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Northampton's BIG JUBILEE PICNIC on Sunday 3 June at Delapre Abbey. For further details see http://www.northampton.gov.uk/jubileepicnic
Or take a look at our books at the newly opened "MOST MARVELLOUS 2" at @ Bell Plantation, Watling Street, Towcester, Northants NN12 6GX, or our "Bargain Shelves" at the original "A Most Marvellous Place to Shop" where apart from our unlisted £2 books you'll find a wide range of vintage, collectables, retro, antiques, art, crafts and clothing stalls + Nanna's Kitchen Tea-Shop! Situated at 22-36 Kettering Road, Abington Square, Northampton - opposite the Jaguar Dealership. If visiting by car limited parking is available outside the store, so you're probably better heading for St Michael's car park.
Avenue Books, based in Northampton, is primarily a mail order business, though we do attend some fairs. Dealing mainly in quality used books, our speciality subjects include Africa, Aviation & Military History, Northamptonshire and Traditional Children's Fiction
Your want-lists are always welcome.
Ordering
Please order by emailing avbooks@btinternet.com. On receipt of your order we will confirm title availability quoting the total price with post and packing. Titles will be reserved for 14 days from the date of confirmation and will be despatched on receipt of payment. If payment is not received within this time the title(s) will be placed back on general sale.
Payment
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Payment by Paypal preferred - it's quick and easy and saves our customers the cost of an envelope and stamp, but we are quite happy to accept Sterling cheques made payable to W A SCURFIELD
Post and Packing
Books will be sent to UK destinations by either First Class Post or Parcel Post, depending on weight. All Overseas orders will be despatched Printed Paper - AIRMAIL.
May Baldwin
May Baldwin, a prolific writer of books for girls between 1900 and 1940, was born in 1862 in Lucknow, India and died in Bournemouth in 1950. An excellent linguist, she had friends in many parts of the world, and her books on schoolgirl life in Italy, France, Germany, Russia, Singapore and various colonies are all based on visits she made to these friends; she also spent several years during the 1920s living with her brother in Kenya. Click here for a list of her books in order of publication illustrated with scans from books in my own collection.
Bessie Marchant
Born Elizabeth Marchant in 1862 in Petham, Kent, England, she married Jabez Ambrose Comfort (a Baptist Minister) in 1889 and died 1941 in Charlbury, Oxfordshire, England. Another prolific author with over 150 titles to her name, her books are set all over the world - despite the fact that unlike May Baldwin she never left England. Her adventurous tales earned her a reputation as 'The Girl's Henty'. Click here for a list of her books in order of publication:
My thanks to Lia McGunigle for the time and trouble she has taken scanning and supplying me with images from her own collection of Bessie Marchant's book to fill in numerous gaps
Further details of both these authors can be found in The Encyclopaedia of Girls' School Stories by Sue Sims and Hilary Clare, that is if you are lucky enough to be able to get your hands on a copy!Miss Read
Miss Read is the pen name of Dora Jessie Saint, born Dora Jessie Shafe on 17 April 1913. The name "Miss Read" is derived from her mother's maiden name. Growing up in London and Kent she trained as a teacher at Cambridge. She first began writing after the Second World War, mainly light essays on school or country matters, for Punch, The Times Educational Supplement and other journals. Her first book was published in 1955 by Michael Joseph whom subsequently published all her other books. In 1998 she was awarded the MBE for services to literature. Click here for pictures and details of her books: