Title: Island to Abbey: Survival and Sanctuary in the Books of Elsie J Oxenham, 1907 to 1959

Authors: Stella Waring and Sheila Ray

Publisher: Girls Gone By

Date: 2006

Pages: 320

Format: Paperback first edition

Description

This lavishly illustrated book is a must for all those who are interested in the books of Elsie Oxenham.

An in-depth study by two noted researchers in this field, the book deals with the major themes occurring throughout EJO's books from Goblin Island in 1907 to Two Queens at the Abbey in 1959. Sheila Ray and Stella Waring also have a close look at the real life locations that EJO used for the fictional settings of her books.

Island to Abbey was first privately sold as a photocopied typescript in the 1980s, and then expanded in the 1990s. The text of this new edition has been completely revised and updated, and we have added illustrations as follows:

• Numerous black-and-white photographs of the locations
• Black and white maps of the locations
• A full-colour pictorial map of the locations (as the frontispiece)
• Numerous black-and-white reproductions of illustrations from the books
• 16 full-colour illustrations of very rare dustwrappers (4 pages' worth)
• A full-colour illustration from an annual story (verso of frontispiece)