Patch and a Pawn by Oxenham Elsie J (3 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1940. First edition. vi, 250pp. and a colour frontispiece. Elsie Jeanette Dunkerley (1880-1960), was an English girls' story writer, who took her pseudonym from that of her father, the novelist John Oxenham. She is best known for her Abbey Series of stories for girls. Patch and a Pawn is the first story in her Kentisbury series, which is tied into her Abbey series. The book introduces the reader to Patricia (Patch) Paterson (later Kane), Rhoda, Geoff, Bill and Rosalie Kane, Tansy Lillico and Roger Black. It is set in and around 'Kentisbury Castle', a fictionalised Arundel, Sussex. The book is bound in the original blue cloth covered boards with darker blue titling on the spine and front board (this is probably a variant binding as others we have seen are bound in orange cloth). The case of the book is in very good condition with light bumping to the spine ends. The contents are tight and clean with faint foxing to the first and last few pages, including the title-page. There is also foxing to the fore edge of the text block and on some pages this has seeped a little way into the fore margin. A name and date (1943) has been written on the front free endpaper. The clipped dustwrapper has shelf wear with light soiling and the spine is faded. The spine ends and bottom front corner are lightly bumped. There are tears of about 1/4" on the top front spine corner and the bottom front corner, and these tears have been repaired on the reverse with document repair tape.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition and impression from 1940 in fair to good condition, the jacket has a lot of wear and creasing but little loss, the boards are discoloured, and front blank endpage has been removed, binding is firm, jacket in removable protective sleeve, please see pics, paypal accepted, any questions please get in touch.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. (London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd. 1940). First UK Edition. Publisher's orange-red cloth cover with black outline; black lettering to front and spine; small line drawing of crown to front; frontispiece has 'Tansy pointed with her whip to the green slopes by the lodge'; flyleaf lists just 2 titles - Sylvia of Sarn & Girls of Gwynfa'. Some foxing to the page block edges and the early/late pages of the book otherwise a VG+ copy. In the VERY RARE D/W. The D/W has minor fraying at the spine tips but is otherwise a lovely example. A scarce title. Kentisbury series.