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BIGGLES SEES IT THROUGH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1326426
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with dark brown title to spine. B/w illustrations. 254 pages. Spine slightly bumped and grubby. Endpapers partly browned and foxed. Foxing to textblock and prelims. Flying Jacket wrapper is edge chipped with some slight loss.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1960
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1326413
Published by Daily Express. 1960. Almost very good condition.

Glazed boards. Front cover shows Rupert with lantern, pulling a large sledge of holly. Magic painting pages. 115 pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name in ink in belongs to box. Small section of loss to lower edge of front free-endpaper. Price NOT cut. One magic painting completed, another partially completed and remaining paintings have small colour splotches. Attempt has been made on crossword and erased. Puzzle pages otherwise clean. Light page corner tip creasing.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1940 (FACSIMILE) - RUPERT'S ADVENTURE BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1326412
Published by Annual Concepts Limited. 1992. Very good condition.

Facsimile of the 5th Rupert annual (1940), the first to be issued in full colour throughout. Due to paper rationing during the war this was probably the ONLY annual to be issued that year. Colour pictorial boards. ISBN: 1874507015. Spine slightly sunned. Foxing throughout and some light page browning.

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WILLIAM'S HAPPY DAYS
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326406
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards with black title labels to spine and vignette of William's head/shoulders to front board. B/w text illustrations. 252 pages. 18th impression. Spine and corners bumped. Heavy bumping and creasing affecting rear cover. Light page browning to contents and some light creases. Dustwrapper is creased and torn with tape repairs on verso, some loss at lower edges.

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WILLIAM IN TROUBLE
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326405
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1939. Good condition.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 261 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine faded. Covers grubby, front cover marked. Inscription in ink and another name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxspots to textblock, some foxing to contents.

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WILLIAM'S HAPPY DAYS
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326403
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1942. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. 252 pages. B/w illustrations. 14th impression. Spine bumped, slight fading to top of spine and a couple of small brown spots to edge of spine. Name in ink partially erased to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper (white spine) is edge worn, grubby to spine and rear panel and has loss to top of spine.

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WILLIAM AGAIN
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326402
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1933. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles to front cover and spine. B/w illustrations. 253 pages. 25th impression. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to top and tail of spine. Foxing and other spotting to contents. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and grubby with loss to top and tail of spine and large tears across front panel and at rear flap.

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MORE WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326401
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1953. Good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette of William to front cover. B/w text illustrations. 252 pages. 36th impression. Spine and corners bumped, covers slightly darkened at edges. Ink stamps (some blotting out) and number A428 written to front pastedown and half title-page. Front free-endpaper missing. Contents browned but clean. Poor dustwrapper is very very worn with loss and creasing and grubbiness.

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BIGGLES PRESENTE... 16 AVIONS DE CHASSE DE LA II GUERRE MONDIALE
No author listed. Illustrated by Francis Bergese.
Stock no. 1326400
Published by Miklo. 2003. Very good condition.

Large format. 16 numbered and 2 other, large postcard style illustrations of fighters of World War II by Bergese, contained in card case and slip-case. Text to bottom of postcards is in French. ISBN: 2930234148. Illustrations are fine. Top edge of slipcase has come unstuck (could be repaired with proper binding glue).

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BIGGLES 2 GULDFUGLEN
Written by W.E. Johns; Carmen Jorgensen; John Jorgensen. Illustrated by Bjorn Karlstrom.
Stock no. 1326399
Published by Interpresse. Circa 1978. Good condition.

A comic book with text in Dutch. Large format. Cardwraps. ISBN: 8775293722. Covers are edge rubbed, splits to spine. Name and address label stuck inside front cover.

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THE MODERN BOY'S ANNUAL 1932
Written by George E. Rochester; et al. Illustrated by W.E. Johns; et al..
Stock no. 1326397
Published by The Fleetway House. 1932. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows picture of the 'Southern 903' train. First feature in the book is 'The Desert Air Mail'. Colour plates and full page pictures. Colour frontis by Johns. Spine bumped. Covers edge rubbed and corners worn. Vertical crease to centre of front free-endpaper. Some light fingering to page margins else contents clean.

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BIGGLES-AIR DETECTIVE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326396
Published by Marks & Spencer. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, red cloth spine. Two-colour illustrations. 93 pages. 10 x 8". Boards are edge worn and slightly grubby, with slight loss of surface paper to corners. Cloth spine is splitting and fraying at top and bottom. Foxing and some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Child's name and address in ink to top margin of contents page.

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