THE ABBEY GIRLS ON TRIAL by Oxenham, Elsie J - 1949

Collins, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1951. Reprinted. 288 pages. Illustrative jacket over blue cloth. Prize plate stuck to front free endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Grubby pages throughout. Visible creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to boards. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Noticeable tanning to spine. Visible rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

Collins, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1951. Reprinted. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with silver lettering. Binding remains firm.Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.

Collins, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. First Edition Thus. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Top textblock edge dyed blue. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards.

Collins Clear Type, 1946. Hardcover. Good. 1946. Reprinted. 288 pages. No dust jacket. Burgundy cloth with silver lettering. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Cracks to guttering throughout, with exposed netting. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed.

Published by Collins, 1943. Hardback. Good. Good condition with no wrapper. Orange cloth, silver titles. Colour frontis. 288 pages, top edge red. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Covers marked and faded. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Frontis is detached but still present. Some hinges cracked. Binding error sees a couple of page corner tips missing (no text missing).

London: Collins, 1949. Book. Very Good. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Reprint. VG, Shelfwear, ink gift inscrption on inner front board, light foxing, browning/G+, Price-clipped, edgewear, small chips, tears, abrasion, foxing. Girls' school story, in the 'Abbey' series. Photo on request..

Collins , 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. First in this edition. Publication of 288 pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and minor marks. There is foxing around the block of the book and on the early and last pages. The text remains legible. The binding is strong. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Collins, 1946 Red cloth titled in silver on spine and front board, colour frontis. Tidy boards with a touch of twink to rear bottom edge, slight wear to corners, square bindings, light toning in endpapers, small gift inscription in front. Dust jacket is price clipped, small edge gaps, in a clear protective sleeve. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Published by Collins Clear-Type Press, 1931. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good. Good condition with no wrapper. Dark blue cloth, gold title to front and spine. Front cover has gilt border. 4 sepia plates. 228 pages. Spine is very faded with a couple of small tears/chips to cloth - some fraying to cloth. Bumping and wear to corners; marks to covers. Front joint is cracked. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing, especially to prelims, but also to other pages throughout book. Grubby marks to outer page edges.

Published by Collins Clear-Type Press, 1931. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Dark blue cloth, gold title to front and spine. Front cover has gilt border. 4 sepia plates. 228 pages. Spine bumped and very faded. Corners bumped and worn. A little fading to rear cover. A few light marks. Front joint is cracked showing webbing beneath. Small piece cut from front endpaper. Date in ink to front endpaper. Foxing especially to prelims and page edges. Contents otherwise clean.