2021. This is MEA’s second full-length book, astonishingly written when she was fifteen, a school story with a difference. Full of Scottish romanticism, not exactly realistic, but very readable and with girls’ dialogue that really rings true. £12

S646)  Allan, Mabel Esther; Ragged Robin Began It; pb (pocket size) Greyladies 2020. MEA gives her thoughts on school stories, including the Big Three and several others – one can criticise and still love, she says. £8

S647)  Allan, Mabel Esther; To Be an Author; pb Greyladies 2020. This is MEA’s autobiography. £10

S648)  [As Priscilla Hagon]; Mystery at the Villa Bianca; pb Greyladies 2024. Frances Grey takes up a post as secretary at an exclusive finishing school in Switzerland; she enjoys it and gets on well with the girls. But some strange things start to happen, and what started as a young adult school story turns into a tense thriller! Introduction by Sue Sims. New. £12

S649)  Channon, E.M.; The Chimney Murder; pb Greyladies 2012. NEW.  £12

S650)  Crompton, Richmal; Matty and the Dearingroydes; pb Greyladies 2012. Warm and delightful. New. £12

S651)  Crompton, Richmal: Mrs Frensham Describes a Circle; pb Greyladies 2015. NEW. £12

S652)  Douglas, O; The Wintry Years; pb Greyladies (pocket) 2019. O. Douglas’s final unfinished novel, with 3 recently unearthed chapters; also a discussion by O.Douglas’s great-niece on its possible ending. NEW. £8

S653)  Elder, Josephine; The Encircled Heart; pb Greyladies. A doctor and her errant husband. NEW. £12

S654)  Lewis, Lorna; Tea and Hot Bombs; pb Greyladies 2023. Jackie Lawrence joins the emergency Mobile Canteen Corps to fill in time until she can join the W.A.A.F. and is immediately in the thick of the London Blitz. Based on the author’s own experiences, a fascinating novel of the home front from 1943. New. £12

S655)  Nesbit, E; Ghost Stories; pb  (pocket) Greyladies. £8

S656)  Lee, Austin; Sheep’s Clothing; pb Greyladies. Miss Hogg, school mistress turned private investigator. £12

S657)  Pleydell, Susan; The Glenvarroch Gathering; pb Greyladies 2014.  NEW. £12

S658)  Pleydell, Susan; Brighouse Hotel; pb Greyladies 2014. New. £12

S659)  Pleydell, Susan; The Road to the Harbour; pb Greyladies. New. £12

S660)  Pullein-Thompson, Josephine; Murder Strikes Pink; pb Greyladies. Rich, bitter Theodora Thistleton, passionate to win at showjumping, seems to have people queueing up to murder her… NEW. £12

S661)  Scarlett, Susan (= Noel Streatfeild); Under the Rainbow.  New. £12

S662)  Scarlett, Susan (= Noel Streatfeild); The Man in the Dark. VG £9

S663)  Stafford, Ann; Silver Street; pb Greyladies 2018. New. £12

S664)  Stevenson, D.E; Peter West; pb 2013 Greyladies. A turbulent love story set in the beautiful Highland village of Kintoul, where the protagonists come to realise that the only way to achieve a lasting happiness it to act with integrity, however hard it may seem. £12

S665)  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

S666)  Vaizey, Mrs Geo. de Horne; The Ignorance of Sybilla & Other Stories; pb Greyladies 2010 Mrs George established herself as an entertaining writer under her maiden name, Jessie Mansergh. NEW £12

Books about Books and Authors

S667)  Allan, Mabel Esther; To Be an Author; pb Greyladies 2020. This is MEA’s writer’s autobiography, until now only privately published in two small books in the 1980s. £10

S668)  Austen, Jane; Jane Austen’s Regency World (mag of Jane Austen Centre, Bath); all VG. £1 each or £7.50 for all 8. Jan 2014 incl 12 Years a Slave, Mansfield Park; March 2014 incl Joanna Trollope on updating Austen; May 2014 incl Dido Belle on screen; July 2014 incl Visiting the Circus; Sep 2014 incl Jane and the Scots; Nov 2014 incl Shopping with Jane; Jan 2019 incl Controversies in Austen adaptations; March 2019 incl Princess Charlotte’s Wedding, Austen’s faith.

S669)  Barrett, Frank; Treasured Island – A Book Lover’s Tour of Britain; pb AA. A very entertaining literary travelling companion, whether armchair or in real life. VG+. £3

S670)  A Book of Days; NCC A5 booklet Events for different days of the year, taken from girls’ books.  New.  £3

S671)  Ed Frazer & Ross; Reading Round Edinburgh – A Guide to Children’s Books of the City; pb Floris. VG+. £4

S672)  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.  £10

S674)  Mangan, Lucy; Inside Charlie’s Chocolate Factory – The Complete Story of Willie Wonka, the Golden Tickets and Roald Dahl’s Most Famous Creation; pb 2014 Penguin. Nr fine. £6

S675)  Sims, Sue and Clare, Hilary; The Encyclopaedia of Girls’ School Stories 3 Vols; pb GGBP 2020. A new edition of the standard work, much revised, updated, fulsomely illustrated and eagerly awaited! The definitive guide to school stories. Authors are listed in alphabetical order, with bibliographies, and each volume has extra material such as articles on ballet school stories, historical school stories, school stories for adults etc.  NB See under Sims in main section for details of each volume contents. New. £13 each

S676)  [Shakespeare] Soul of the Age – A Biography of the Mind of William Shakespeare by Jonathan Bate.

S677)  Shakespeare’s Book by Chris Laoutaris; pb Collins. A lavishly detailed account, first published in 2023, of how Shakespeare’s legacy, in the form of the First Folio of plays of 1623, came to be printed at a dangerous time of international tensions, ruthless factionalism and intense business competition. Much praised and very readable. This is new – a gift to me that I already had! Fine. £8

S678)  Whalley, Kay; A Smart Suit and White Gloves – Career Books for Girls; pb GGBP 2025. This is a revised and expanded new edition of Kay’s book on Career Stories (under the name Kay Clifford), covering all the career books published for girls, profusely illustrated. NEW. £13

Remarkable Women

S679a) Beard, Mary; Women and Power – A Manifesto; pb Profile. Signed. Nr fine. £3.50

S679) Bielenberg, Christabel; The Road Ahead; pb Corgi. So many readers contacted the author after her first memoir that she wrote this continuation, charting the life of herself and her husband as they decided to leave both Britain and Germany and start farming in Ireland. Her life continued to be fascinating, including supporting the Peace Women in Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles. VG. £3

S680)  [Burton, Ursula] Ben Macintyre; Agent Sonya; pb Penguin. Ursula Kuczynski Burton, born to a German Jewish family, became a convinced anti-fascist and conducted some of the most dangerous espionage operations of the 20^th C. VG++. £4

S681)  Carpenter, Ann, et al; The Magazine Girls – 1960s – 1980s; pb Matador. Seven women journalists contribute fascinating recollections of the magazine industry, covering the gamut of subjects. VG. £5

S682)  Courcy, Anne de; Debs at War; pb Phoenix. How WWII changed the lives of privileged young women in previously unimaginable ways. VG++. £4

S683)  Courcy, Anne de; The Fishing Fleet – Husband-Hunting in the Raj; pb Phoenix. VG++ £4

S684)  Garnett, Angelica; Deceived with Kindness; pb OUP. Angelica Garnett was the niece of Virginia Woolf, the child of Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant and thought her father was Vanessa’s husband, Clive Bell. Her childhood was spent in the extraordinary and intense atmosphere of the Bloomsbury Group, and her memoir recalls it all, and also charts her struggle to emerge as an independent woman. VG++ £4

S684a)Gelardi, Julia; Born to Rule – Granddaughters of Victoria, Queens of Europe; pb Headline. VG+. £4

S685)  Hughes, M.V.; These autobiographies, including Molly’s schooldays under the famous Miss Buss, and her pioneering career as one of the early teachers trained in the new Training College in Cambridge, have delighted readers for a century. All pbs, OUP, All VG. £4 each; A London Child of the 1870s; A London Girl of the 1880s; A London Home in the 1890s; A London Family Between the Wars.

S686)  The Langhorne Sisters by James Fox; pb Granta. The name might be unfamiliar, but the remarkable Langhorne sisters, who grew up in the middle of the 19^th C in a family of mixed fortunes in Richmond, Virginia, included Nancy, who became Lady Astor and the first female MP to take her seat in the House of Commons, Irene, the original Gibson Girl, and Nora, who became the mother of Joyce Grenfell. VG+. £5

S687)  [Russell] Shakespeare and the Countess – The Battle that Gave Birth to the Globe by Chris Laoutaris; 2014 Fig Tree / Penguin. In the 1590s, when Shakespeare hoped to create a theatre at Blackfriars, within the City of London, a formidable woman stood in his way – Elizabeth Russell, one of the remarkable and well-educated Cooke sisters who included Mildred, wife of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, and Anne, mother of Sir Francis Bacon. Fine in fine dw. £6

An Interesting Miscellany (including fascinating biographies)

S688)  Ashton, Rosemary; 142 Strand; pb Vintage. Home of the brilliant radical publisher John Chapman, who attracted such varied figures as Dickens, Carlyle, Thackeray, Emerson and Mazzini, and gave George Eliot her first opening, as contributor to his Westminster Review – and whose presence caused friction in his household which already included his wife and his mistress… VG. £4

S689)  Bryson, Bill; A Short History of Nearly Everything; pb Black Swan. One review described it as “a travelogue of science, with a witty, engaging and well-informed guide.” VG+. £4

S690)  Casagrande, O. (ed); The Book of Venice – A City in Short Fiction; pb Commapress. Fine.

S691)  Danziger, D. & Gillingham, J; 1215 – The Year of Magna Carta; pb Coronet. VG+. £3

S692)  Fermor, Patrick Leigh; Dashing for the Post – Selected Letters; pb Murray. The great writer, soldier and traveller. VG++. £4

S693)  Fox, Kate; The Racing Tribe; pb Metro. A social anthropologist who writes so engagingly for the general public looks at the arcane world of horse racing. VG++. £4

S694)  Hartcup, Adeline; Children of the Great Country Houses; pb National Trust. VG+. £7.50

S695)  Hibbert, Christopher & Weinreb, Ben; The London Encyclopaedia; pb Macmillan 1987. An exhaustive companion, “this massive and magnificent panorama of London” is essential to have on hand for anyone who lives in or loves or hopes to visit London – for reading and for reference. VG++ £7.50

S696)  Jarvis, Stan; Discovering Christian Names; pb Shire. Over 2000 names and their meanings. VG. £5

S697)  Lancaster, Osbert; Classical Landscape with Figures; 1947 1^st ed; John Murray. The author / artist’s attempt “to present a picture of Greece as it appears today.” Illustrated in line throughout and with several full page colour illustrations. VG+ in G++ dw. £5

S698)  Mikes, George and Bentley, Nicholas (pictures); How to be An Alien; 1947 rep; Wingate. George Mikes, himself born an alien, although he didn’t realise it at the time, reveals how an alien in Britain should behave, and in the process humorously skewers many British pecularities. VG++. £5

S699)  Muir, P.H; Book Collecting as a Hobby, in a series of Letters to Everyman; pb Gramol [nd, c1945]. A comprehensive introduction. The covers loudly proclaim that its price was “3/6 net”. G++. £4

S700)  Oberammergau; The Oberammergau Passion Play; parish of Oberammergau. English –language text, produced for the 1950 cycle, with a lovely woodcut fp, cast of players etc. Wraps worn, inside VG. £3.50

S701)  Old Time Dancing; 1957 EP Publishers. One of the “Know the Game” booklets introducing different sports. This is in association with The Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. Some key dances described and photographed, including waltzes, two-steps, gay gordons, tangos etc. VG+ £3

S702)  Raverat, Gwen; Period Piece; pb Faber. Delightful memoir of childhood in 1880s Cambridge by Charles Darwin’s granddaughter, by an artist who also provides the illustrations throughout. Fine. £4

S703)  Stibbe, Nina; Went to London, Took the Dog; pb Picador. As her marriage disintegrated, Nina Stibbe decided to take a year out and live in London for the first time since living there as an au pair in her twenties (her memoir about which, Love, Nina, was adapted for TV). She lodged with the writer Deborah Moggach, and her account of her year is both poignant and funny. VG++. £5

S704)  Suffolk and Cambs – The Penguin Guides by Massent, Claude; pb 1949 1^st Penguin. Interesting take on the usual Penguin format, with a section of maps on thicker paper, and a dw (missing rear flap) which has kept the underlying orange cover is splendidly bright condition. Lovely period piece. VG £$

S705)  Swift, Katherine; The Morville Hours; pb Bloomsbury. In 1988, Katherine Swift arrived in Shropshire and set about creating a garden by the Dower House where people had lived for centuries. This account, taking its cue from mediaeval books of hours, is a journey through the seasons, but also a meditation on the personal and the universal. A beautiful book, not only with its absorbing prose, but also one of the most gorgeous book covers I’ve seen. VG. £4.50.

S706)  Time Out Book of London Walks; pb Time Out. 30 walks created by London writers, including Margaret Forster, Philip Ziegler, Margaret Drabble, Graham Norton, Bill Oddie and Lucinda Lambton. Maps and full instructions, plus descriptions from the very personal points of view of the different authors. VG+. £3

S707)  [Venice] Spirit of Place; 1989 Pavilion.  Enticing little landscape-format book, pairing interesting observations and descriptions of Venice with lovely paintings and drawings. VG++. £5

S708)  [Venice] Gondola by Donna Leon; Atlantic. A really handsome book exploring the quintessential Venetian vessel, by the author of acclaimed Venetian mysteries, copiously illustrated, and with an accompanying CD of Venetian barcaroles. Fine. £6

S709)  [Venice] Venetian Curiosities by Donna Leon; Heinemann. Handsome book with lovely and appropriate illustrations, touching on some of the most intriguing tales in Venice’s long history. Includes CD of Vivaldi Conertos. Fine. £6

S710)  [Venice] Venetian Dreaming by Paula Weideger; pb Pocket. Writer Paula lodges in a palazzo and the history of the family who own it intertwines with Venice’s own as she lives in and explores this most beguiling of cities. G+. £3

S711)  Venice – A Literary Companion by Ian Littlewood; pb Murray. A sweeping collection of excerpts tied into a cogent whole. VG. £4

S712)  White, T.H.; The Godstone and the Blackymor; 1959 1^st ed. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. “God knows what this book is about. I suppose it’s a bit of autobiography really. But it’s about living on the West Coast of Ireland, in ‘the parish nearest to America’ – and it is about the people and things there, more than about me… It seems to me a complicated sort of book about a complicated place, which I loved, and anyway it has pictures by Ardizzone, who loved it too.”. VG in somewhat worn dw. £10

S713)  Ziegler, Richard; Judith, the Widow of Bethulia; 1946 limited edition (number 219 of 700); Dennis Dobson. Very large size, 32x26 cm (12 ½” by 10”), 44 pp. A retelling, with drawings on almost every page, and the text in hand-written script, of the Biblical story of Judith and Holofernes. Deckle-edged paper, tiny bit of foxing, slight tear on bottom hinge of spine, generally VG. £8

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

S714)  Alexander, Bruce; Watery Grave; pb Warner. With the aid of his “eyes”, his protégé young Jeremy, Sir John Fielding, the Blind Magistrate of Bow St, investigates the rumours of a naval mutiny that threatens to mar the joy of homecoming of his new stepson. VG++ £3.50

S715)  Allingham, Margery; Look to the Lady; pb 1990s reprint in classic green Penguin crime livery.VG. £3

S716)  Allingham, Margery; The Crime at Black Dudley; pb 1990s rep, classic green Penguin crime.VG. £3

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British Library Crime Classics This very handsome series reprints deserving 20^th C detective fiction, covers generally taken from period transport posters.

S717)  The Pocket Detective 2; compiled by Kate Jackson; 100+ puzzles, brainteasers and conundrums; pocket size hardback, 2019. Many types of puzzle including Spot the Difference with some of BL covers. Fine. £4

S718)  Brandon, John G.; A Scream in Soho; BL pb. VG+. £4.50

S718a)Bude, John; The Cornish Coast Murder; BL pb VG++. £4.50

S718b)Bude, John; The Lake District Murder; BL pb VG++. £4.50

S719)  Farjeon, J. Jefferson; Seven Dead; BL pb. Nr fine. £4.50

S720)  Farjeon, J. Jefferson; The Z Murders; BL pb. Nr fine. £4.50

S720a)Hay, Mavis Doriel; Death on the Cherwell; BL pb VG++. £4.50

S721)  Symons, Julian; The Progress of a Crime – A Fireworks Night Mystery; BL pb. Fine. £4.50

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S722)  Burley, W.J; Wycliffe and the House of Fear; pb Orion. Roger Kemp’s first wife was presumed drowned, but now his second wife has gone missing too… VG. £3

S723)  Burley, W.J.; Wycliffe and the Three-Toed Pussy; pb Orion. VG. £3

S724)  Burley, W.J.; Wycliffe and the Cycle of Death; pb Orion. VG. £3

S725)  Butler, Joan; Paper Money; 1954 1^st ed; Stanley Paul. If you can imagine Raymond Chandler crossed with PG Wodehouse, that’s the style of this very scarce crime novel, about author David Pomeroy Windham, living like a hermit in the English countryside, whose knowledge of women is entirely theoretical until the advent of Miss Gloria Gaye, potential star of the Hollywood version of his novel. Inside is VG, the spine has had a tough time, and has been well-repaired to stop it from detaching. £8.50

S725a)Christie, Agatha; The Complete Miss Marple Short Stories; 2003 Folio Society. Nr fine in Nr fine slipcase, lovely copy. £10

S726)  Coles, Manning; A Brother for Hugh; pb Yellow Jacket H&S 1953. This is a very well-read paperback, a real period artefact as well as novel. Features “masterly detective Tommy Hambledon”. Spine repaired. £4

S727)  Edwards, Martin; The Hanging Wood; pb A&B. Orla Payne asks Lake District police to re-investigate her brother’s disappearance… and then she is found dead.  VG. £4.50

S728)  Edwards, Martin; The Frozen Shroud; pb A&B. Another cold case for Hannah Scarlett. Nr fine, £3

S729)  Fitt, Mary; Mizmaze; 1961 pb vintage green Penguin. Mizmaze, Augustus Hatley’s estate, encompasses the impenetrable ancient yew maze itself, where its unpleasant owner is found very dead. VG. £4

S730)  Fowler, Debby; Intensive Care; pb Truan. Cornwall – uncomfortable things surface for Felicity. VG. £3

S730a)Fowler, Debby; Just Before Dawn; pb Truan. Cornish mystery. VG. £3

S730b)Fowler, Debby; Smoke Damage; pb Truan. Cornish mystery. VG. £3

S731)  Granger, Ann; Rooted in Evil; pb Headline. Supt. Ian Carter and Insp. Jess Campbell investigate what at first appears to be a suicide in a Cotswold wood -  but appearances are deceptive. VG. £3

S732)  Griffiths, Elly; The Crossing Places; pb Quercus. Ruth Galloway, forensic archaeologist. VG++. £3

S733)  Griffiths, Elly; The Stone Circle; pb Quercus. Ruth in her Norfolk countryside. VG++. £3

S734)  Hendy, Hannah; The Dinner Lady Detectives; pb Canelo. Margery and Clementine’s kitchen manager is found dead, and they’re sure it isn’t an accident. Fine. £4.50

S735)  Heyer, Georgette; No Wind of Blame; 1952 rep; Heinemann. Missing title page, but G+. £3.50

S736)  Heyer, Georgette; witty crime novels, often featuring Supt Hannasyde and / or Inspector Hemingway. Anyone who has read her Regency romances will also detect a familiar penchant for featuring a romantically involved couple for whom things don’t always go smoothly! Paperbacks, Grafton or Panther: all £3 each: No Wind of Blame VG; Envious Casca VG; The Unfinished Clue G++; Duplicate Death, VG; They Found Him Dead, VG; Detection Unlimited, VG; Why Shoot a Butler? VG; Footsteps in the Dark, VG+; Penhallow, VG+: A Blunt Instrument, VG+; Death in the Stocks, VG; Behold, Here’s Poison VG;

S737)  James, P.D.; Unnatural Causes; pb Penguin. G++. £3

S738)  James, P.D.; Death of an Expert Witness; pb Penguin. VG. £3

S739)  James, P.D.; Death in Holy Orders; pb Penguin. Death at an East Anglian theological college. G+. £3

S739a)Kent, Hannah; Burial Rites; pb Picador. Iceland 1829 – a woman condemned to death for killing her lover. Nr fine. £3

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S740)  Lathen, Emma; John Putnam Thatcher mysteries, all Penguin unless stated, VG or better, £3.50 each. Published from the 1960s onwards, these are perfect holiday reading, great favourites of mine. Thatcher is a Wall St banker, and his business interests take him into all sorts of different industries, from oriental carpets to ice hockey to the cutthroat world of breeding new tomato varieties.  His native wit and analytical mind are always reluctantly brought to bear whenever something untoward happen. A fascinating glimpse of American life too. Banking on Death; Murder without Icing; When in Greece; Murder Makes the Wheels Go Round; The Longer the Thread; Accounting for Murder; Sweet and Low; Death Shall Overcome; By Hook or by Crook; Double, Double, Oil and Trouble; Something in the Air (Mandarin).

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S741)  Lees, Hannah; Prescription for Murder; 1943 1^st UK ed; John Murray. An American take on a hospital murder, so very interesting contrast to British books of the time. Young intern Cyrus Harvey, who likes to think of himself as hard-boiled, can’t help but get interested when Miss Faine, the sadistic Directress of Nursing dies from diabetes, despite being treated by the experts. It’s only later that he realises for sure that her “insulin” was responsible... VG++ in VG dw. £10

S742)  Leon, Donna; Death at La Fenice; pb Arrow. Introducing Commissario Brunetti, and his beloved and sometimes frustrating Venice. Near fine. £3.50

S743)  Leon, Donna; The Girl of His Dreams; pb Arrow. Commissario Brunetti has to battle human frailties and instincts to protect the family in order to bring justice for the death of a young girl found floating in one of Venice’s canals, and the mystery of the gold jewellery she carries. VG. £3

S744)  Lloyd, Catherine; Death Comes to the School; pb Kensington. Lucy, wife of Napoleonic War veteran Sir Robert Kurland, has to act when the village schoolteacher is discovered murdered at her desk. Fine, £3

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Macleod, Charlotte  A much-loved crime series, definitely on the cosy side, with Prof. Peter Shandy, of Balaclava Agricultural College in rural New England.

S745)  Rest You Merry; 1979 Collins. Prof Peter Shandy leaves his house to escape the excess hospitality and noise of Christmas. But when he returns, it’s to a dead body in his living room, and a not-so-accidental poisoning. Ex-lib, G, dw affixed to bds. £6.50

S746)  Something the Cat Dragged In; 1984 1^st UK; Collins. VG. £7.50

S747)  The Corpse in Oozak’s Pond; 1984 1^st UK; Collins. VG. £7.50

S748)  Vane Pursuit; 1989 1^st UK; Collins. VG. £7.50

S749)  An Owl Too Many; 1991 1^st UK; Collins. VG. £7.50

S750)  Something in the Water; 1994 1^st UK; Collins. VG. £7.50

S751)  Exit the Milman; 1996 1^st (USA); Mysterious Press. Faded strip on front board, VG. £7.50

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S752)  Marsh, Ngaio; Pbs; Fontana/ Harper Collins. G+ or VG. Inspector Alleyn golden-age mysteries. £3 each; Opening Night; The Nursing Home Murder; Died in the Wool; Colour Scheme; Clutch of Constables.

S753)  McPherson, Catriona; Dandy Gilver and A Most Misleading Habit; pb Hodder. Dandy Gilver, aristocratic sleuth, investigates a case of arson in which a convent abbess died. Ex-lib, but VG. £4

S754)  Mukherjee, Abir; Smoke and Ashes; pb Vintage. Things get very complicated for Capt Sam Wyndham, as strangely mutilated corpses turn up while Gandhi’s independence movement is causing headaches too. The atmosphere of 1921 Calcutta is wonderfully evoked by an award-winning author. VG++. £3

S755)  Osman, Richard; The Thursday Murder Club; pb Penguin. VG+. £3

S756)  Peters, Ellis; not Brother Cadfael - these are her contemporary mystery and crime novels mainly featuring policeman George Felse, his wife Bunty and their son Dominic, all very engaging. All VG, £3.50 each; The Assize of the Dying; Death and the Joyful Woman;   The Grass Widow’s Tale;   The Knocker on Death’s Door;   Death to the Landlords;   The Piper on the Mountain;  The House of Green Turf;  Rainbow’s End;  The Horn of Roland.

S757)  Rendell, Ruth; Wolf to the Slaughter; pb Arrow. Inspector Burden knows exactly what to think when the unconventional (immoral?) Anita Margolis vanishes. But Ch Inspector Wexford has other ideas… VG. £3

S758)  Sansom, C.J.; Dissolution pb Pan. By one of the best exponents of historical fiction, which happens to turn on crimes and mysteries, this features Tudor lawyer Matthew Shardlake. VG. £3

S759)  Sansom, C.J.; Tombland; pb Pan. Another dangerous task for Tudor lawyer Matthew Shardlake. VG £3

S760)  Sayers, Dorothy L; One of the most eminent detective writers of the Golden Age; paperbacks, £3 each, G+ or better; Clouds of Witness; The Nine Tailors;  

S761)  Stallwood, Veronica; Oxford Blue; pb Headline. Kate Ivory is puzzled… VG++. £3

S762)  Tey, Josephine; The Man in the Queue; pb Collier. Inspector Grant’s first appearance. VG. £3

S763)  Tey, Josephine; The Franchise Affair; pb Arrow. Where was missing young Betty Kane? Nr fine £3

S764)  Thorogood, Robert; The Queen of Poisons; pb HQ. The Marlow Murder Club on the case. VG. £3

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           Walker, Martin; Series about Bruno Courrèges, chief of police in Perigord – food and wine have a high profile!

S765)  Paperbacks, VG or fine, £3.50 each; Death in the Dordogne; Dark Vineyard; Black Diamond; The Crowded Grave; The Devil’s Cave; The Resistance Man; The Dying Season; Fatal Pursuit; the Templars’ Last Secret; A Taste for Vengeance; The Body in the Castle Well; A Shooting at Chateau Rock; The Coldest Case; A Chateau under Siege.

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Walsh, Jill Paton; Imogen Quy, college nurse at St Agatha’s, is a very attractive amateur sleuth in these Cambridge-set mysteries.

S766)  Debts of Dishonour; pb Hodder. When wealthy Sir Julian Farran dies after a college fundraising dinner, the whole life of the college seems threatened, and Imogen is drawn into events. VG+. £4

S767)  Debts of Dishonour; H&S 2006. Near fine in VG+ dw. £6.50

S768)  The Bad Quarto; pb Hodder. A daredevil lecturer with a brilliant future falls to his death, and a student with a tragic past disappears – and how are both connected with an amateur production of one of least reputable editions of Hamlet? G+. £3.50

S769)  The Bad Quarto; H&S 2007. VG++ in VG dw. £6.50

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S770)  Wentworth, Patricia; Paperbacks featuring the attractive forensic thinker and former governess Miss Silver; mysteries and crimes, often with a touch of the thriller; Corgi. All G+ or better; £3.50 each; The Clock Strikes Twelve; The Fingerprint; Out of the Past; The Alington Inheritance; The Chinese Shawl; The Case is Closed; Latter End; The Girl in the Cellar.

S771)  Winspear, Jacqueline; The Mapping of Love and Death; pb A&B. Maisie Dobbs VG++. £4

S772)  Winspear, Jacqueline; A Lesson in Secrets; pb A&B. Maisie Dobbs goes to Cambridge as a junior lecturer – actually at the behest of Special Branch to monitor suspicious activities there. VG++. £4

S773)  Yarwood-Lovett, Sarah; A Generation of Vipers; pb Bonnier. Dr Nell Ward, counting adders on the Heath, comes across the body of a young women who looks just like her. VG. £3.50

In spring sunshine or spring showers, reading is always the right thing!        Sally