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

Welcome to my new Topsy-Turvy catalogue. We had a hugely enjoyable conference in August, and it was delightful to be able to get together in person after so long (and to my and even more to Betula’s enormous relief I tested negative on the very morning of the conference after having Covid!)

Betula has had more demands on her time recently, and she has decided to take a step back from her bookselling, at least for the foreseeable future. My first solo catalogues have resulted in a reasonable number of orders, so at the moment I’m intending to carry on, although a larger number of orders will always be welcome! And please feel free to contact me with orders between catalogues, don’t feel it’s “too late”.

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 in advance, otherwise postage is in addition as with orders for other books.

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

S2)      [EBD]; Before the CS - The Bettanys of Taverton High by Helen Barber; pb rep 2022. New £13

S3)      [Brent-Dyer, Elinor]; Flight of a Chalet School Girl by Katherine Bruce; pb GGBP 2022. Elisaveta, her homeland threatened by the Nazis, has to flee with her family. New £13

S4)      [Brent-Dyer, Elinor]; Maeve of the Chalet School by Helen Barber; pb GGBP 2022. Set in the same term as the CS in the Oberland and Shocks, 12-year-old Maeve makes good resolutions as her elder sister leaves the school and her mother isn’t very well. £13

S5)      Brent-Dyer, Elinor; Jo to the Rescue; pb GGBP 2022. New £13

S6)      Brent-Dyer, Elinor; The Chalet School Wins the Trick; pb GGBP 2022 New £13

S7)      Brent-Dyer, Elinor; Three Go to the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2022 New £13

S8)      Brent-Dyer, Elinor; Gerry Goes to School; pb GGBP 2022. A new centenary reprint. New £13

S9)      Brent-Dyer, Elinor; The Chalet School and the Island; pb GGBP 2022 New £13

S10)    Brent-Dyer, Elinor; Top Secret; pb GGBP 2022 New £13

S11)    Edwards, Monica; Storm Ahead; pb rep GGBP 2021. £13

S12)    Forest, Antonia; The Attic Term; pb GGBP 2022. New £13

S13)    Goudge, Elizabeth; Sister of the Angels; pb GGBP. £13

S14)    Hill, Lorna; No Castanets at the Wells; pb GGBP 2022. New £13

S15)    Saville, Malcolm; The Sign of the Alpine Rose; pb GGBP 2022. Jillies story, set in Austria. New £13

S16)    Shaw, Jane; New House at Northmead; pb GGBP 2022. New £13

New Books – place advance orders now for these titles due later in the winter / spring

Postage is cheaper for advance orders. Titles are going out of print fast, so do pre-order to be sure of a copy.

S17)    Brent-Dyer, Elinor; The Little Marie-Jose & The Little Missus; pb GGBP 2023. Two very rare titles published together. New £13

S18)    Edwards, Monica; A Wind is Blowing; pb GGBP 2023. New £13

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Last Chance!

The books below have been in a number of catalogues, but have unaccountably failed to appeal to anyone! This is their last chance to find a new home before I have to jettison them… They are half price if you buy any non-last chance title from elsewhere in the catalogue.

A.L.O.E.

S19)    The Golden Fleece; nd Nelson (prize plate 1913 for Winnie Dando). “A Lady Of England”, who is mentioned in the Chalet books - pen name of Charlotte Tucker. [N.B. This is a novel, not mythology.] 4/4 delightful col plates. Some foxing, dec bds, G+. £5

Asquith, Cynthia (ed)

S20)    The Cynthia Asquith Book; 1948 1^st Macdonald. An annual-sized compilation of short stories for younger children by distinguished authors including Viola Bayley, Richmal Crompton, John Betjeman, Monica Dickens and Eleanor Farjeon. Charmingly illustrated in colour and black and white throughout by various illustrators. Altogether a delightful book. Scarlet boards bright except for a small 2 cm blemish (not sure what it is – rubbed typex?) on the back board. VG+, nice and fresh, £7.50

‘BB’

S21)    The Little Grey Men; pb 1965 Puffin. Carnegie Medal-winning story - the last gnomes in Britain £4

Carr, Judith

S22)    The Jays of St John’s; nd Blackie. Lacks fep, fp, good reading copy. £4

Dennison, Dorothy

S23)    The Rebellion of the Upper Fifth; 1952 rep; Lutterworth. Col fp. VG. £5

Ewing, Juliana Horatia

S24)    The Story of a Short Life; nd insc 1885; SPCK. Leonard, crippled heir to an important family, has more influence than he knows… A moral tale by the immensely popular Victorian author. Paper-covered illustrated boards featuring the VC who plays a key part in the story with his dog, rubbed at the edges and the spine. G+. £7.50

Farjeon, Eleanor

S25)    Mighty Men (Book One) – From Achilles to Julius Caesar; 1949 Blackwell. VG. £3

Forbes, Esther

S26)    Johnny Tremain; pb Dell. Classic story of the American Revolution. G++ £3

Francis, Joy

S27)    Biddy at Greystone; nd War Econ; Blackie. 4/4 b&w plates, including one captioned “A girl and not a monkey!”. Some pictures doodled on front eps, o/w VG. £5

Garfield, Leon

S28)    Devil-in-the-Fog; 1968 rep; Longmans. 18thC George Treet,  strolling player, find himself George Dexter, heir of Sir John – but then someone tries to murder him... VG+ in VG+ dw. £6

Le Guin, Ursula

S29)    A Wizard of Earthsea; pb 1971 Puffin. Fantasy classic. VG+ £3

Lewis, C. Day

S30)    The Otterbury Incident; pb Puffin 1968. A real classic, boys at day school make a truce with a rival gang in order to raise the money for Operation Glazier to pay for a broken window, but the subsequent events seem to indicate there’s real criminal activity going on. Illus Ardizzone. Lovely crisp copy VG++. £5

Lewis, C.S

S31)    The Magician’s Nephew; pb Penguin. Classic Pauline Baynes cover. VG++. £3

S32)    The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; pb Penguin. Classic Pauline Baynes cover. VG++. £3

S33)    The Last Battle; pb Penguin. Classic Pauline Baynes cover. VG++. £3

Lloyd, Marjorie

S34)    Fell Farm Campers; pb 1960 1^st ed (pb original) Puffin. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes. Much-loved story of the Brownes (two pairs of twins and Sally) in the Lake District. VG. £5

Marlowe, Christabel

S35)    Shirley at Charterton; nd Nelson. Scholarship girl Shirley has an eventful first term at Charterton, with many hazards to negotiate. Col fp and b&w illus throughout. VG in G dw. £7.50

Marsden, John

S36)    So Much to Tell You; W. McVitty rep. The author’s first book, an absorbing diary of a girl whose reason for being transferred from hospital to a boarding school is gradually revealed. Ex-lib, G+ in G dw. £5

S37)    A Killing Frost; pb McMillan. Acclaimed Australian writer for teenagers, here about a group of youngsters trying to stand up to an invading army. VG £3

Mason, A.E.W.

S38)    Fire Over England; pb Peacock (Puffin). How, in 1588, does young courtier Robin Aubry come to be in the dangerous Madrid of the Inquisition? Classic story. VG. £4

McKay, Hilary

S39)    Indigo’s Star; 2003 Hodder. A Casson family story by the acclaimed author. VG++ in VG dw. £5

Middleton, Ivy F.E.

S40)    Chris Temple – Patrol Leader; 1964 Victory Press. VG in edgeworn but G dw. £5

Morris, Jean

S41)    The Donkey’s Crusade; pb Beaver. Outstanding story of Thomas, and his donkey, guiding Sir Reynauld from Outremer in search of Prester John’s kingdom. Great story and characters. VG. £4

Needham, Violet

S42)    The House of the Paladin; 1957 rep; Collins Seagull. VG+ in VG dw. £8.50

S43)    The Betrayer; nd CBC. VG+ in edgeworn dw, now protected. £8.50

S44)    The Red Rose of Ruvina; 1957 1^st ed; Collins. Scarce in hb. Missing its endpapers, front hinge well repaired, rest G+ in p/c dw. £14

S45)    The Horn of Merlyns; 1943 1^st ed; Collins. “To all children evacuated to the United States, this story of England.” Front hinge professionally repaired,  G++ in worn dw. £8

S46)    The Bell of the Four Evangelists; 1947 1^st ed; Collins. Spine sunned, o/w VG. £7.50

Parker, Mary Louise

S47)    Suzette Wins Her Way; nd Sampson Low. 4/4 b&w plates. VG. £5.50

Pearce, Carol Ann

S48)    St Kelvern’s Launches Out; 1962 Ch Press. VG in VG dw. £6

Pocock, Doris

S49)    Margery Finds Herself; nd Blackie. Fep cut out, 5 cm channel eaten by bookworm in the front board, plus two tiny holes in the first 20 pages, o/w VG. £5

Travers, P.L.

S50)    Mary Poppins Comes Back; pb Harper. The cover uses the classic design of hardback dw. Nr fine. £4

Turner, Ethel

S51)    Seven Little Australians; 1894 2^nd ed; Ward, Lock. The Australian classic in a very nice edition. Pictorial blue bds, although the black line drawing on the front is worn, but the gilt titles and small gilt illustrations are bright. B&w fp, and charming line drawings to each chapter. G++. £7.50

Vaizey, Mrs George de Horne

S52)    About Peggy Saville; nd RTS. One of Mrs George’s lively heroines. Lovely col fp and handsome pic bds, a good reading copy. £5

S53)    More About Peggy; nd RTS. Lovely pic bds, b&w fp, VG. £6

Vipont, Charles [=Elfrida]

S54)    Blow the Man Down; 1939 1^st; OUP. Piratical 18thC tale. VG+. £7.50

Walsh, Jill Paton

S55)    The Dolphin Crossing; pb Puffin. John and Pat take a boat to help get the soldiers away from Dunkirk – a moving story of friendship, bravery and loss.  VG. £3

White, E.B

S56)    Charlotte’s Web; pb Puffin. Classic story of Wilbur the pig and his spider friend. G+. £3

S57)    The Trumpet of the Swan; pb Puffin. The third of EB White’s classic children’s stories, about Louis the Trumpter Swan who is born mute, and how he manages to overcome his problems with the aid of a trumpet and a slate to communicate. Nr fine. £4

Willard, Barbara

S58)    The Penny Pony; pb Puffin. For younger readers. VG. £3

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Alcott, L.M.

S59)    Under the Lilacs; Blackie nd. Strangely the pre-title page only is foxed around the edges, rest G+. £4

S60)    An Old-Fashioned Girl; Blackie nd. Col fp. Missing fep, o/w VG. £6

S61)    Good Wives; nd Sampson Low. Col fp and same picture (of Amy and Laurie) in roundel onlay on the front board. Tender hinges reinforced, G+. £5

Allan, Mabel Esther       

S62)    Amanda Goes to Italy; pb GGBP 2022. New £13

S63)    The Adventurous Summer; pb GGBP 2021. Nick and Sorrel go to stay in the Cotswolds and meet Caroline. She longs for school but has a strict governess, employed by her grandfather. She is always in trouble but cheers herself up by forming an Adventure Club, and the summer’s wanderings take them all over. New. £16

S64)    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

S65)    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

S66)    To Be an Author; pb Greyladies 2020. This is MEA’s autobiography, until now only privately published in two booklets in the 1980s. £10

S67)    In Pursuit of Clarinda; pb Greyladies. ”I think they’re planning to kill me…” NEW £12

S68)    Ann’s Alpine Adventure; pb GGBP 2020. New £13

S69)    The Wyndhams Went to Wales; pb GGBP 2013.  NEW. £13

S70)    Cilia of Chilterns’ Edge; pb GGBP 2019. New. £13

S71)    New Schoools for Old; pb GGBP 2018. New. £13

S72)    Swiss School; pb GGBP 2017. Felicity is not sure about her new school...NEW £13

S73)    Judith Teaches; pb GGBP 2016. Very interesting career story. New. £13

S74)    Here We Go Round; pb GGBP 2015. Nursery teacher – interesting career book. £13

S75)    Trouble at Melville Manor; pb GGBP 2014. Ray wants to be a writer. NEW. £13

S76)    Balconies and Blue Nets; pb GGBP 2014. Sequel to above. New. £13

S77)    The MacIans of Glen Gillean; pb GGBP 2013. NEW. £13

S78)    The Wyndhams Went to Wales; pb GGBP 2013.  NEW. £13

S79)    Ballet Family; pb GGBP 2012.  Joan comes to alien London family.  New  £13

S80)    The Ballet Family Again; pb GGBP 2012. Joan discovers her own gifts. NEW. £13

S81)    Margaret Finds a Future; pb GGBP 2011. Life at a National Trust house. New £13

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Annuals and Similar Books The first story title is given to help identify the particular annual, as well as a selection of other stories. 

S82)    [Dean’s] New Leisure Book for Girls; 1968 Dean. The Summer-House by Kathleen Winfield; also includes Here Come the Piece-Bag Poppets by Gretchen Breary; Pineapple Squash by Winifred Norling; Fortune in a Teacup by Kay Ewen; The Single Ticket by Edgar Garrett; Scruffy Trouble by Philip M. Pethick. Spine missing, rest of the book is sound, fair condition. £3

S83)    The Novelty Box for Boys and Girl; nd [1950s]; Juvenile Productions. The Shop on the Green. Also includes An Ice-Cream Morning; The Terry Twins Play Truant; The Tuppeny Ha’penny Dog. VG+, very bright picture boards, in VG dw rubbed on spine edges. £4

S84)    The Treasure Box for Boys and Girls; nd Children’s Press. The Dog Who Couldn’t Learn Tricks by Jane Shaw. Also, The Homesick Bus; Chuck McIntyre’s Ugly Dog; The Advetures of Captain Merry. G+. £4

S85)    Uncle Mac’s Children’s Hour; nd (possibly missing fp) insc 1951; Sampson Low. The Creaky Caravan. Also Selina the Swiss Cow; A Treat for Mrs Tollington; The Chameleon, Camouflage and All That; Bill Aylesbury Goes on the Stage. VG. £5

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Barber, Helen

S86)    Mollie’s Choice; pb BTT. Popular day school story debut. New. £12

S87)    Mollie’s Friends; pb BTT 2020. Sequel to Helen’s first story, Mollie’s Choice. New. £12

Barne, Kitty

S88)    She Shall Have Music; 1956 rep; Dent. How Karen, youngest of the Forrest family, discovers that music, and the piano especially, is the key thing in her life, and how her musical life develops as she grows up. A really satisfying story of increasing understanding and indeed the beginnings of mastery. Illustrated throughout by Ruth Gervis (who also illustrated Ballet Shoes). Closed mended tear on ffep, o/w VG. £12

S89)    While the Music Lasted; pb Greyladies. This is a fascinating standalone novel of musical talent, but also a sequel, written for adults, of Kitty Barne’s children’s book She Shall Have Music. New. £12

S90)    Musical Honours; 1947 1^st ed; Dent. The Redman children, who haven’t seen their organist father for the duration of the war, are horrified to receive a letter from him recuperating in hospital to say that there’s no future in music, and not only is he going to become an accountant, but they are all to pursue safe non-musical careers as well. Their campaign to win him over begins. Illustrated throughout by Ruth Gervis (who also illustrated Ballet Shoes). Faded sp, title page illustration v delicately coloured in, inside VG. £10

Beaman, S.G. Hulme

S91)    The Adventures of Larry the Lamb – Portrait of the Mayor; [1948] Lapworth and Co. As the title page says, “The original Toytown story of the famous broadcast play. The Children's Hour Favourite.” A slim volume, illustrated in b&w. VG. £7.50

Biggs, Margaret

S92)    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.  

S93)    Bobby at Hill House; pb GGBP 2014. £13

S94)    Christmas Term at Vernley; pb GGBP 2012.  £13

S95)    Christmas Term at Vernley; pb GGBP 2012. Rear cover creased across bottom corner, last few pages bent across bottom corner, o/w VG+. £7.50

S96)    The Two Families; pb GGBP 2010. NEW.  £13

S97)    Dilly Goes to Ambergate; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £13

Brazil, Angela

S98)    A Fourth Form Friendship; pb 2006 GGBP, centenary edition, a good one! NEW. £6

S99)    A Fourth Form Friendship; nd insc 1924 Blackie. Col fp, 4/4 b&w plates. Lovely pic bds, VG+, nice copy. £8

S100)  The Nicest Girl in the School; nd Blackie, thick ed with pic bds. Lacks fep, has 3/3 other plates. Nice period copy, but considerable foxing, so only G-. £4

S101)  For the Sake of the School; nd Blackie rep. Fp and 3/3 b&w plates, G+ in an attractive but edgeworn dw missing bits at the corners, now protected. £7.50

S102)  The Third Class at Miss Kaye’s; nd Blackie. FP & 3/3 b&w plates, really handsome pictorial bds. £10

S103)  The Madcap of the School; nd Blackie thick ed. Lacks frontis, new fep. Lovely bright pic bds, 3/4 b&w plates. Very attractive copy despite missing frontispiece. VG+. £6.50

S104)  The Manor House School; nd Blackie thick. Col fp,3/4 b&w pl.  Pic bds, G+. £6

S105)  The Leader of the Lower School; nd Blackie thick ed. 4/5 b&w pl. Pic bds. Somewhat grubby hence a good reading copy, but very sound. £4.50.

S106)  The School at the Turrets; nd Blackie smaller. B&w fp. VG in torn dw. £4

S107)  Jill’s Jolliest School; nd Blackie small ed. B&W fp. G+. £5

S108)  Jean’s Golden Term; nd Blackie small ed. B&W fp. VG in G+ dw. £6.50

S109)  Armada pbs, G or better; £3 each; Head Girl at the Gables; The Manor House School.

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Brent-Dyer, Elinor

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

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S110)  McCallum, Alison; The Chalet School Encyclopedia;. GGBP larger format pbs. Fascinating and exhaustive guide to all things Chalet. Non-fiction. NEW.  £20 each; a) Volume 1 (A-D) 2013; c) Volume 3 (M-Q) 2015; d) Volume 4 (R-Z) 2016.

S111)  The Little Marie-Jose & The Little Missus; pb GGBP 2023. 2 very rare titles published together. New £13

S112)  The Evangelical Books – Nesta Steps Out, Beechy of the Harbour School and Leader in Spite of Herself; pb GGBP 2021. These are some of EBD’s rarest titles, slim volumes here published in one collection. New. £20

S113)  Geography Readers Vol 1: A Quintette in Queensland/ Verena Visits New Zealand; pb GGBP 2019. £16

S114)  Geography Readers Vol 2: Bess on her Own in Canada + Sharlie’s Kenya Diary; pb GGBP 2020. £13

S115)  Short Stories by EBD; pb GGBP. VG++. £20

S116)  Chalet School World: Short Stories by Helen Barber; pb GGBP 2013. New. £13

S117)  Before the Chalet School - The Bettanys of Taverton High by Helen Barber; pb rep 2022. New £13

S118)  Before the Chalet School - Last Term at Taverton High by Helen Barber. GGBP 2018. Very slight creases to lower edges of covers and text block, where the book has received a knock, but o/w VG++. £10

S119)  Before the Chalet School - Last Term at Taverton High  by Helen Barber. GGBP 2018. NEW. £16

S120)  The Chalet School Cookbook; pb GGBP 2009. Joey and friends discuss recipes!  NEW.  £20

S121)  Jo of the Chalet School; pb GGBP. VG++. £20

S122)  The Guides of the Chalet School by Jane Berry; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £20

S123)  Juniors at the Chalet School by Katharine Bruce; pb GGBP 2016. Same term as “Princess”. One copy only. £27.50

S124)  The Rivals of the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2015. NEW 1 copy only £25

S125)  Eustacia Goes to the Chalet School; pb rep GGBP 2021. New. £16

S126)  Deira Joins the Chalet School by Caroline German; pb GGBP 2010. NEW  £13

S127)  The Chalet School and the Lintons; pb GGBP 2020. New. £20

S128)  The Chalet School Annexe by Adrianne Fitzpatrick; pb GGBP 2018.  NEW. £16

S129)  Jo Returns to the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2021. New. £20

S130)  The New House at the Chalet School; pb GGBP. VG++. £20

S131)  The Chalet School in Exile; pb GGBP.  NEW.  £20

S132)  The Chalet School Goes To It; pb GGBP. VG++. £20

S133)  A Refuge for the Chalet School by Amy Fletcher; pb GGBP 2020. Members of the Chalet School re-group in Guernsey following the flight from Austria. (Overlaps with CS in Exile). NEW. £16

S134)  The Chalet School in Guernsey by Katherine Bruce; pb GGBP 2020. New. £16

S135)  The Muller Twins at the Chalet School by Bruce, Katherine;  pb GGBP 2012.  NEW. £16

S136)  The Muller Twins at the Chalet School by Bruce, Katherine;  pb GGBP 2012.  Lower corner of front cover and some pages just a little bent, o/w VG++. £10

S137)  The Highland Twins at the Chalet School; pb GGBP. Fine. One copy only. £25

S138)  Lavender Laughs in the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2012. 1 copy only. Mint £25

S139)  Gay from China at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2007. 1 copy only. Near fine. £25

S140)  The Mystery at the Chalet School (with Robin Heeds the Call); pb GGBP. One copy only. £27.50

S141)  The Bettany Twins and the Chalet School by Helen Barber; pb GGBP 2020. £13

S142)  A Chalet School Headmistress by Helen Barber. GGBP rep 2017. Very popular fill-in. £16

S143)  Tom Tackles the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £20

S144)  Jo to the Rescue; pb GGBP 2022 New £13

S145)  Flight of a Chalet School Girl by Katherine Bruce; pb GGBP 2022. New £13

S146)  Peace Comes to the Chalet School by Katherine Bruce; pb GGBP rep 2020. New. £20

S147)  The Champion of the Chalet School by Adrianne Fitzpatrick; pb GGBP 2014. NEW. £16

S148)  Three Go to the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2022 New £13

S149)  A Difficult Term at the Chalet School by Lisa Townsend; pb GGBP 2021 rep. NEW.  £13

S150)  A Difficult Term at the Chalet School by Lisa Townsend; pb GGBP. VG+. £7.50

S151)  The Chalet School and the Island; pb GGBP 2022. New £13

S152)  Peggy of the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2021. New. £13

S153)  The Wrong Chalet School; pb GGBP 2010. Mint One copy only. £25

S154)  [Brent-Dyer, Elinor] Maeve of the Chalet School by Helen Barber; pb GGBP 2022. Set in the same term as the CS in the Oberland and Shocks. New £13

S155)  Shocks for the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2015. NEW. £20

S156)  Changes for the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2014. NEW. £20

S157)  The Chalet School and Barbara; pb GGBP 2014. NEW. £20

S158)  The Chalet School and Barbara; pb GGBP 2014. Minute bend in bottom corner of front cover, tiny crease to top corner of back cover, o/w VG++. £15

S159)  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, while new girl Sue Meadows is very self-contained. (Overlaps with CS and Barbara). New. £13

S160)  The Chalet School Does It Again; pb GGBP. Fine. One copy only. £27.50

S161)  A Chalet Girl from Kenya; pb rep GGBP 2021. New. £16

S162)  A Genius at the Chalet School; pb GGBP. New. One copy only. £25

S163)  A Problem for the Chalet School; pb rep GGBP 2021. New. £16

S164)  New Mistress at the Chalet School; pb rep GGBP 2020. New. £20

S165)  The Chalet School and Richenda; pb GGBP. Fine. One copy only. £25

S166)  Excitements at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2007.  NEW. £20

S167)  The Feud in the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £20

S168)  The Chalet School Wins the Trick; pb GGBP 2022 New £13

S169)  The Chalet School Triplets; pb  GGBP 2013. NEW.  £20

S170)  A Leader in the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2020. New. £20

S171)  Jane and the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2013. NEW.  £20

S172)  Althea Joins the Chalet School; pb rep GGBP 2021. New. £16

S173)  New Beginnings at the Chalet School by Heather Paisley; pb rep GGBP 2020 £16

S174)  Chalet Club Newsletters; pb rep GGBP 2016. 1960s Chalet Club newsletters, extra CS info.  New £13

S175)  The Feud in the Fifth Remove; pb GGBP 2014. New. £13

S176)  Trouble at Skelton Hall; pb GGBP 2009.  NEW.  £13.

S177)  Carnation of the Upper Fourth; pb GGBP 2007.  £13

S178)  A Thrilling Term at Janeways; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S179)  Caroline the Second; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW  £13

S180)  Elizabeth the Gallant; pb GGBP 2006.  NEW.  £13

S181)  The Lost Staircase; pb GGBP rep, 2018. NEW. £16

S182)  Judy the Guide; pb GGBP 2010.  New. £13

S183)  Kennelmaid Nan; pb GGBP 2011. EBD’s almost-career-story. NEW. £13

S184)  They Both Liked Dogs; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £13

S185)  The Condor Crags Adventure; pb GGBP 2018. New. £16

S186)  Chudleigh Hold; pb GGBP. New. £16

S187)  Top Secret; pb GGBP 2022. New £16

S188)  Lorna At Wynyards; pb GGBP 2021. One of my favourite EBD titles. New. £13

La Rochelle series: a full selection

S189)  Gerry Goes to School; pb GGBP 2022. A new reprint to celebrate the 100^th anniversary of its first publication. New £13

S190)  A Head Girl’s Difficulties; pb GGBP. Fine. One copy only. £22.50

S191)  The Maids of La Rochelle; pb GGBP. Fine. One copy only. £22.50

S192)  Seven Scamps; pb GGBP 2013. NEW. £20

S193)  Heather Leaves School; pb GGBP. Fine. £20

S194)  Janie of La Rochelle; pb rep GGBP 2020. £20

S194a)Janie Steps In; pb GGBP. Nr fine. One copy only £22.50

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

S195)  The School at the Chalet; 1963 rep. Spine faded, several names written on eps, gen VG+. £8.50

S196)  Jo of the Chalet School; 1988 rep. This is one of the quartet of handsome “facsimile” reprints that Chambers did, which contained the full text in the original font (or very similar); it does not have the original Brisley plates, but does have a photo of EBD as a frontispiece, and additional woodcut illustrations at the beginning of each chapter. Dw is facsimile of the 1926 edition. Nr fine in nr fine dw. £22

S197)  The Rivals of the Chalet School; 1951 rep in p/c dw. VG. £20

S198)  Eustacia Goes to the Chalet School; 1956 rep. Pages going just slightly biscuity, gen VG in now-protected dw of which the front & rear panels are good, but spine has a long triangular piece missing at the top, taking out the title and just coming down into the hair in pic of Eustacia in the middle of the spine. £22

S199)  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. £18

S200)  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. £16

S201)  The New House at the Chalet School; 1956 rep. VG, nice fresh copy. £12

S202)  The Chalet School Goes To It; 1950 rep. VG+, nice and fresh, in VG dw. £25

S203)  Highland Twins at the Chalet School; 1950 rep. VG; the book has been given a tidy, handsomely lettered (removable) brown paper cover with the list of then-available titles cut from the dw loosely tucked in. £16

S204)  A Genius at the Chalet School; 1956 1^st ed. Pages going slightly biscuity, o/w VG in G+ dw, spine a little greyed. £28

S205)  Step-Sisters for Lorna; nd 1^st ed Temple. The sequel to Lorna at Wynyards, a pair of my favourite EBD titles that satisfactorily combine day school and family. Full page col fp. Rear edge of cloth spine cover is almost detached, but the boards are bright, the book inside is sound, VG. £20

S206)  The Maids of La Rochelle; 1927  VG £22

S207)  Seven Scamps; 1952 rep. VG+ in VG+ dw. £16

S208)  Monica Turns Up Trumps; nd (1^st ed?) RTS. A worn but nice thick copy of this CS connector. £15

S209)  A Thrilling Term at Janeways; nd Nelson. VG. £7.50

S210)  Collected Verse; ed Joy Wotton; NCC 2006 124pp booklet. New. £2.50

S211)  Armada pbs; All at £4; Three Go; Changes; Peggy; Tom; Winds the Trick; Triplets; Coming of Age; New Mistress

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Brisley, Joyce Lankester

S212)  The Milly-Molly-Mandy Collection; 1997 rep Kingfisher, first in this format. The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook (fine in nr fine dw) and More Milly-Molly-Mandy (fine in VG++ dw) in a fine slipcase. These omnibus collections contain 20 stories each. £10

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

S213)  Bristol Conference booklets: SPECIAL OFFER   All five booklets/books  £20

S214)  20^th C Schoolgirls and Their Books – 6th 2018 Bristol Conference; 2019. Overall theme is War. 144pp book. Illustrated in colour throughout. £7.50

S215)  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

S216)  20^th C Schoolgirls and Their Books – 4th 2014 Conference; 2015. Locations, real and fictional. 68pp £5

S217)  20^th C Schoolgirls and Their Books – 3rd 2012 Conference; 2012. Include Career books. 64-pp £4.50

S218)  20^th C Schoolgirls and Their Books – 2nd 2010 Conference; 2011. Themes include Guides. 60pp. £3.50

Bruce, Dorita Fairlie  

Toby trilogy

S219)  The School on the Moor; pb GGBP 2006.  First Toby title. NEW.  £13

S220)  The School in the Woods; pb GGBP 2007. Toby title of legendary rarity.  £13

S221)  Toby at Tibbs Cross; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW.  £13

Dimsie series

S222)  Dimsie and the Jane Willard Foundation: pb GGBP. The collected Dimsie short stories. NEW. £13

Springdale Series

S223)  The New House Captain; rep; Spring. VG. £7.50

Colmskirk series

S224)  Wild Goose Quest; pb GGBP 2013. £13

S225)  The Serendipity Shop; pb GGBP 2009.  Colmskirk series, set in very recognisable Scottish locations. £13

S226)  Triffeny; pb GGBP 2010.  Second Colmskirk title.  NEW. £13

S227)  The Debatable Mound; pb GGBP 2011.  Colmskirk series.  NEW. £13

Nancy series

S228)  The Girls of St Bride’s; 1927 rep; OUP. Dec bds, lacks fep, rear of spine coming loose, but gen G+. £7.50

S229)  Nancy to the Rescue; 1935 rep; OUP. VG. £6

S230)  That Boarding School Girl; 1930 rep; OUP. Col fp “Tied tightly to a tree in the middle of the glade was a small girl”… Some foxing, crisp boards. £6.50

S231)  Nancy at St Bride’s; pb GGBP. New. £13

S232)  The Best Bat in the School & Other Stories; pb GGBP 2004. One copy only. Mint. £20

Buckeridge, Anthony

S233)  Our Friend Jennings; pb Puffin. Illustrated by John Verney. Pages edges a little darkened, o/w VG. £5

S234)  Jennings’ Little Hut; pb Armada. The 2/6 earlier edition with the illustrated cover, not the later photographic one. Tiny upper corner missing from front cover and first few pages, gen G++. £3.50

S235)  According to Jennings; 1954 1^st ed; Collins. VG+ in a now protected dw missing a few bits around the edges, but I’m very fond of it, as it shows on the front the easily identifiable main members of the cast, Jennings and Darbishire, Mr Carter and Mr Wilkins, Mr Pemberton-Oakes and General Merridew. £12

S236)  Jennings as Usual; 1959 1^st ed; Collins. Col fp. VG+ in edgeworn dw. £12

S237)  The Trouble with Jennings; 1960 1^st ed; Collins. Col fp. Nice prize plate, VG in now protected edgeworn dw missing 2cm at base and 1 cm at top of spine. £8.50

Butler-Joyce, Joan

S238)  Hot Water; pb BTT 2020. A trilogy first published 1935 – 1940, about school friends Madge, Pam and charismatic new girl Leah. New £12

S239)  She Went to London; pb BTT 2020 Madge visits Leah for eventful holiday. New £12

S240)  No Responsibility; pb BTT 2020. The  friends are not keen on the implications of prefectship. New. £12

Caldwell, Patricia

S241)  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

Carter, Dorothy

S242)  Star of the Air; nd Children’s Press (but I believe this is the full text). Marise Duncan, the flying ace, is invited to Hollywood.  VG in dw missing chunks at ends of spine. £6

Channon, E.M.

S243)  That Awful Term; pb BTT 2018. £12

S244)  The Handsome Hardcastles; pb BTT 2017. NEW. £12

S245)  A Countess at School; pb BTT 2016.  £12

S246)  A Countess at School; pb BTT. VG+. £6

S247)  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

S248)  Expelled from St Madern’s; pb BTT 2014. New. £12

S249)  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

S250)  A Fifth-Form Martyr; pb BTT 2015. A wonderful time-slip story (she used her daughter’s experiences contrasted with her own 35 years earlier). NEW. £12

Chaundler, Christine

S251)  The Right St John’s; pb 2007 GGBP. Really charming school story, where a new girl begins to suspects she’s in the wrong place...  NEW.  £13

S252)  The Right St John’s; pb 2007 GGBP. Very slight second, VG. £10

S253)  The Chivalrous Fifth; nd Nelson. Jane Smith’s mother apparently keeps a shop, and her new form mates decide they must be terribly kind to her to show they don’t mind… B&w drawings throughout. VG+ in VG dw. £8.50

S254)  A Disgrace to the Fourth; nd Nelson. B&w fp, b&w drawings throughout. VG in G dw. £7.50

Clare, Helen

S255)  Five Dolls in a House; pb Puffin. Elizabeth Small one day discovers the marvellous secret of shrinking and visitin the dolls in her dolls’ house. A much-loved favourite. VG+. £5

Clarke, Pauline

S256)  The Twelve and the Genii; pb Faber. Max finds a box of 12 ordinary wooden soldiers in the attic, but they turn out to be the famous Twelves who inspired the juvenile Bronte miniature books recording the happenings of Angria. VG+. £4.50

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S257)  Clifford, Kay; Career Novels for Girls; pb 2018 Mirfield Press. Kay is the foremost expert on this fascinating genre, with perhaps the most extensive existing collection of these titles which offer such fabulous insights into the social history of their times. In this splendid volume she surveys the whole genre in groups of similar careers, and appendices include very full lists of career titles by author and publisher, as well as summary information about the authors too.  A really enjoyable survey revealing much about the position of women and girls in the mid-twentieth century. NEW. £15

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Coatts, Rita

S258)  The Silent House; nd Rylee. When Tessa arrives at Shawley’s, she was expecting a warm welcome, but instead found herself a virtual prisoner.  VG+ in VG dw. £7.50

Susan Cooper: The acclaimed fantasy series known as The Dark is Rising

S259)  Over Sea, Under Stone; pb Puffin. VG+. £3

S260)  The Dark is Rising; pb Puffin. VG+. £3

S261)  Greenwitch; pb Puffin. VG+. £3

Courtney, Gwendoline       

S262)  Stepmother; pb GGBP. NEW.  2018. £16

S263)  The Grenville Garrison; pb GGBP 2014. NEW. £13

S264)  The Girls of Friars’ Rise; pb GGBP 2004.  NEW.  £13

S265)  Denehurst Secret Service; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S266)  Well Done Denehurst; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S267)  The Chiltons; GGBP 2006.  NEW  £13

S268)  Mermaid House; pb GGBP 2011 1st publication in book form! £13

S269)  The Wild Lorings at School; pb GGBP. NEW.  £13

S270)  Wild Lorings – Detectives; pb GGBP 2010. £13

S271)  Torley Grange; pb GGBP. VG++. £14

S272)  The Chiltons; 1959 rep; Nelson. Illus W. Spence and F. Stocks May. VG. £8

Darch, Winifred

S273)  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

Dunnett, Margaret

S274)  Ladies and Gentlemen; 1976 1^st ed; Andre Deutsch. In January 1901, Caroline, Kate and Sue were at the pantomime with their aunt when the dramatic announcement came that the Queen was dead. It was truly the end of an era for them too, and over the course of the next year, their lives changed utterly. A warm family story. Fine in fine dw. £7.50

Eager, Edward Master of fantasy in the style of E. Nesbit, with magic intruding into everyday life and the adventures and occasional embarrassments that follow. Illustrated by N.M. Bodecker is so inimitable a style that one can’t imagine the pictures any other way.

S275)  Half Magic; pb Odyssey. Jane, Mark, Katharine and Martha find adventure when an old coin seems able to grant wishes – or rather, half a wish, which is rather more complicated…  Nr fine. £4.50

S276)  Magic by the Lake; pb HM. “Of course, you couldn’t be sensible and order magic by the pound, or by the day? Or by threes, the old-fashioned way?” said the turtle. “But no, not you. You had to be greedy, and order magic by the lake…”  Nr fine. £5

S277)  Knight’s Castle; pb HM. Roger and Ann, sent to stay with their bossy cousins while their father is ill, find that playing with the old fort leads to rather more testing adventures than they bargained for. Nr fine. £5

S278)  The Time Garden; pb Odyssey. Roger, Eliza, Jack and Ann stay in a very old house in Massachusetts with a garden full of thyme, and encounter a cockney Natterjack toad…  Nr fine. £5

Edwards, Monica       

S279)  The Badgers of Punchbowl Farm; 1966 1^st ed; Michael Joseph. Ex-lib, dw affixed to bds, G+. £6

S280)  The Cats of Punchbowl Farm; 1964 1^st ed; Michael Joseph. VG+ in G+ dw, a few tears, to top of spine, now repaired (no loss), 2 small darker patches as though something oily was once spilt on rear. Scarce. £14

S281)  The Valley and the Farm; pb NEL. Further instalment of life on Punch Bowl Farm. Protective plastic fixed on wraps, generally VG. £3.50

S282)  Badger Valley; pb Sphere. Further nature writing. VG+. £5

S283)  Rennie Goes Riding; pb Knight. Monica Edwards’ contribution to the then-popular genre of career novels. VG. £4

S284)  Wish for a Pony 2020. pb GGBP NEW. £20

S285)  The Summer of the Great Secret 2019; pb GGBP. NEW. One copy only. £25

S286)  The Midnight Horse; rev ed Goodchild. Nr fine in VG++ dw. £10

S287)  Black Hunting Whip 2011; pb GGBP. NEW. One copy only. £25

S288)  Punchbowl Midnight 2011; pb GGBP. NEW. One copy only. £25

S289)  Punchbowl Midnight; rev ed Goodchild. VG++ in VG++ dw. £12

S290)  The Spirit of Punchbowl Farm 2012; pb GGBP. NEW. One copy only. £25

S291)  Storm Ahead; pb rep GGBP 2021. £13

S292)  Storm Ahead; pb rep GGBP 2021. Wraps slightly bent, £10

S293)  The Wanderer 2012; pb GGBP. NEW. £20

S294)  No Entry 2005; pb GGBP. NEW. £20

S295)  Punchbowl Harvest 2013; pb GGBP. NEW. £20

S296)  Operation Seabird 2007; pb GGBP. NEW. £20

S297)  Strangers to the Marsh pb GGBP. NEW. One copy only. £25

S298)  Strangers to the Marsh; rev ed Goodchild. Nr fine in nr fine dw. £10

S299)  The Outsider 2015; pb GGBP NEW. One copy only. £25

S300)  Fire at the Punchbowl 2009; pb GGBP. NEW. £20

S301)  Dolphin Summer 2009; pb GGBP. NEW. £20

S302)  A Wind is Blowing; pb GGBP 2023. Order now. New £13

Elder, Josephine          

S303)  Erica Wins Through; pb GGBP 2010. 1^st of Scholarship Girl trilogy. NEW £13

S304)  The Scholarship Girl; pb GGBP 2011.  Second in trilogy.  NEW. £13

S305)  The Scholarship Girl at Cambridge; pb GGBP 2012. Third in trilogy. Life for a new student at one of the women’s colleges – where so many girls in school stories were destined, but rarely described.  NEW. £13

S306)  Cherry Tree Perch; pb GGBP 2021. A Farm School title, sequel to Exile for Annis. New. £13

S307)  Evelyn Finds Herself; pb GGBP 2006.  The new School Story Encyclopaedia calls it “outstanding”.  £16

Estes, Eleanor

S308)  The Moffats; pb Scholastic. An American classic first published in 1941, a lovely tale of the small but memorable things that happen in the lives of the four Moffat children in Cranbury, Connecticut, based on her own experiences. VG. £3.50

Forest, Antonia    

S309)  Hayward, Sally; Antonia Forest’s Kingscote Spring Term; pb GGBP 2011 Popular sequel.  NEW  £16

S310)  [Forest] The Marlows and Their Maker, by Anne Heazlewood; GGBP 2007.  Background study. £16

S311)  Celebrating Antonia Forest: 2008. Papers from AF Conference, draft material from Run Away Home. £16

S312)  Autumn Term; pb Puffin. VG+ £6

S313)  The Marlows and theh Traitor; pb Faber. VG+ £15

S314)  The Thuggery Affair; pb Faber. VG. £8.50

S315)  End of Term; pb Puffin. VG. £10

S316)  The Ready-Made Family; pb Faber. VG. £10

S317)  The Marlows and the Traitor; pb rep 2015 New £25

S318)  Falconer’s Lure; pb GGBP 2016 rep. NEW. £20

S319)  The Thuggery Affair; pb GGBP 2005. NEW.  £16

S320)  The Ready-Made Family; pb GGBP 2021. New. £16

S321)  The Cricket Term; pb GGBP 2020. NEW. £20

S322)  The Attic Term; pb GGBP 2022. New £13

S323)  The Player’s Boy; pb GGBP 2006. Wonderful “extras”!  NEW.  £20

S324)  The Players and the Rebels; pb GGBP 2008.    NEW.  £20

S325)  The Thursday Kidnapping  pb GGBP.  Her only self-contained story.   £13

Gardam, Jane

S326)  Bilgewater; pb Abacus. Marigold, growing up in the school where her father is a housemaster, is known as Bilgewater (from Bill’s daughter), and thinks of herself as plain and peculiar. VG+. £4

           Geras, Adele

           This inventive Egerton Hall trilogy, about three girls who share a room in their last year of school and as they leave, focuses on each girl in turn, with inspiration coming from different fairy tales.

S329)  The Tower Room; 1990 1^st ed; HH. Megan looks out of the Tower Room window one day to see the inquisitive gaze of Simon, the lab assistant. Inspired by Rapunzel. Has slight remains of label on fep, but no other signs of anything like library ownership. VG++ in VG+ dw. £8.50

S330)  Watching the Roses; pb Lion. Inspired by Sleeping Beauty. VG+. £4.50

S331)  Pictures of the Night; pb Red Fox. Inspired by Snow White. Nr fine. £4.50

Glidewell, Peter

S332)  St Ursula’s in Danger; pb Dragon. A 1980s school story – a rare beast! VG+. £3

Goodall, John S.

S333)  An Edwardian Holiday; 1978 1^st ed; Macmillan. One of Goodall’s absolutely delightful wordless stories, in a small landscape format that suits them to perfection, with the nameless boy and girl  and their family visiting the seaside and going on a paddle steamer to the Continent. Fine in fine dw. £7.50

Goudge, Elizabeth

S334)  The World of Elizabeth Goudge by Sylvia Gower; pb GGBP 2020. Illuminating. New. £13

S335)  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

S336)  Henrietta’s House; pb GGBP 2020. New. £13

S337)  The Valley of Song; pb GGBP 2020. New. £13

S338)  Sister of the Angels; pb GGBP. £13

Groves, Georgina see Symons, Geraldine

Harnett, Cynthia

S339)  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. £16

S340)  The Great House; pb Puffin. Barbara and Geoffrey in 1690 try to persuade their architect father that they have found a better site for his new grand house commission. VG+. £4

S341)  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. Ex-sch lib, G+. £3

Harris, Rosemary; an inventive and absorbing trilogy about God, Noah, Reuben, sent to seek out the lions and tigers, and his wife Thamar, a good and deserving couple at the time of the great flood.

S342)  The Moon in the Cloud; pb Puffin. Winner of the Carnegie Medal. VG+. £4

S343)  The Shadow on the Sun; pb Puffin. VG+. £4

S344)  The Bright and Morning Star; pb Puffin. VG+. £4

            Hill, Lorna      

S345)  No Castanets at the Wells; pb GGBP 2022. New £13

S346)  Ella at the Wells; 1954 1^st ed; Evans. Bonus leather bookmark in the final page which has left a biscuity “shadow” on the paper. G++. £14

S347)  The Secret; pb rep 2020 GGBP. New. £13

S348)  Vicki in Venice; pb rep GGBP 2021. New. £16

S349)  Dancing Peel; 1954 1^st; Nelson. Annette Dancy in Northumberland. VG in G++ dw. £9.50

S350)  Dancer in Danger; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £16

S351)  Northern Lights;  pb GGBP 2009. Only edition of this Marjorie story previously unpublished. NEW  £13

S352)  Castle in Northumbria; pb GGBP 2021. New. £13

S353)  More About Mandy; pb GGBP 2009.  “Vicarage Children” story drawing on Lorna Hill’s own background as a clergyman’s wife.  NEW.  £13

S354)  The Vicarage Children in Skye; pb GGBP 2010.  New. £13

James, Will

S355)  Smoky – The Story of a Horse; pb Puffin number 5. Very early Puffin, here a 1949 reprint. G+. £3

Jezard, Alison

S356)  Albert; pb Puffin. Albert the bear leads a busy life in the East End of London, looking after his basement home, helping at the docks, seeing the inside workings of the Fire Brigade and joining the Easter Parade with his friend Henry, the rag-and-bone man’s horse. My children adored the Albert stories. VG. £4.50

Johns, Capt. W.E.

S357)  Worrals Flies Again; 1^st 1942, H&S. Wartime exploits. Col fp. Some foxing, G+. £10

S358)  Biggles Defies the Swastika; pb Red Fox. VG. £3

S359)  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.

S360)  Biggles pbs; Red Fox. Lovely editions, from the last 20 years, but using very handsome period-looking illustrations. All nr fine, £3 each. Biggles Goes to War; Biggles and the Rescue Flight; Biggles of the Fighter Squadron; Biggles and the Cruise of the Condor; Biggles and Co; Biggles Sefies the Swastika; Biggles Flies East; Biggles Fails to Return; Biggles Defends the Desert; Biggles Flies West.

Kay, Mara

S361)  A Circling Star; pb Margin Notes. Russian circus school is very demanding. New. £13

Konigsburg, E.L A perceptive, engaging and often funny writer with a beautiful style who deserves to be much better known. Hugely imaginative scenarios carried through with great flair. Unobtrusively thought-provoking, and sophisticated in her character drawing, she’s a pleasure to read. Two-time Newbery Medal winner. I spoke about some of her misfit and eccentric child characters at our conference.

S362)  From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler; pb Scholastic. Claudia, feeling unappreciated, decides to run away from home. She chooses her young brother Jamie to accompany her, as he’s very good with money. She also knows that she won’t be any good at slumming it, so decides that they’re going to run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. But once there, her imagination is caught by the mysterious provenance of a newly exhibited sculpture, the answer to which, it turns out, lies with a rich recluse. This is probably Konigsburg’s most well-known book. Nr fine. £5

S363)  Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and me, Elizabeth; pb S&S. In the year in which “From the Mixed-Up Files” won the Newbery Medal, this was the runner-up, the only time an author has achieved this double. Elizabeth, at a new school, encounters Jennifer, who is definitely different; she’s read Macbeth, wears very unusual clothes and says she’s a witch. It isn’t easy being friends with a witch, but Elizabeth finds it’s never boring, and progresses from apprentice to journeyman witch, until a toad enters the equation. A book which makes one think about friendship, confidence, eccentricity and difference. G++. £4

S364)  The View from Saturday; pb S&S. This pre-dates Slumdog Millionaire but I wonder if it could have inspired it? It’s about how Mrs Olinski chooses the four team members from her class for the State-wide Quiz, and chronicles how they come to know each other, and how they each come by the knowledge to enable them to answer the crucial questions as they progress through the rounds. Original and so satisfying. VG+ £5

S365)  The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place; pb S&S. Margaret Rose Kane answers “I prefer not to” at every suggestion of summer camp activities, so is delighted when she’s rescued by her beloved uncles. But she 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. Black felt tip patch on side and lower closed page edges, o/w VG. £4

S366)  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. £5

S367)  Father’s Arcane Daughter; pb S&S. Winston, son of rich and over-protective parents, seems to have it all, but when a woman appears at the door claiming to be Caroline, his half-sister kidnapped and presumed dead years before he was born, all the predictability of his life is overturned. VG. £4

S368)  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. Fine. £5

S369)  The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World; 2007Atheneum. Amedeo, newly moved to a Florida town, longs to make some significant discovery, and to make a friend. Both seem coming closer when he and schoolmate William start helping his eccentric neighbour Mrs Zender with her house sale, for there is a story to go with every piece in her crammed house. One in particular catches them up, a story that links a sketch, a young boy’s life, an old man’s reminiscence and a painful secret dating back to Nazi Germany… Fine in nr fine dw. £10

S370)  About the B’nai Bagels; pb S&S. Mark’s mother starts coaching his baseball team, and suddenly they are winning games. But Mark has some information, and doesn’t know what to do with it. Can he be a friend, a teammate and the manager’s son and still be himself?  Fine. £5

S371)  Silent to the Bone; pb Walker. Branwell becomes completely silent when his baby sister is taken to hospital in a coma; he’s taken to a detention centre and his best friend, Connor, who is sure Branwell would never hurt his sister, tries to find out what happened. Framed as a detective story, what it really explores is silence, communication and relationships, the power of our voices and what’s revealed by what we say or don’t say. Vertical crease in front wrap, o/w VG. £4

MacDonald, Betty (author of adult books The Egg and I, and The Plague and I)

S372)  Mrs Piggle-Wiggle; pb Scholastic. Everyone loves Mrs Piggle-Wiggle; she lives in an upside-down house and smells of cookies and was even married to a pirate once. But most of all, she can cure children of anything, habits like never putting things away, or hating baths. Delightful stories for younger children. VG. £4

Mackenzie, James

S373)  Another Country –Children’s Books of the Lake District & Cumbria. Pb GGBP  NEW. £10

S374)  Another Country –Children’s Books of the Lake District & Cumbria. Pb GGBP. Covers just slightly bent at the corners, generally VG++. £7.50

Mallory, Clare

S375)  The New House at Winwood; pb GGBP. One of my great favourites! NEW. £13

S376)  Leith and Friends; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £13 

S377)  Merry Begins; pb GGBP 2004. One copy only. Mint. £18

S378)  Merry Again; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S379)  Merry Marches On; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S380)  The League of the Smallest; pb GGBP 2009.  NEW.  £13

S381)  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

S382)  The Pen and Pencil Girls; pb GGBP 2010.  Lovely story of group of friends producing a hand-written magazine for a competition.  £13

S383)  Candy Nevill; pb 2012 Margin Notes.  Previously unpublished book - lots of baking and sweet-making! Candy is the “slow” one in a bright family, and doesn’t shine at anything…  NEW £13.

Matthewman, Phyllis

S384)  Chloe Takes Control; 1942 rep; Lutterworth. Spine faded, o/w VG. £7.50

S385)  The Queerness of Rusty; 1941 1^st ed; Lutterworth. Spine faded o/w VG. £8.50

S386)  Chloe Takes Control; pb GGBP 2013.  1st Daneswood school story. £13

S387)  The Queerness of Rusty; pb GGBP 2014. 2^nd Daneswood title. Rather unusual school story featuring a genuinely working class girl going to a boarding school. New. £13

S388)  A New Role for Natasha; pb GGBP 2020. Daneswood series. £13

S389)  Justice for Jacqueline; pb GGBP 2021. New. £13

S390)  Thanks to Mr Jones; pb GGBP 2013. Family theatricals. NEW. £13

Mayne, William

S391)  A Swarm in May; 1956 rep: OUP.  Illus C. Walter Hodges, incl the lovely busy dw framed by cathedral arches. The classic novel, beautifully written, set in a choir school. Very minimally ex-sch lib, some stamps but v little wear, VG+ in VG dw. £18

S392)  A Swarm in May; 1962 rep: OCL. Smaller format than the original. VG+ in VG dw £12

S393)  Cathedral Wednesday; 1972 ed, Brockhampton. With loads of the choir going down to a “plague”, Andrew finds himself acting head boy and Senior Chorister, and it isn’t as easy as he might have expected. Scarce. Nr fine in VG dw. £24

S394)  The Incline; 1973 rep; CBC. VG+ in VG+ dw. £6.50

S395)  Earthfasts; pb Puffin. 200 years ago Nellie Jack John the drummer boy had gone marching into the passage under the castle in search of King Arthur. Now, as Keith and David are on the hillside, he’s coming out…  “Once in a while a book is published that makes you feel language and thought have been new-born. Such a book is Earthfasts.” VG+. £4

Montgomery, L.M.

S396)  Kilmeny of the Orchard; 1947 rep; Harrap. VG+ in dw orange dw with a little edge wear. £7.50

S397)  After Many Days – Tales of Time Past; pb M&S. Nr fine. £4.50

S398)  The Road to Yesterday; 1975 1^st UK. Newly collected stories. VG+ in VG+ dw £8

S399)  Emily of New Moon; 1977 rep; Harrap. Interesting introduction by Mary Wilson including a letter she received from LMM in reply to her childhood fan letter. Ex-lib, G+ in VG dw. £6.50

S400)  Emily of New Moon; pb Puffin. VG+. £3

S401)  Emily Climbs; pb Puffin. VG+. £3.50

S402)  Emily’s Quest; pb Puffin. VG+. £3.50

S403)  The Story Girl; 1950 rep; Harrap. VG+ in VG uniform orange dw.  £7.50

S404)  Puffin Classics; 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.

S405)  Anne of Green Gables; 1953 rep; Harrap. VG+ in VG uniform orange dw. £6.50

S406)  Anne of Avonlea; 1925; Harrap. Possibly first UK edition. VG in G+ scarce dw. £10

S407)  Anne of The Island; 1934 rep; Harrap. VG+ in G+ uniform orange dw. £7.50

S408)  Anne of Windy Willows; 1940 rep; Harrap.  UK title. A little foxing, gen VG. £5

S409)  Anne of Windy Poplars; 1936; McClelland & Stewart (Canada). “Cavendish” edition of L.M. Montgomery’s work named after her childhood home. VG+ in VG+ dw. £7.50

S410)  Anne’s House of Dreams; 1935 rep; Harrap. A little foxing, G++ in G+ dw. £6

S411)  Anne of Ingleside; 1939; McClelland & Stewart (Canada). “Cavendish” edition of L.M. Montgomery’s work named after her childhood home. VG+ in VG+ dw. £7.50

S412)  Anne of Ingleside; 1957 rep Harrap. VG+ in G+ dw. £6

S413)  Rainbow Valley; McClelland & Stewart (Canada). “Cavendish” edition of L.M. Montgomery’s work named after her childhood home. Anne’s children centre stage. VG+ in VG+ dw. £12

S414)  Rainbow Valley; 1937 rep; Harrap. VG+ in VG uniform orange dw. £10

S415)  Chronicles of Avonlea; 1936 rep; Harrap. VG+ in G+ uniform orange dw. £6.50

S416)  Further Chronicles of Avonlea; 1972 “Canada ed” Ryerson. Fine in fine dw. £7.50

Moore, Dorothea

S417)  The Only Day Girl; pb GGBP; Unusually, blind girl is a central character.  NEW. £12

S418)  The Wrenford Tradition; pb Books to Treasure 2015. School story classic. £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.

S419)  The Horn of Merlyns; pb GGBP 2010.  £13

S420)  The Bell of the Four Evangelists; pb GGBP.  NEW.  £13

S421)  Pandora of Parrham Royal  pb GGBP.  NEW.  £13

S422)  The Black Riders; pb GGBP 2004.  NEW  £16

S423)  The Emerald Crown; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW  £16

S424)  The Betrayer; pb GGBP. NEW. £13

S425)  The House of the Paladin; pb GGBP 2006.  NEW.  £13

S426)  How Many Miles to Babylon?; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW. £13

S427)  Richard and the Golden Horseshoe; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW. £16

S428)  The Great House of Estraville; pb GGBP 2014.  NEW. £13

S429)  The Secret of the White Peacock;  GGBP 2008.  £13

S430)  The Red Rose of Ruvina;  GGBP 2008. NEW.  £13

S431)  The Avenue; pb GGBP 2013. NEW. £13

S432)  The Boy in Red; pb GGBP 2015.  NEW. £13

S433)  The Black Riders; 1967 rep, Collins Evergreen. VG+ in G+ dw. £18

S434)  The Emerald Crown; 1970 rep; Collins Evergreen. VG++ in VG++ dw, very clean and fresh. £12

S435)  The House of the Paladin; 1945 1^st ed; Collins. The young Duchess Anastasia of Ornowitza has to contend with manifold dangers. A little foxing, generally VG in VG dw with slightly sunned spine. £14

S436)  The Changeling of Monte Lucio; 1946 1^st ed; Collins. Passionate and headstrong, dark Philip, the young Count of Monte Lucio, and his fair twin Hugo are subject to plots and intrigues. How the gypsy’s prophecy, that the fair one shall rule, but the dark one will achieve the greater fame, comes to pass is the matter of this gripping story. VG+ in VG+ dw, a lovely design like a mediaeval manuscript. £16 

Norling, Winifred

S437)  The Leader of the Rebels; 1961 Purnell. B&w fp. VG+ in VG dw. £7.50

S438)  The Making of Mara; nd Ward, Lock. Spoilt Mara has to show what she’s made of. VG in VG dw. £7.50

O’Shea, Pat

S439)  The Hounds of the Morrigan; 1985 1^st ed OUP. A wonderfully rich Irish fantasy, with Pidge and Bridget finding themselves chosen to defeat the coming of the Great Queen, the Morrigan, who is coming to bring destruction to the world. It always surprises me that this isn’t better known. VG++ in VG++ dw. £12

Overton, Jenny

S440)  The Ship from Simnel Street; pb Puffin. Mrs Oliver, proud proprietor of a bakery, wants safe homes for her daughters, but when Polly falls in love with a rifleman who is shipped off to Spain to fight the French, the whole town becomes involved in how to get a message to him. Very slight creases in wraps,VG. £4.50

Oxenham, E.J.

S441)  Peggy and the Brotherhood; pb GGBP 2005. 1 copy only. Mint. £20

S442)  The School of Ups and Downs; pb EJO Soc 2021. New £16

S443)  Elsa Puts Things Right; pb EJO Soc 2020. £16

S444)  The Secrets of Vairy; pb EJO Soc 2019. NEW. £16

S445)  The Troubles of Tazy; pb EJO Soc 2019. NEW. £16

S446)  Girls of the Hamlet Club; pb EJO Soc; NEW. £16

S447)  Biddy’s Secret; pb EJO Soc; NEW. £16

S448)  Joy’s New Adventure; pb EJO Soc; NEW. £16

S449)  The Two Form Captains; pb EJO Society 2014. NEW. £16

S450)  The Two Form Captains; pb EJO Soc 2014. VG++. £12

S451)  Captain of the Fifth; pb EJO Soc. 2015 NEW. £16

S452)  The Junior Captain; pb EJO Soc; 2015. NEW. £16

S453)  Rosaly’s New School;  pb EJO Society 2013.  NEW. £16

S454)  The School without a Name; pb EJO Soc. 2016. NEW. £16

S455)  The School without a Name; pb EJO Soc. 2016. VG++. £10

S456)  A School Camp-Fire; pb EJO Soc. 2018. NEW. £16.

S457)  Ven At Gregory’s; pb EJO Soc Spring 2017 NEW. £16

S458)  Rosamund’s Victory; pb EJO Soc. 2017. NEW. £16

S459)  Rachel in the Abbey; pb EJO Soc. Autumn 2018. NEW. £16

S460)  Abbey Champion; pb  EJO Society 2014. NEW. £16

S461)  Maidlin to the Rescue; pb  EJO Society 2014. NEW.  £16

S462)  A Fiddler for the Abbey; pb EJO Soc; 2015. NEW. £16

S463)  Guardians of the Abbey; pb EJO Soc. 2016 NEW. £16

S464)  Goblin Island; pb GGBP 2007. Beautiful edition with all the colour illustrations from previous editions.  NEW. £13

S465)  Goblin Island; pb GGBP 2007. Tiny crease at base of spine, and a little shelfwear. £5

S466)  The Camp Mystery; pb GGBP 2006.  NEW. £13

S467)  Maidlin Bears the Torch;  pb GGBP 2009.  NEW.  £13

S468)  The Abbey Girls Go Back to School; pb 2005 GGBP £13

S469)  Jen of the Abbey Schoool; pb 2007 GGBP. Details of complex publishing history. NEW. £13

S470)  Tomboys at the Abbey; 1959 Collins small red Abbey. VG++ in VG dw. £8.50

S471)  The Abbey Girls Go Back to School; Collins nd “fat orange”. Repair to spine, new fep, no frontis, G+. £7

S472)  The Abbey Girls Go Back to School; 1949 Collins Seagull. Spine faded, bds sl marked, inside VG+. £6.50

S473)  The Abbey Girls at Home; 1947 rep; Collins. VG+ in VG+ dw. £9.50

S474)  The Abbey Girls Win Through; 1947 “fat orange” rep; Collins. Col fp. VG. £8.50

S475)  The Abbey Girls in Town; 1947 ; Collins “fat orange” (maroon). VG+ in most of dw. £8

S476)  Queen of the Abbey Girls; 1947 “fat orange” (blue bds) rep; Collins. Col fp. VG. £7.50

S477)  Rachel in the Abbey; 1951 1^st ed; Muller. VG+ in p/c dw. £35

S478)  The Girls of Rocklands School; nd Collins. First part of Jen of the Abbey School. Monochrome fp. G. £5

S479)  The Girl Who Wouldn’t Make Friends; nd Nelson, thick edition. Col fp. Pic bds, VG £25

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

S480)  Schoolgirl Jen at the Abbey; 1955 Seagull. VG. £5

S481)  Jen of the Abbey School; nd fat orange. Ex-lib, new spine with the old one overlaid, new endpapers, sound but still shabby, so a good reading copy! £5

S482)  Jen of the Abbey School; 1949 Seagull. VG.  £5

S483)  Stowaways in the Abbey; 1951 Seagull. VG in chipped dw. £6

S484)  Strangers at the Abbey; 1959 Collins red Abbey. VG in G dw. £7.50

S485)  Maid of the Abbey; 1961 rep Seagull. Fine in nr fine dw. £7.50

S486)  Robins in the Abbey; 1950 rep; Collins.  VG in chipped dw. £6.50

S487)  Jandy Mac Comes Back; 1952 rep Seagull. VG+ in poor dw reassembled from pieces under protection! £7

S488)  Two Joans in the Abbey; 1950 rep; Collins Seagull. G++. £6

S489)  A Dancer from the Abbey; 1959 rep Seagull. VG+ in G+ dw. £7.50

S490)  The Song of the Abbey; 1959 rep; Collins red Abbey. Col fp. VG in VG dw. £7.50

Peyton, K.M.

S491)  Flambards; 1987 rep; OUP. Minimally ex-lib, missing fep, o/w VG in VG dw. £8

S492)  The Edge of the Cloud; pb Puffin. Second Flambards title. VG. £3.50

S493)  Flambards Divided; pb Puffin. Fourth Flambards title. VG. £4

S494)  Fly-By-Night; 1979 OUP rep. Line drawing iillustrations by the author. Glazed bds as issued, VG. £7.50

S495)  Prove Yourself a Hero; pb Peacock (Puffin). No-one can prepare for the incredibly disorienting experience of being kidnapped – or released…  VG+ £4

S496)  A Midsummer Night’s Death; pb Puffin. Jonathan Meredith, not particularly affected by the drowning of one of his masters, begins to wonder when he realises another master has lied to the police… A compelling thriller. VG. £3.50

Pope, Elizabeth Marie

S497)  The Perilous Gard; pb Scholastic. Kate Sutton, lady-in-waiting to the Princess Elizabeth, is exiled by Queen Mary to Elvenwood, “the Perilous Gard”, shrouded in secrets. Kate’s curiosity leads her to stumble upon the otherworldly secret residents, the People of the Hill. And the People want to make Kate a slave for life…  A wonderful concoction of history, myth and folklore, a Newbery Honor book. The back cover and last few pages (plus a small corner of the front cover) have very slightly darker patches as though something oily has been spilled, but it certainly doesn’t feel oily now; rest of the book is G++. £3

Ransome, Arthur (See Books About Books and Authors section below for biography)

S498)  Pigeon Post; 1946 rep; Cape. Front and rear hinges discreetly reinforced, G+. £6

S499)  We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea; 1937 rep Cape. Small mark on front cover, G++. £6

S500)  Peter Duck; 1948 rep; Cape. VG+. £6.50

S501)  Secret Water; 1947 rep; Cape. VG+. £6.50

S502)  Great Northern?; 1948 rep (year after 1^st); Cape. VG. £8

Cecily Sandbach

S503)  Holiday at Castle Grim; nd Hutchinsons. How can one resist a title like that?! VG in G++ dw. £6

Saville, Malcolm     

The Lone Pine Series

S504)  Mystery at Witchend; 1969 rev ed; Collins. Signed by author. Nr fine in VG+ dw. £20

S505)  Seven White Gates; 1950 rep; Newnes. Bottom of spine frayed, inside very clean nice copy. £12

S506)  The Secret of Grey Walls; 1962 rep; Newnes.  Slight indication of tape marks on eps, o/w VG in VG dw with inner edges of flaps showing tape discolouration. £16.50

S507)  Lone Pine Five; 1949 1^st ed, Newnes. VG. £10

S508)  The Elusive Grasshopper; 1951 1^st ed Newnes. VG+, lovely copy, in p/c dw. £18

S509)  Lone Pine London; 1970 rep; Collins. Ex-lib, front hinge mended, G in VG+ dw, spine faded. £7.50

S510)  The Secret of the Gorge; 1958 1^st ed; Newnes. VG+. £10

S511)  Sea Witch Comes Home; 1960 1^st ed; Newnes. VG+, nice clean copy. £12

S512)  Not Scarlet but Gold; 1962 CBC. VG++ in VG+ dw. £12

S513)  Where’s My Girl?; 1976 rep; Collins. Ex-lib, closed page edges a little darkened, gen good condition in VG+ dw. £14

S514)  Mystery at Witchend; pb rep GGBP 2015. New £25

S515)  Seven White Gates; pb rep GGBP 2021. New. £16

S516)  The Secret of Grey Walls; pb 2007 GGBP. A few pages in the middle have a tiny crease or bend across the top corner, o/w VG++. £16

S517)  The Elusive Grasshopper; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW.  £20

S518)  The Neglected Mountain ; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £20

S519)  Wings Over Witchend; pb GGBP 2009.  New. One copy only. £25

S520)  Saucers Over the Moor; pb 2009.  NEW.  £20

S521)  Sea Witch Comes Home; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. One copy only. £25

S522)  Not Scarlet But Gold; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW. £20

S523)  Treasure at Amorys; pb GGBP 2013.  £20.

S524)  The Man with Three Fingers; pb GGBP 2013.  £20

S525)  Strangers at Witchend; pb GGBP 2014.  NEW One copy only. £25

S526)  Home to Witchend; pb 1^st ed – Armada original, no previous hardback. VG+. £20

S527)  Lone Pine pbs; Armada / Merlin; G+ £3 each; Lone Pine 5; Treasure at Amorys; The Neglected Mountain; Mystery Mine; Sea Witch Comes Home; Wings Over Witchend; Saucers over the Moor; The Secret of Grey Walls.

Marston Baines series

S528)  The Purple Valley; pb GGBP 2017. Marston Baines title. NEW. £15

S529)  The Purple Valley; 1964 1^st ed: Heinemann. VG. £10

S530)  Dark Danger; pb GGBP. New. £15

S531)  Dark Danger; 1966 CBC. Nr fine in VG++ dw with evocative illustration of night-time Venice. £15

S532)  White Fire; pb GGBP 2019. New. £20

S533)  Power of Three; pb GGBP 2020. New. £15

S534)  The Dagger and the Flame; pb GGBP 2021. New £15

S535)  Marston - Master Spy; pb GGBP 2022. Order now. New £15

Jillies series

S536)  Two Fair Plaits; pb GGBP 2020. New £13

S537)  Strangers at Snowfell; pb GGBP 2021. A Jillies title set in a wintry Lake District.  New £13

S538)  The Sign of the Alpine Rose; pb GGBP 2022. Jillies story, set in Austria. New £13

Shaw, Jane

S539)  The House of the Glimmering Light; pb GGBP 2020. Wartime mystery. One copy only. New £16

S540)  Crooked Sixpence; pb GGBP 2021. Last of the Penny series.  Those who only know the Susan books will be delighted to meet and equally entertaining cast of characters and a new setting near Bath. The others in the series will follow, but this is the rarest, hence it being published first; it can be read with great enjoyment on its own. New. £13

S541)  New House at Northmead; pb GGBP 2022. Order now. New £13

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. £16 each

S542)  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

S543)  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 

S544)  Volume Three; large pb GGBP 2020. Contents include   Authors N-Z, Girls’ Own Paper and Story Papers, Guide School stories, Historical, Fantasy, Modern and Pony School stories, Scottish School & an 8-page colour section.

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

S545)  Val Forrest in the Fifth by Evelyn Smith; pb 2009 GGBP. One of the best writers of classic school stories, full of character insight. NEW.  £13

S546)  Binkie of IIIB; pb BTT. NEW. £12

S547)  Marie Macleod, Schoolgirl; pb BTT 2016. New. £12

S548)  The Little Betty Wilkinson; pb BTT 2016. New. £12

S549)  The First Fifth Form; pb Books to Treasure 2013. NEW. £12.

S550)  The Small Sixth Form; pb Books to Treasure 2013. NEW. £12.

S551)  Seven Sisters at Queen Anne’s; pb Books to Treasure 2013. NEW. £12.

S552)  Septima at School; pb Books to Treasure 2014. Second Queen Anne’s book. NEW. £12.

S553)  Phyllida in Form III; pb Books to Treasure 2014. Third Queen Anne’s book. NEW. £12.

S554)  Biddy and Quilla; pb BTT 2014. Older girl defending unpopular newcomer. NEW. £12

S555)  Milly in the Fifth; pb BTT 2015. NEW. £12

S556)  Nicky of the Lower Fourth; pb BTT 2015. £12

S557)  The Twins at School; pb BTT 2018. New. £12

S558)  Terry’s Best Term; pb BTT. 2019. £12

S559)  Nicky of the Lower Fourth; nd Blackie. 3/3 b&w pls. VG+. £6.50

Speare, Elizabeth George

S560)  Calico Captive; pb Yearling. Young Miriam Willard in New Hampshire is caught up in a raid by the “Indians” in 1754 (the “French and Indian Wars”, better known here as the Seven Years’ War) and has to face enormous challenges on the march north – ending in a life of slavery? VG+ £6

S561)  The Bronze Bow; pb Lion. Jewish Daniel, consumed by his hatred of the Roman conquerors, is confused by the new leader he comes across who has a very different view of whether violence is the right answer. A compelling adventure, winner of the Newbery Medal. VG. £4

Streatfeild, Noel

S562)  Gemma and Sisters; Goodbye Gemma; both Armada 1^st edition paperbacks (no hardback editions). Gemma Bow, child star, goes to stay with her musical cousins and adapts both to family life and to comprehensive school experiences. VG, £4 each.

S563)  Paperbacks; Puffin / Collins / Lion / Dragon; G+ or VG; £3.50 each; Caldicott Place; The Growing Summer; Apple Bough; Party Frock; Gemma and Sisters; Gemma Alone.

S564)  The Bell Family; pb Vintage. A modern larger format paperback with all the internal Shirley Hughes illustrations. Fine. £6

S565)  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.

S566)  Thursday’s Child; 1970 1^st ed; Collins. The inimitable orphan Margaret Thursday. Ex-lib, G+ in G+ dw missing flaps, now protected. £7.50

S567)  Pbs: Jane Nissen; 1990s larger format; VG+ / fine; £4 each; Theatre Shoes (= Curtain Up); Tennis Shoes.

S568)  Tennis Shoes; Dent; 1965 ed. Nr fine in VG dw. £10

S569)  Party Frock; 1946 1^st ed; Collins. Gen VG+ in dw with sunned spine, a few small chips mainly at ends of spine. £10

S570)  Party Frock; 1966; Collins. First few pages have a few small splashes (pale coffee?) o/w VG in G+ dw. £6

S571)  The Bell Family; 1965 rep; Collins Evergreen. Ills Shirley Hughes. This much-loved story was originally broadcast on Children’s Hour. Fine, beautiful copy, in VG+ dw. £15

S572)  Caldicott Place; 1968 2^nd imp, Collins. Nr fine in VG dw. £15

Sutcliff, Rosemary

The books below form a cycle about the history of Roman Britain and its legacy

S573)  The Eagle of the Ninth; pb OUP. Classic story of the lost Roman legion of Britain. VG. £4

S574)  The Silver Branch; pb Puffin. How the lost legion of the Ninth came to the rescue of Roman Britain. Nr fine. £3.50

S575)  Frontier Wolf; pb Puffin. Alexios, in disgrace, arrives on the Wall, and has to come to terms with the unorthodoxy of Roman soldiery, the so-called Frontier Wolves, far away from the centre of Empire. VG £4

S576)  The Lantern Bearers; pb OUP. Aquila decides his loyalties lie in Britain rather than with the withdrawing legions. VG. £4

S577)  Dawn Wind; pb Puffin.Owain, only Britsh survivor of the battle with the Saxons, still hopes that the dawn wind might blow and restore some of the Britain he knew. Nr fine. £3.50

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S578)  Sword at Sunset; 1963 BC. Arthur, as he might really have been, not as a legend. VG in G++ dw. £5

S579)  Knight’s Fee; pb OUP. Randal the dog boy rises to be a knight – but at what a cost? Of interest to Oxenham fans as it features Arundel Castle, the inspiration for Kentisbury. VG+. £4

S580)  The Armourer’s House; OCL. Tamsyn in Henry VIII’s time – gorgeous! VG/VG. £8

S581)  The Armourer’s House; pb. VG. £3.50

S582)  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

[Symons, Geraldine] Groves, Georgina, pen name of

S583)  Morning Glory; 1966 1^st ed; Whiting and Wheaton. Henrietta, recuperating with an old Nanny in London who has started a hat shop, is thrilled by the glorious confection they refer to as the “Queen’s Hat”. Then why not give it to the Queen? Henrietta bears a clear resemblance to a younger Pansy in the author’s better known books. Very scarce. VG+ £16

Geraldine Symons

The superb series about an Edwardian girl, Pansy Mallory, most of them also featuring her friend the wonderful and inimitable Atalanta.

S584)  The Quarantine Child; 1966 1^st ed; Heinemann. What happens when Pansy’s brother and sister get scarlet fever. A very scarce title. VG++ in dw with very thin lines from previous tape, but overall VG++. £25

S585)  The Workhouse Child; pb Puffin. Pansy swaps clothes with a workhouse child to enable her to go bathing at the seaside, but that’s only the beginning of her troubles!  VG. £4

S586)  Miss Rivers and Miss Bridges; 1971 1^st US, Macmillan (US). Pansy is keenly anticipating her London holiday with Atalanta’s bohemian parents, but it turns out that Atalanta has other plans, involving them in striking a blow in the fight for the vote. Ex-lib (but signs not too obtrusive except on eps), nice and clean, VG in VG+ dw. £15

S587)  Mademoiselle; 1973 1^st ed; Macmillan. Pansy and Atalanta are disgusted to be put in the charge of their school Mam’selle to go to Paris for the 1914 summer holidays, but is she in fact what she seems? VG+ in VG dw. £14

Talbot, Ethel

S588)  The New Girl at the Priory; pb BTT 2015. £12

Trease, Geoffrey: Outstanding writer, particularly of historical fiction, but wrote excellent contemporary stories too.  

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

S589)  GGBP pbs; NEW; £20 each;  Under Black Banner ; Black Banner Players  2005. 

S590)  GGBP pbs; NEW; £13 each;  Black Banner Abroad; pb GGBP 2006; The Gates of Bannerdale; 2007.

S591)  Under Black Banner; 1967 rep; Heinemann Windmill. VG+. £12

S592)  Word to Caesar; Macmillan of Canada 1965. Young Paul is the only survivor of a barbarian attack on Hardknott Fort in Cumbria, and to repay a debt has to undertake a perilous journey to Rome, a homeland he has never visited, to seek an audience with the Emperor. This was an edition prepared for schools, so at the end it has notes, a brief outline of relevant Roman history, and some questions. VG++, very fresh, clearly never actually used in a school!  £8.50

S593)  The Red Towers of Granada; pb Puffin. Young Robin, cast out of his village for being a leper, falls in with a Jewish doctor and accompanies him on a quest to find a Spanish remedy that might save the life of Queen Eleanor. VG+. £7.5

S594)  The Seas of Morning; pb Puffin, 1^st ed 1976 (no hb) Dick wants to join the Order of St John, so accompanies Brother Simon from London, little knowing that his adventures will include the siege of Rhodes and an escape through the sewers of Constantinople! VG+. £8

S595)  Cloak for a Spy; pb Macmillan. In 1585, young Giles goes on a tour of Europe with his tutor – but what is the secretive tutor doing with a pistol carefully concealed in a hollowed out book…  VG+ £7.50

S596)  Cue for Treason; pb Puffin. Plots and plays – Kit and Peter, on the run, encounter Shakespeare. VG. £3

S597)  Saraband for Shadows; 1982 1^st ed; Macmillan. Sir Renold Mandeville and his secretary Anthony must strain every muscle to prevent King Charles being assassinated when he attends Lord Ravenwood’s masque. Fine in fine dw. £15

S598)  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 leadership of the charismatic Garibaldi, becomes a dangerous place to be… Ex-college lib, VG in VG dw. £14

S599)  Bring Out the Banners; pb Bloomsbury. Office worker Fiona and socialite Lady Isabelle form an alliance when caught up in the dangerous suffragette struggle for the vote. Fine. £4.50

S600)  When the Drums Beat; 1976; Heinemann. Illustrated story for younger readers. VG in G+ dw. £5

S601)  The Running of the Deer; 1982 HH. Illustrated story for younger readers – Kevin gets more than he’d bargained for during the school stay at the Outdoor Pursuits centre… Ex-lib, G+ in picture boards. 34

S602)  A Whiff of Burnt Boats; pb GGBP 2009 larger size. Very entertaining autobiography Photos, extras. £15

S603)  A Whiff of Burnt Boats; pb GGBP 2009 larger size. Corner slightly bent, gen VG+. £10

Vipont, Elfrida

S604)  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

S605)  The Spring of the Year; 1957 1^st ed; OUP. Ex-sch lib, old tape marks on eps, front hinge repaired, G+. £8

S606)  Flowering Spring; pb GGBP 2013. Lovely story – Laura growing up. NEW.  £13

S607)  The Pavilion; pb GGBP 2014. Last in Haverard family series. New. £13

Watson, Victor

S608)  Paradise Barn; pb Catnip.  Recent exciting story of Mollie, Abigail and evacuee Adam in 1940. Fine. £5

Wiggin, Kate Douglas

S609)  The Old Peabody Pew – A Christmas Romance of a Country Church; 1907 1^st ed; Houghton Mifflin and Company. This is a truly handsome book, a beautiful pale grey cover with dark green mistletoe and holly framing the gilt title and author, and a small rectangular onlay of five figures in the eponymous pew in a country church; holly-printed endpapers, the title page double-spread with wide frames of green holly, mistletoe and candles, with a colour sketch within the left frame and the title details on the right hand page (see the catalogue front cover); each page is beautifully framed by similar motifs in green, with the text handsomely set in roomy type within, and there are numerous black and white plates. A Christmas gift plate has been pasted in on the blank pre-title page (1907, To Dear Mrs Atkinson from Edna), and another inscription added later below (Nancy Keefer G Spiers[?]) The rear board shows some pale patches (of previous damp) and there is just a little sign of previous damp along the hinge of the rear endpaper, also two tiny brown dots on the blank spare pages at the rear (as though showing where something tiny used to be trapped in the book in the past). Apart from the blemishes described (invisible from the front), the rest in very good condition. £12

S610)  Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm; 1950 rep; A&C Black. VG in VG dw. £6.50

S611)  More About Rebecca; 1958 rep; A&C Black. VG+ in VG+ dw. £7.50

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

S612)  Little House pbs; Puffin. £3 each: Little House in the Big Wood; On the Banks of Plum Creek; Little House on the Prairie.

Sally’s Specials

Fiction  Lots of favourites and new ones to try.   

S613)  Ackroyd, Peter; The Clerkenwell Tales; pb Vintage. 1399, and London is seething with rumour, heresy, espionage and murder as dissatisfaction with Richard II grows. Sister Clarice has been vouchsafed a vision, but is its inspiration heavenly or hellish? Vivid and with a fantastic cast of characters, this thriller is one of the best evocations of a past era that I know. VG+. £3.50

S614)  Bennett, Alan; The Uncommon Reader; pb Faber. The Queen stumbles upon the mobile library visiting the Palace and so begins Her Majesty’s obsession with wide reading. “A gloriously entertaining comic narrative, but…also… a deadly serious manifesto for the potential of reading to change lives.”  VG. £4

S615)  Buchan, John; Greenmantle; 1923 rep; H&S. A nice edition of this classic Hannay story. VG. £6.50

S616)  Buchan, John; John Macnab; pb Polygon. Classic lively tale of gentlemen poaching for a bet. VG+. £3

S617)  Douglas, O; Eliza for Common; 1930 Nelson pocket ed. VG+. £7.50

S618)  Douglas, O; Pink Sugar; nd Nelson pocket ed. Spine worn, G+ inside. £6

S619)  Douglas, O; The Setons; 1933 rep; H&S. The family of a Glsgow minister and their circle during WWI. Detached spine properly mended, inside G++. £6

S620)  De La Mare, Walter; Memoirs of a Midget; 1932 Faber. VG+ in edgeworn but vibrant dw. £5

S621)  Desai, Anita; Fire on the Mountain; pb Penguin. VG++. £3

S622)  Du Maurier, Daphne; My Cousin Rachel; 1952 rep RS. VG+. £5

S623)  Fleming, Ian; James Bond – Live and Let Die; 1966 pb Pan. VG+ £3

S624)  Forster, E.M; A Room with a View; pb Penguin (1958 rep, classic orange fiction livery). Can the enchantments of Italy really be carried over into the English village life of Lucy Honeychurch? VG+ £4

S625)  Gibbons, Stella; Cold Comfort Farm; pb Penguin. The classic comic novel which follows Flora Poste who goes to live with her rural cousins, including smouldering Seth and Great Aunt Ada Doom (who once saw something nasty in the woodshed), and decides they need sorting out. A wonderful spoof of rural misery novels, but stands completely on its own too. VG. £3

S626)  Griffin, Nicholas; The House of Sight and Shadow; 2000 1^st ed; LB. In the early 18^th C, Sir Edmund Calcraft, a notorious anatomist, and his student Joseph Bendix find themselves in a morally ambiguous world as Bendix glimpses a pale woman in Calcraft’s house, and love intrudes amidst their scientific pursuits. Fine in nr fine dw. £5

S627)  Heyer, Georgette; My Lord John pb Arrow. VG. £3

S628)  Heyer, Georgette; The Black Moth; pb Pan. VG. £3

S629)  Heyer, Georgette; Venetia; pb Arrow. Very attractive edition, VG++. £3

S630)  Heyer, Georgette; Faro’s Daughter; pb Arrow. Very attractive edition, VG++. £3

S631)  Heyer, Georgette; Frederica; pb Arrow. Very attractive edition, G++. £3

S632)  Le Carre, John; Agent Running in the Field; pb Penguin. Spy thriller by a master of the genre. VG. £3

S633)  MacInnes, Helen; I and My True Love; 1973 rep; Collins. Ex-lib, dw affixed to bds, G+ £3.50

S634)  McCall Smith, Alexander; 44 Scotland Street; pb LittleBrown. Pat moves into a flat in Edinburgh’s Scotland St, and isn’t sure how long she’ll last with her narcissistic flatmate, but the other inhabitants of the house are certainly varied. Sympathetic and positive, a pleasure to read. Nr fine. £3.50

S635)  Murakami, Haruki; A Wild Sheep Chase; pb Vintage. VG++. £3.50

S636)  Murakami, Haruki; South of the Border, West of the Sun; pb Vintage. Hajime encounters an enchanting woman he knew as a girl, and his world is overturned. A “wise and beautiful book”; “Casablanca remade Japanese-style”. Fine. £3.50

S637)  Panter-Downes, Mollie; Good Evening Mrs Craven: The Wartime Stories; pb Persephone. A writer of exceptional insight and style. Lovely Persephone edition with dw. Fine. £8

S638)  Pears, Iain; An Instance of the Fingerpost; pb Vintage. Fascinating historical mystery novel; as successive narrators take over, viewpoints turn intriguingly.  VG+. £4

S639)  Rooney, Sally; Normal People; pb Faber. The novel on which the recent highly acclaimed TV series was based. Nr fine. £4

S640)  Shaffer and Barrows; The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society; pb Bloomsbury. VG £3

S641)  Shute, Nevil; Pied Piper; 1942 1^st ed; Heinemann. Quiet but compelling story, recounted during an air raid, of how elderly John Howard, caught in France at the invasion, finds himself escorting a handful of children to the English Channel. VG. £7.50

S642)  Stevenson, D. E.; Amberwell; 1956 rep; BC. VG+ in dw missing 1 cm base of spine. £5

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

S643)  Thirkell, Angela; Pomfret Towers; 1938 1st; HH. Spine and stripe of cover faded, gen VG. £7.50

S644)  Thirkell, Angela; High Rising; 1933 rep; HH. Can novelist Laura Morland, spending Christmas at High Rising, save her friend George Knox from the matrimonial machinations of his scheming secretary? G+ £5

S645)  Von Arnim, Elizabeth; Elizabeth and Her German Garden; pb VMC. A much-loved novel. Nr fine. £4

S646)  Watson, Winifred; Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day; pb Persephone. Miss Pettigrew, a down-on-her-luck governess, is sent by her employment agency to work for a night club singer instead. The following 24 hours will change her life forever! Delightful; “This wonderful flight of humour…” Handsome ed, fine. £5

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

S647)  Allan, Mabel Esther; Philomel Follows After;  pb Greyladies 2021. This is MEA’s second full-length books, 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

S648)  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

S649)  Allan, Mabel Esther; To Be an Author; pb Greyladies 2020. This is MEA’s autobiography, until now only privately published in two booklets in the 1980s. £10

S650)  Allan, Mabel Esther; In Pursuit of Clarinda; pb Greyladies. ”I think they’re planning to kill me…” £12

S651)  Barne, Kitty; While the Music Lasted; pb Greyladies. This is a fascinating standalone novel of musical talent, but it’s also a sequel, written for adults, of Kitty Barne’s children’s book She Shall Have Music. £12

S652)  Channon, E.M.; The Chimney Murder; pb Greyladies 2012. NEW.  £12

S653)  Channon, E.M.; The Chimney Murder; pb Greyladies 2012. Slight crease at top of spine, o/w VG++ £6

S654)  Crompton, Richmal; Leadon Hill; pb 2011. English country life acutely observed… NEW £12

S655)  Crompton, Richmal; Matty and the Dearingroydes; pb Greyladies 2012. Warm and delightful. New. £12

S656)  Crompton, Richmal: Mrs Frensham Describes a Circle; pb Greyladies 2015. NEW. £12

S657)  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

S658)  Elder, Josephine; The Encircled Heart; pb Greyladies. A doctor and her errant husband. NEW. £12

S659)  Nesbit, E; Ghost Stories; pb  (pocket) Greyladies. £8

S660)  Lee, Austin; Miss Hogg and the Bronte Murders; school mistress set up as a private investigator has another case. pb Greyladies 2016. £12

S661)  Lee, Austin; Call in Miss Hogg; pb Greyladies 2021. Schoolmistress turned detective at large. NEW. £13

S662)  Pleydell, Susan; The Glenvarroch Gathering; pb Greyladies 2014.  NEW. £12

S663)  Pleydell, Susan; Brighouse Hotel; pb Greyladies 2014. New. £12

S664)  Pleydell, Susan; The Road to the Harbour; pb Greyladies. New. £12

S665)  Pullein-Thompson, Josephine; Murder Strikes Pink; pb Greyladies 2014. NEW. £12

S666)  Stafford, Ann; Silver Street; pb Greyladies 2018. New. £12

S667)  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

S668)  Vaizey, Mrs Geo. de Horne; The Ignorance of Sybilla & Other Stories; pb Greyladies 2010 NEW £12

Books about Books and Authors

S669)  Allan, Mabel Esther; To Be an Author; pb Greyladies 2020. This is MEA’s writer’s autobiography, until now only privately published in two booklets in the 1980s. £10

S670)  [Austen] A Rambling Fancy  - in the Footsteps of Jane Austen by Caroline Sanderson; pb Cadogan. A delightful book exploring the locations where Jane lived and which inspired her writing. Stickers from Jane Austen’s House, Chawton front and rear, o/w VG. £4.50

S671)  A Book of Days; NCC A5 booklet Events for different days of the year, taken from girls’ books.  New.  £3

S672)  De Botton, Alain; How Proust Can Change Your Life; pb Picador. “So charming, amusing and sensible”. VG++ £3

S673)  Du Maurier, Daphne; Myself When Young; pb Virago. Her memoir encompassing her relationship with her famous father, her education in Paris, early love affairs, intense love for Cornwall and her burning ambition to be a writer. Fine. £4

S674)  Edwards and Saltman; Picturing Canada – A History of Canadian Children’s Illustrated Books and Publishing; pb very large format; U of Toronto Press. VG+. £6

S675)  Feaver, William; When We Were Young – Two Centuries of Children’s Book Illustration; large format pb 1977 Thames and Hudson. Feaver discusses techniques, sources, influences and styles as well as the artists themselves, and the bulk of the book consists of masses of relevant illustrations. VG++. £7.50

S676)  [Forest] The Marlows and Their Maker, by Anne Heazlewood; looks at the plots and characters of the Marlow books, incorporating comments by Forest herself on a first draft.  GGBP 2007.  £10

S677)  Grenfell, Joyce; Darling Ma – Letters to her Mother 1932-44; pb Coronet. Joyce’s mother (a sister of Nancy Astor) lived in America, and Joyce wrote regularly. She was a wonderful observer, and the letters are descriptive and witty, ranging from her own circumstances to the more general discomforts and dislocations of war, when she served with ENSA. VG. £4

S678)  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

S679)  [Montgomery, LM] The Wheel of Things, A Biography by Mollie Gillen; pb Goodread. VG. £3.50

S680)  [Ransome] The Life of Arthur Ransome by Hugh Brogan; pb HH. A very readable account of Ransome’s fascinating life – how on earth did he find the time to write Swallows and Amazons at all?! VG. £4.50

S681)  Rose, Phyllis; The Year of Reading Proust; pb Vintage. “Love story, travel essay, biography, personal history, mid-life accounting, mother-daughter story and essay on the literary life all in one.” Nr fine, £3

S682)  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. £16 each

S683)  Sutcliff, Rosemary; Blue Remembered Hills; pb OUP. A fascinating memoir, from her childhood dogged by ill-health, to training as a miniature painter, and then embarking on a writing career. VG++. £4

S684)  White, Dorothy; Books Before Five; 1956 NZ. Dorothy White was one of the first people to take books for younger children such as picture books seriously, and produced some very thoughtful guides. In this entertaining account, she observes how her own daughter reacted to stories of all kinds between the ages of two and five. VG+ in G++ dw. £3

A Little History

S685)  Attar, Dena; Wasting Girls’ Time – The History and Politics of Home Economics; pb Virago. Ex-lib, lacks prelims and title page. £3

S686)  Dunn, Jane; Elizabeth and Mary – Cousins, Rivals, Queens; pb Harper. A study of the complexities of two of history’s most famous women. VG+. £4.50

S687)  Hawes, James; The Shortest History of Germany; pb OSP. Packs a huge amount into its vivid and authoritative 200 pages. VG++. £3.50

S688)  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++ £8

S689)  Holmes, Richard; In the Footsteps of Churchill; pb BBC. A “mature and wise portrait”. VG++ £4

S690)  Jordan, Terry; Growing Up in the 1950s; pb Optima. Interviews with a variety of women reveal fascinating detail about what girls experienced in the decade that saw the invention of youth culture. £4

S691)  Leapman, Michael; The World for a Shilling – How the Great Exhibition of 1851 Shaped a Nation; pb Review. Fascinating account of the exhibition in the Crystal Palace. VG+. £3

S692)  Massie, Alan; Edinburgh; 1994. Splendidly engaging illustrated history. Nr fine in VG++ dw. £6.50

S693)  Summerscale, Kate; Mrs Robinson’s Disgrace; pb Bloomsbury. A notorious Victorian divorce case in the light of rigid ideas about marriage and women. VG. £3

S694)  Tracey, Kathleen [ed]; Nineteenth Century Life – As Reflected in the Pages of the Leading Novelists; 1934 Harrap. Wide-ranging and engaging portrait in sections such as Country Houses, Parties and Amusements, Wayfaring Life and Oddities. VG in G dw missing a couple of small chunks. £3

S695)  Trease, Geoffrey; The Grand Tour – A History of the Golden Age of Travel; 1967 1^st US Holt Rhinehart. From early pioneers like Sir Philip Sidney and John Evelyn, to the eighteenth-century milord who returned home with 878 pieces of luggage (!) and later the coming of the railways, this is a fascinating look at English travels on the Continent. Fine in Nr fine dw. £6.50

S696)  Wilson, Kevin; Journey’s End – Bomber Command’s Battle from Arnhem to Dresden and Beyond; pb Orion. An insight into the bravery and horrors both in the air and on the ground. Near fine. £3.50

S697)  Winterflood, Herbert; Occupied Guernsey, 1940-42; pb Guernsey Press. The author was himself a boy in occupied Guernsey, but this is a much wider history. VG. £5

An Interesting Miscellany (including fascinating biographies)

S698)  Along Artistic Lines – Two Centuries of Railway Art; 2003 1^st ed Atlantic. A collaboration between the National Railway Museum and the Guild of Railway Artists. Very large landscape-format hardback, with copious painting reproductions. Fine in nr fine dw. £8

S699)  British Red Cross Society First Aid Manual pub 1940. Small but comprehensive volume. Interestingly the foreword says that some of the sections have been revised due to changes in what is seen as the preferred treatment, an indication of how medical matters were evolving. Spine loose at the top, G+. £3

S700)  Clabburn, Pamela; Samplers – Shire Album. Slim but fascinating and well-illustrated overview. VG+ £3

S701)  De Waal, Edmund; The Hare with Amber Eyes; pb Vintage. When he inherits a collection of Japanese netsuke, his investigations unlock a remarkable family’s history over a tumultuous century. Nr fine. £4

S702)  Forsyth, Michael; Bath – Pevsner Architectural Guide; pb (taller thinner but very solid format than standard pbs); Yale UP; 2003. Part of the authoritative series building on Pevsner’s original Buildings of Britain work, this is a superb guide to Bath, with a historical introduction, then sections on Major buildings; Walks; and Excursions. Profusely illustrated with lovely photographs. Name on inside front cover, otherwise fine. £8

S703)  Gilbreth, F & E; Cheaper by the Dozen; pb Pan. Very entertaining memoir of being the dozen children of two of the pioneering Time and Motion experts in the USA, Frank and Lilian Gilbreth. Each older child had a younger child to look after, and the ways in which such a large household ran efficiently (Father showed them the most rational way to soap themselves in the bath so they could get out quickly!) were interspersed with fun and adventures – Father taught them Morse code by leaving them cryptic messages painted all over the walls of their holiday house. G++. £3.50

S704)  Hartley, Sarah; Mrs P’s Journey – The Remarkable Story of the Woman who Created the A-Z Map; pb S&S. VG++. £4

S705)  Holman-Hunt, Diana; My Grandmothers and I; pb HH. What a contrast between Diana’s two guardians during her Edwardian childhood; her Holman-Hunt grandmother, widow of the painter, good-looking, mean, terribly strong, and her maternal grandmother, luxurious and feminine. Very entertaining! Fine. £4

S706)  Hot Fuzz; DVD. The cult action comedy, filmed in the cathedral city of Wells, about a London cop rooting out corruption in the seemingly-sleepy Somerset countryside. With several bonus features. £3

S707)  Hughes, Molly; A London Family, 1870-1900; pb OUP. An omnibus of Molly Hughes’ much-loved three autobiographical accounts of her family life from girlhood at a pioneering girls’ high school, to being one of the first females to receive professional teacher training, to marriage and having a family. VG. £4.50

S708)  Johnson, Alan; This Boy; pb Transworld. Very enjoyable and moving memoir of childhood by the former Home Secretary, who grew up in a very poor household, no inside toilet, absent father, but a mother and sister absolutely determined to give him a decent upbringing. “Far from being a misery memoir, however, it is beautifully observed, humorous, moving, uplifting; told with a dry, self-deprecating wit and not a trace of self-pity” – Guardian review. G++. £3

S709)  Marshall, Arthur; Giggling in the Shrubbery; pb Fontana. Former girls’ public school memories. VG. £3

S710)  Mikes, George; How to be an Alien; 1947 rep; Wingate. Illus Nicholas Bentley. VG. £3

S711)  Mowat, Farley; The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be; 1958 M. Joseph. Delightful memoir of Mowat’s dog Mutt, who believed himself a human, and by extension of Mowat’s childhood on the Canadian Prairies. Illustrated by Paul Galdone. VG+, in dw with big chunk of spine missing. £6

S712)  Newby, Eric; The Last Grain Race; 1956 1^st ed; Secker and Warburg. Well-known traveller Newby’s adventures when he signed on to what proved to be the final “grain race” in sailing ships from the UK via the Cape of Good Hope to Australia and back by way of Cape Horn in 1939. VG++ in VG dw. £7.50

S713)  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. £5

S714)  Parker, Mike; Map Addict – A Tale of Obsession, Fudge & the Ordnance Survey; pb Collins. VG. £3

S715)  Parkinson, C. Northcote; Parkinson’s Law; pb Murray. Amusing exposition of “Work expands…” £3

S716)  Slater, Nigel; Toast; pb Harper. A childhood remembered through food. VG. £3

S717)  Sobel, Dava; Galileo’s Daughter – A Drama of Science, Faith and Love; pb 4^th Estate. VG+. £3

S718)  Spalding, Frances; The Bloomsbury Group; pb National Portrait Gallery. Introduction to the group and biographies of the major and minor members, all illustrated from the NPG’s collections. VG++. £4

S719)  Surman, Richard; Cathedral Cats; 1993 HarperCollins. Perhaps the most unusual guide there’s been to English cathedrals! Photos and pen portraits of the feline denizens of 20 cathedrals, ranging from Marmaduke at Ely to Ambrose at St Alban’s and Simpkin at Salisbury. Fine in VG+ dw. £7.50

S720)  Weideger, Paula; Venetian Dreaming; pb S&S. Memoir of 6 months living in a Venetian palazzo. VG £3

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

S721)  Abbott, Victoria; The Sayers Swindle; pb Berkley (US). Mrs Van Alst’s entire collection of Dorothy Sayers first editions has been stolen, bought in good faith, and sold on. Jordan Bingham has to track them down, but when she does so, death follows…  Nr fine. £5.50

S722)  Atkinson, Kate; Case Histories; pb Black Swan. First novel featuring private investigator Jackson Brodie. During a sweltering Cambridge summer, Jackson finds that different cases he’s working on seem to entwine, even with his own life; “more depth and vividness than ordinary thrillers and more thrills than ordinary fiction.” Has a small label on the title page indicating it was in the library at Steeple Claydon (a village in Buckinghamshire), but no other signs of such ownership. G+. £2.50

S723)  Bradley, Alan; The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie; pb Orion. In 1950, Flavia de Luce, ten-year-old prodigy chemist and youngest of three, decides to investigate when a body is found in the garden of their country house… “A cross between I Capture the Castle …and the Addams family…” – Guardian. G++. £3

S724)  Bradley, Alan; I am Half-Sick of Shadows; pb Orion. Flavia de Luce investigates when once again murder intrudes during the house being used for filming. A real treat. VG++ £4

S725)  Burley, W.J.; The House of Care; 1984 pb Walker. One of the author’s early non-Wycliffe titles, although like them set in Cornwall. Sixteen years after the first Lady Care died after a fall from the ruinous tower on the Care family’s decaying estate, her daughter Laura accuses her stepmother, the second Lady Care, of murder… Scarce. Pages a bit biscuity, G+. £7.50

S726)  Burley, W.J.; Superintendent Wycliffe Paperbacks, set in Cornwall. VG or better. £3 each. Wycliffe and the Three-Toed Pussy; Wycliffe and the Guilt Edged Alibi; Wycliffe and the Scapegoat.  

S727)  Davis, Lindsey; A Comedy of Terrors; 2021 H&S. The latest Flavia Alba novel. Lindsey Davis’s mysteries, set in ancient Rome, are very entertaining. Nr fine in nr fine dw. £4.50

S728)  Edwards, Martin; The Dungeon House; pb A&B. A Lake District Mystery, with DCI Hannah Scarlett’s cold case team looking into the disappearance of two girls. Could it have anything to do with the 20-year old tragedy at the Dungeon House? Martin Edwards has been President of the Crime Club, and edits the hugely popular British Library reprints of classic crime. VG. £3.50

S729)  Edwards, Martin; The Arsenic Labyrinth; pb A&B. DCI Hannah Scarlett tries to get to the bottom of the disappearance of Emma Bestwick, and historian Daniel Kind gets involved when hints are dropped in letters to the local newspaper. Nr fine. £3.50

S730)  Fielden, T.P; Resort to Murder; pb Harper Collins. Miss Dimont, ace reporter on the Riviera Express, is not willing to let the unknown body found on a Devon beach be forgotten. Mystery set in 1950s. VG++ £3

S731)  Fforde, Jasper; First Among Sequels; pb Hodder. A Bookworld novel; Thursday Next, supposedly no longer a member of the BookWorld police force, is unofficially working as hard as ever. Can she stop Pride and Prejudice being turned into a vote-em-off reality books? And who killed Sherlock Holmes? Hugely inventive and original, clever and fun. VG++. £4

S732)  Fyfield, Frances; Undercurrents; 2000 BCA. Henry, tracking down Francesca after first falling for her 20 years before, is horrified to discover her in prison for murdering her little son, a crime she admitted. But Henry can’t square that with his knowledge of her character, and determines to find out what really happened. Fine in nr fine dw. £4

S733)  Gilman, Dorothy; A Nun in the Closet; pb Fawcett. Sister John and Sister Hyacinthe set out to assess a legacy to the nunnery, a house in New York State – but as soon as they arrive, strange things start to happen. A very entertaining romp. VG. £4

S734)  Griffiths, Elly; The Janus Stone; pb Quercus. Featuring Norfolk forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway. I’ve only recently discovered this author and series, and have very much enjoyed them. VG. £4

S735)  Griffiths, Elly; The House at Sea’s End; 2011 1^st ed; Quercus. Ruth Galloway. Fine in nr fine dw. £7.50

S736)  Griffiths, Elly; The Woman in Blue; 2016 1^st ed; Quercus. Ruth Galloway is asked for help by a former friend visiting the shrine town of Walsingham. Fine in nr fine dw. £7.50

S737)  Highsmith, Patricia; The Talented Mr Ripley; pb Vintage. Famous thriller. Nr fine. £3

S738)  Hull, Richard; Excellent Intentions; pb Penguin 1949 classic green crime livery. Henry Cargate was a horrid man, but still his murderer has to be charged – but who is it? And how does the judge, on the point of retirement, provide a last-minute twist to the tale? Foxing, o/w G+. £3

S739)  Innes, Michael; Death at the President’s Lodging; pb Penguin. VG. £3.50

S740)  Keeler, Harry Stephen; The 16 Beans – A Mystery and Crime Novel Staged in New York City and London; 1945 1^st ed; Ward Lock. Boots Library binding, so margins are smaller than normal, boards a bit worn, interior G+. £4

S741)  Lathen, Emma; Paperbacks,  Penguin and others; very entertaining murder mysteries featuring the eminent Wall Street banker John Putnam Thatcher, usually each featuring a different industry. I’ve discovered this series fairly recently and really enjoyed them. G+ or better, £4.50 each; Murder Without Icing; Sweet and Low; Something in the Air; When in Greece; Right on the Money; East is East; The Longer the Thread; Death Shall Overcome.

S742)  Lathen, Emma; paperbacks, Penguin; very entertaining murder mysteries featuring the eminent Wall Street banker John Putnam Thatcher; G+ or better, £3.50 each; Banking on Death; Double, Double, Oil and Trouble; Murder Makes the Wheels Go Round; Accounting for Murder.

S743)  Pears, Iain; Death and Restoration; pb HC. Flavia di Stefano of Rome’s art squad is surprised to get a tip off about a planned raid on a monastery, as it has nothing of value. But then the body of an art dealer is found in the Tiber… VG+ £3.50

S744)  Pavesi, Alex; Eight Detectives; 2020 pb Penguin. Inventive recent book – Julia Hart tracks down Grant McAllister, Maths prof turned author of a 1930s book of crime stories illustrating the simple set of rules that govern all murder mysteries. But why did he disappear, and what is he hiding now all these years later? VG. £4

S745)  Sayers, Dorothy (ed); Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, Vol I, Detection and Mystery; 1946 rep; Gollancz. Selected and introduced by Sayers, this is a selection ranging from stories of “pure sensation” to those of “pure analysis” and everything in between. Sp faded, gen VG+. £4

S746)  Tey, Josephine; Brat Farrar; pb Arrow. Classic and gripping unusual mystery. Nr fine. £4

S747)  Upson, Nicola; Sorry for the Dead; pb Faber. Josephine Tey in the 1930s tries to clear her name when she is accused of complicity in the death of a young woman at Charleston Farmhouse in Sussex 20 years before. Nr fine. £4

S748)  Zangwill, Israel; The Perfect Crime; 2015 facsimile rep Collins Crime Club. First published as a serial in 1891, this is a wonderful example of the “locked room mystery” from the era of Sherlock Holmes, in a jacket design taken from the 1929 first Collins edition. As an added extra, this also includes Poe’s ground-breaking short story The Murders in the Rue Morgue. Fine in fine dw. £7.50

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S749)  Allingham, Margery; The Mind Readers; 1965 1^st Chatto. Ex-lib, G+ in dw with protection affixed. £4

S750)  Allingham, Margery; Penguin pbs, classic green crime livery, name written on front cover o/w VG, £3.50 each: More Work for the Undertaker; Coroner’s Pidgin; The Fashion in Shrouds; No Love Lost.

S751)  Allingham, Margery; Penguin pbs, classic green crime livery, name written on front cover, G or G+, £3 each: Flowers for the Judge; Police at the Funeral; Traitor’s Purse; Mystery Mile.

S752)  Allingham, Margery; Penguin later green crime with pictorial covers; G+ or VG, £3.50 each: The China Governess; Death of a Ghost; The Tiger in the Smoke.

S753)  Allingham, Margery; Cargo of Eagles; pb Penguin. Reading copy. £2

S754)  Brody, Frances; Yorkshire war widow Kate Shackleton finds herself in the 1920s falling into being a private investigator; pbs, Piatkus, all VG. £3.50 each; Death of an Avid Reader; A Woman Unknown; A Medal for Murder. 

S755)  Christie, Agatha; The Sittaford Mystery; pb Fontana. Who killed Captain Trevelyan on a snowy night? Can Emily manage to find out before her young man is wrongfully charged? VG. £3

S756)  Conan Doyle, Arthur; His Last Bow; pb Headline. Classic Holmes stories. VG. £3

S757)  Dibdin, Michael; Blood Rain; 1999 1^st ed Faber. Aurelio Zen is sent back to Sicily and faces investigating a brutal murder in Catania. Nr fine in nr fine dw. £4.50

S758)  Dunn, Carola; To Davy Jones Below; pb Robinson. The Daisy Dalrymple series. Our heroine, a journalist in 1920s London, keeps stumbling into mysteries, and her admirer Inspector Alec Fletcher isn’t best pleased. Very engaging VG. £4

S759)  Dunn, Carola; The Case of the Murdered Muckraker; pb Robinson. VG. £4

S760)  Dunn, Carola; Sheer Folly; pb Robinson. VG. £4

S761)  Dunn, Carola; Anthem for Doomed Youth; pb Robinson. VG. £4

S762)  Dunn, Carola; Gone West; pb Robinson. VG. £4

S763)  Fraser, Antonia; Quiet as a Nun; pb Orion. A Jemima Shore mystery. Nr fine. £3.50

S764)  Fraser, Antonia; Tartan Tragedy; pb Orion. Jemima Shore. Nr fine. £3.50

S765)  Fraser, Antonia; Your Royal Hostage; pb Options. Jemima investigates a plot to disrupt a royal wedding. VG. £3.50

S766)  Hare, Cyril; Suicide Excepted; pb 1958 Penguin classic green crime livery. Was Mr Dickinson’s death suicide, as his daughter thought, or murder, as his son desperately wanted? VG+. £4

S767)  Heyer, Georgette; Behold, Here’s Poison; pb Arrow. Superintendent Hannasyde investigates. VG. £3

S768)  Heyer, Georgette; Footsteps in the Dark; pb Grafton. G++ £3.50

S769)  Heyer, Georgette; Why Shoot a Butler?; pb Panther. …unless he knew something…?  VG. £4

S770)  Heyer, Georgette; Death in the Stocks; pb Grafton. VG. £4

S771)  Heyer, Georgette; Penhallow; pb Grafton. Would the lusty despot Penhallow ever die? Yes… VG. £4

S772)  Marsh, Ngaio; Pbs; Fontana/ Harper Collins. G+ or better. Inspector Alleyn golden-age mysteries. £3 each; A Man Lay Dead; Opening Night; Surfeit of Lampreys; Enter a Murderer; Scales of Justice; Swing, Brother, Swing; The Nursing Home Murder; Death and the Dancing Footman; Artists in Crime.

S773)  Marston, Edward; paperbacks recreating the ferment of the London of the Elizabethan theatre, featuring the resourceful book-holder of Lord Westfield’s Men, Nicholas Bracewell. Both fine, £3 each; The Merry Devils (Allison & Busby); The Trip to Jerusalem (Corgi).

S774)  McDermid, Val; Clean Break; pb HC. Kate Brannigan, private eye, not only has to deal with the apparently impossible theft of a Monet but with a trail of bodies leading her across Europe. VG. £3

S775)  Sansom, Ian; Westmorland Alone; 2016 4^th Estate. One of The County Guides series, set around the country in the 1930s, featuring the inimitable People’s Professor, Swanton Morley, and his assistant, Spanish Civil War veteran Stephen Sefton.  Nr fine in VG++ dw. £6

S776)  Sansom, Ian; The Sussex Murder; pb 4^th Estate. Fine. £4

S777)  Sansom, Ian; The Norfolk Mystery; pb 4^th Estate. VG++. £4

S778)  Stallwood, Veronica; Oxford Mourning; pb Headline. Novelist Kate Ivory is drawn into another murder in an Oxford college. VG. £3

S779)  Vickers, Roy; Murdering Mr Velfrage; pb 1955 Penguin classic green crime livery. Is Mr Velfrage actually dead? And what on earth was Bruce Habershon doing when it might have been happening? G+. £4

S780)  Yorke, Margaret; No Medals for the Major; pb Warner. VG+. £3

S781)  Yorke, Margaret; Silent Witness; pb Arrow. VG+. £3

S782)  Yorke, Margaret; Safely to the Grave; pb Arrow. VG+. £3

I hope you’ll find something appealing for the darker days of winter.        Sally