Welcome to my new catalogue. My part of the catalogue contains my usual mix of second-hand and new books, children’s books first and then those for adults, Sally’s Specials, at the end.  Betula’s list no longer contains any second-hand books, but her new books can be found on her page.

Book titles underlined are NEW books.

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

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

S1) Barber, Helen; Mollie’s Choice; pb BTT. New day school story by author of The Bettanys prequels. £11

S2) [Brent-Dyer] A Chalet School Headmistress by Helen Barber. GGBP rep 2017. Very popular fill-in. £13

S3) Brent-Dyer, Elinor; The Chalet School and Jo; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S4) Brent-Dyer, Elinor; Tom Tackles the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S5) Edwards, Monica; Cargo of Horses; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S6) Forest, Antonia; End of Term; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S7) Hill, Lorna; Dancer on Holiday; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S8) Kay, Mara; A Circling Star; pb Margin Notes, just published. Russian circus school – sought after historical story by author of Masha. New. £13

S9) Mallory, Clare; Anna Charlotte; pb Margin Notes 2016. Newly published novel of teenage friendship – slightly darker than her school stories. New. £13

S10) Oxenham, E.J; Rosamund’s Victory; pb EJO Soc. Autumn 2017. NEW. £16

S11) Saville, Malcolm; The Purple Valley; pb GGBP 2017. Marston Baines title. NEW. £13

New Books – place advance orders now for these titles due in the Winter /  Spring

(GGBP are printing significantly fewer copies of each title, and so titles are going out of print within a short time, sometimes before the next catalogue - order in advance to be sure of a copy)

S12) [Brent-Dyer] Gillian of the Chalet School  by Carol Allan. Pb GGBP rep 2018. Very popular fill-in. £13

S12a) [Brent-Dyer] Before the Chalet School - Third Term at Taverton High by Helen Barber; pb GGBP 2018. The third of Helen’s Chalet School prequels. NEW. Late spring 2018. £13

S13) Brent-Dyer, Elinor; The Chalet School and Richenda; pb GGBP 2018. Armada heavily cut. NEW. £13

S14) Oxenham, E.J.; A School Camp-Fire; pb EJO Soc. Spring 2018. New  £15

S15) Oxenham, E.J.; Rachel in the Abbey; pb EJO Soc. Postponed to Autumn 2018. New  £15

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

S16) The Wolves of Willoughby Chase; 1962 1^st; Cape. The wicked Miss Slighcarp…  Ex-lib, dw fixed on. £5

S17) Black Hearts in Battersea; 1974 rep Cape. Escaping from a bomb by balloon… Ex-lib, VG in VG dw £6

S18) The Cuckoo Tree; 1971 1^st ed; Cape. Dido encounters plan to murder the new king at his Coronation by trundling St Paul’s on rollers into the Thames… Fine in VG dw. £7.50

S19) The Stolen Lake; 1982 1^st ed; Cape. Fine in fine dw. Here the action moves to S. America and a literal stolen lake… Nr fine in nr fine dw. £7.50

S20) Dido and Pa; 1986 1^st ed; Cape. Fine in fine dw. £7.50

S21) Is; 1992 1^st ed; Cape. Is is the name of Dido’s younger sister… Fine in fine dw. £7.50

S22) Limbo Lodge; pb larger; Red Fox. Fine. £4

S23) Aiken, Joan; Paperbacks, Puffin / Red Fox; VG, £3 each; The Wolves of Willoughby Chase; Black Hearts in Battersea; Night Birds on Nantucket;  The Stolen Lake; The Cuckoo Tree; Is;  Dido and Pa .

S24) Bridle the Wind; 1983 1^st ed; Cape. A different hero here. Young Felix Brooke has to try to reach his grandfather in Spain. Fine in fine dw. £7.50

S25) The Teeth of the Gale; 1988 1^st ed. Cape. Further adventure of Felix Brooke. Fine in fine dw. £7.50

S26) Midnight is a Place; pb Red Fox. Lucas and his bad-tempered (and sinister?) guardian. Fine. £3

Allan, Mabel Esther

S33) Swiss School; pb GGBP 2017. Felicity is not sure about her new school...NEW £13

S34) Esther; Judith Teaches; pb GGBP 2016. Very interesting career story. New. £13

35S) Here We Go Round; pb GGBP 2015. Nursery teacher – interesting career book. £13

S36) Three Go to Switzerland; pb GGBP 2016. NEW. £13

S37) Trouble at Melville Manor; pb GGBP 2014. Ray wants to be a writer. NEW. £13

S38) Balconies and Blue Nets; pb GGBP 2014. Sequel to above. New. £13

S39) The MacIans of Glen Gillean; pb GGBP 2013. NEW. £13

S40) The Wyndhams Went to Wales; pb GGBP 2013.  NEW. £13

S41) The Ballet Family; pb GGBP 2012.  Joan comes to alien London family.  New  £13

S42) The Ballet Family Again; pb GGBP 2012. Joan discovers her own gifts. NEW. £13

S43) Margaret Finds a Future; pb GGBP 2011. Life at a National Trust house. New £13

S44) Chiltern School; pb GGBP 2011.  Set in a progressive school. NEW.  £13.

S45) Death Goes to Italy; pb Greyladies 2011. NEW.  £12

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

S46) The Bumper Budget; c1931 Nelson. Incl The Fourth’s Form Mistress (DFB), Wynne. Col fp. VG. £6

S47) Collins Magazine Annual: Vol 8, 1955. 2 complete novels, including Operation Wild Goose by Pertwee, Authors incl Mary Harris, Watkins-Pitchford, Trease, Patricia Lynch; illus incl Searle, John Verney. G+ £5

S48) Daily Mail Annual for Girls; 1^st story Lisa Writes a Postcard by Sybil Burr. 1 p loose, gen G+ in G++ dw.

S49) The Girls’ Budget; c 1926; Blackie. 1^st story The Witch’s Rock. Incl E. Smith, Chaundler, Talbot. VG £4

S50) The Great Book for Girls; 1926; OUP. Cover – snowy landscape, girl carrying skates. Includes The Umpire by DFB, also Massie, Baines, Reed, Francklyn. Lovely col fp. VG. £5

S51) The Modern Book for Girls; Birn Bros. 1^st story Phantom Pluck by Winifred Norling. Also Laura’s Dull Life and Guardian of Gwaerallion by Mabel Esther Allan, and Bertha Leonard, Constance White. VG. £5

S52) Schoolgirls’ Stories; Ch’s Press. Unusual softback annual. Cover: paperchase. 1^st story The Pool. G+. £4

S53) Stories for Girls; Blackie. 1^st story: Sheila of the Marshes. Cumming, Elder, Chaundler, Talbot. VG. £5

Badger, Jane

S54) Heroines on Horseback; pb GGBP 2013. Splendid account of pony books. Non-fiction £15

Baker, Margaret

S55) Castaway Christmas; pb Puffin.  3 children, Miranda, Pinks and Lincoln, find themselves in a house with no money, no food and the flood waters rising…  G+. £4.50

Barber, Helen

S56) Mollie’s Choice; pb BTT. Well-received new day school story by author of The Bettanys prequels. £11

Barber, Antonia

S57) The Amazing Mr Blunden; pb Puffin. Lucy isn’t sure whether Mr Blunden means to hurt or help the troubled ghosts who seem to lurk in the old house. VG. £3

Barker, Cicely Mary

S58) A Flower Fairy Alphabet; nd Blackie. The famous illustrations. VG in VG dw. £4

Barnard, Marjorie

S59) Westcote Towers; nd insc 1917 Sheldon Press. Boys’ school story. Col fp. G+. £4

Bawden, Nina

S60) The Witch’s Daughter; pb Puffin. Lonely Perdita teams up with Tim and blind Janey who are visiting the island, and falls into a mystery when they observe a man who arrives unaccountably carrying a set of golf clubs when there is no course on the island… G+. £3

Benson, Mildred

S61) Kristie at College; nd Chlidren’s Press. N. American college experience – lots of  student journalism etc. VG. £5

Bibby, Violet

S62) Many Waters; pb Puffin. Constancy, brought up fearing the Dutch engineers who have come to drain the Fens, finds herself thinking differently when she rescues a young Dutchman from drowning…  Nr fine. £3.50

Biggs, Margaret

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

S63) All New GGBP pbs, All £13 except The Blakes Come to Melling (£16); The New Prefect at Melling; 2004; Last Term for Helen; 2005; New Girl at Melling; 2005; Head Girl at Melling;   2006; Last Term at Melling; 2006;Susan in the Sixth; 2007; Kate at Melling; 2008;  Changes at Melling;   2009.  

S64) Bobby at Hill House; pb GGBP 2014. £13

S65) Christmas Term at Vernley; pb GGBP 2012.  £13

S66) The Two Families; pb GGBP 2010. NEW.  £13

S67) Dilly Goes to Ambergate; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £13

S68) Biggs, Margaret & Blairman, Jacqueline; Triplets at Royders; pb GGBP 2015. School story. New £13

Blyton, Enid

S69) Six Enid Blyton Plays; 1949 rep; Methuen. No fee for performance!  Includes Robin Hood & the Butcher and The Whistling Brownies. VG. £6

S70) Six Cousins at Mistletoe Farm; 1948 1^st rep; Evans. G+. 3 spoilt cousins are reformed by a wholesome country lifestyle. G+. £5

S71) 1960s Paperbacks; Armada, £3 each: The Valley of Adventure; The Castle of Adventure; The Sea of Adventure; The Secret Mountain; The Secret of Moon Castle; The Secret of Spiggy Holes; Mr Galliano’s Circus.

S72) Five on a Treasure Island; 1949 rep; H&S. The very first title. VG. £5

S73) Five On Kirrin Island Again; 1965 rep; H&S. VG in VG dw. £7.50

S74) Five Fall into Adventure; 1962 rep; H&S. VG. £4

S75) The Rilloby Fair Mystery; 1957 rep; Collins. VG. £5

S76) Second Form at Malory Towers; 1947 1^st ed; Methuen.  Nice clean VG copy. £6

S77) Last Term at Malory Towers; 1951 1^st ed; Methuen. VG. £5

Brazil, Angela

S78) A Fourth Form Friendship; pb 2006 GGBP, centenary edition, a good one! NEW. £13

S79) A Fourth Form Friendship; nd Blackie. Handsome bds. 5/5 b&w pl. Lacks fep, VG. £6

S80) St Catherine’s College; nd Blackie. Lacks fep but has the other 5 b&w plates. VG. £6

S81) The School by the Sea; nd insc 1922, Blackie. Lacks 2 of the 5 b&w plates. Nice pictorial bds, G+. £5

S82) The Manor House School; nd Blackie. 4/4 b&w plates. Nice pictorial bds, VG. £6

S83) A Poplular Schoolgirl; nd Blackie. 6/6 b&w plates. Very handsome pic bds, VG. £6.50

S84) Armada pbs, G or better; £3 each; Head Girl at the Gables; The Manor House School.

Breary, Nancy

S85) It was Fun in the Fourth; nd Nelson. Very entertaining. A little tired but sound. £6

Brent-Dyer, Elinor

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

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S86) McCallum, Alison; The Chalet School Encyclopedia;. GGBP larger format pbs. Fascinating and exhaustive guide to all things Chalet, now complete. Non-fiction. £16 each. a) Volume 1 (A-D) 2013; b) Volume 2 (E-L) 2014; c) Volume 3 (M-Q) 2015; d) Volume 4 (R-Z) 2016.

S87) Chalet School World: Short Stories by Helen Barber; pb GGBP 2013. New. £13

S88a) Before the Chalet School - Third Term at Taverton High by Helen Barber; pb GGBP 2018. The third of Helen’s Chalet School prequels. NEW. Order now!  £13

S88) Before the Chalet School – The Bettanys on the Home Front by Helen Barber; pb GGBP 2015. £15

S89) Before the Chalet School – The Bettanys of Taverton High by Helen Barber;   GGBP 2008.  NEW. £25

See also “Mollie’s Choice” under Barber – a very enjoyable new day-school story

S91) The Chalet School Cookbook; pb GGBP 2009. Joey and friends discuss recipes!  NEW.  £13

S92) The School at the Chalet; pb GGBP 2005. 80^th Anniversary ed Colour photos, maps,  4 plates £20

S93) Jo of the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW £15

S94) The Princess of the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2014. NEW. £13

S95) Juniors at the Chalet School by Katharine Bruce; pb GGBP 2016. An intriguing fill-in title set during the same term as “Princess”. NEW. £13

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

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

S98) Head Girl at the Chalet School; pb  GGBP 2013. NEW £13

S99) The Rivals of the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2015. NEW £13

S100) Deira Joins the Chalet School by Caroline German; pb GGBP 2010. NEW  £13

S101) Eustacia Goes to the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2016. NEW £20

S102) The Chalet School and Jo; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S103) The Chalet Girls in Camp; pb GGBP 2010.  NEW.  £13

S104) The New House at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW.  £15

S105) The New Chalet School; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £15

S106) Gillian of the Chalet School  by Carol Allan. GGBP rep 2018. NEW Very popular fill-in. £13

S107) The Chalet School in Exile; pb GGBP.  NEW.  £20

S108) The Muller Twins at the Chalet School by Bruce, Katherine;  pb GGBP 2012.  NEW. £13

S109) The Chalet School Goes To It;  pb GGBP 2010 NEW £15

S110) The Chalet School & Robin by Caroline German; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW.   £13

S111) Lavender Laughs in the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £13

S112) Gay from China at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2007. (Heavily cut in Armada pb ed.) New.  £20

S113) Mystery at the Chalet School; pb GGBP. The older edition without the added story. NEW. £8

S114) Mystery at the Chalet School; rep GGBP 2014. And “Robin Heeds the Call” by Wilkinson/Brownlie. £15

S115) A Chalet School Headmistress by Helen Barber. GGBP rep 2017. Very popular fill-in. £13

S116) Tom Tackles the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S117) The Chalet School and Rosalie; pb GGBP 2016.  New. £13

S118) Sisters at the Chalet School; by Amy Fletcher; pb GGBP 2017. As the War nears its end, the Triplets join the school along with Madge and Bess Herbert. NEW. £13

S119) The Champion of the Chalet School by Adrianne Fitzpatrick; pb GGBP 2014. £13

S120) A Difficult Term at the Chalet School by Lisa Townsend; pb GGBP 2011.  £13.

S121) Carola Storms the Chalet School; GGBP 2008.  £15

S122) The Wrong Chalet School; pb GGBP 2011. NEW. £13

S123) Shocks for the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2015. Order now. £13

S124) Changes for the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2014. NEW. £13

S125) Bride Leads the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £20

S126) Changes for the Chalet School; pb GGBP. NEW. £25

S127) Joey Goes to the Oberland; pb GGBP 2016. Now out of print. NEW. £15

S128) The Chalet School and Barbara; pb GGBP 2014. £13

S129) The Chalet School Does It Again; pb GGBP 2012. £15

S130) Mary-Lou of  the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW. £15

S131)  A Genius at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2007.  Details of extra material added by EBD when Armada split this title in 2 for pb eds. Also introduction on EBD and Music by Sally Dore. NEW  £15

S132) New Mistress at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2006. One copy only. £25

S133) Excitements at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2007.  £15

S134) The Coming of Age of the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW.  £15

S135) Trials for the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S136) The Chalet School and Richenda; pb GGBP 2018. Heavily cut in the Armada pb. NEW. £13

S137) Joey and Co in Tirol; pb rep, GGBP 2016. New. £13

S138) Ruey Richardson – Chaletian; pb GGBP 2009. £15

S139)  A Future Chalet School Girl; pb GGBP 2007.  £20

S140) The Feud in the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2009.  £15

S141) The Chalet School Triplets; pb  GGBP 2013.  £13

S142) Chalet School Reunion; pb rep GGBP 2015. £13

S143) Jane and the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2013. £13

S144) Adrienne and the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £15

S145) Summer Term at the Chalet School; pb GGBP. New. £13

S146) Two Sams at the Chalet School;  GGBP 2008.  £20

S147) Prefects at the Chalet School; pb GGBP 2007. NEW.  £20

S148) New Beginnings at the Chalet School by Heather Paisley; pb GGBP rep, 2006. New. One copy only. £28

S149) The Chalet School Book of Christmas Stories; pb GGBP.  Delightful collection of stories on a Chalet theme by a variety of authors (including several contributions from EBD herself).  £15

S150) Chalet Club Newsletters; pb rep GGBP 2016. Reprints of the original 1960s Chalet Club newsletters, with extra information by EBD about the Chalet School World.  New. £13

S151) The Feud in the Fifth Remove; pb GGBP 2014. New. £13

S152) The School at Skelton Hall; pb GGBP 2009.  The last school EBD created.  NEW.  £13

S153) Trouble at Skelton Hall; pb GGBP 2009.  Sequel to above.  NEW.  £13.

S154) Carnation of the Upper Fourth; pb GGBP 2007.  £13

S155) A Thrilling Term at Janeways; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S156) Caroline the Second; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW  £13

S157) Elizabeth the Gallant; pb GGBP 2006.  NEW.  £13

S158) Step-Sisters for Lorna; pb GGBP 2004.  £15

S159) Gerry Goes to School; pb GGBP rep 2005. NEW.  £15

S160) A Head Girl’s Difficulties; pb GGBP. Introduction by me on child deaths in the early 20^th C.  New.  £15

S161) The Maids of La Rochelle; pb GGBP 2011. NEW  £13

S162) Seven Scamps; pb GGBP 2013. £13

S163) Heather Leaves School; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S164) Judy the Guide; pb GGBP 2010.  New. £13

S165) Kennelmaid Nan; pb GGBP 2011. EBD’s almost-career-story. NEW. £13

S166) They Both Liked Dogs; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £13

S167) Fardingales; pb GGBP 2015. New. £13

S168) The Susannah Adventure; pb GGBP 2016. New. £15

S169) Chudleigh Hold; pb GGBP 2007. New. One copy only.  £25

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

S170) The Chalet Girls in Camp; 1960 rep. Sp sl faded, bookplate on endpaper, o/w VG. £10

S171) New House at the Chalet School;  1948 rep.  VG+ in G- dw missing chunk at top of sp / front cover.  £10

S172) The Chalet School Goes To It; 1^st ed 1941. Good copy except one page very edge-worn (no loss). £10

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

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

S175) Jo to the Rescue; 1946 rep. Small format like 1^st ed, VG, in edge-worn dw.  £24

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

S177) Excitements for the Chalet School; 1957 1^st ed. Sp faded o/w VG in pc dw. £24

S178) Prefects at the Chalet School; 1970 1^st ed. Sp faded o/w VG in pc dw. £26

S179) The Lost Staricase; 1954 rep. Chalet connector. Pages biscuity, gen VG. £15

S180) Monica Turns Up Trumps; nd (1^st ed?) RTS. A worn but nice thick copy of this CS connector. £15

S181) Gerry Goes to School; 1952 rep. Sl damp mark on edge of first few pages, gen VG in p/c dw. £15

S182) The Maids of La Rochelle; 1952 rep. Lower part of front hinge split, o/w VG in p/c dw. £12

S183) Collected Verse; ed Joy Wotton; NCC 2006 124pp booklet. New. £2.50

S184) Visitors for the Chalet School (the very first Chalet School “fill-in” by Helen McClelland, EBD’s biographer, along  the lines that EBD had sketched out); Armada pb. VG+ £7.50

S185) Armada pbs; All at £4; Tom, Feud, Winds the Trick, Kenya, Richenda, Triplets, Coming of Age, New Mistress, Reunion

Bristol Conference – see what you’ve been missing!

S186) NEW.Twentieth Century Schoolgirls and Their Books - Papers & Presentations from the Fifth 2016 Bristol Conference; 2017. Themes are Series fiction and Hobbies.  Topics include: Series writing; Narrative Arc or Burbling Stream ~ Edward Eager & Elfrida Vipont ~ Series Fiction of Gene Kemp ~ The Penny series by Stephen Tring ~ The Bannermere Books of Geoffrey Trease ~ Amateur Dramatics at Home and at School ~ Camera; Girls (and a few Boys) Own ~ Switching Sides – From Academic to Author ~ What were Schoolgirls Reading in 1916? ~ Gifted Girls in Children’s and Young Adult Fiction ~ The Pony Book in WWII ~ Superior Hobbies ~ A Healthful Outdoor Hobby and Other Ideas from Girls’ Annuals  ~ EJO Hobbies ~ How Series Fiction Documents Societal Change ~ Writing about Yesterday’s Schoolgirl for Today’s Reader.104pp paperback, illustrated in colour throughout. £6.50

S187) Twentieth Century Schoolgirls and Their Books - Papers & Presentations from the Fourth 2014 Bristol Conference; 2015. Themes include Locations, real and fictional. Topics include: Quests & Footsteps, Stories set in Sussex , Musical performance in children’s books,  K M Peyton’s school stories,  Ransome & Beyond , European Schoolgirls in Children’s Literature during WWII , 1914 Schoolgirl & Her Books,  Children’s Fiction of Dartmoor,  Real locations used in children’s fiction,  Ruritanian Landscapes,  Young Traveller series. 68pp A5 booklet. NEW.  £5

S188) Twentieth Century Schoolgirls and Their Books - Papers & Presentations from the Third 2012 Bristol Conference; 2012. Themes include Careers. Papers include Careers (real & fictional); Antonia Forest’s England; Joey Bettany’s Character; Ballet books; Streatfeild’s Middle Children and much more 64-page A5 booklet. NEW.  £4.50

S189) Twentieth Century Schoolgirls and Their Books - Papers & Presentations from the Second 2010 Bristol Conference; 2011. Themes include Guides. Papers include Kitty Barne; Chalet School guides & camps; pony books; English language books in translation; building a child’s library and much more 60pp A5 booklet. NEW.  £3.50

S190) Bristol Conference booklets: SPECIAL OFFER   All four booklets  £15

Brown, Pamela

S191) The Swish of the Curtain; pb Knight.  Classic story of theatre-mad group of friends, written originally when the author was 14. Front wrap creased. G+. £4.50

S192) Maddy Alone; pb Nelson. A sequel. VG+. £7.50

S193) Blue Door Venture; 1949 1^st ed; Nelson. Signed by the author. Very slight foxing on spine, spine and tiny strip of front a bit faded, inside VG. £10.

Bruce, Dorita Fairlie

S194) Wild Goose Quest; pb GGBP 2013. £13

S195) The Serendipity Shop; pb GGBP 2009.  Colmskirk series, set in very recognisable Scottish locations. £13

S196) Triffeny; pb GGBP 2010.  Second Colmskirk title.  £13

S197) The Debatable Mound; pb GGBP 2011.  Colmskirk series.  NEW. £13

S198) The School on the Moor; pb GGBP 2006.  First Toby title. NEW.  £13

S199) The School in the Woods; pb GGBP 2007. Toby title of legendary rarity.  £13

S200) Toby at Tibbs Cross; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW.  £13

S201) Dimsie and the Jane Willard Foundation: pb GGBP. The collected Dimsie short stories. NEW. £13

S202) Dimsie Grows Up; 1944 rep; OUP. Fp. VG++ in VG dw. £12

S203) Dimsie Takes Charge; 1985 1^st in this collected form; Goodchild.  Dimsie and Jane Willard stories gathered together. VG++ in VG+ dw. £8.50

S204) The New House Captain; nd Spring. Col fp. VG in G+ dw. £6.50

S205) The Girls of St Bride’s; pb GGBP. Mint. £13

S206) That Boarding School Girl; 1935 rep; OUP. Embossed bds, col fp, VG. £6

S207) Special offer – buy two GGBP Nancy titles here and get the second half price  All at £13: Nancy at St Bride’s; New Girl and Nancy; Nancy to the Rescue; Nancy Returns to St Bride’s; Nancy in the Sixth

Buckeridge, Anthony

S208) Jennings, Of Course!; 1967 Collins. Ex-sch lib, G+ in dw with plastic affixed. £6

S209) Jennings paperbacks, Armada; G+ or better, £3 each. Jennings Goes to School; Jennings and Darbishire; Jennings’ Little Hut; Jennings As Usual; Our Friend Jennings; Jennnings’ Little Hut.

Burton, Hester

S211) The Rebel; 1971 1^st ed; OUP. Stephen hopes to support the people in France as they rebel in 1789, but what is the effect on siblings Catherine and Josh?  Minimally ex-sch lib, VG+/ VG+ dw. £8.50

S212) Castors Away!  Pb Puffin. Nell is frustrated by staying at home while her twin Tom can join Nelson’s fleet. G+. £3

S213) No Beat of Drum; pb Bodley. Mary is transported for what was no more than a prank, and Joe, after rioting, is sent out ot Van Dieman’s land as a convict labourer. But they find a life they never dreamed was possible. VG. £3

Caldwell, Patricia

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

S215) Head Girl at Vivians; pb GGBP 2010.  NEW.  £13

S216) Strangers at Vivians; pb GGBP 2011.  Order now!  NEW.  £13

S217) Left Until Called For at Vivians; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £13

S218) A Last Year at Vivians; pb GGBP 2013. £13

S219)¡Viva Vivians!;  pb GGBP 2014. £13

S220) Winter at Vivians; pb GGBP 2016.  New. £13

Canham, Doris

S221) Jill of Gateway School; 1938 Epworth. B&w fp. VG. £4

Cartmell, Esme

S222) Rescue in Ravensdale; nd Nelson. A much-loved book. VG+ in G+ dw. £8.50

Channon, E.M.

S223) The Honour of the House; nd Collins. Paulina wins over the stolid Kibbles… G+. £5

S224) The Handsome Hardcastles; pb BTT 2017. NEW. £11

S225) A Countess at School;  pb BTT 2016.  £11

S226) 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. £11

S227) Expelled from St Madern’s; pb Books to Treasure 2014. New. Order now. £11

S228) 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. £11

S229) A Fifth-From Martyr; pb BTT 2015. A wonderful time-slip story (she used her daughter’s experiences contrasted with her own 35 years earlier). NEW. £11

Chappell, Jennie

S230) Holidays at Waverlea; nd Blackie. Chris and Carlie staying in the history-soaked country the summer. Prize plate, sadly details scratched out. Handsome pic bds, col fp 2 b&w pl, VG. £5

Chappell, Mollie

S231) Cat with No Fiddle; Wealthy Mrs Hunt is having a family reunion for her 100^th birthday, but two rivals for her fortune turn up – who is the imposter?  VG in G+ dw.  £7.50

Chaundler, Christine

S232) Winning Her Colours; nd prize 1946 Ward Lock. Pip, the scapegrace of St Celia’s. Pic bds, VG in VG decorative dw. £7.50

S233) The Reputation of the Upper Fourth; nd Dean. Prize plate “For diligence”. Col fp. VG+. £6.50

S234) The Right St John’s; pb 2007 GGBP. Really charming school story.  NEW.  £13

Clewes, Dorothy

S235) The Adventure of the Blue Admiral; 1956 rep; CBC. Hadley family adventure. VG in G- edgeworn dw. £5

S236) Adventure on Rainbow Island; pb Armada. Scarce Hadley family title. G, £3.50

S237) The Purple Mountain; 1962 1^st ed; Collins. Set in Italy. Ex-lib, affixed dw. G+. £5

Coales, K. Wallis

S238) The Golden Horse; 1934 1^st ed OUP. Adventure story with colour fp, Map of sea cave system on the endpapers. VG. £5

Coolidge, Susan

S239) What Katy Did; nd, inscribed 1941; Ward Lock. Nice ed, VG in G+ dw. £5

S240) What Katy Did At Home and At School; inscribed 1905; Ward Lock. Decorated and gilded titles, 1 page repaired. 2 b&w plates. G+. £5

S241) What Katy Did at School; nd, Ward Lock. Patterned boards, round onlay of Katy, taken from col fp. G. £5

S242) What Katy Did at School; nd, Blackie’s Library of Famous Books. Col fp, nice Art Nouveau-type design on spine and motif on front board. Eps gone biscuit-coloured, G+.  £5

S243) What Katy Did at School; nd, Blackie’s Famous Books. Later than edn above. Col fp. VG in G+ dw. £5

S244) What Katy Did Next; nd, Blackie’s Famous Books. Same edition as above, col fp. VG in G dw. £5

S245) What Katy Did Next; nd, prize plate 1944. Juvenile Productions. Col fp + dw of Katy and Ned in a gondola in Venice. VG in G dw. £5

S246) Clover; pb GGBP. NEW, one copy only.  £15

S247) In the High Valley; nd, prize plate 1959; Blackie’s Famous Books. Col fp. VG+ in VG dw. £5

Courtney, Gwendoline

S248) The Grenville Garrison; pb GGBP 2014. NEW. £13

S249) The Girls of Friars’ Rise; pb GGBP 2004.  NEW.  £13

S250) Denehurst Secret Service; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S251) Well Done Denehurst; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S252) The Chiltons; GGBP 2006.  NEW  £13

S253) Torley Grange; pb GGBP 2008.  £13

S254) Sally’s Family; pb GGBP 2012. A great favourite of mine.  £13

S255) Long Barrow; pb GGBP 2015.  £13

S256) Mermaid House; pb GGBP 2011 1st publication in book form! £13

S257) The Wild Lorings at School; pb GGBP. NEW.  £13

S258) Wild Lorings – Detectives; pb GGBP 2010. £13

Crompton, Richmal

S259) William- the Globetrotter; pb Armada. VG. £3.50

S260) William and the Monster; pb Armada. VG. £3.50

S261) Willam and the Brains Trust; 1954 rep Newnes.  VG in worn dw with splendid picture of two elderly bearded twins confronting each other over William’s cheeky head. £6.50

Darch, Winifred

S262) The New School and Hilary; pb 2008 . Insight into staff point of view.   NEW.  £13

Dear Canada This series follows the very popular format of historical stories in the form of diaries, but the books transcend the restrictions of the format, with very well-respected Canadian children’s writers such as Jean Little and Sarah Ellis, winner of the Governor-General’s prize.

S263) Dear Canada: A Ribbon oof Shining Steel – The Railway Diary of Kate Cameron, BC, 1882 by Julie Lawson. Glazed picture bds, fine. £4.50

S264) Dear Canada: Orphan at My Door – The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope, Ontario 1897 by Jean Little. Glazed picture bds, bookplate, o/w nr fine. £4.50

S265) Dear Canada: That Fatal Night – The Titanic Diary of Dorothy Wilton, Nova Scotia 1912 by Sarah Ellis. Glazed picture bds, fine. £4.50

S266) Dear Canada: Brothers Far from Home – The World War I Diary of Eliza Bates, Ontario 1916 by Jean Little. Glazed picture bds, bookplate, o/w fine. £4.50

S267) Dear Canada: No Safe Harbour – The Halifax Explosion Diary of Charlotte Blackburn, Nova Scotia 1917 by Julie Lawson. Glazed picture bds, fine. £4.50

S268) Dear Canada: An Ocean Apart – The Gold Mountain Diary of Chin Mei-Ling, BC, 1922 by Jean Little. Glazed picture bds, bookplate, o/w nr fine. £4.50

S269) Dear Canada: A Prairie as Wide as the Sea – The Immigrant Diary of Ivy Weatherall, Saskatchewan, 1926 by Sarah Ellis. Glazed picture bds, bookplate, o/w fine. £4.50

Dowd, Siobhan

S270) The London Eye Mystery; pb A&B. Ted and Kat watch Salim get into the London Eye pod – but half an hour later, he doesn’t get out…  VG. £3.50

Eastways, W.E.

S271) Christine of the Fourth; nd Collins. B&w fp. G+. £4

Edwards, Monica

S272) The White Riders; pb GGBP 2016. New. £13

S273) Storm Ahead; pb GGBP. New. £20.

S274) No Entry; pb GGBP 2005. NEW £15

S275) Operation Seabird; pb GGBP 2007.  NEW.  £15

S276) Strangers to the Marsh; pb GGBP.  NEW.  £15

S277) The Hoodwinkers;  pb GGBP 2008.  £15

S278) Dolphin Summer; pb GGBP 2009. £15

S279) The Wild One; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £15

S280) The Spirit of Punchbowl Farm; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW.  £13

S281) Fire at the Punchbowl; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £13

S282) Black Hunting Whip; pb GGBP 2011.  £13

S283) Punchbowl Midnight; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £13 

S284) The Wanderer; pb GGBP 2012. £13

S285) Punchbowl Harvest; pb GGBP 2013.  £13.

S286) Frenchman’s Secret; pb GGBP 2013. £13

S287) The Cownappers; pb GGBP 2014. New. £13

S288) The Outsider; pb GGBP 2015. New. £13

S289) Cargo of Horses; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

Elder, Josephine

S290) Sister Anne Resigns; pb Greyladies 2012. Uses the author’s own medical background. New. £13.

S291) The Mystery of the Purple Bentley; pb Greyladies 2012. A disappearing doctor …. NEW.  £12

S292) Erica Wins Through; pb GGBP 2010. 1^st of Scholarship Girl trilogy. NEW £13

S293) The Scholarship Girl; pb GGBP 2011.  Second in trilogy.  NEW. £13

S294) 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

S295) Exile for Annis; pb GGBP 2013.  First in the Farm School trilogy. Annis has to leave her wonderful high school to go to an eccentric school in the country run by family friends. £13

S296) Evelyn Finds Herself; pb GGBP 2006.  Excellent school story.  NEW.  £13

Estoril, Jean

S297) Drina Dances in Switzerland; pb S&S larger format. VG. £4.50

S298) Drina Dances in Italy; pb S&S larger format. G+. £4.50

S299) Drina Dances Again; pb S&S smaller format. VG. £3

Everett-Green, E.

S300) The Secret of the Old House; nd prize plate 1939; Blackie. 4/4 b&w plates. VG in lovely VG dw.

S301) The Secret Chamber at Chad; nd prize plate 1894; Nelson. 2 b&w plates, one picture repeated in embossed front bd showing youth emerging from said hidden chamber, gilded titles. VG. £6

Falcon, Cecilia

S302) Deborah’s Secret Quest; nd Thames. Could have been the inspiration for Daisy Pulls It Off! Deborah seeks to establish her ownership of the old house in which she boards as a schoolgirl. What is the true character of her cousin Natalie, the head girl?  And what about the footprints in the dusty attic…  VG in G++ dw. £6

Forest, Antonia

S303) Hayward, Sally; Antonia Forest’s Kingscote Spring Term; pb GGBP 2011. Well-received.  NEW  £13

S304) [Forest] The Marlows and Their Maker, by Anne Heazlewood; GGBP 2007.  £15

S305) Celebrating Antonia Forest: 2008. Papers from AF Conference, draft material from Run Away Home. £13

S306) Autumn Term; pb Puffin.  VG. £3

S307) End of Term; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S308) End of Term; pb Puffin. Ex-sch lib, G++. £6

S309) The Marlows and the Traitor; pb rep 2015. New. £15

S310) Falconer’s Lure; pb GGBP 2016 rep. NEW. £13

S311) The Ready-Made Family; pb GGBP 2004. NEW. £30

S312) The Thuggery Affair; pb GGBP 2005. NEW.  £15

S313) The Player’s Boy; pb GGBP 2006. Wonderful “extras”!  NEW.  £15

S314) The Players and the Rebels; 1971 1^st ed; Faber.  Minimally ex-lib, VG+ in fine dw. £20

S315) The Players and the Rebels; pb GGBP 2008.    Order Now!  NEW.  £15

S316) The Thursday Kidnapping  pb GGBP.  Her only self-contained story.   £13

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Francis, Joy

S317) Rosemary at St Anne’s; nd Blackie.  Why does everything Rosemary attempts seem to go wrong?  VG in G+ dw. £5

Gardam, Jane

S318) The Summer After the Funeral; pb. 16 year old Athene moves between reality and rich fantasies of reincarnating Emily Bronte after her father’s death. VG £3

Gervaise, Mary

S319) Don-Margery, Schoolgirl; 1928 Warne. Like Don Quixote, Margery is always “hunting for adventures”. VG with lovely glazed pictures bds. £7.50

Gifford, Griselda

S320) The Story of Ranald; 1968 Bodley Head. Ranald Macdonald and his five sisters have to flee after the Battle of Culloden. Fine in VG dw. £6

Grahame, Kenneth

S321) The Wind in the Willows; 1975 rep; Methuen. 12 colour plates plus line drawings by Arthur Rackham. Nr fine in Nr fine dw. £7.50

Groom, Olive

S322) The School of False Echoes; 1947 1^st ed; Kerr-Cros. VG+.  £5

S323) The School at Trelan; 1949 1^st; Epworth Press. Col fp. VG. £6

Hann, Mrs AC Osborn

S324) Jane’s First Term; 1958 Lutterworth. New girl at day school. Col fp. VG. £6

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

S325) The Vicarage Children; pb GGBP 2008. 1^st of very appealing trilogy drawing on Lorna Hill’s own background as a clergyman’s wife.  £13

S326) More About Mandy; pb GGBP 2009.  Second in Vicarage Children trilogy.  NEW.  £13

S327) The Vicarage Children in Skye; pb GGBP 2010.  £13

S328) A Dream of Sadler’s Wells; pb GGBP 2012. First in the Wells series.  NEW. £13

S329) A Dream of Sadler’s Wells; 1954 rep, Evans. VG in VG dw. £8.50

S330) A Dream of Sadler’s Wells; pb Piccolo. VG. £3

S331) Masquerade at the Wells; 1952 1^st ed; Evans. Bds slightly marked, gen VG.  £6

S332) Ella at the Wells; 1954 1^st ed; Evans. VG+ in VG= dw. £10

S333) Dress Rehearsal; pb GGBP.   Wells series.  NEW.  £13

S334) Swan Feather; pb GGBP 2006. Wells series.   NEW.  £13

S335) Dancing Peel; nd Nelson. Annette Dancy in Northumberland. VG in pc dw. £7.50

S336) Dancer in Danger; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £13

S337) Dancer on Holiday; pb GGBP 2017. NEW. £13

S338) Dancer’s Luck; 1955 1^st ed; Nelson.  VG. £9.50

S339) Stolen Holiday; pb GGBP. NEW. £13

S340) Border Peel; pb GGBP spring 2007.  NEW.  £13 

S341) Northern Lights;  pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £13

Irwin, Judy

S342) A Worthwhile Term; 1946 1^st ed; Sentinel. G+. £5

Johns, Capt. W.E.

S343) Biggles Defies the Swastika; 1945 rep; OUP. Line picture in brown on front board, some foxing on spine, inside VG. £10

S344) Biggles Gets his Men; 1950 1^st ed, H&S. VG in dw with big chunk missing at the top of the front, taking some of title, but not picture of Chinaman menacing bound prisoner. £8

S345) Biggles Delivers the Goods; 1952 rep; H&S. VG. £5

S346) Biggles’ Chinese Puzzle; 1955 1^st ed; Brock.  Ex-sch lib, VG. £7.50

S347) Biggles Flies to Work; 1963 Dean. Glazed picture bds, VG+. £5

S348) Biggles pbs; Nice old Knight or Armada, 1960s & 1970s;  all G+ or better, £3 each; Sorts It Out; Chinese Puzzle; Air Commodore; Defies the Swastika; In the Orient; The Rescue Flight; Flies North; Goes to War; And the Dark Intruder.

Kay, Mara

S349) A Circling Star; pb Margin Notes. Russian circus school is very demanding. New. £13

S350) Masha; Margin Notes Books; pb 2014. Reprint of much-loved and very scarce book about early 19thC Masha at the Smolni Institute for Noble Girls (a real school founded by Catherine the Great). NEW £13

S351) The Youngest Lady-in-Waiting; Margin Notes Books; pb  2015. Reprint of sequel to Masha, what happened when Masha left Smolni, I was so delighted to find this. NEW. £13

Kendall, Carol

S352) The Minnipins; pb Puffin.  A rich fantasy – five unlikely rebels are exiled from their respectable Minnipin villages, and discover that the deadly Mushroom tribe is coming to attack their countrymen.  I loved this as a child and I still think it holds up. An American classic. (Earlier than and not to be confused with Roald Dahl’s The Minpins.) VG. £4

S353) The Whisper of Glocken; pb Harcourt. Sequel to The Minnipins. VG+. £4

King, Clive

S354) Ninny’s Boat; pb Puffin. Ninny has always been an outsider, left to fend for himself (and his animals) in a flood, but then he helps to build a boat to help his rescuers travel to the Isles of the Ocean. VG. £3

S355) Me and My Millions; pb Puffin. Ringo, asked to drop off a bag of “laundry”, finds himself in the wrong launderette at midnight, with a bag containing a million-pound picture and 2p in his pocket… Ex-school lib, wraps covered in protective plastic, VG. £3

S356) The 22 Letters; pb Puffin. How the alphabet might have come about – the adventures of Resh the master builder of Byblos, and his three sons, Nun the sailor, Zayin the general, Aleph the scribe and their sister Beth – “combines powerful story-telling, erudition and unusually perceptive characterisation. In fact we believe it is one of the most important books we have yet published in Puffin”. G+. £3.50

Lang, Andrew

S357) The Green Fairy Book; 1972 rep; Longman. VG in G++ dw. £6

Lawrence, Ann

S358) The Hawk of May; 1980 1^st ed; Macmillan. A retelling of the story of Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady. Fine in fine dw. £8

S359) The Good Little Devil; 1978 1^st, Macmillan. Wilfred, the mischievous choir boy, is blamed for things that go wrong in the monastery, but then the monks wake up to find they have a resident little demon… VG+ in VG+ dw. £8

Lewis, Hilda

S360) The Gentle Falcon; 1966 rep; Oxford CL. The story of Isabella of France, devoted child-bride of Richard II, and of her lady-in-waiting, another Isabella, dispossessed heiress. VG+ in VG+ dw. £8

Lingard, Joan

S361) Snake Among the Sunflowers; pb Kelpie. Paul, Claudine and Sophie, half-Scottish and half-French, can’t help but be aware, during their summer in France, of a dangerous web of conflicting passions going back even to the Resistance. VG+. £3

Lively, Penelope

S362) The Revenge of Samuel Stokes; pb Puffin. The new estate was built on the 200-year old garden of Samuel Stokes – was he responsible for causing all the strange happenings in the new houses?  Ex-lib, G. £2

Lloyd, Marjorie

S353) Fell Farm paperbacks, all early Puffin editions, VG; £3.50 each: much-loved examples of the “camping and tramping” genre; Fell Farm Holiday; Fell Farm Campers.

Maclaren, Ian

S364) Young Barbarians; pb Kelpie. A little known classic, set in Muirtown Seminary in Perthshire at the turn of the last century, full of unforgettable characters. VG++. £3.50

Mahy, Margaret

S365) The Haunting; pb Magnet. A gripping thriller – what is Barney experiencing that seems to be taking him over?  VG+. £3

Mallory, Clare

S366) 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.

S367) Anna Charlotte; pb Margin Notes 2016. First publishing of novel of teenage friendship – slightly darker than her school stories. New. £13

S368) Leith and Friends; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £13 

S369) Merry Again; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S370) Merry Marches On; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW.  £13

S371) Juliet Overseas; pb GGBP 2006. New Zealander Juliet comes to English  school – this is one of my great favourites, a really effective take on a rotten house making good. New £13

S372) The New House at Winwood; pb GGBP 2008.  Such an enjoyable story! NEW  £13

S373) The League of the Smallest; pb GGBP 2009.  NEW.  £13

S374) The Pen and Pencil Girls; pb GGBP 2010.  Lovely story of group of friends producing a hand-written magazine for a competition.  £13

Mansbridge, Pamela

S375) Hide and Seek!; 1962 1^st ed Nelson. Sheila finds herself caught up in a sinister mystery involving a foreign woman and her newly arrived daughter. VG in VG dw. £5

Matthewman, Phyllis

S376) Chloe Takes Control; 1942 rep; Lutterworth. Spine faded, o/w VG. £7.50

S377) The Queerness of Rusty; 1941 1^st ed; Lutterworth. Spine faded o/w VG. £8.50

S378) Chloe Takes Control; pb GGBP 2013.  1st Daneswood school story. £13

S379) 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

S380) Thanks to Mr Jones; pb GGBP 2013. Family theatricals. NEW. £13

Montgomery, L.M.

S381) Jane of Lantern Hill; 1941 rep Harrap. Col fp. Set in Toronto and P.E.I. VG. £7

S382) The Story Girl; 1950 rep; Harrap. VG+ in VG uniform orange dw.  £7.50

S383) Puffin Classcis; VG+ £3 each; Anne of Green Gables; Anne of Avonlea; Anne of the Island; Anne of Ingleside; Rainbow Valley; Chronicles of Avonlea; Further Chronicles of Avonlea.

S384) Anne of the Island; 1974 rep Harrap. VG+ in G+ dw. £6

S385) Anne of Ingleside; 1957 rep Harrap. VG+ in G+ dw. £6

S386) Further Chronicles of Avonlea; 1972 “Canada ed” Ryerson. Fine in fine dw. £7.50

S387) Further Chronicles of Avonlea; pb Bantam. VG. £3

Moore, Dorothea

S388) Brenda of Beech House; nd Collins. Ruritanian princess at school – Brenda has always seemed a somewhat unlikely name for a Ruritanian Princess to me!. VG in G- dw. £5

S389) The Only Day Girl; pb GGBP; includes one of the very few portraits of disability in traditional school stories in having a blind girl as a central character.  NEW.  £13

S390) Wanted – An English Girl; pb Books to Treasure 2014. Scarce WWI title, a gritty story not minimising the horrors of war. £13

S391) The Wrenford Tradition; pb Books to Treasure 2015. A much sought-after classic. £11

Morley, Elizabeth

S392) Jess of the Juniors; nd Spring. Two related Jessicas arrive at once…VG in G+ dw. £7

Needham, Violet

S393) The Emerald Crown; pb GGBP 2005.  NEW  £15

S394) Stormy Petrel; pb GGBP 2006.  NEW.  £15

S395) How Many Miles to Babylon?; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW. £13

S396) The Horn of Merlyns; pb GGBP 2010.  £13

S397) The Bell of the Four Evangelists; pb GGBP.  NEW.  £13

S398) Pandora of Parrham Royal  pb GGBP.  NEW.  £13

S399) The House of the Paladin; pb GGBP 2006.  NEW.  £13

S400) Richard and the Golden Horseshoe; pb GGBP 2008.  £13

S401) The Secret of the White Peacock;  GGBP 2008.  £13

S402) The Red Rose of Ruvina;  GGBP 2008.  £13

S403) The Avenue; pb GGBP 2013. NEW. £13

S404) The Great House of Estraville; pb GGBP 2014.  NEW. £13

S405) The Boy in Red; pb GGBP 2015.  NEW. Order now.  £13

Oliver, Jane

S406) Queen Most Fair; pb Dragon. The story of Mary Queen of Scots and her escape from Loch Leven – I read this over and over again as a girl!  VG. £3

Oxenham, E.J.

S407) The Two Form Captains; pb EJO Society 2014. £16

S408) Captain of the Fifth; pb EJO Soc. 2015 £16

S409) The Junior Captain; pb EJO Soc; Autumn 2015. £16

S410) Rosaly’s New School;  pb EJO Society 2013.  NEW. £16

S411) The School without a Name; pb EJO Soc. 2016. £16

S412) A School Camp-Fire; pb EJO Soc. Spring 2018. £15.

S413) Goblin Island; pb GGBP 2007.  £13

S414) The Camp Mystery; pb GGBP 2006.  £13

S415) Ven At Gregory’s; pb EJO Soc Spring 2017 £16

S416) Rosamund’s Victory; pb EJO Soc. 2017. NEW. £16

S417) Rachel in the Abbey; pb EJO Soc. Autumn 2018. £15

S418) Abbey Champion; pb  EJO Society 2014. £16

S419) Maidlin to the Rescue; pb  EJO Society 2014. £16

S420) A Fiddler for the Abbey; pb EJO Soc; 2015. £16

S421) Guardians of the Abbey; pb EJO Soc. 2016 £16

S422) Maidlin Bears the Torch;  pb GGBP 2009.  NEW.  £13

S423) The Abbey Girls Go Back to School; pb 2005 GGBP £13

S424) Jen of the Abbey Schoool; pb 2007 GGBP. Details of complex publishing history. NEW. £13

S425) Queen of the Abbey Girls; pb GGBP 2010. NEW.  £13

S426) The Abbey Girls; 1945  “fat orange” rep; Collins. Col pl. Front hinge repaired, gen G+. £7.50

S427) Oxenham Interest: Cleeve &Muchelney Abbeys; large handbook for teachers by English Heritage £3

S428) Oxenham Interest; Eustance, G; Arundel, Borough & Castle; 1922. Illus history. Crest on front VG. £5

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

S429) The Abbey Girls Go Back to School; 1949 Collins. VG in poor dw, missing half sp. £7.50

S430) The Abbey Girls at Home; 1950 rep; Collins. Ex-lib, library binding. G+. £7.50

S431) Schoolgirl Jen at the Abbey; 1955 Seagull. VG. £5

S432) Jen of the Abbey School; 1949 Seagull. VG.  £5

S433) Stowaways in the Abbey; 1951 Seagull. VG in chipped dw. £6

S434) Strangers at the Abbey; 1959 Collins red Abbey. VG in G dw. £7.50

S435) Two Joans at the Abbey; 1949 Seagull. Missing fep, o/w VG in chipped dw. £7.50

S436) Maid of the Abbey; 1961 rep Seagull. Fine in nr fine dw. £7.50

S437) Selma at the Abbey; 1957 rep Seagull. Near fine, a lovely copy. £5

S438) Robins in the Abbey; 1950 rep; Collins.  VG in chipped dw. £6.50

S439) A Dancer from the Abbey; 1956 rep; Seagull. VG+ in VG dw. £7.50

S440) Jandy Mac Comes Back; 1952 rep Seagull. VG+ in poor dw reassembled from pieces under protection! £7

Pearson, Kit

S441) The Daring Game; pb Puffin. Eliza, going to a boarding school in Vancouver modelled on English lines, is happy at first settling into the Yellow Dorm, but then mischievous Helen starts the Daring Game… G+. £3

Ransome, Arthur

S442) Missee Lee; 1941 1^st ed, Cape. VG. £8.50

S443) We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea; 1949 rep, Cape. VG+ in G++ protected dw. £10

S444) Winter Holiday; 1949 rep; Cape. VG in VG dw, sl worn at ends of spine. £10

S445) Swallowdale; 1953 rep, Cape. G++. £5

S4)46 Peter Duck; 1948 rep; Cape. VG+. £6.50

S447) Old Peter’s Russian Tales; nd, 1938 new ed, Nelson. 7 / 7 col plates by Dmitri Mitrokhin. Biro scribble on margin of p274, top spine sl fraying, lacks eps, gen G+. £6.50.

Rodgers, Mary

S448) Freaky Friday; pb Puffin. “When I woke up this morning I found I’d turned into my mother.”  VG. £3

Saville, Malcolm

The Lone Pine Series

S449) Mystery at Witchend; pb rep GGBP 2015. New, £13

S450) The Gay Dolphin Adventure; GGBP 2006. New. One copy only. £25

S451) The Secret of Grey Walls; pb GGBP 2007.  NEW.  £15 

S452) Lone Pine Five; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW. £15

S453) The Elusive Grasshopper; pb GGBP 2008.  NEW.  £15

S454) The Neglected Mountain ; pb GGBP 2009. NEW.  £15

S455) Wings Over Witchend; pb GGBP 2009.  New. £15

S456) Lone Pine London; pb 2010. NEW. £15

S457) The Secret of the Gorge; pb GGBP 2011. £15

S458) Saucers Over the Moor; pb 2009.  NEW.  £13

S459) Mystery Mine; pb GGBP 2011.  NEW.  £15 

S460) Sea Witch Comes Home; pb GGBP 2012. NEW. £13

S461) Not Scarlet But Gold; pb GGBP 2012.  NEW. £13

S462) Treasure at Amorys; pb GGBP 2013.  £13.

S463) The Man with Three Fingers; pb GGBP 2013.  £13

S464) Rye Royal; pb GGBP 2014.  NEW £13.

S465) Strangers at Witchend; pb GGBP 2014.  NEW £15.

S466) Where’s My Girl with The Flower Show Hat (Lone Pine long short story); GGBP pb 2017

S467) Home to Witchend; pb GGBP 2015. NEW £13

S468) Mystery at Witchend; 1953 rep; Newnes.  VG, with rear panel and flap of dw only. £10

S469) Seven White Gates; 1948 rep; Newnes. Bds a little worn, inside VG. £7.50

S470) The Secret of Grey Walls; 1948 rep; Newnes.  Tiny bit of fraying on edges of bds, inside VG. £8

S471) The Neglected Mountain; 1953 1^st ed; Newnes. VG+. £12

S472) Lone Pine London; 1970 rep; Collins. Ex-lib, front hinge mended, G in VG+ dw, spine faded. £7.50

S473) Lone Pine London; 1957 1^st ed; Newnes. Lovely map endpapers. VG in p/c dw. £10

S474) Mystery Mine; 1959 rep; Newnes. VG+. £10

S475) Not Scarlet but Gold; 1962 CBC. VG++ in VG+ dw. £12

S476) Lone Pine pbs; Armada / Merlin; G+ £3 each; Lone Pine 5; Treasure at Amorys; The Neglected Mountain; Mystery Mine; The Elusive Grasshopper; Sea Witch Comes Home; Wings Over Witchend; Saucers over the Moor; The Secret of Grey Walls; Lone Pine London (1965 slightly fragile).  

Jillies series

S477) Redshank’s Warning;1963 1^st pb; Armada. VG+. £4

S478) The Sign of the Alpine Rose; 1963 1^st pb; Armada. G+. £3

S479) Redshank’s Warning; 1948 1^st ed; Lutterworth. VG in pc dw. £10

S480) Two Fair Plaits; 1948 1^st ed; Lutterworth. A few patches on bds, gen VG. £8.50

S481) Strangers at Snowfell; 1949 1^st ed; Lutterworth. A bit of fading on bds, gen VG. £8.50

S482) The Luck of Sallowby; 1952 1^st ed; Lutterworth. VG. £10

Buckinghams Series

S483) The Master of Maryknoll; 1^st rev ed 1971. VG++ in VG++ dw. £8

S484) A Palace for the Buckinghams; 1963 1^st ed Evans. VG+ in dw with some discolouration on flaps (and eps) due to old tape, but gen VG. £10

Marston Baines secret service series for teens

S485) Three Towers in Tuscany; pb GGBP 2016. A Marston Baines title. New. £13

S486) The Purple Valley; pb GGBP 2017. Marston Baines title. NEW. £13

S487) The Purple Valley; 1964 1^st ed: Heinemann. VG. £10

Nettleford Series

S488) All Summer Through; 1951 1^st ed; H&S. Illustreated by Joan Kiddell Monroe. VG+ in pc dw. £10

S489) Christmas at Nettleford; 1953 1^st ed; H&S. Sp slightly faded, gen VG. £8.50

Other titles

S490) The Secret of Galleybird Pit; pb Armada. Lucy & Humf  (hb title Four &Twenty Blackbirds). G+. £3

Seymour, A.E.

S491) A Schoolgirl’s Secret; nd Sampson Low. Joan, a published author, earns enough money to take herself to boarding school for a year. G+. £6

Shaw, Jane; the lively Susan is an engaging heroine; the locations  mentioned in the stories can be visited today around Dulwich in London (where I spent my first few years!)

S492) Susan Interferes; nd; Ch Press.  G+ in VG dw. £4

S493) Susan at School; 1958 Collins. VG+ in back half of dw only. £5.50

S494) Susan’s Helping Hand; nd Children’s Press. VG in G+ dw. £5

S495) Susan Rushes In; nd Children’s Press. VG+ in VG+ dw. £6

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

S496) 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

S497) Binkie of IIIB; pb BTT. NEW. £11

S498) Marie Macleod, Schoolgirl; pb BTT 2016. New. £11

S499) The Little Betty Wilkinson; pb BTT 2016. New. £11

S500) The First Fifth Form; pb Books to Treasure 2013. NEW. £11.

S501) The Small Sixth Form; pb Books to Treasure 2013. NEW. £11.

S502) Seven Sisters at Queen Anne’s; pb Books to Treasure 2013. NEW. £11.

S503) Septima at School; pb Books to Treasure 2014. Second Queen Anne’s book. NEW. £11.

S504) Phyllida in Form III; pb Books to Treasure 2014. Third Queen Anne’s book. NEW. £11.

S505) Biddy and Quilla; pb BTT 2014. Older girl defending unpopular newcomer. NEW. £11

S506) Milly in the Fifth; pb BTT 2015. NEW. £11

S507) Nicky of the Lower Fourth; pb BTT 2015. Order now. £11

Smith, Harriet Lummis

S508) Peggy Raymond’s Schooldays; nd prize plate 1935; Harrap. Interesting contrasting American picture of school life.  Some foxing, G+. £5

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

S509) Paperbacks; Puffin / Collins / Lion / Dragon; VG or better; £3.50 each; When the Siren Wailed; Curtain Up; The Painted Garden; Thursday’s Child; Far to Go; The Growing Summer; Apple Bough; Party Frock; The Noel Streatfeild Summer Holiday Book (Target)

S510) Gemma Boxed Set; Complete 4 titles, Armada reprints, all VG in VG box.  £15

S511) Gemma; Gemma and Sisters; Gemma Alone; pb Armada Originals; 1968 1^st ed (no hb).  G+. £4 each

S512) The Vicarage Family; pb Lion. Her fictionalised autobiography, in which one can see the genesis of all her misunderstood middle sisters! VG+ £4.5-

S513) The Circus is Coming; 1942 rep; Dent. Includes Steven Spurrier’s original sketch illustrations. VG. £8

S514) White Boots; 1966 rep; Collins.  Ex-lib, VG in VG dw with clear protection affixed. £6

S515) Party Frock; 1966; Collins. First few pages have a few small splashes (pale coffee?) o/w VG in G+ dw. £6

S516) Caldicott Place; 1967 CBC. Tim, his father injured in hospital, inheriting a country house, insists on living in it, rather than selling it. To help pay the costs, three children come to stay… Nr fine in VG++ dw. £10

S517) Enjoying Opera; 1966 Dobson. An introduction, larger format, beautiful illustrations. Fine in VG dw. £5

S518) Saplings: 1945 1^st ed; Collins. Novel for adults. Same style, darker tone! G++. £7.50

S519) The Winter is Past; pb Greyladies 2014. NEW. £12

Sutcliff, Rosemary Outstanding writer of historical fiction

S520) Warrior Scarlet; 1970 rep; OUP. Bronze age Drem coming of age in Sussex Downs. VG+ in G+ dw. £7

S521) The Truce of the Games; 1971 HH Antelope for younger readers. Ancient Greece. Ex-lib but gen VG in VG dw. £4

S522) Eagle’s Egg; 1981 HH Antelope for younger readers. Quintus, Eagle Bearer for the Ninth legion. Ex-lib, G+. £4

S523) The Lantern Bearers; 1961 rep; OUP. Aquila has to decide whether his loyalties lie with Rome or Britain. Ex-college lib, G+. £5

S524) The Silver Branch; 1957 1^st ed; OUP. The collapse of the Roman Empire in Britain. VG in G+ dw repaired at edges with archival tissue. £15

S525) The Light Beyond the Forest – The Quest for the Holy Grail; 1985 rep BH. VG+ in VG+ dw. £7.50

S526) The Hound of Ulster; 1963 rep; BH. The story of Cuchulain. Ex-lib, tape marks, G. £5

S527) Knight’s Fee; 1974 rep; OUP (OCL). Randal, dog-boy at Arundel Castle. Ex-lib, glazed bds, G+. £6

S528) The Queen Elizabeth Story; 1964 rep; OUP. Such a great favourite of mine. Perdita, who can see fairies, longs to see the Queen as she progresses through Devon, but then she develops a rash! VG  £5

S529) Lady-in-Waiting; 1966 rep; H&S. Story of Bess, Walter Raleigh’s wife. VG in VG- dw. £6.50

S530) Simon; 1959 rep; OUP (OCL). Simon & conflicting loyalties in Civil War – excellent. VG in VG+ dw £8

S531) The Rider of the White Horse; pb Peacock. Thomas Fairfax, Parliamentarian general. G+. £3.50

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

Symons, Geraldine

S533) The Workhouse Child; 1971 rep; Macmillan. The wonderful Atalanta, & her engaging friend Pansy, who kindly swaps clothes so a workhouse girl can go bathing. VG /VG dw £8

S534) Miss Rivers & Miss Bridges; pb Puffin. Pansy & Atalanta as sufragettes. VG+. £3.50

S535) Mademoiselle; pb Puffin. Pansy and Atalanta on eve of WWI. VG+. £3.50

Talbot, Ethel

S536) The New Girl at the Priory; pb BTT 2015. £11

Taylor, Cora

S537) The Doll; pb Kelpie. The ancestral family “invalid doll” helps Meg go to sleep when she’s unwell, but she wakes up to find herself back when the doll was new. At first it’s exciting to use it to time-travel and escape the present, but then something happens that threatens her ability to return. VG+. £3

Trease, Geoffrey  Outstanding writer, particularly of historical fiction, but wrote excellent contemporary stories too.  I have a rich variety of his books this time.

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. 

S538) No Boats on Bannermere 2004; GGBP pb 2004. £15

S539) GGBP pbs; NEW; £15 each;  Under Black Banner ; Black Banner Players  2005. 

S540) GGBP pbs; NEW; £13 each;  Black Banner Abroad; pb GGBP 2006; The Gates of Bannerdale; 2007.

S541) Under Black Banner; 1967 rep; Heinemann Windmill. VG+. £12

S542) Black Banner Abroad; 1968 rep; Heinemann. Ex-lib, VG in G++ dw. £12

S543) Change at Maythorn; 1963 rep; CBC. Mike’s family has to get used to life in a country village after a bustling city. VG+ in VG dw. £7.50

S544) Mission to Marathon; pb Black. Ancient Greece for younger readers. VG+. £5

S545) Mist Over Athelney; 1958 1^st ed; Macmillan. Young Elfwyn and Judith overhear Guthrum’s plot and decide to warn King Alfred.  This is the book with Trease’s not-mistake in; famous for his historical accuracy, he was mortified when someone told him that rabbits, which are cooked in the book, were introduced into England by the Normans. However, he was later vindicated when archaeologists discovered rabbit bones in a Romano-British excavation!  VG++ in VG+ dw. £20

S546) Bows Against the Barons; 1^st revised edition 1966, Brockhampton. With new illustrations and dw by C. Walter Hodges. Trease’s first book, originally written in the 1930s, is an unconventional reworking of the Robin Hood legend influenced by Trease’s socialist views, which Trease himself revised as he felt the early version was a little unsubtle… VG in VG dw. £8

S547) The Red Towers of Granada; 1966 1^st ed; Macmillan. Robin, having heard himself pronounced dead to the world, then told by a Jewish doctor that his “leprosy” will clear up, accompanies the family to Spain when the Jews are expelled from England.  Ex-lib, G+. £7.50

S548) The Hills of Varna; 1948 1^st ed; Macmillan. Alan, having to flee Cambridge after a brawl in 1509, is sent by the famous Venetian printer Aldus Manutius to seek a vital manuscript. VG++ in VG dw. £15

S549) Horsemen on the Hills; 1971 1^st ed; Macmillan.  Meeting at the Mantuan school that embraces the new learning, Sandro and Caterina are caught up in the rivalry between Federigo da Montefeltro and Sigismondo Malatesta. Ex-lib, prelims removed o/w VG in VG dw. £8

S550) Cloak for a Spy; pb Macmillan. Europe in 1585 is not always a safe place for young English Protestant Giles – but how about for his mysterious tutor? Ex-school lib, wraps covered in affixed protection, G+. £6

S551) Cue for Treason; 1956 rep; Blackwell. Ex-lib, fep removed, two pages have a couple of cms cut off the bottom, not affecting text, in the attractive dw missing an inch at the base of the spine. £5

S552) In the Land of the Mogul; 1948 rep; Blackwell. Signed by the author.  Nicky on first East India Co. venture into India. VG+ in VG  dw, small chip where spine meets front. £14

S553) Mandeville; 1980 1^st ed; Macmillan.  Renold Mandeville and Anthony his page try to evade enemies as they carry out Charles I’s commissions in Italy.  Minimally ex-lib, VG in near fine dw. £14

S554) The Cormorant Venture; 1984 1^st ed; Macmillan. Renold Mandeville is caught up in the unrest of Charles I’s Short Parliament. Glazed picture bds as issued. VG. £12

S555) The Grey Adventurer; 1958 rep; Blackwell. Trouble in England at the time of the Great Fire leads Dick to the new colonies of America. Ex-lib, VG- in VG dw with protection affixed. £10

S556) The Dutch are Coming; 1974 rep; HH Antelope for younger readers. London in 1667. VG+ / VG+ dw. £6

S557) Fire on the Wind; 1993 1^st ed; Macmillan. Great Fire. VG++ in VG dw. £7.50

S558) When the Drums Beat; 1976; Heinemann. Illustrated story for younger readers. VG in G+ dw. £5

S559) When the Drums Beat and Other Stories; pb Piccolo. Includes A Ship to Rome, The Chocolate Boy. £4

S560) The Field of the Forty Footsteps; 1977 1^st ed; Macmillan. Jeremy and Paulina in the heady but uncertain days of the Restoration and the return of the acting companies to London. Nr fine in nr fine dw. £10

S561) Popinjay Stairs; 1971 CBC. Young naval officer Denzil does a favour for Samuel Pepys, the Secretary to the navy, and gets mixed up in an adventure that somehow seems to involve the theatre too. Glazed picture bds as issued, VG. £8.50

S562) The Iron Tsar; 1975 1^st ed; Macmillan. Lord Toby goes in search of a young Russian poet who’s disappeared in the St Petersburg of the repressive Nicholas I.  VG+ in G+ dw. £8

S563) Follow My Black Plume; 1963 rep; Mac. Mark encounters Garibaldi in 1848. Ex-lib, VG in VG dw. £8

S564) The Mystery of Moorside Farm; 1960 rep. Also contains The Secret of Sharn and In the Blood. Post-war contemporary stories. Faded strip on front bd, gen VG. Scarce. £15

S565) Mystery on the Moors; 1949 rep; A&C Black. Detective story – Brian and friends follow clues in Derbyshire (can be solved by reader equipped with a map and a guidebook if you want!) Scarce. VG. £20

S566) The Lakeland Mystery; 1948 rep; A&C Black. Originally published as The Christmas Holiday Mystery, this is his other scarce detective story.  Pale bds just a little spotted, gen VG. £20

S567) A Flight of Angels; 1988 Macmillan. Contemporary story. Inspired by the caves under Nottingham Castle (Trease’s father’s wine merchant’s had cellars in these caves.) Glazed picture bds, VG. £4.50

S568) 3 books for younger readers, Macdonald 1971, pbs, VG. £3 each: Elizabeth, Princess in Peril; Henry, King to Be; Page to Jane Seymour.

S569) A Whiff of Burnt Boats; pb GGBP 2009 larger size. Very entertaining autobiography Photos, extras. £15

S570) Fortune My Foe: The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh; 1957; Methuen. Ex-lib, G+/ protected G+ dw. £5

S571) Byron: A Poet Dangerous to Know; 1969 1^st ed; Macmillan. Fine in VG dw. £5

Vaizey, Mrs George de Horne

S572) Betty Trevor; nd RTS. 7/7 b&w plates. VG. £6

S573) Pixie O’Shaughnessy; nd RTS. Pages edges somewhat foxed. G+. £5

S574) A Houseful of Girls; nd prize plate 1907 RTS.B&w fp, lovely pictorial boards, VG. £6.50

S575) The Fortunes of the Farrells; nd RTS. Handsome pictorial bds, edges fraying a little bit, inside VG. £6

S576) Big Game; nd RTS, prize plate for a Girl’s Own Paper Scribbler’s Corner competition 1937. VG+ in VG+ dw. £7.50

Verney, John

S577) February’s Road; pb Collins. Engaging Callendar family adventure. VG. £6

Vipont, Elfrida

S578) Vipont, Charles [=Elfrida]; Blow the Man Down; 1939 1^st; OUP. Powerful piratical 18thC tale. VG+. £7.50

S579) 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

S580) Flowering Spring; pb GGBP 2013. Lovely story – Laura growing up. NEW.  £13

S581) The Pavilion; pb GGBP 2014. Last in Haverard family series. New. £13

Wallace, Kathleen

S582) Elizabeth and Robert; 1956 1^st Heinemann.  The fascinating and unexpected love story of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, which the author “tells for teenage girls”. VG in VG very charming dw. Wedgwood blue with vignettes in a garland. £6

Walsh, Jill Paton

S583) A Parcel of Patterns; pb Puffin.  The self-imposed isolation of the Derbyshire village of Eyam when the plague is brought from London…  VG. £3

Whyte, Christina G

S584) The Five MacLeods; 1924 rep; OUP. Col fp. Front hinge weak, G. £5

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

S585) Little House pbs; Puffin. £3 each: Little House in the Big Wood; On the Banks of Plum Creek; Little House on the Prairie; Little Town on the Prairie; Farmer Boy.

Willard, Barbara

S586) The Gardener’s Grandchildren; pb Puffin. Isolated Ella and her brother gradually come to understand the impact of an old tragedy resonating among the adults she knows, and the arrival of a stranger brings some further unravelling. VG. £3

Williams, Ursula Moray

S587) The Cruise of the Happy-Go-Gay; pb Puffin.  “It is a tragedy for nieces to be bored,” wrote Aunt Hegarty. “Send them to stay with me, bringing warm underclothes designed for danger.” Who can resist that?! Certainly not the five nieces…  The best kind of role model. VG. £6

S588) Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse; 1961 rep, Harrap. Colour fp and illustrated throughout by Joyce Lankester Brisley. VG. £7.50

Wong, Jade Snow

S589) Fifth Chinese Daughter; pb Peacock. Autobiographical tale, Jade grows up in a basement flat in San Francisco, helping her tailor father and all her siblings, enjoying the life of the Chinese community and finally realising her ambitions to go to college. VG. £3

Wynne, May

S590) Girls of the Pansy Patrol; nd Aldine. Splendid red pic bds featuring angry man and plucky guides. G+. £5

S591) The Best of Chums; nd insc 1946 Ward Lock. School story set in Cornwall. B&w fp. VG+ in VG+ dw. £6

Yonge, Charlotte

S592) A Book of Golden Deeds; nd (Victorian); Nelson. Sp slightly scuffed, gen VG. £5

Sally’s Specials

Fiction  Lots of favourites and new ones to try.   

S593) Ashford, Daisy; The Young Visitors; 1973 Chatto. The genuinely amusing novella written when Daisy was 9; “Mr Salteena was an elderly man of 42 and was fond of asking people to stay with him.” Lovely little illustrations throughout this edition. VG+ in VG dw. £4.50

S594) Barnes, Everett; A House-Master’s Casebook; 1955 1^st Chambers. Fiction but “bearing the stamp of authentic experience” by a house-master who comes over as “tolerant, humane… with a  faculty for humorous and sympathetic observation”. VG+ in VG dw. £5

S595) Bridge, Ann; Frontier Passage; 1944 rep BC. VG+ in atmospheric but tatty dw, now protected. £5

S596) Bridge, Ann; And Then You Came; 1971 rep; Chatto. Ex-lib, missing prelims, gen VG in VG slightly edgeworn dw. £5

S597) Bridge, Ann; Four-Part Setting; 1939 1^st ed, Chatto. VG. £5

S598) Buchan, John; Greenmantle; 1923 rep; H&S. A nice edition of this classic Hannay story. VG. £6.50

S599) Deighton, Len; An Expensive Place to Die; pb. Blackmail in Paris or something more deadly? VG. £3

S600) Delafield, EM; Late and Soon; 1944 1^st Am ed.  Middle-aged Valentine in the midst of war encounters an Irish artist, now a colonel, who was her first love – and who is now involved with her daughter… G++. £6

S601) De Waal, Elizabeth; The Exiles Return; pb rep Persephone. VG++. £5

S602) Douglas, O; Pink Sugar;  pb Greyladies. NEW £12

S603) Douglas, O; The Day of Small Things;  pb. Greyladies. Delightful - by John Buchan’s sister. NEW £12

S604) Douglas, O; Eliza for Common; 1930 rep; Nelson pocket ed. VG in VG dw. £7.50

S605) Douglas, O; The Setons; nd rep; Nelson pocket ed. VG in VG dw. £7.50

S606) Douglas, O; The Day of Small Things; nd rep; Nelson pocket ed. Lower spine well repaired, G+. £5

S607) Douglas, O; Taken by the Hand; 1941 rep H&S. A dying mother’s fervent wish is that her dearly loved and protected daughter shall be “taken by the hand” by kind people.  VG in G+ dw. £6

S608) Douglas, O. The House that is Our Own; 1940 1^st; H&S. Front board has white spots, inside if VG+. £5

S609) Douglas, O; Ann and Her Mother; nd H&S. One of the most directly autobiographical of her novels. G+. £4

S610) Douglas, O; The Proper Place; 1950 rep; H&S. VG+ £5

S611) Gervaise, Mary; The Rainbow Comes; 1948 rep; Warne. An action packed novel with near-death in the Australian outback, a wrongful accusation of murder and a resolution in Britain. VG++ £8.50

S612) Harris, Robert; Fatherland; pb Arrow. The famous counter-factual thriller set in Hitler’s Britain. VG. 33

S613) Irwin, Margaret; Royal Flush; 1948 RS. The story of Minette, sister of Charles II, who became a royal bride in France. Pages going a little biscuit, o/w VG in dw which is in two pieces but looks okay under protection!  £4

S614) Jenoof, Pam; Kommandant’s Girl; pb Mira. Jewish Emma in 1939 Krakow; can she use her false identity to help her husband who is with the resistance?  VG. £3

S615) Orczy, Baroness; The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel; 1937 rep H&S. VG. £4

S616) Pamuk, Orhan; The Museum of Innocence; pb Vintage. VG+. £3

S617) Shute, Nevil; No Highway; pb Pan. Classic tale of an unprepossessing scientist out of his depth out in the real world, trying to make sense of an aeroplane which might or might not be about to disintegrate from metal fatigue. Made into a film. VG. £3.50

S618) Shute, Nevil; Ruined City; pb Pan.Can rich Henry Warren regenerate a run down community? VG. £3

S619) Stevenson, D. E.; Amberwell; 1956 rep; BC. VG+ in dw missing 1 cm base of spine. £6

S620) Stevenson, D.E.; see Greyladies below for previously unpublished novels

S621) Swinnerton, Frank; The Summer Intrigue; nd Popular BC. A suicide follows a scandal, and the ripples spread out to engulf the whole village. VG in front and spine of. dw. £3

S622) Wentworth, Patricia; Hue and Cry; pb H&S 1954. Yellow livery, sparkling thriller from 1927. VG £7.50

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

S623) Allan, M.E.; Death Goes To Italy; pb Greyladies 2014. NEW. £12

S625) Channon, E.M.;  Twice Dead; pb 2010.  Excellent murder mystery.  NEW.  £12

S626) Channon, E.M.; Little G; pb Greyladies 2012. NEW.  £12

S627) Channon, E.M.; The Chimney Murder; pb Greyladies 2012. NEW.  £12

S628) Clavering, Mollie; Near Neighbours; pb Greyladies 2015. New. £12

S629) Crompton, Richmal; Leadon Hill; pb 2011. English country life acutely observed… NEW £12

S630) Crompton, Richmal; Matty and the Dearingroydes; pb Greyladies 2012. Warm and delightful. New. £13

S631) Crompton, Richmal: Mrs Frensham Describes a Circle; pb Greyladies 2015. NEW. £12

S632) Douglas, O; The Day of Small Things; pb Greyladies. Scottish inter-war life. NEW. £12

S633) Douglas, O; Pink Sugar; pb Greyladies. Scottish inter-war life. NEW. £12

S634) Elder, Josephine; The Mystery of the Purple Bentley; pb Greyladies 2012. A disappearing doctor tracked down by her nurse / secretary – a mystery making full use of author’s medical background. NEW.  £12

S635) Elder, Josephine; The Encircled Heart; pb Greyladies. A doctor and her errant husband. NEW. £12

S636) Elder, Josephine; Sister Anne Resigns; pb Greyladies 2012. An enthralling novel of nursing in the East End in the 1920s and 30s, using the author’s own medical background. New. £12.

S637) Lee, Austin; Miss Hogg and the Bronte Murders; pb Greyladies 2016. When Flora Hogg’s father dies, she realises an ambition by giving up her job as French mistress and sets up as a private investigator… £12

S638) Mitchell, Gladys; Convent on Styx; pb Greyladies. NEW. £12

S639) Pleydell, Susan; The Glenvarroch Gathering; pb Greyladies 2014.  NEW. £12

S640) Pleydell, Susan; Brighouse Hotel; pb Greyladies 2014. New. £12

S641) Pleydell, Susan; The Road to the Harbour; pb Greyladies. New. £12

S642) Pullein-Thompson, Josephine; Murder Strikes Pink; pb Greyladies 2014. NEW. £12

S643) Pullein-Thompson, Josephine; Gin and Murder; pb Greyladies 2014. NEW. £12

S644) Stevenson, D.E.; Greyladies pbs, all NEW, £12 each; a) The Fair Miss Fortune; 2011.  Previously unpublished! b) Emily Dennistoun; 2011.  Previously unpublished! c) Jean Erskine’s Secret; 2013. 1^st publication of novel written & set in WWI d) Found in the Attic; 2013. Previously unpublished cornucopia e) The English Air; pb Greyladies 2014. f) Five Windows; 2016.

S645) Streatfeild, Noel; Parson’s Nine; pb Greyladies 2014. NEW. £12

S646) Streatfeild, Noel; The Winter is Past; pb Greyladies 2014. NEW. £12

S647) Streatfeild, Noel; It Pays to be Good; pb Greyladies 2015. New. £12

S648) [Noel Streatfeild writing as] Scarlett, Susan; all New Greyladies pbs; £12 each;  Murder While You Work (2012); Ten Way Street  (2012); Poppies for England (2008).; The Man in the Dark; ( 2014); Pirouette  (2014); Under the Rainbow (2014).

S649) Vaizey, Mrs Geo. de Horne; The Ignorance of Sybilla & Other Stories; pb Greyladies 2010 NEW  £12

S650) White, Ethel; The Third Eye; pb Greyladies 2016. “From the first, Professor Freeman was reluctant to let his young sister-in-law, Caroline, accept the post of games mistress at the Abbey School.” New. £12

Books about Books and Authors

S651) Barrett, Frank; Where Was Wonderland? – A Traveller’s Guide to the Settings of Classic Children’s Books; pb Hamlyn. Includes Alice in Wonderland, 101 Dalmations, The Sheep-Pig etc etc. VG. £5

S652) Bates, C & Latempa, S; Storybook Travels – From Eloise’s New York to Harry Potter’s London, Visits to 30 of the Best-Loved Landmarks in Children’s Literature; pb 3 Rivers. Ex-lib, VG. £4

S653) Bodger, Joan; How the Heather Looks – A Joyous Journey to the British Sources of Children’s Books; 1^st ed.  Delightful American account of her family’s 1960s journey of exploration. Ex-lib, VG. £7.50

S654) A Book of Days; NCC A5 booklet Events for different days of the year, taken from girls’ books.  New.  £3

S655) Buchan, John; Memory–Hold-the-Door; 1940 rep H&S. Reminiscences. VG. £5

S656) [Buchan] John Buchan, The Presbyterian Cavalier by Andrew Lownie; large pb Godine. A fascinating picture of this author and statesman whose contradictions are captured in the title. VG.  £5

S657)  [Forest] The Marlows and Their Maker, by Anne Heazlewood; looks at the plots and characters of the Marlow books, incorporating comments by Forest herself on a first draft.  GGBP 2007.  £15

S658) Fraser, L & Ross, K; Reading Round Edinburgh – A Guide to Children’s Books of the City; pb. VG. £6

S659) Hardyment, Christina; The Canary-Coloured Cart – One Family’s Search for Storybook Europe. Wonderful account of a summer’s travels. Ex-lib, large print, VG. £6

S660) Hardyment, Christina; Arthur Ransome and Captain Flint’s Trunk; pb Cape. Explores the background to the Swallows and Amazons series. VG. £7.50

S661) James, PD; Talking about Detective Fiction; 2009 1^st ed; Bodleian Library. Fine in fine dw. £6.50

S662) Lurie, Alison; Not in Front of the Grown-Ups – Subversive Children’s Literature; pb Cardinal.  The best children’s books, or the ones that children value most, argues Lurie, are all in essence subversive – celebrating day dreaming, answering back and bad behaviour… VG+. £3.50

S663) Mackenzie, James; Another Country – A Guide to the Children’s Books of the Lake District and Cumbria.  GGBP Larger format 2008.  Fascinating. Copiously illustrated, practical info too.  NEW.  £15

S664) Marchalonis, Shirley; College Girls – A Century in Fiction; pb 1995 Rutgers UP. What American fiction reveals. VG++. £7.50

S665) Quindlen, Anna; Imagined London – A Tour of the World’s Greatest Fictional City; pb NGD. A really appealing account of the American author’s London, intertwining the real, fictional and historical. VG £4

S666) [Shakespeare] West, Anthony James; The Shakespeare First Folio, The History of the Book – volume II: A New Worldwide Census of First Folios; 2003 1^st (only) edition, OUP.  The top corner of the front board and the first 30 or so pages show signs of previous damp, as does the top corner of the rear board and the last 20 pages to a lesser extent. Apart from the damp, the rest is in good condition, and the damp doesn’t affect readability or anything.  This is the definitive work on the First Folio, listing all known existing copies, and this is my own copy that I have replaced by a better one.   I’m offering it here first in case anyone is interested as it is usually extremely expensive (£150 up now).  £35

S667) Wentz, Melanie; Once Upon a Time in Great Britain – A Travel Guide to the Sights and Settings of Your Favourite Children’s Stories; pb Griffin. Attractive and useful guide. Ex-lib, VG. £5

S668) [Yonge] Charlotte Mary Yonge – Her Life and Letters by Christabel Coleridge; 1903 1^st ed; Macmillan. The ends of the spine are fraying slightly and the eps are going a little brown o/w VG. £5

A Little History

S669) Czarra, Fred; Spices, A Global History; 2009 Reaktion. Fine in fine dw. £4

S670) Heron, L (ed); Truth, Dare or Promise – Girls Growing Up in the 1950s; pb Virago. VG+ £5

S671) Miles, Alice; Every Girl’s Duty – The Diary of a Victorian Debutante (ed with commentary by M. Parsons); 1992 BCA. Diary from 1868-1870, as the well-connected Alice was introduced into society and expected to marry.  As the flap puts it, “Alice is astonishing, partly for the impudent energy of her writing, more for the complexity of her personality. On one level she is just what we expect a Victorian Miss to be, while on another she is nothing – but nothing!- of the sort. It is for the reader to disentangle, and enjoy, her character and the turns taken by her young life.” With an afterword about her potentially scandalous divorce and later life.  VG++ in VG++ dw. £8

S672) Mitford, Mary Russell; Our Village; pb OUP. The author supported her family with her writing in the 1820s, including these sketches of a life in a Berkshire village – now recognised as a classic. Decorated with lovely woodcuts by Joan Hassell. VG+. £5

S673) Pavord, Anna; The Tulip; pb Bloomsbury. A fascinating history, social and economic no less than horticultural, of one of the most famous objects of “mania”. VG+ £3.50

S674) Pierce, Patricia; Old London Bridge; pb Review.  600 years of absolutely fascinating history. VG+. £4

An Interesting Miscellany

S675) Ager and St Aubyn; The Butler’s Guide to Clothes Care, Managing the Table, Running the Home and Other Graces; larger pb; Papermac. Mr Ager brings 5 decades of butlering experience to his tips on, among other things, how to pack properly (including silk dresses), how to clean a chandelier, the proper way to dust books, how to strain port, and how to hold a plate when serving at the table. VG+. £6

S676) Bassett, K; In Two Minds – A Biography of Jonathan Miller; 2012 Oberon. Fine in fine dw. £3

S677) David, Elizabeth; French Country Cooking; pb larger Penguin. Nice edition of a classic. Nr fine. £4

S678) David, Elizabeth; A Book of Mediterranean Food; pb Penguin. G++. £3

S679) Ford, Sarah; Fifty Ways to Kill a Slug – Serious or Silly Ways to Kill or Outwit the Garden’s Number One Enemy; Hamlyn. Nice little book , Fine. £3

S680) Gelman and Rinzler; How to Set Up for a Mah-Jongg Game and Other Lost Arts; 1987 Simon and Schuster. Rescuing the lost arts of being a perfect American hostess. Includes How to Be a Lady, How to Hire Help and How to Marry Off your Daughter.  Fine in fine dw. £6.50

S681) Gollancz, Victor; A Year of Grace; pb Penguin 1955 (mauve livery). A very well received anthology of “passages chosen and arranged to express a view about God and man” by the well-known publisher.  G+. £3

S682) Irvine, A.L.; Sixty Years at School; 1958 Wells. Memoirs of his own schooldays and his public school teaching career.  VG. £4

S683) Mackie, Mary; Cobwebs and Cream Teas – Behind the Scenes in a National Trust House; pb Orion. Entertaining account of living in as custodian of Felbrigg Hall. VG+ £4

S684) Mackie, Mary; Dry Rot and Daffodils – A Year in the Life of a National Trust House; pb Orion. Entertaining account of living in as custodian of Felbrigg Hall. VG+ £4

S685) Morton, H.V; In Search of England; pb Penguin. A light-hearted account of an exploration the length and breadth of England in the 1930s. VG+. £3.50

S686) Opie, Iona and Peter; The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren; 1959 1^st ed; OUP. A seminal study of the contemporary playground.  VG. £5

S687) Oxford A-Z of Word Games; pb OUP. Inspiration for the Christmas holiday!  Nr fine. £3.50

S688) Payne, Karen (ed); Between Ourselves – Letters Between Mothers and Daughters 1750-1982; large pb 1983 Houghton Mifflin. A fascinating anthology, from Lady Mary Wortly Montagu to Sylvia Plath. VG. £5

S689) Simmonds, Posy; True Love; pb Fontana. Illustrated story - the much-loved Guardian cartoonist’s take on Romance with her heroine Janice Brady negotiating office and social life.  VG+. £4

S690) Smith, Delia; Delia Smith’s Winter Collection; BBC. From Oven-Baked Mushroom Risotto, Perfect Roast Potatoes, Moroccan Baked Chicken and Terrine of Venison to Spiced Lambrusco Jellies and Chocolate Mascarpone Cheesecake, Delia’s volume is full of enticing and, of course, completely reliable recipes. Nr fine in VG++ dw. £6.50

S691) Swift, Katherine; The Morville Hours; pb Bloomsbury. A lovely book exploring the history of the dower house and garden at Morville and its inhabitants as Katherine Swift set out to follow in their footsteps and yet create her own garden, using the scaffolding of the Hours of the mediaeval church to explore the seasons as well as the times of day. Also has perhaps the most charming cover I ever recall seeing! VG+. £4.50

S692) Temple Bar magazine annual 1884; half-leather binding. Interesting mix of fiction & non-fiction. VG. £5

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S693) DVDs; £2 each (Buy 2, get a third free); Black Books (Series 1), Channel 4 black comedy about a bookshop, with Tamsin Grieg and Bill Bailey; The Constant Gardener, with Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz; The Social Network, hit film about the founding of Facebook

S694) DVD sets; £3.50 each. Bleak House (3 discs), BBC serial with Gillian Anderson, Charles Dance, Carey Mulligan, Timothy West; London Olympics 2012, (5 discs) BBC, opening and closing ceremonies plus 7 hours of sporting highlights.

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

S695) Allingham, Margery; The Tiger in the Smoke; 1953 rep; RS. VG. £4.50

S696) [Allingham] Mr Campion’s Farthing by Youngman Carter; pb Penguin green crime livery. Based on an idea by Margery Allingham, and written by Carter, her husband and frequent collaborator.  VG. £4.50

S697) Atkinson, Kate; Case Histories; pb Black Swan. Overlapping cases in Cambridge. VG+. £3

S698) Blake, Nicholas; End of Chapter; pb Fontana. Someone’s throat is cut in a publisher’s office. G. £3

S699) Brand, Christianna; London Particular; pb 1955 1^st Penguin ed. How can anyone have been murdered in a respectable Maida Vale house when no one can find their way anywhere in the midst of a dense “London Particular” fog?  Inspector Cockrill, Mr Charlesworth. Green crime livery, in really excellent condition. £6

S700) British Library Crime Classics; pb reprints from the interwar “Golden Age”, with ravishingly stylish covers! VG+ or better. £4.50 each. Bude, John – The Cornish Coast Murder, Farjeon, J. Jefferson [Eleanor’s brother] - Thirteen Guests; Farjeon, J. Jefferson – Mystery in White; Hay, Mavis Doriel – Death on the Cherwell.

S701) Brody, Frances; Murder on a Summer’s Day; pb Piatkus. A Kate Shackleton 1920s mystery. VG+. £3.50

S702) Brody, Frances, A Medal for Murder; pb Piatkus; A Kate Shackleton 1920s mystery. VG+. £3.50

S703) [Christie, Agatha] The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah; pb Harper. The authorised new Poirot novel. VG. £3

S704) [Christie, Agatha] Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks – Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making by John Curran; pb Harper. The clues to her writing life. Includes 2 unpublished Poirot stories. VG+. £6

S705) Christie, Agatha; Murder on the Orient Express; 2011 Collins. Lovely facsimile 1^st ed. Fine/ fine dw £6

S706) Christie, Agatha; classic early Pan pbs; VG. £3.50 each: Poirot Investigates; The Murder on the Links.

S707) Christie, Agatha; Endless Night; pb Fontana.  Eerie mystery famously the basis for a classic film. VG. £3.50

S708) Cross, Amanda; The James Joyce Murder; pb Virago. Kate Fansler mystery. VG+. £4.50

S709) Dunn, Carola; Manna from Hades; pb C&R. A Cornish Mystery. VG+. £3

S710) Fforde, Jasper; The Fourth Bear – An Investigation with the Nursery Crime Division; pb Hodder.  The Gingerbreadman, Psychopath, genius, murderer and biscuit – Fforde is inventive & hugely funny. Fine. £3

S711) Granger, Ann; Mud, Muck and Dead Things; pb Headline. The first Campbell and Carter Cotswold mystery. VG++. £3

S712) Gregory, Susannah; Matthew Bartholomew mysteries in mediaeval Cambridge. Pbs, VG, £3 each: An Order for Death; The Mark of a Murderer; The Hand of Justice; A Masterly Murder; A Deadly Brew; The Tarnished Chalice.

S713) Holme, Timothy; At the Lake of Sudden Death; pb Futura. Commissario Peroni, “the Valentino of the Venice fuzz” is personally involved when a body is discovered in Lake Garda. VG. £3.50

S714) Innes, Michael; Operation Pax; 1953 rep; Gollancz. VG. £4

S715) James, PD; Original Sin; large pb Faber. Dalgliesh novel - a publishing house on the Thames. VG+. £3

S716) King, Laurie R.; Locked Rooms; pb A&B. Set in 1924 San Francisco and featuring Mary Russell and her husband Sherlock Holmes. VG. £4

S717) King, Laurie R.; The Moor; pb A&B. Russell and Holmes return to Dartmoor. Nr fine. £4

S718) King, Laurie R.; Justice Hall; pb A&B. Russell and Holmes. VG £4

S719) Lathen, Emma; Banking on Death; pb Penguin. Witty mystery; John Thatcher of Wall Street – who would have thought the enquiries of an elderly banker could be so engaging! VG. £4

S720) Lathen, Emma; Sweet and Low; pb Penguin. Another mystery with Thatcher the banker. VG £4

S721) Lathen, Emma; Murder Makes the Wheels Go Round; pb Penguin. Thatcher mystery. VG+ £4.50

S722) MacLeod, Charlotte; Exit the Milkman; pb Mysterious Press. Prof Shandy VG. £4

S723) MacLeod, Charlotte; Vane Pursuit; pb Mysterious Press. Prof Shandy and his wife Helen. VG. £6

S724) Marsh, Ngaio; The Nursing Home Mystery; pb HC. VG+. £3.50

S725) McPherson, Catriona; Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Blood Stains; 2009 1^st H&S. Fine in VG++ dw.  £6.50

S726) Mitchell, Gladys; Death at the Opera; pb Vintage. Mrs Bradley – a handsome new edition. VG++. £3.50

S727) Morgan, Fidelis; The Rival Queens; pb HC. 1699 - Countess Ashby de la Zouche and her maid in lively pursuit of a murder committed at a concert under their very noses. VG. £3.50

S728) Penman, Sharon; Cruel as the Grave; pb Penguin. Justin de Quncy, Queen Eleanor’s man… VG+. £3

S729) Perry, Anne; A Christmas Beginning; pb Headline. Victorian Superintendent Runcorn caught up in a mystery on Anglesey while on holiday. VG+. 3.50

S730) Peters, Ellis; A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs; pb Futura. An Inspector Felse mystery. VG. £3.50

S731) Rowe, Rosemary; A Pattern of Blood; pb Headline. A Libertus of Roman Britain mystery. VG. £3

S732) Sayers, DL & Walsh, Jill Paton; Thrones, Dominations; pb Hodder. Peter Wimsey, completed from Sayers’ notes. VG+. £3.50

S733) Sayers, D.L.; The Five Red Herrings; 1947 4/6 “Cheap Edition”; Gollancz. VG in worn dw. £6

S734) Sayers, Dorothy; In the Teeth of the Evidence; pb NEL. Short stories – Wimsey, Montague Egg and others. VG. £3.50

S735) Symons, Julian ; The Julian Symons Omnibus (The Man Who Killed Himself, The Man Whose Dreams Came True and The Man Who Lost his Wife); pb Penguin.  VG. £4

S736) Tyler, L.C; Crooked Herring; pb. Crime writer Ethelred Tressider has to investigate a real murder. VG £3

S737) Vichi, Marco; Death in August; pb Hodder. The first Inspector Bordelli mystery, set in Florence. VG+. £4

S738) Walsh, Jill Paton ; A Piece of Justice; pb Coronet. Imogen Quy mystery in Cambridge college. VG+ £4

Special Offer – any 4 crime books below for £10

S739) Burley, W.J.; Wycliffe and the Dunes Mystery; pb Corgi. VG. £3

S740) Burley, W.J; Wycliffe and the House of Fear; pb Orion. VG+. £3

S741) Burley, W.J.; Wycliffe’s and the Guild of Nine; 2000 rep; BC. Fine in VG+ dw. £5

S742) Christie, Agatha; 4:50 from Paddington; 1959 Book club.  VG in G+ pictorial dw. £5

S743) Christie, Agatha; At Bertram’s Hotel; 1965 rep; Book club.  VG++ in VG dw. £5

S744) Christie, Agatha; Paperbacks.  All G+ or better, £3 each; Curtain – Poirot’s Last Case; Murder on the Orient Express; Death on the Nile; The Murder of Roger Ackroyd; N or M?; One, Two, Buckle My Shoe; Evil Under the Sun.

S745) Davis, Lindsey; The Silver Pigs; pb Pan. The first entertaining Falco ancient Rome mystery. VG. £3

S746) Dexter, Colin; pbs, Pan. All VG, £3 each; The Riddle of the Third Mile; Morse’s Greatest Mystery and other stories; The Daughters of Cain; The Secret of Annexe 3.

S747) Granger, Ann; A Season for Murder; pb Headline. Mitchell and Markby – set in Cotswolds. VG. £3

S748) Heyer, Georgette; Envious Casca; pb Grafton. VG. £3

S749) Marsh, Ngaio; Opening Night; pb Fontana. G. £2.50

S750) Rendell, Ruth; A Judgement in Stone; pb Arrow. I found this fascinating. We know “who did it”, but why? And will the police get there too? VG £3

S751) Sayers, Dorothy L; Gaudy Night; pb NEL. VG+. £3

S752) Sayers, Dorothy L; Strong Poison; pb NEL. The Wimsey novel which introduces Harriet Vane. VG+. £3

S753) Sedley, Kate ; Roger the Chapman mysteries, set in Bristol and London; Roger, by dint of his calling as a pedlar, is ideally placed to elucidate mysteries for the future Richard III. An attractive protagonist, and convincing detail. Pbs all VG; £3 each: The Brothers of Glastonbury; The Hanged Man; The Weaver’s Inheritance; The Midsummer Crown.

S754) Smith, Alexander McCall; Morality for Beautiful Girls; pb Abacus. VG. £3

S755) Smith, Alexander McCall; The Full Cupboard of Life; pb Abacus. VG. £3

S756) Tey, Josephine; The Man in the Queue; pb Penguin. Inspector Grant. VG. £3

S757) Upson, Nicola; A fascinating crime series featuring 1930s Josephine Tey herself as the protagonist, encountering murders. All larger pbs, Faber; £3 each; a) Angel with Two Faces; b) Two for Sorrow; c) The Death of Lucy Kyte.

S758) Wentworth, Patricia; Through the Wall; 1952 1^st; H&S. Good reading copy, signs of damp, poor dw! £3

S759) Wentworth, Patricia; Poison in the Pen; nd Thriller Crime Club.  G+. £4

S760) Wentworth, Patricia; The Fingerprint; 1959 Thriller Crime Club. VG+ in VG dw. £5

S761) Wentworth, Patricia; The Watersplash; nd BC. VG in dw (complete, but long tear, now protected). £5

S762) Wentworth, Patricia; The Gazebo; nd BC. Some foxing, G+ in VG dw. £4

S763) Wentworth, Patricia; Miss Silver paperbacks; G+ or better; £3.50 each; The Fingerprint; The Clock Strikes Twelve; The Listening Eye; The Traveller Returns; The Girl in the Cellar; Lonesome Road; The Brading Collection; The Watersplash; The Chinese Shawl; Eternity Ring.

S764) Winspear, Jacqueline; Pardonable Lies; 2006 1^st JM. 1920s - inimitable Maisie Dobbs. VG in VG dw £4

S765) Winspear, Jacqueline; A Dangerous Place; pb 2016. Latest Maisie Dobbs, 1937 Gibraltar. VG. £4

I hope you have lots of time to curl up with a good book this winter! Sally