Oxenham E J (54 results)

Condition: Good. 1957. Reprinted. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. E. Briar, J. Anslie, Ruth Cobb (illustrator). 1st Edition. 356 pp coour plate frontispiece drawing, 6 black and white plates, bound in beige cloth with red and black illustrations and titles to front and spine. Some marks to cloth on rear cover and at foot of spine, cover litle rubbed, deleted prize inscription dated 1929 in front, edges a little marked, good solid copy.

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. Add a decorative vintage book to your collection with this 1959 edition of A Dancer From The Abbey by E.J. Oxenham. This is the second novel in The Abbey School Series, and tells the trials and tribulations of Damaris, a young dancer striving to regain her place in the world of ballet after a serious accident which temporarily interrupted her dancing. A gem among a bounty of stunning vintage books and classic novels on our online used bookstore. Title: A Dancer From The Abbey Author: E.J. Oxenham Publisher: Collins Publication Date: 1959 Format: Hardback Condition: This book is in good condition for its age other than some minor signs of wear. In dust-jacket, age spots to endpapers, otherwise clean pages.

8vo. Original black lettered pink cloth, top edge pink (small surface tears at tail of spine, some light spotting), no dustwrapper. Pp. 256, illus with coloured frontispiece (no inscriptions).

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 7 pages, illustrated. With list of books. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition book. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+ Hardback. No Jacket. First in This Edition. owned by a book club has had 3 readers.

Hardcover. Condition: VG/GD+/ACC. n Second Reprint. HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 2nd.Reprint.* Date of Publication: 1953 (1949)* Publisher: Collins Seagull Library.* Binding and cover condition: Blue cloth, silver title to spine and logo to face. Light bumps to corners, no rubs, lightly faded at head and tail of spine. Slightly shaken & some spine lean. GD+* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated paper dust wrapper. Not price clipped, showing shelf price of 3/6d net. Medium shelf wear to top & bottom edge and some losses to head & tail of spine. Reinforced with tape at both edges. ACC* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. No annotation, inscriptions or marks to text. Clean, crisp and bright with minimal reading wear, no marks to text, slight offsetting to end papers. VG* Illustrations: One b/w line drawn illustration to frontis. ?She?s had a Nasty Fall.?* Pages: 220 pp. text.* Description: Joy Maidlin Di Ravarti is a young singer with a great future, but her path is not an easy one, and she meets with many adventures on the way. The scene is set at Abinger Hall, and old Abbey friends including - Lady Quellyn ? make their appearance. Miss Oxenham?s inimitable style gives life to a story which all girls will enjoy. ~ Jacket Notes.* A NEAR VERY GOOD copy with some ageing and shelf wear particularly to the dust wrapper reducing it to ACC* 1953-01-01. n.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 12 pages, illustrated. With list of books. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. 8vo. Bump and wear to spine ends and corners. Wear to edges. Tears in cloth to joints. Marks to boards. Spine cracking at title page. Label to ffep. Names to fpdwn and ffep. Colour frontis shows a schoolgirl on the ground with another on horseback . Page 15 loose. Foxing. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+ Hardback. Reprinted. 314 pages D/J has tears around the edges. Owners name on inside front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Contains three stories. Covers poor, marked, worn and knocked about.

255pp. 8vo. Original boards. Dustwrapper has a few small chips and tears. A very good copy. .

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Illustrated by Norman Sutcliffe Et Al (illustrator). 4to; hbk; covers marked; G+; illustrated eps; some foxing; colour frontis; other plates & illustrations in half tone or line drawings; excess P&P outside UK due to weight ; Collins Schoolgirls' Annual; 4to 11" - 13" tall.

256pp. 8vo. Original boards. Dustwrapper has a few small chips and one large chip. Colour frontispiece. A very good copy.

c.254pp. 8vo. Colour frontispiece. Original boards and worn dustwrapper, a very good copy. . From Collins Seagull Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. No dust jacket. Foxing to all pages, text clear. A solid edition.

Hardcover. Condition: VG++/ACC/ACC. y First Edition Thus, 1st. Imp. HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. Reprint* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1949* Publisher: Collins Seagull Library.* Binding and cover condition: Mid blue cloth, silver title to spine and logo to face. Slight bumps to corners, light rubs, wear and fading to spine. Some sellotape adhereing to spine. ACCEPTABLE* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper. Price clipped, shelf wear with losses to top & bottom edge and to head of spine, lower portion missing. ACCEPTABLE * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Top edge coloured but slightly faded. (Blue). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with only minor reading wear. Neat gift inscription to fep. No marks to text, slight marks to fore-edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG+* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 256 pp. text.* Description: What girl would not be thrilled to find herself heiress to a lovely Welsh castle? Such luck was Robin Brent?s: but how her good fortune threatened to stand in the way of her happiness! Not surprisingly, someone felt displeases and jealous of the heiress; but surprisingly enough, this person was, of all people, Lady Quellyn ? our old friend Joy of the Abbey School! Joy resents Robin inheriting Plas Quellyn as she thinks it should have gone to her sons but when Robin is in trouble, Joy is quickly to the rescue.* A Very Good text copy with severe wear to cover & dust jacket reducing it to ACC.* 1949-01-01. n.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. With dust jacket. A clean, solid edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 12mo. early edition. Prize label to pastedown dated 1930. Moderate damp affect to boards. Cracking at eps. Book.

c.256pp. 8vo. Original boards in slightly chipped dustwrapper. Includes bright colour frontispiece. Ink inscription on ffe. A very good copy. First edition.

222pp. 8vo. Original boards in pictorial dustwrapper, with some wear, chipping to backstrip and corners. Previous owners nam eon ffe. Foxing to edges. A very good copy.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1933. First edition. 256pp. and a colour frontispiece. Elsie Jeanette Dunkerley (1880-1960), was an English girls' story writer, who took her pseudonym from that of her father, the novelist John Oxenham. She is best known for her Abbey Series of stories for girls. In this 22nd book of the series, Lisabel Durrant and Rena Mackay, last seen in Jen of the Abbey School, find themselves at the Rose and Squirrel, Rosamund's new home following her decision to move out and earn her own living. The book is bound in the original blue cloth covered boards with black titling on the spine and front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with some shelf wear and light soiling on the boards. There bubbling to the cloth down the spine edges, near the bottom of the front board and bottom corner of the rear board. The spine is slightly faded with bumping and wear to the cloth at the spine ends. The contents are tight and clean very faint traces of an erased inscription or top edge of a removed label on the front free endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. The jacket is a bit rubbed, sunned and edgeworn but has suffered little paper loss. Internally clean (one inscription and minor foxing) and tightly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 288 pages. Orange dust jacket over red cloth. Prize plate stuck to front endpaper. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Notable sunning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Heavy tanning to spine. Light rubbing and marking all over.

HB RED BOARDS VERY GOOD PP256 DW ABOUT VERY GOOD 8VO An early chapter from Jenny -WrenĠs life.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New Edition. 1950. New edition (the first edition was in 1937). 256pp. and a colour frontispiece. Elsie Jeanette Dunkerley (1880-1960), was an English girls' story writer, who took her pseudonym from that of her father, the novelist John Oxenham, and is best known for her Abbey Series of stories for girls. In this story, Rhoda - a schoolgirl of 17 - and her mother find themselves dispossessed by a distant cousin, and her fierce resentment centres around Rosamund, the girl whom this cousin is to marry, and upon whom Rhoda looks as an interpreter and usurper. Intrigues and the family feud run throughout the story, but after exciting events and hard-won victories the end comes to a note of reconciliation and happiness. The book is bound in the original blue boards with black titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with bumping to the bottom of the spine and noticeable fading to the top 1" of the spine. The contents are tight and clean with no inscription. The dustwrapper has shelf wear with light soiling and the spine is faded. About 1" is missing from the top of the spine and a piece measuring about 1" x 1/2" is missing from near the corner of the top rear edge. There are tears of about 3/4" on the top front and top rear edges and a few smaller tears on the bottom edges. The front flap has been clipped with a printed price of 6s. showing above the clip. The wrapper is in an easily removed clear plastic protective cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. No dust jacket, marked and faded cover; binding is loose a little, lots of biro marks inside front cover, clean inside. Good reading copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No dust jacket, cover is quite battered and marked; private inscription inside front cover, binding holding well, clean inside.