Bruce, Dorita Fairlie. (Illus. Henry Coller).

Captain of Springdale.

Oxford University Press 1942. Printed tan cloth boards. 288pp 8vo. 0.5kg. No inscription. piece 38mm wide x 8mm high cut from top edge of ffep. top edge dusty. pages starting to tan, 4 square corners, '3' inked to spine else externally very clean and attractive, overall VG but no dustwrapper.

Fables BookhopProfessional seller

Book number: 25579

Catalogue: Collectable var

Keywords: dorita fairlie bruce

BRUCE, Dorita Fairlie

Captain of Springdale

London. Oxford University Press, 1942. Used - Good. VG hardback in Poor price-clipped dust jacket . Reissue in the 'Swan' style binding. Page fore-edge foxed; binding tight; dust jacket very tatty, with many tears, & some loss; dj protected in removable clear film. Photo:.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS179148I

BRUCE, Dorita Fairlie

Captain of Springdale

Oxford University Press, 1932. Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket) 1st ed.. Gift inscription dated 1932 on front free end paper; page fore-edge lightly foxed; very slight wear & darkening to spine. Illustrations by Henry Coller (all present) Photo:.

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Book number: BOOKS208425I

Dorita Fairlie Bruce

Captain Anne

London, Oxford University Press, 1939. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of the final book in the 'Springdale' series by popular children's writer Dorita Fairlie Bruce, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First Edition. In the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrations include a colour frontispiece and five black-and-white plates by M. D. Johnston.This is the sixth book in Bruce's 'Springdale' series, a group of novels set at a Scottish school by the seaside resort of Redchurch. This book follows a group of friends that includes Anne Willoughby and Primula Mary Beton as they transition into older figures in their school. Dorita Fairlie Bruce (1885-1970) was a Scottish children's author. She wrote the popular Dimsie series, which sold half a million hardback copies by 1947, making Bruce one of the most popular children's writers of the 1920s and 1930s. Collated, complete. In the original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Minimal edge wear to extremities with light bumping to the head and tail of spine. Fading to the margins of boards and to the spine, with a few marks to rear board. Prior owner's pencil inscription to front endpaper. Dust wrapper is very smart. Minimal edge wear to the edges of wraps, with fading to the spine region. Lightly age toned to fly leaves and reverse, particularly the spine area, with light spots. A few closed tears to top of wraps with light chipping. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout with the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: M. D. Johnston. Very Good/Very Good.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 810D38

Catalogue: Children's Literature

Keywords: Captain Anne Dorita Fairlie Bruce Dimsie series children's fiction Dorita Fairlie Bruce The New House-Captain The Best House in the School M. D. Johnston

Bruce, Dorita Fairlie

Dimsie, head girl.

Oxford University Press, 1945. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book with a gift inscription on the front endpaper, in a price clipped dustjacket which is creased and worn with small areas of loss at both edges. 280 pages, frontispiece. Good in Fair dust jacket.

Aucott & ThomasProfessional seller

Book number: 56718

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Dorita Fairlie Bruce Girls School Fiction Schoolgirl

BRUCE, Dorita Fairlie.

Dimsie Among the Prefects.

Leighton House, n.d. Australian Edition. Hardcover. Good in price-clipped dj. Top & bottom of spine of dj chipped. 243pp.

The Book FirmProfessional seller

Book number: 47916

Keywords: literature novel juvenile girl

BRUCE, DORITA FAIRLIE

Dimsie Moves Up Again

Spring Books, 1927. Hardback. Dark blue blind-embossed cloth-covered boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial endpapers. Covers worn at edges. Top edge of covers faded. Pages tanned. Good.

The Childrens BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 115797

Catalogue: Girls' School

BRUCE, DORITA FAIRLIE

Dimsie Moves Up Again

John Goodchild, 1983. Revised. Hardback. Ex-library. Blue cloth-covered boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Light wear to edges of dustwrapper and covers. Label removed from front endpaper. Contents VG. Good.

The Childrens BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 117255

Catalogue: Girls' School

BRUCE, Dorita Fairlie

Dimsie carries on

Oxford University Press, 1950. Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback in Fair dust jacket . 1950 reprint with B&W illustrations by W. Bryce Hamilton; tightly bound in slightly discoloured blue boards which are rather battered at corners and top and base of spine; back panel has vertical crack/crease. Dust jacket price-clipped and protected by removable clear film; slightly discoloured with wear, tear and losses, particularly to top and base of spine. Page fore-edges palely foxed. Internally, owner's name and presentation plate on front paste-down; some discolouration spots and marks to outer and initial pages; otherwise, a readable copy. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_94835_jpg.jpg.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS316951I

BRUCE, DORITA FAIRLIE

The Dimsie Omnibus

London, Oxford University Press. 1932. Hard, 8vo. Pages clean and bright. Occasional spotting throughout. Binding firm. Foxing to endpapers. Previous owner inscription to front endpaper. Slightly cocked. Tanning and spotting to edges. Spine faded and creased. Heavy shelf wear. Fair.

BookcaseProfessional seller

Book number: 84266

BRUCE,DORITA FAIRLIE

Dimsie Moves Up

Melbourne Australia: Oxford University Press, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Good Copy of this Book in publisher's blue cloth with black title lettering to spine in a Good Dust-Jacket with some rubbing to the outer edges and with a couple of tiny chips to the head and tail of spine.Not price clipped and this copy has one small bookseller's ticket to the bottom edge of the front pastedown and one former owner's name to the ffep.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.The d/j comes protected in a removable cover sleeve,8vo 228pp First Australian Edition. Good .

Richard Thornton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 40745

Catalogue: Children's

BRUCE, DORITA FAIRLIE

Dimsie Goes Back

Oxford University Press, circa 1935. Hardback. Grey embossed cloth-covered boards. Gilt lettering on covers. Brown decoration on covers. 277 pages. Light wear and a little soiling to covers. Binding sound. Very Good.

The Childrens BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 117525

Catalogue: Girls' School

BRUCE, DORITA FAIRLIE

Nancy to the Rescue

Girls Gone By, 2004. 1st Thus. Paperback. Brand New.

The Childrens BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 80840

Catalogue: Girls' School

BRUCE DORITA FAIRLIE

Nancy at St. BrideS

Brockhampton Press. 1965, First Thus. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good condition. Clean pages and tight binding. Bookplate on first page. Clean and unmarked boards. Unclipped dustjacket. Clean compressed page edge. "At St. Bride's harum-scarum Nancy runs amok- and eventually has to leave after the first term, until she is a little more 'controlled'." , Very Good/Very Good.

Little Lane BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 005034

Keywords: Fiction, Girls, Scotland, Games, Misbehaviour, School

BRUCE, Dorita Fairlie

Nancy to the rescue

Oxford University Press, 1927. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) 1st edition. 1st edition, in cream & green patterned paper-covered boards; colour frontis + 12 B&W illustrations (all present). Part-erased gift inscription on front pastedown; end papers faintly foxed; spine slightly darkened, & a little crushed at head & foot, with small stain on front joint. Overall a nice copy Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_36635_jpg.jpg.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS260740I