The Abbey Girls go back to School (Collins Schoolgirls' Library. no. 4.) by Elsie Jeanette Oxenham - 1949

Collins, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1951. Reprinted. 314 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Stamp to half title page. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light staining and tanning with soft crushing to ends.

Collins, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1951. 314 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Corners are dogeared in places. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small splits and chips. Water marks to boards and spine Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Tanning to spine and edges. The clipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends.

Collins, London. No date. Red Boards with black trim. Hard Cover, 12mo, First. Book Condition: Good. Moderate edgewear. Book plate endpaper. Moderate foxing edges. Very clean interior. No jacket. No Jacket..

The Abbey Girls Go Back to School by Elsie Jeanette Oxenham (Girls Gone By Publishers, 2005).Originally published in 1922, this copy a new edition from 'Girls Gone By' with unabridged text plus additional essays. Card covers (in a removable plastic sleeve). 246pp including b/w illustrations and a colour plate. Size: 7.5 x 5 inches approx. (190mm x 128mm). Light wear from having been handled and read but otherwise a nice, clean copy with a square spine. *International shipping rates are estimated and may incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed where available; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country.*

(London: Collins’ Clear-Type Press: no date) Reward inscription dated 1929 on front free endpaper. Decorated cloth pp. 314 and 6 publisher’s advertisements. Illustrated by Elsie Wood. About 48 mm thick. A few light stains to one spread (pp. 160-161). Very good copy.