Annuals & story collections
23708. BILLY THE KID BOOK OF PICTURE STORIES 1958
Old tape marks on eps for no apparent reason Corners & board edges very rubbed & boards a bit grubby but contents generally very good As well as picture stories there's also non-fiction articles & MGM photos £7.50
22673. BLUE PETER 3
1966. Spine separate Board corners & edges rubbed. Includes such items as Petra's puppies Jason's kittens Bleep & Booster story Paddington story things to make etc £5.00
22674. BLUE PETER 4
1967. Boards grubby Spine torn at top. Includes such items as training Patch Petra & Jason's grandchildren Bleep & Booster story Paddington story things to make etc £5.00
22675. BLUE PETER 5
1968. Nice copy inside seems almost unread Boards grubby. Includes such items Petra's great grandpuppies Bleep & Booster story Paddington story things to make etc £5.00
25037. BRITISH GIRLS ANNUAL
1920. 4 coloured plates + line First story The Choice. Inscr Poor quality paper Front hinge a bit weak Coloured picture onlaid missing corner and a bit rubbed Boards slightly marked Corners bumped and rubbed. Spine dulled and top torn Includes long story Methley + shorts by Chaundler Moore Pocock Talbot Brazil Miall Marchant £10.00
23712. BRITISH GIRLS ANNUAL
Published 1933, 1934 final annual. 1st story The Amateur Sleuths (Chaundler) Illus Coloured picture onlaid Board edges & corners very rubbed 2 inch tear between bottom front board & spine. Contains long story Marchant + H White Moore Cowen EMR Burgess + article on cricket for girls £15.00
23711. BRITISH GIRLS ANNUAL
1930 annual published 1929. First story Friday Night's Dream - Chaundler Coloured frontis Coloured picture onlaid slightly rubbed Boards a bit marked & bumped Corners bumped & rubbed Spine faded Slight foxing. Includes shorts including Leonard Pocock Talbot Miall Marchant Girvin Cowper Wynne Methley Brazil £15.00
23228. BRITISH GIRLS ANNUAL
Christmas 1927 (1928 annual). First story In the Land of the Sheikhs 4 coloured plates Coloured picture onlaid Spine a bit rubbed corners bumped Hinges weak Smells slightly musty. Contains Dicky's Way - EJO + long story Darry the Dauntless - Moore Leonard Cowper de Foubert WynneMethley Girvin E Talbot Chaundler £15.00
25047. BRITISH GIRLS ANNUAL
Christmas 1925 (1926 annual). 1st story Diana of the Snows 4 coloured plates + bw + line Inscr Front hinge slightly weak Coloured picture onlaid a bit scraped. Includes The Bungalow Baby - EJO + N Hayes long story + shorts by Oldmeadow Talbot Chaundler Moore Herbertson. Wynne Field de Foubert Cowper Pocock £17.50
25046. BRITISH GIRLS ANNUAL
Christmas 1924 (1925 annual). 1st story Mistress Cinderella 4 coloured plates (1 partly loose 2 restuck in the wrong place creased and slightly torn Pencil inscr Coloured picture onlaid Front hinge a bit weak Boards slightly marked. Contains Peggy plays a Part - EJO + long story The Mystery of the Diamond Serpent - Talbot + shorts by Moore Methley Miall Pocock Chaundler Cowper Hayes Wynne £17.50
25040. BRITISH GIRLS ANNUAL
Christmas 1922 (1923 annual). 4 coloured plates + bw & line First story" Marvels of Sea-Shore Life Inscr Pages foxed Hinges a bit weak Coloured picture onlaid Spine worn Corners bumped and rubbed. Contains Honour your Partner - EJO + long story Fortunes in the Fire - Pocock + shorts by Talbot Chaundler Cowper Miall Marchant Methley Girvin" £15.00
25045. BRITISH GIRLS ANNUAL
Christmas 1923 (1924 annual). 3 of 4 coloured plates Hinges weak Some amateur hand-colouring Scraped coloured picture onlaid Spine a bit bumped. Contains To a Dreamer(poem) - DFB + long story Wynne Herbertson Talbot Methley £8.00
25042. BRITISH GIRLS ANNUAL
Christmas 1923 (1924 annual). 4 coloured plates (1 loose) + bw plates & line illus 1st story A Knight Errant Prelims foxed Inscr Hinges weak Coloured picture onlaid Grubby torn dw Spine ends torn Top spine missing. Contains To a Dreamer(poem) - DFB + long story Wynne Herbertson Talbot Methley £15.00
25043. BRITISH GIRLS ANNUAL
Christmas 1923 (1924 annual). 4 coloured plates + bw & line 1st story A Knight Errant Coloured picture onlaid Very slight foxing otherwise tight copy in slightly rubbed but bright boards. Contains To a Dreamer(poem) - DFB + long story Wynne Herbertson Talbot Methley £10.00
23040. BRITISH GIRLS ANNUAL 1914
7 coloured plates Inscrs Front hinge weak Corners bumped & rubbed Grubby pictorial gilt lettered boards a bit stained & marked Spine a bit worn. Contains The Hill o' the Fairies - DF Bruce; also a long story D Moore + short stories Pocock (2) Cowper (2) Mary Grant Bruce (3) Moore Marchant Brazil (2) £17.50
25036. BRITISH GIRLS ANNUAL 1918
First story St Hilda's Hostel (Brazil) 4 of 8 coloured plates + bw plates & line illus Inscr Possibly missing fep Hinges weak Some foxing Coloured picture onlaid missing corner Spine and board edges faded Spine missing ends and split down sides Includes short story Twinkle-Tap - D F Bruce long story The Girl who was Different - Talbot + shorts including Pocock Chaundler Miall Methley Moore Marchant E Smith Westerman & Wodehouse £10.00
23709. BRITISH GIRLS ANNUAL 1919
First story Third Form Strike (Brazil) 2 or 4 coloured plates (prize inscr on back of frontis) Coloured picture onlaid missing corner Boards a bit rubbed bumped and faded Hinges weak Pages browning Some slight page damage. Includes short story The Little Goose Girl - D F Bruce long story Luck! - Talbot + shorts including Pocock Methley Marchant Lake Chaundler & Miall £15.00
23710. BRITISH GIRLS ANNUAL 1921
First story Gold Medal Girl 4 coloured plates Coloured picture onlaid Boards a bit spotted Corners bumped Spine faded Pages brown (poor quality paper). Includes short story Dancing Honour - E H Oxenham + shorts including Miall Marchant Girvin Cowper Wynne Talbot Methley Brazil £15.00
22677. CHICKS' OWN 1951
Coloured frontis Paper covered pictorial boards rubbed & bumped on corners Various writing on prelims. Younger children's stories & poems including Molly Brett + instructions to make a model laundry ... £5.00
22678. CHICKS' OWN 1954
Coloured frontis Paper covered pictorial boards very grubby; rubbed & bumped on corners Various writing on prelims Spine split down one side. Younger children's stories & poems + instructions to make a model farm £5.00
23713. CORONET BOOK FOR GIRLS 2
Sampson Low nd. 1st story Desert Trail. Line illus Pages browning Corners bumped Boards grubby & a bit marked Spine faded & torn at bottom. Includes EBD - Cavalier Maid + Norling Tarrant E Marsh Little £15.00
22375. CORONET STORY ANNUAL FOR GIRLS (1)
Sampson Low nd. First story Wings at Midnight (Eileen Marsh) Line illus Pages browning Corners bumped Boards a bit marked Spine faded. Also includes stories by Norling S Little M Marsden E Tarrant N Grant M Morin £6.50
25049. EMPIRE ANNUAL FOR GIRLS
RTS nd - I would guess during the 1st World War because of some of the articles. First story The Angel of Monte Rocco 7 coloured 16 bw plates Page edges heavily foxed Hinges part split in some places Pictorial boards a bit worn Corners bumped. Includes Methley Pocock Pettman Wynne Moore. Articles on Business Careers for Girls War & the YWCA the Helpfulness of Hockey and Travelling in China £9.50
20801. EMPIRE ANNUAL FOR GIRLS vol 14
RTS nd Xmas 1922 inscr. First story The Old Girls Prize 4 coloured 8 bw plates (frontis tissue-guarded 1 bw separate) Lovely inscr Foxing Coloured picture onlaid slightly rubbed similar on spine very faded. Includes Wynne Pocock Talbot Methley Lake Chaundler + Art as a Career by Hilda Cowham £5.00
20802. EMPIRE ANNUAL FOR GIRLS vol 21
RTS nd. First story Ruby and the Rapids 4 coloured 4 bw plates Lacks pictorial fep weakening front hinge Page edges browning Boards rubbed & worn on edges + marked Spine unattached one side. Includes Lake Leonard Methley Haverfield Wynne Pocock £4.50
25050. EMPIRE ANNUAL FOR GIRLS vol 24
Girls Own Paper nd. First story Nancy gets There 4 coloured 4 bw plates Pictorial eps Hinges weak Heavy foxing Stain across bottom page edges on a few pages Boards stained edges and corners rubbed & worn on edges Spine ends rubbed and torn. Includes EMR Burgess Cowen de Foubert Wynne £6.00
20803. EVERY GIRL'S ANNUAL number 1
United Press nd. 1st story The 3rd Form Beam (Field) Coloured frontis + 4 bw plates 1 text page torn (no loss) Slight foxing Coloured picture onlaid front & spine (faded) Spine a bit dulled . Scarce annual including an article on Folk Dancing (Morris & Sword) by EJO; also includes stories Fowell Miall (play) Moore Chaundler + articles including one on Colours & presentation ceremonies at famous girls' schools and another on my first doll including Dorothea Moore & Sybil Thorndike £12.50
21821. FOLLY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2 1999
Comb bound paperback quarto format Wraps a bit marked. Quizzes & articles £17.50
21607. GIRLS CRYSTAL 1951
Coloured frontis + line Hinges slightly weak Foxing Pictorial boards rubbed & worn on edges & corners £6.00
23344. GIRLS CRYSTAL 1956
Coloured frontis + line Inscr Hinges weak Some page marking Pictorial boards rubbed & worn on edges & corners; stain on back small sticky label on front £5.00
25057. GIRLS CRYSTAL 1957
Coloured frontis + line Frontis & fep part loose Hinges slightly weak Pictorial boards slightly grubby rubbed & worn on edges & corners and slightly scraped £5.00
25058. GIRLS CRYSTAL 1958
Coloured frontis + line Pictorial boards rubbed & a bit worn on edges & corners £6.00
21374. GIRLS CRYSTAL ANNUAL 1947
Coloured frontis + line Shabby pictorial boards edges worn & soft. Includes many SGO Library authors such as H Armitage R Frazer I Melbourne E Probyn etc £10.00
21900. GIRLS OWN ANNUAL vol 57
4 coloured plates Front hinge a bit weak Page edges browning and some foxing Boards patchily faded Back board marked. Includes Peggy & the Brotherhood - EJO (serial) & The Robins make Good - EBD + 0serials F Cowen A Seymour + stories Ironside H White de Foubert DO Thompson + articles careers becoming an animator acting pharmacy etc + schoolgirl film stars £27.50
25061. GOLDEN ANNUAL FOR GIRLS 1930
1st story When Celia Spoke Too Soon 3 coloured plates Pencil inscr Pages foxed Bep stained and a bit sticky Pictorial boards Corners a bit worn & bumped Back board stained £4.50
23714. GOLDEN ANNUAL FOR GIRLS 1936
1st story Phantom Island Coloured frontis InscrPages brown Hinges almost split (front board nearly separate) Pictorial boards a bit worn & bumped Spine faded creased & torn at bottom £3.00
20808. HULTON'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
nd. 1st story Good Company 6 coloured plates + line Inscrs Pictorial boards Corners & edges bumped & rubbed. Includes One Good Turn-EJO + Talbot Methley Leonard Heward Herbertson de Foubert Wynne £7.50
20806. HULTON'S GIRLS' STORIES
nd. 1st story The Amateur Gipsies 6 coloured plates + line Front hinge weak Foredge a bit foxed Pictorial boards Corners & edges bumped & rubbed. Includes The Honour of the Guides-EJO + Marchant Wynne Field Chaundler Herbertson Methley Miall £7.50
20809. HULTON'S GIRLS' STORIES
nd Christmas 1926 inscr. 1st story The Experts 6 coloured plates + line Front hinge slightly weak Pictorial boards Corners & edges bumped & rubbed Spine faded. Includes The Guides and Roger-EJO + Chaundler Fowell Wynne Oldmeadow Field Methley £7.50
25048. LITTLE FOLKS vol 90
1919. 1st story The Reputation of the Upper 4th (serial by Chaundler) 1922 inscr on reverse of frontis Coloured illus including FM Anderson & C Aldin Pages browning Back hinge a bit weak Pictorial paper covered boards a bit rubbed and bumped. Includes other long stories + short stories Talbot Lake Pocock + articles & the fascinating letters pages £15.00
19250. LITTLE FOLKS volume 112
1930. First story The Chateau of Perimond Illus Front hinge a bit weak Pictorial boards worn on edges & corners Spine split on ends & sides & stained at bottom. Includes long story The Form Trophy - Chaundler Hero of the 4th - Lake + short stories by Moore Talbot de Foubert Brazil Gervaise (Miranda) £7.50
23042. LITTLE FOLKS volume 63 1906
1st article With Brush & Palette 6 coloured plates incl 2 by Rountree + line incl Rackham + photos Front hinge very weak between pages 2 & 3 Paper covered pictorial front board Boards very worn scraped & chipped especially back board; Ink staining on bottom corner of pages in latter part of the annual. Includes updates on the Little Folks ward in the children's hospital in Bethnal Green; Letters from readers (those in far-flung parts of the world are fascinating); Peeps behind the scenes by Bella Sidney Woolf including Royal Mail Firemen £10.00
19252. LITTLE FOLKS volume 67
1908. Coloured plates + line illus including Heath Robinson Pogany Folkard Hassall Non standard binding worn Front hinge split Prelims part separate Back hinge weak 1 text page torn. £9.50
23722. LITTLE FOLKS volume 82
1915. 1st story A Friend's a Friend Coloured plates inc Attwell FM Anderson Large inscr Pencil ticks on contents page Foxing Some page corners creased & pages grubby Hinges almost completely split between front & back boards and spine Coloured pictorial paper covered boards worn chipped & creased Back board very grubby Spine creased & torn. Includes long story Talbot -Pippa at the Priory; short stories On Active Service & 2 Little Explorers-DFB D Moore Chaundler(2) Methley Cowper Pocock £9.50
22283. LITTLE FOLKS volume 99 1924
I think it's vol 99 by elimination 1st story 4th Form Invaders Inscrs Boards fairly worn Coloured pic onlaid front board Piece cut from 1 pages losing a small bit of Hereward the Wake Several illus handcoloured Includes Chaundler Marchant Methley Moore Pocock Evelyn Smith & Talbot amongst others £17.00
22284. MRS STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR GIRLS 1925 7th year
6 coloured plates Front hinge a bit weak Inscr Pictorial boards rubbed on edges & corners Some bits of dw Smells musty. Includes Biddy's Bright Idea-DF Bruce + Darch N Joan Girvin Plunket Hayes C Dove £9.50
22285. MRS STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR GIRLS nd (1924 6th year)
1st story The Sea Eagles' Nest 6 coloured plates Paper covered pictorial boards slightly worn on corners Dw missing tiny pieces from spin ends Smells slightly musty. Includes DF Bruce - The Umpire + Darch x 2 Haverfield Fowell + article onViolet Farming as a Career for Girls ... £17.50
25063. SCHOOLGIRLS OWN ANNUAL 1923
1st story Mystery Mansion Illus Missing prelims to title page Back hinge very weak Boards damaged and creased Reading copy but lots of reading. Stories of Morcove school and others + articles £3.50
21446. SCHOOLGIRLS OWN ANNUAL 1926
4 coloured plates Worn pictorial boards (AE Bestall) bumped & rubbed with corner bitten off £6.50
20810. SCHOOLGIRLS OWN ANNUAL 1928
4 coloured plates (1 loose) Hinges very weak Pictorial boards (AE Bestall) worn on corners & round edges £4.50
23723. SCHOOLGIRLS OWN ANNUAL 1929
1st story Fay Flaxwell's Folly 3 of 4 coloured plates (frontis & fep missing) Hinges very weak Pages clean Pictorial boards a bit rubbed on corners & edges. Stories of Morcove school and others + articles £5.00
23045. SCHOOLGIRLS OWN ANNUAL 1930
4 coloured plates Inscr Hinges a bit weak Stain through last few pages Pictorial board very rubbed & worn Spine grubby with hole in it Stories of Morcove school + articles £5.00
23724. SCHOOLGIRLS OWN ANNUAL 1931
1st story Matched against Morcove 4 coloured plates Front hinge very weak (connected by 1 thread) Pictorial boards a bit creased grubby & worn. Stories of Morcove school and others + articles £5.00
21445. SCHOOLGIRLS OWN ANNUAL 1933
4 coloured plates Inscr Corner cut from fep Hinges a bit weak Pictorial boards bumped & rubbed £6.50
21608. SCHOOLGIRLS OWN ANNUAL 1935
4 coloured plates Inscr Hinges weak Pictorial boards rubbed on edges & corners £6.00
23707. THE BEEZER BOOK 1974
Corner cut from fep Corners bumped Spine slightly torn Small piece missing from bottom Boards a bit grubby £3.50
21899. THE GIRLS' ALL-ROUND BOOK
Nelson nd. Coloured frontis + 6 bw photo plates Grubby pictorial boards. A mixture of non-fiction & stories which includes Camp Keema finds a Guardian - EJO + Chaundler Lake Fowell Marchant Field + long article on careers & others on various sports aviation for girls etc £8.50
21818. THE THIRD CHALET ANNUAL
FOCS 1998. Generally VG Quarto format. Fiction & articles including Joey part 2 biog of Matey Chudleigh Hold series exploring the Tiernsee £15.00
20915. THE WINNER FOR GIRLS
Lewis's nd. 1st story The Witch of Pudding Basin (Cowper) 6 coloured plates + line Pages browning Front hinge very weak Grubby pictorial boards worn & rubbed on edges with bump on top edge . Contains long story Oldmeadow (The Mermaids of the Red Rocks) & short stories Cowper Haverfield Oldmeadow Methley Talbot + non-fiction articles £9.50