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BIGGLES OF THE SPECIAL AIR POLICE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1324102
Published by The Thames Publishing Co.. Fair condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Kingston Library. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. 247 pages. Covers marked, spine and corners bumped. Heavy pencil writing has been erased from verso of frontis. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and creased at edges with loss and tape repairs on verso. Rear panel is grubby.

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ORCHIDS FOR BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324099
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green boards with yellow titles to spine. Colour frontis. 168 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Small tear to top edge of front free-endpaper. Textblock is very slightly grubby else contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is worn at spine and corners with some slight loss. Light damp stain with small patch of surface paper damage to rear panel.

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PEACOCK PIE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Jocelyn Crowe.
Stock no. 1324077
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1936. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Book of Rhymes. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 81 little pictures in colour. Spine bumped. Tiny dent to top edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing to endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is slightly grubby and a little torn/chipped at edges.

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NICHOLAS THOMAS GETS INTO TROUBLE BOOK 2
Written by Kitty Styles. Illustrated by Mary Kendal Lee.
Stock no. 1324073
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1955. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The 2nd Book of Adventures containing, Nicholas Goes to The Sea, The Concert at Catleigh on Sea and The Clown Who Came To Stay. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Inscription in ink to front pastedown (some smudging of ink), name and address in belongs to box on same page. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased.

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FORGE OF FOXENBY
Written by R.A.H. Goodyear. Illustrated by T.M.R. Whitwell.
Stock no. 1324057
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Good condition.

Green cloth. 4 b/w plates. 280 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Some foxing and other grubby marks to page margins.

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FLORENCE GODFREY'S FAITH
Written by Emma Raymond Pitman. Illustrated by Paul Hardy.
Stock no. 1324055
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

A story of Australian life. Burgundy decorated cloth. Colour frontis and 3 b/w plates. 309 pages. Spine bumped. Covers a bit darkened and rear cover unevenly discoloured. Name in ink and a prize plate (partially removed) to front free-endpaper. Small hole to free-endpaper from removal of prize plate. Heavy foxing throughout. There are grubby marks to the first 20 pages, worst at pages vi & vii (contents and illustrations pages).

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BIGGLES TAKES IT ROUGH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324040
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green covers, black titles to spine. Colour frontis. 184 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight discolouration to base of spine. Tiny white spot to front cover. Small, light mark to edge of front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge worn with tape repairs to top and tail of spine on verso.

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BIGGLES' SPECIAL CASE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324039
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a almost very 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. Slight bumping to spine, small nick to base of spine. Heavy foxing to prelims and to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a small tape repair to base of spine on verso.

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ANOTHER JOB FOR BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324037
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette to front cover. B/w and two-tone illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some scuffing to cover edges. Spine slightly browned. Foxing to contents. Child's writing to front free-endpaper has been partially erased. Later dustwrapper (price 8s 6d) is edge worn and grubby to rear panel.

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BIGGLES WORKS IT OUT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324034
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. 8 yellow and black illustrations. 191 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss to spine and corners, front flap is MISSING, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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BIGGLES FLIES WEST
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1324032
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1937. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. Pyramid Edition. Colour frontis. 6 b/w illustrations and 2 maps. 255 pages. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges slightly rubbed. Small dent to top edge of front cover. Spine slightly darkened, some light marking to spine and rear cover. Free front-endpaper has been removed. Foxing/spotting to contents.

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BIGGLES SEES IT THROUGH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1324030
Published by Oxford University Press. 1941. Almost very good condition.

Orange pictorial cloth. Front cover shows plane and skis. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 'Medium' edition - just over 1" across spine. 2nd printing. Spine slightly bumped. Fading to cover edges and slight browning to spine. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Foxing to contents.

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