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BIGGLES AND THE MISSING MILLIONAIRE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330526
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1961. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Biggles & Co. are on a trail of a yacht that sailed away and never came back. Blue boards, black titles. Not illustrated. Spine and corners bumped. Slight fading to base of spine. Cover split to front edge of spine. Heavy foxing, mainly to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby with browning to spine.

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BIGGLES IN THE ORIENT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330459
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 2nd 1948. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with black titles to front and spine. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 179 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Light mark to centre of spine. Pale browning to rear free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some loss, loss to centre of spine, tape repairs on verso at folds.

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BIGGLES TAKES A HOLIDAY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330141
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red titles and panther vignette. 8 full-page illustrations. 190 pages. 2nd impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Book leans to one side a little. Covers slightly grubby/marked. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is well worn, faded to spine and a bit grubby.

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BIGGLES DEFIES THE SWASTIKA
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1330054
Published by Oxford University Press. 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Light brown cloth with dark brown titles and vignette of plane flying over Oslo. Colour frontis plus 6 b/w plates. 249 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Fading to lower 0.5" of spine. Erased pencil writing to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper has loss to lower 1" of rear panel and spine and is edge rubbed.

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BIGGLES AND THE PENITENT THIEF
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330052
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. 151 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Large initials (S.B.) in black felt-tip pen to front free-endpaper. Original printed price has been crossed out to front flap of wrapper. Rear panel of wrapper is foxed. Wrapper edges rubbed.

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BIGGLES IN THE GOBI
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330049
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards. Black ram's horns vignette to front. 6 colour plates. Second impression. Endpapers lightly browned, very faint tape mark to rear free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Light creases to preliminary pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge rubbed.

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BIGGLES FOLLOWS ON
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330010
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. 4 double-sided b/w plates. 158 pages. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Light foxing to textblock, top edge of textblock dust marked. Wrapper is edge worn and creased with a few small chips.

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BIGGLES IN AUSTRALIA
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Studio Stead.
Stock no. 1329972
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1955. Good condition.

Red boards with aborigine vignette on front cover. 6 colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Covers marked. Spine slightly faded with light vertical crease. Some foxing and grubby marks but contents generally clean.

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THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
Written by Mark Twain. Illustrated by Donald McKay.
Stock no. 1329603
Published by Grosset & Dunlap. 1976. Almost very good condition.

An Illustrated Junior Library Edition. Colour pictorial cloth. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0448060027. Spine bumped and faded. Small stain to lower page margins of pages 299 to 303, also a couple of small marks to pages 298 and 299.

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SERGEANT BIGGLESWORTH C.I.D.
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1328466
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition.

Blue boards with black titles. Colour frontis and 8 other illustrations. The first post-war Biggles story. Third impression. Spine bumped and faded. Slight mark to rear cover (old tape?). Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing.

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BIGGLES IN THE SOUTH SEAS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Norman Howard.
Stock no. 1328309
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with black title to spine and front cover, with black line decoration to front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped with slight browning at base. Faint spotting to covers. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to textblock. Bookseller's ink stamp to rear pastedown. Some light creases to prelims. Flying Jacket wrapper is edge rubbed with minimal loss at corners, crease/tear to top edge of front panel.

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THE ADVENTURES OF PETER & TIM
Written by T. Barton Brown. Illustrated by G.W. Goss.
Stock no. 1328008
Published by Hammond, Hammond & Company Ltd.. 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Peter and Tim find themselves caught up in a number of exciting escapades including exploring an underground tunnel, trying to fly an aeroplane and a battle of wits with gangsters. Blue boards with dark titles to spine. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 157 pages. Spine and corners bumped with some fading and light spotting to covers. Some light foxing, page browning throughout else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge creased and torn with loss to top and tail of spine and a bit grubby to rear panel.

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