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THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.
Stock no. 2139762
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1889. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth covers, gilt title to spine and vignettes to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations throughout. 390 pages plus 16 page booklist to rear. All edges gilt. Catalogue to rear of book is dated August 1889. Spine is bumped with wear and faded. Corners are bumped. Front hinge next to frontis page is cracked, with browning glue marks showing. Frontis is edge-creased with a few nicks and some foxing. Tissue guard to frontis is heavily foxed. A couple of hinges are pulled. Foxing to varying degrees to pages throughout book.

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BIGGLES IN SPAIN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by J. Abbey.
Stock no. 2139742
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1948. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 6 b/w illustrations. Chipping and splits to top and tail of spine. Wear to corners. Some fading to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is torn and chipped with a bit of loss; some marks.

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BIGGLES FAILS TO RETURN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2139739
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1943. Good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. Colour frontis and full-page b/w illustrations. Front endpaper is a map. 223 pages. Spotting and damp marking to covers. Marks to outer page edges and some to page margins. Wrapper is badly torn with some pieces of loss; messily taped back together.

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GIMLET LENDS A HAND
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 2139738
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

A "King of the Commandos" adventure. Blue cloth, black titles. B/w pictures. 4 b/w plates. 189 pages. Fading and spotting to spine; some other marks also to covers. Browning and foxing to outer page edges.

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BIGGLES FLIES NORTH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by William Narraway.
Stock no. 2139729
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Darkening to top and tail of spine. Bumping and wear to corners. Light foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some chips and tears; a little loss.

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BIGGLES AIR COMMODORE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 2139719
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1948. Good condition.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 7 b/w illustrations. Spine is browned. Uneven fading to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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WELL DONE NODDY!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 2139717
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1952. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Orange pictorial boards. Noddy Book No. 5. Colour illustrations. Early reprint (But NOT rounded spine). Fading to top and tail of spine. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. Grubby marks and foxspots throughout. Title to title page has been 'coloured' in with pencil. Wrapper has 1" loss to top and tail of spine; faded to spine; some grubby marks; creasing and tears.

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HARE GOES SHOPPING
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2139716
Published by Collins. 1st 1965. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A story of Hare's adventures when he decides to take the "bright red, roaring, ramping, snorting kind of house on wheels" to go shopping. A delightful story about Grey rabbit and her friends. Lime green pictorial boards. Illustrated red & white endpapers. Full of wonderful colour illustrations. 63 numbered pages. Bumping and wear to top and tail of spine and corners. Some grubby marks. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page edge browning, with some foxing, but contents are generally very good. Wrapper is price-cut with creasing; tears and chips; piece of loss to top of spine/front panel.

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HALLO, LITTLE MARY MOUSE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Olive F. Openshaw.
Stock no. 2139713
Published by Brockhampton Press. Good condition.

A Mary Mouse Strip Book. Pictorial card wraps. Yellow front cover with white title, blue spine covering. Small oblong format. 124 green and black illustrations. Staples to spine have started to rust. Some fraying to cloth on spine. Covers are creased with some marks. Creasing, foxing and pencil marks to rear few pages.

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THE LAUGHING KITTEN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Paul Kaye.
Stock no. 2139709
Published by The Harvill Press. 1954. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A charming story of two mischievous kittens, illustrated by b/w photos. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 8.25 x 5.5". Unpaginated. Browning to cover edges. Ink stamps to prelim pages and to front panel of wrapper Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is also creased with some grubby marks.

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THE RESCUE FLIGHT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 2139689
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1948. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Biggles Story. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 256 pages. 6 b/w illustrations. Browning to spine and cover edges; some bumping. Gilt to spine has almost all worn away. Browning/foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with tears and chips; some loss and marks.

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BIGGLES HUNTS BIG GAME
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2139683
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, 11 two-tone illustrations. 211 pages. Spine is bumped. Some spotting to covers. Foxing and browning to endpapers, outer page edges and a few page margins. Wrapper is creased with some tears and chips; grubby to rear panel.

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