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The Empire Annual for Girls Volume 13

R.T.S London (N.D.). Hardcover. A Very Good+ Copy in original Pictorial Cloth,with gilt titles to spine and upper covers and blind stamped cold plate designs on spine and the upper cover,thick 8vo 288pp. Very Good+ .

Richard Thornton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 5743

Catalogue: Children's

A. L. Haydon

The Empire Annual for Girls

London, Religious Tract Society , [1922]. Cloth. A charming illustrated annual with stories for girls edited by A. L. Haydon. Volume XIV of this uncommon annual for girls, containing stories of school life and adventure, topical articles on sport and travel and instructive papers. Edited by A. L. Haydon. Contributors include May Wynne, Helen M. Turner, and Madeleine Moncrieff among others. Illustrated with plates both in colour and in black and white. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear, spine and boards lightly bumped to the extremities, faint damp marking to the extremities of the rear board. Faint pencil gift inscription to the front free endpaper, dated 1923. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting to the fore edge, affecting only the first few leaves. Otherwise, pages bright and clean throughout. Illustrated with black and white as well as coloured plates. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 814A8

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: annual girls stories illustrated books girls Not Stated

Dorothea Moore; Lucy Laing; Doris Pocock; et al.

The Empire Annual for Girls

London, Religious Tract Society , c1920. Cloth. A charming magazine with many short stories mostly by women authors, designed for women. Richly embellished with various plates throughout. A charming volume of this magazine for women by Dorothea Moore, Lucy Laing, and others. Containing various short stories and poems regarding women and their experiences with titles such as 'La Marquise Valerie,' 'Some Hints for Young Pianist,' 'The Magic Broom,' and others. With contributions by Dorothea Moore, Doris Pocock, Adela F. Orpen, Lucy Laing, Nora Pitt-Taylor, and many others.  Illustrated with many plates, seven in colour. Lacking the title page and frontispiece. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. With P E Ramley's bookplate to the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. With a minor spotting to the occasional leaf, particularly to the first and last few, otherwise generally bright and clean. Illustrated with various plates throughout, of which seven are in colour. Lacking the title page and frontispiece. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 772A61

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: women magazine illustrated religious tract society short stories illustrated Not Stated

VARIOUS AUTHORS

The Empire Annual for Australian Girls

Religious Tract Society. First Edition. Pictorial Hard Cover , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Excellent condition- no foxing. Compressed page edge is darkened a little. Front cover does pull away from spine a little. Inscription before title page. One colour illustration and sixteen black and white. Beautiful cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Little Lane BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 002475

Keywords: Childrens, Girls, Australian, Empire Annual, Fiction, Collection,