Maidlin to the Rescue: A Story of the Abbey Girls
by Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$532.18A$478.96
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About This Item
London: W. & R. Chambers, 1934 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 6". Rene Cloke. The uncommon first edition of the sixteenth work in Elsie J. Oxenham's Abbey series The first edition, first impression of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates from Rene Cloke. Collated, complete.In this instalment of Oxenham's popular series, the reader is introduced to the cousins of the recurring character Maidlin.Oxenham's series compromised thirty-eight titles, which were published between 1914 and 1959.With the inscription of J. Coast, October 1966 to the front free endpaper.Oxenham, alongside Elinor Brent-Dyer and Dorita Fairlie Bruce, was amongst the 'Big Three' women authors of children's books that pioneered the popular 'school-girl' genre. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Light fading to back strip, with minor bumps to spine tail. Small mark towards the back strip head. Boards bright. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, binding lightly strained throughout. Pages bright and generally clean, with the odd handling mark. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 895F22
- Title
- Maidlin to the Rescue: A Story of the Abbey Girls
- Author
- Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
- Illustrator
- Rene Cloke
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. & R. Chambers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1934
- Size
- 8" by 6"
- Keywords
- Maidlin to the Rescue abbey girls Maidlin Bears the Torch abbey girls
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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- Tail
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- Bumps
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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