Book Details
Title: Girl's Choice; A Collection of Stories
Author: Various
Illustrator: Jeannette Giblin
Publisher: Hamlyn
Year: 1973
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover and Dust Jacket
Pages: 358
Dimensions: L21.5cm xW15.5cm x D3cm
Weight: 700g
ISBN: 0 601 08636 8
Battle Scars:
Vintage hardcover with Dust Jacket. Dustjacket has wear to edges, corners and ends of the spine. There are also some tears, particularly around the top of the dustcover, including to the spine and corners. Mild scuffing and fading. The hardcover boards beneath are blue with the title embossed in white on the spine. The boards and the embossing are a little faded with age. There is shelf wear to the top and bottom ends of the boards as photographed. The binding is firm and intact. On the front end page in the top right corner there is a pencil price inscription. Faint tanning to the pages and some foxing to the inside covers and page margins, which can be seen in the page profile when the book is closed.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"Girl's Choice
Every girl can take her choice again and again from this wonderful collection of stories. The variety ranges from tales of almost unbelievable adventure to real stories about the problems of real people. Written by leading writers of girls' fiction, this well-illustrated collection includes:
Magic and Mystery - Two children staying with their elderly grandmother discover a strange world of talking trees and flying bicycles in The Land of Trees and Heroes by Joan Aiken.
Horses - To make a wish where a new foal has been born is Sure Magic, and in this lovely story by Monica Edwards the magic is real.
Humour and Mischief - Well-known writer E.W.Hildick creates a hilarious new character in his first story written especially for girls, Jane Rings a Bell.
New Career - The mysterious Ashvale Grange opens its doors to reveal new friends and a new idea for an interesting future in this story by Elisabeth Sheppard-Jones.
Drama and History - Geoffrey Trease captures the spirit of seventeenth-century England, when actors and Puritans clash in A Wood by Moonlight.
For girls aged 9-12"
Book Details
Title: Girl's Choice; A Collection of Stories
Author: Various
Illustrator: Jeannette Giblin
Publisher: Hamlyn
Year: 1973
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover and Dust Jacket
Pages: 358
Dimensions: L21.5cm xW15.5cm x D3cm
Weight: 700g
ISBN: 0 601 08636 8
Battle Scars:
Vintage hardcover with Dust Jacket. Dustjacket has wear to edges, corners and ends of the spine. There are also some tears, particularly around the top of the dustcover, including to the spine and corners. Mild scuffing and fading. The hardcover boards beneath are blue with the title embossed in white on the spine. The boards and the embossing are a little faded with age. There is shelf wear to the top and bottom ends of the boards as photographed. The binding is firm and intact. On the front end page in the top right corner there is a pencil price inscription. Faint tanning to the pages and some foxing to the inside covers and page margins, which can be seen in the page profile when the book is closed.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"Girl's Choice
Every girl can take her choice again and again from this wonderful collection of stories. The variety ranges from tales of almost unbelievable adventure to real stories about the problems of real people. Written by leading writers of girls' fiction, this well-illustrated collection includes:
Magic and Mystery - Two children staying with their elderly grandmother discover a strange world of talking trees and flying bicycles in The Land of Trees and Heroes by Joan Aiken.
Horses - To make a wish where a new foal has been born is Sure Magic, and in this lovely story by Monica Edwards the magic is real.
Humour and Mischief - Well-known writer E.W.Hildick creates a hilarious new character in his first story written especially for girls, Jane Rings a Bell.
New Career - The mysterious Ashvale Grange opens its doors to reveal new friends and a new idea for an interesting future in this story by Elisabeth Sheppard-Jones.
Drama and History - Geoffrey Trease captures the spirit of seventeenth-century England, when actors and Puritans clash in A Wood by Moonlight.
For girls aged 9-12"
