OXENHAM, Elsie Jeanette [pseudonym of Elsie Jeanette DUNKERLEY (1880-1960)] - A Collection of 43 books. Please see the full description. (43)

OXENHAM, Elsie Jeanette [pseudonym of Elsie Jeanette DUNKERLEY (1880-1960)] -  A Collection of 43 books comprising: The Abbey Girls (London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, [n.d. but a reprint], 8vo, coloured frontispiece, original orange cloth lettered in silver, dust-jacket with price of 2/6 unclipped, torn with some loss), The Girls of the Abbey School (London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, [n.d. but a reprint], 8vo, original blue cloth decorated and lettered in black, without a dust-jacket), The Captain of the Fifth (London, W. & R. Chambers, April 1922, 8vo, 4 plates by Percy Tarrant, original tan pictorial cloth, without a dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION), The New Abbey Girls (London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, [n.d. but a reprint], 8vo, coloured frontispiece, original cloth lettered and decorated in black, without a dust-jacket, the front free endpaper signed and dated 1935 by a previous owner), The Girl Who Wouldn't Make Friends (London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, [n.d.], 8vo, coloured plates by P. B. Hicklin, a few leaves detached, original pictorial cloth, without a dust-jacket, [?]FIRST EDITION), The Abbey Girls Go Back to School (London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, [n.d. but a reprint], coloured frontispiece, original orange cloth, without a dust-jacket), The New Abbey Girls (London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, [n.d. but a reprint], 8vo, coloured frontispiece, original orange cloth lettered in silver, dust-jacket, price-clipped and torn with quite severe loss), The Abbey Girls Again (London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, [n.d. but a reprint], 8vo, coloured frontispiece, original orange cloth lettered in silver, without a dust-jacket, the front free endpaper signed and dated January 1967 by a previous owner), The Abbey Girls in Town (London, Collins Clear-Type Press, [n.d. but a reprint], 8vo, coloured frontispiece, original orange cloth lettered in silver, without a dust-jacket, the front free endpaper signed and dated Nov. 1939 by a previous owner), The Abbey Girls Again (London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, [n.d. but a reprint], 8vo, coloured frontispiece, original orange cloth lettered in silver, without a dust-jacket), Ven at Gregory's (London, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, [n.d. but ?1925], 8vo, 4 plates by Nina K. Brisley, original blue pictorial cloth, dust-jacket, the front free endpapers with signature and inscription by a previous owner dated 1955 and 1964, [?]FIRST EDITION), Queen of the Abbey Girls (London, Collins Clear-Type Press, [n.d. but a reprint], 8vo, coloured frontispiece, original orange cloth, without a dust-jacket), The Troubles of Tazy (London, W. & R. Chambers, [n.d. but a reprint], 8vo, 4 plates by Percy Tarrant, original blue cloth lettered in gilt, without a dust--jacket, the front free endpaper signed and dated July 1951 by a previous owner), The Abbey Girls on Trial, London, Collins Clear-Type Press, [n.d. but a reprint], 8vo, coloured frontispiece, original orange cloth lettered in silver, inner hinges broken, without a dust-jacket), Girls of the Hamlet Club (London, W. & R. Chambers, "Latest reprint, April 1931", 8vo, coloured plates by Harold C. Earnshaw, original blue cloth lettered in dark blue, dust-jacket, the front free endpaper signed and dated February 1949 by a previous owner), Rosamund's Victory. A Romance of the Abbey Girls (London, George G. Harrap, 1933, 8vo, coloured frontispiece by Victor Cooley, original blue cloth lettered in black, without a dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION, the front free endpaper signed and dated January 1967 by a previous owner), Maidlin to the Rescue (London, W. & R. Chambers, "Original edition, September 1934", 8vo, 4 plates by Rene Cloke, original grey-blue cloth lettered in gilt, without a dust-jacket, the front free endpaper signed and dated 1966 by a previous owner), Maidlin Bears the Torch (London, The Girl's Own Paper Office, [n.d but probably a reprint], 8vo, coloured frontispiece, original sky-blue cloth lettered in gilt, without a dust-jacket, the front free endpaper signed and dated October 1965 by a previous owner), Jen of the Abbey School (London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, [n.d. but a reprint], 8vo, coloured frontispiece, original red cloth lettered in silver, dust-jacket with price of 2/6 unclipped, torn with some loss), Damaris at Dorothy's (London, The Sheldon Press, [1937], 8vo, coloured frontispiece by Bestall, original terracotta cloth lettered and decorated in black, without a dust-jacket, [?]FIRST EDITION, the front free endpaper signed and dated 1965 by a previous owner), Rosamund's Castle (London, The Girl's Own Paper Office, [n.d. but ?1938 or later], 8vo, coloured frontispiece, original salmon cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and in grey on spine, dust-jacket, price-clipped, lacking a front free endpaper, the half title signed and dated 1967 by a previous owner, [?]FIRST EDITION), Patch and a Pawn (London, Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd, 1940, 8vo, coloured frontispiece, original salmon cloth lettered in black, dust-jacket with price of 6/- unclipped, FIRST EDITION), An Abbey Champion (London, Frederick Muller, 1946, 8vo, illustrations by Margaret Horder, original red cloth lettered in black, dust-jacket with price of 6/- unclipped, FIRST EDITION, the front free endpaper signed and dated December 1948 by a previous owner), Stowaways in the Abbey (London, Collins, "Reprinted 1948", 8vo, original dark blue cloth lettered in silver, dust-jacket with price of 4/- unclipped), The Secrets of Vairy (London, Frederick Muller Ltd, 1947, 8vo, frontispiece and illustrations by Margaret Horder, original green cloth, spine lettered in white, dust-jacket with price of 6s. unclipped, the front free endpaper signed and dated 1948 by a previous owner, FIRST EDITION), Robins in the Abbey (London, Collins, 1947, 8vo, 3 plates by Margaret Horder, original green cloth lettered in silver, dust-jacket with price of 3/6 unclipped, front free endpaper signed and dated 1947 by a previous owner, [?]FIRST EDITION), Jandy Mac Comes Back (London, Collins, "Reprinted 1948", 8vo, original blue cloth lettered in silver, dust-jacket, the front free endpaper signed and dated May 1946 by a previous owner), A Fiddler for the Abbey (London, Frederick Muller, [1948], 8vo, illustrations by Margaret Horder, original tan cloth, dust-jacket with price of 6/- unclipped, [?]FIRST EDITION, the front free endpaper signed and inscribed January 1949), Maid of the Abbey (London, Collins, "First printed in this edition 1949", 8vo, original blue cloth lettered in silver, dust-jacket with price of 3/6 unclipped, the front free endpaper signed and dated 1950 by a previous owner), Jen of the Abbey School (London, Collins, "First printed in this edition 1949", 8vo, original blue cloth lettered in silver, without a dust-jacket), Two Joans at the Abbey (London, Collins, "First Printed in this edition 1949", 8vo, original blue cloth lettered in silver, dust-jacket with price of 4/- unclipped, the front free endpaper signed and dated May 1949 by a previous owner), Guardians of the Abbey (London, Frederick Muller,1950, 8vo, illustrations by Margaret Horder, original red cloth lettered in dark blue, dust-jacket with price of 7s.6d. unclipped, FIRST EDITION, the front free endpaper signed and dated July 1951), Rosamund's Tuck-Shop. A School Story, London, Lutterworth Press, 1950, 8vo, coloured frontispiece, original blue cloth, spine lettered in dark blue, dust-jacket, the front free endpaper signed and dated 1951 by a previous owner, "New Edition"), Schoolgirl Jen at the Abbey (London, Collins, [n.d. but ?1950 or later], 8vo, coloured frontispiece by Frank Varty (detached), original green pictorial cloth, spine lettered in dark green, dust-jacket with price of 6s. unclipped, the front free endpaper signed and dated 1951 by a previous owner, [?]FIRST EDITION), Rachel in the Abbey (London, Frederick Muller, 1951, 8vo, illustrated by M. D. Neilson, original red cloth lettered in gilt, dust-jacket with price of 8/6 unclipped, FIRST EDITION, the front free endpaper signed and dated  July 1952 by a previous owner), Strangers at the Abbey (London, Collins, 1951, 8vo, coloured frontispiece by Frank Varty, original green cloth, spine lettered in dark green, dust-jacket with price of 6s. unclipped, the front free endpaper signed and dated 1952 by a previous owner, FIRST EDITION), Selma at the Abbey (London, Collins, 1952, 8vo, coloured frontispiece by Frank Varty, original yellow cloth, spine lettered in blue, dust-jacket with price of 6s.6d. unclipped, the front free endpaper signed and dated 1952 by a previous owner, [?]FIRST EDITION), A Dancer from the Abbey (London, Collins, 1953, 8vo, coloured frontispiece by Frank Varty, original light blue cloth, spine lettered in dark blue, dust-jacket with price of 6s. unclipped, the front free endpaper signed and dated 1953 by a previous owner, [?]FIRST EDITION), The Song of the Abbey (London, Collins, 1954, 8vo, coloured frontispiece by Frank Varty, original grey cloth, spine lettered in red, dust-jacket with price of 6/- unclipped, the front free endpaper signed and dated 1955 by a previous owner, FIRST EDITION), Tomboys at the Abbey (London, Collins, 1957, 8vo, coloured frontispiece by Frank Varty, original green cloth lettered in black, dust-jacket with price of 7/6 unclipped, FIRST EDITION, the front free endpaper signed and dated July 1957 by a previous owner), Schoolgirl Jen at the Abbey (London, Collins, 1959, 8vo, coloured frontispiece by Frank Varty, original red cloth lettered in black, dust-jacket, price-clipped, reprint), Two Queens at the Abbey (London, Collins, 1959, 8vo, coloured frontispiece by Frank Varty, original red cloth, spine lettered in black, dust-jacket with price of 3s.6d unclipped, FIRST EDITION, the front free endpaper signed and dated 1960 by a previous owner) and The E. J. Oxenham Omnibus (London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, [n.d.], 8vo, original orange cloth lettered in black, without a dust-jacket). Dust-jackets, where present, are generally in good, bright condition, with some minor fraying, chipping or creasing: more serious defects are noted where appropriate. The lot sold not subject to return. (43)