Abbey Series - Main Abbey Series (indicating Best Reading Order)

Main Abbey Series (indicating Best Reading Order)

code Title Date Publisher Illustrator
First Generation Titles
A01 The Girls of the Hamlet Club e 1914 Chambers Harold Earnshaw
A02 The Abbey Girls °†g 1920 Collins Arthur Dixon
A03 The Girls of the Abbey School °g 1921 Collins Elsie Anna Wood
A11 The Abbey Girls Go Back to School °†g 1922 Collins Elsie Anna Wood
A13 The New Abbey Girls °g 1923 Collins Elsie Anna Wood
A14 The Abbey Girls Again ° 1924 Collins Elsie Anna Wood
A15 The Abbey Girls In Town °† 1925 Collins Rosa C Petherick
A16 The Queen of the Abbey Girls °g 1926 Collins E. J. Kealey
A12 Jen of the Abbey School °†g 1927 Collins frontis. E. A. Wood, others F. Meyerheim
A17 The Abbey Girls Win Through °† 1928 Collins not credited
A18 The Abbey Girls at Home °† 1929 Collins Inder Burns
A19 The Abbey Girls Play Up °† 1930 Collins not credited
A20 The Abbey Girls on Trial °† 1931 Collins 'C.P.S.'
A21 Biddy's Secret 1932 Chambers Nina K. Brisley
A22 Rosamund's Victory 1933 Harrap Victor Cooley
A23 Maidlin to the Rescue 1934 Chambers Rene Cloke
A24 Joy's New Adventure 1935 Chambers Rene Cloke
A25 Rosamund's Tuckshop g 1937 R.T.S./G.O.P. not credited
A26 Maidlin Bears the Torch g 1937 R.T.S./G.O.P. not credited
A27 Rosamund's Castle g 1938 R.T.S./G.O.P. not credited
Retrospective Titles
A04 Schooldays at the Abbey † 1938 Collins Sutcliffe
A05 Secrets of the Abbey † 1939 Collins Heade
A06 Stowaways in the Abbey †‡ 1940 Collins Heade
A07 Schoolgirl Jen at the Abbey †‡ 1950 Collins Frank Varty
A08 Strangers at the Abbey †‡ 1951 Collins Frank Varty
A09 Selma at the Abbey †‡ 1952 Collins Frank Varty
A10 Tomboys at the Abbey ‡ 1957 Collins Frank Varty
Second Generation Titles
A29 Jandy Mac Comes Back †‡ 1941 Collins Heade
A28 Maid of the Abbey †‡ 1943 Collins Heade
A30 Two Joans at the Abbey † 1945 Collins Margaret Horder
A31 An Abbey Champion 1946 Muller Margaret Horder
A32 Robins in the Abbey †‡ 1947 Collins Margaret Horder
A33 A Fiddler for the Abbey 1948 Muller Margaret Horder
A34 Guardians of the Abbey 1950 Muller Margaret Horder
A35 Rachel in the Abbey 1951 Muller M. D. Neilson
A36 A Dancer from the Abbey †‡ 1953 Collins Frank Varty
A37 The Song of the Abbey †‡ 1954 Collins Frank Varty
A38 Two Queens at the Abbey †‡ 1959 Collins Frank Varty

° = published as a Collins 'Fat Orange'
† = published as a Collins 'Seagull'
‡ = published as a Collins 'Small Red Abbey'
g = reprinted in paperback by Girls Gone By Publishers
e = reprinted in paperback by The EJO Society

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