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ORCHIDS FOR BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326233
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards with yellow titles to spine. Colour frontis. 168 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Book leans to one side a little. Rear endpapers are grubby (possibly stood on!). Textblock is slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and rear flap is a bit grubby.

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BIGGLES GOES TO WAR
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Martin Tyas.
Stock no. 1326232
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1947. Good condition.

Red boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped with slight fading/scuffing. Book leans to one side a little. Ink book club stamp (very small) to rear pastedown. Some light, old tape marks to rear free-endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby/dusty.

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GIMLET'S ORIENTAL QUEST
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326225
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition.

A 'King of the Commandos' Adventure. A desperate treasure hunt in siamese jungle, which began harmlessly enough as a fishing holiday in the Highlands of Scotland. Gimlet and 'Cub' Peters lead an expedition to vindicate a dead man's faith. Green cloth, colour frontis. 8 b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Pale page browning and foxing else contents clean.

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BIGGLES LOOKS BACK
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326204
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 Pages. A story of Biggles and the Air Police. A few tiny dents at cover edges and a few light marks to covers. A tiny tear to edge of front fly-leaf. Minor foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut to top of front flap, is edge rubbed with a couple of small tears and rear panel is slightly grubby. There is a small patch of surface paper damage to front panel of wrapper.

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BIGGLES SLAR TILL
Written by W.E. Johns; Arnold Akesson. Illustrated by Tredje Upplagan.
Stock no. 1326202
Published by B. Wahlstroms Bokforlag. Circa 1947. Almost very good condition.

Text in Swedish. English title would be 'Biggles Delivers the Goods'. Green cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge rubbed. Slight loss of surface paper to rear cover. Contents are slightly browned else clean.

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WILLIAM CARRIES ON
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326168
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title blocks to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 185 pages. Abridged edition. 7th impression. Spine bumped. Small mark to front cover and front cover slightly warped. Foxspots to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, grubby to rear panel.

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WILLIAM THE GOOD
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326162
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1951. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title labels to spine and vignette of William to front. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. 20th impression. Spine slightly bumped. Some slight fading to cover edges. Foxing to endpapers and textblock, small brown spot to textblock. Light crease to lower corner of front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is well worn and torn with loss. Large tear to front fold (so flap is almost detached), spine and rear panel grubby and quite a bit of loss to top of spine and to front corner.

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WILLIAM CARRIES ON
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326160
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1950. Good condition.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. Fourth impression. Spine bumped and faded. Both joints are cracked showing webbing beneath and causing contents to be a little loose. Foxing to endpapers and textblock.

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WILLIAM THE GOOD
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326158
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1953. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards with black title label to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. 21st impression. Spine and corners bumped. Light page browning else contents clean. Duswrapper is worn and creased, very grubby to spine and rear panel.

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BIGGLES AND THE POOR RICH BOY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326144
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Another case from the records of Biggles and the Special Air Police. Brown boards. Green titles. Colour frontis. 182 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some light marks to endpapers else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and grubby, small tape repairs on verso. Some ink writing to front flap of wrapper.

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BIGGLES' SPECIAL CASE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326140
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pale grey boards, green title to spine. Colour frontis. Bombarded by jet fighters, grounded by a sand-storm, involved in a desert gun battle - another exciting Biggles adventure. 170 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is well worn at edges with minimal loss to spine and corners.

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GIMLET LENDS A HAND
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326131
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A "King of the Commandos" adventure. Blue cloth, black titles. B/w pictures. 4 b/w plates. 189 pages. Spine slightly bumped and spotted. Inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tear to top of spine (but only very minimal loss to spine and corners).

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