BOYS ADVENTURE
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BIGGLES GETS HIS MEN
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1325713
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1950.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, dark titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. 189 pages. Spine bumped with slight fading/browning to top and tail. Small mark to front cover. Inscription in ink to front pastedown has been covered with a white label with another name and address in ink written on it. Foxing to endpapers. Page edge browning. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, a little grubby to rear panel and slight loss to top of spine.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES AND THE BLACK MASK
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1325709
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1964.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Biggles uncovers the existence of an International Criminal Network. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some erased pencil writing to front pastedown. Crease to page 111/2. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby, last title listed on rear panel is Biggles and the Lost Sovereigns.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES WORKS IT OUT
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324858
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1951.
Very good condition.
Red boards, black titles and vignette. 8 yellow and black illustrations. 191 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. Name and address in pencil to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES DELIVERS THE GOODS
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324853
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
Circa
1952.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Hampton library edition. Grey boards with black titles to spine. B/w text illustrations. Spine bumped. Light browning to endpapers and light foxing to textblock. Musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with light scuffing to rear panel.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
SERGEANT BIGGLESWORTH C.I.D.
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324852
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 and corners slightly bumped, slight fading to base of spine. Front cover is slightly warped. Light foxing. Small tear to top margins of last few pages.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
A LIVELY BIT OF THE FRONT
Written by Percy F. Westerman.
Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 1324679
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Very good condition.
Blue pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. 288 pages. A tale of the New Zealand Rifles on the Western Front. Spine and corners bumped. Some light scuffing and a light mark to rear cover. Name plate to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Some foxing to textblock.
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- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
- PICTORIAL BINDING
- WAR STORIES
THE SWORD OF FREEDOM
Written by Charles Gilson.
Illustrated by Frank Gillett.
Stock no. 1324666
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1912.
Almost very good condition.
A tale of the English Revolution. Brown pictorial coth with gilt titles. 6 colour plates. xi + 420 pages. Spine bumped. Hinge between frontis and title-page is cracked showing webbing beneath. Foxing to textblock and some page margins.
UNDER THE WHITE ENSIGN
Written by Percy F. Westerman.
Illustrated by Edward S. Hodgson.
Stock no. 1324664
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Fair condition.
Blue pictorial cloth. Colour frontis and 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. A Naval story of the Great War. Spine and corners bumped and worn. A few light marks to covers. Name plate to front pastedown, name and address in pencil to front free-endpaper. Hinges pulled and joints cracked causing contents to be a little loose. Frontis has been re-inserted with tape which has now browned with age. Unfortunately 2 of the b/w plates are MISSING.
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- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
- PICTORIAL BINDING
- WAR STORIES
MARTIN THE SKIPPER
Written by James F. Cobb.
Stock no. 1324655
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co..
Very good condition.
A tale for boys and seafaring folk. 5 b/w plates. Blue pictorial cloth with gilt title block to spine and title to front, gilt vignettes. 403 pages plus 2 catalogues at rear. Spine bumped and very slightly browned. Name plate and tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Small red ink stamp (and blue ink marks) to front free-endpaper. Textblock is foxed. Some spots to margins.
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- CHILDRENS
- PICTORIAL BINDING
- MARITIME
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
IN THE KING'S NAME
Written by George Manville Fenn.
Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1324594
Published by Blackie And Son Limited.
Circa
1905.
Good condition.
Or, The Cruise of the Kestrel. Brown pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 12 b/w plates. vii + 374 pages + 32 page booklist. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers scuffed and slightly marked. Name plate to front pastedown. Pencil doodles erased from margins of page 65 and pencil doodles to rear endpapers. Joints and hinges pulled and cracked causing contents to be slightly loose. Contents are foxed and a bit grubby.
THE SEA-GIRT FORTRESS
Written by Percy F. Westerman.
Illustrated by W. Edward Wigfull.
Stock no. 1324490
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Very good condition.
A story of Heligoland. Grey pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. 296 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing to prelims and foxspots to textblock.
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- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
- PICTORIAL BINDING
WITH KITCHENER IN THE SOUDAN
Written by G.A. Henty.
Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1324489
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
1st
1903.
Good condition.
A Story of Atbara and Omdurman. Red pictorial cloth, gilt. 10 b/w plates plus 3 maps. 384 pages + 32 page booklist. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers scuffed and grubby. Library label (pencil markings erased) to front pastedown (no other evidence of this being an exlibrary copy). Inscription in ink and small booksellers embossed stamp to front free-endpaper. Hinges pulled causing contents to be a little loose. Foxing to verso of frontis. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins.
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- CHILDRENS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
- BOYS
- HISTORICAL STORY
- PICTORIAL BINDING