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BIGGLES' SECOND CASE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323852
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1948. Good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Cream boards, green titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 190 numbered pages. Spine bumped. Covers grubby and slightly foxed. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Page browning and foxing to textblock. A few page corner tips creased. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with loss, front flap is almost detached (hanging on by a whisker). Rear panel is grubby with a cup mark.

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BIGGLES WORKS IT OUT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323850
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. 8 yellow and black illustrations. 191 numbered pages. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock. Light fingermarks to endpapers. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and creased and a tiny bit grubby to rear panel.

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A LAD OF LONDON TOWN
Written by Evelyn Everett-Green. Illustrated by T.H. Robinson.
Stock no. 1323805
Published by The Pilgrim Press. Circa 1909. Very good condition.

"A Tale of Darkness and Light". Blue pictorial cloth. 6 b/w plates. 253 pages plus 10 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Tiny dent to top edge of rear cover. Small mark to rear cover. Large name plate to front pastedown. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to textblock and some page margins.

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THE SCHOOL'S BEST MAN
Written by R.A.H. Goodyear. Illustrated by Savile Lumley.
Stock no. 1323804
Published by Jarrolds Publishers. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Colour frontis, 4 b/w plates. 320 pages. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper by means of a dedication. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name plate and name in ink to front pastedown. Heavy foxing else contents clean.

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DICK O' THE FENS: A TALE OF THE GREAT EAST SWAMP
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by Frank Dadd.
Stock no. 1323790
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Gilt title to spine. Green text block. 8 b/w plates. 383 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Ink address stamp on the front free-endpaper has been partially erased. Heavy fox spots throughout.

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WHEN BEATTY KEPT THE SEAS
Written by Frank H. Shaw. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1323785
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1917. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. 4 colour plates. 312 pages. Reprint in same year as first edition. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Child's heavy pencil inscription to front pastedown. Vertical crease to centre of front free-endpaper. Foxing. One plate is loose but all still present.

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WILLIAM THE EXPLORER
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1323690
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition.

Green boards, gilt titles and vignette of William to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Some margin marks and small piece missing from one margin.

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BOYS OWN PAPER SUMMER NUMBER FOR 1887
Written by G.A. Hutchison; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Pearse; et al..
Stock no. 1824198
Published by The Boy's Own Paper. 1887. Almost very good condition.

Edited by G.A.Hutchison, stories by numerous authors. First item (a poem) is 'A Holiday Discovery' by Somerville Gibney. Blue & white pictorial paper wraps. Staple binding. B/w Frontis by Alfred Pearse plus numerous b/w illustrations by multiple people throughout. Adverts to front and rear. Staples rusty and bleeding therefore binding is a little fragile especially for the covers. Spine is worn with a little loss. Covers are browned. A few marks mainly to margins but overall a good copy for a magazine of this age!

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BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1323593
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver titles and vignette. 8 blue & white full page illustrations, other b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Heavy foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some loss and grubby to rear panel.

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BIGGLES WORKS IT OUT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323425
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. 8 yellow and black illustrations. 191 numbered pages. Spine slightly bumped. Small bookworm hole to top front edge of spine. Foxing and a slight musty smell to contents. Name and address in red ink to front pastedown (hidden below wrapper flap). Dustwrapper is well worn with slight loss, rear panel is grubby and there is a horizontal tear across front panel (tape repaired on verso).

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BIGGLES HUNTS BIG GAME
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323410
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, 11 two-tone illustrations. 211 pages. Spine bumped. Some light foxing and page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with minimal loss, rear panel is a tiny bit grubby.

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BIGGLES' SECOND CASE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323405
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Cream boards, green titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 190 numbered pages. Spine bumped. Some foxing to textblock. Small black spot to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some loss, grubby to rear panel and has several large tears and creases to front panel.

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