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BIGGLES' SECOND CASE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1331259
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1949. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. The case of the pirate U-Boat. Second impression. Spine and corners bumped. Pale mark to front cover. Name in ink to front pastedown and name and address in two different inks to endpaper. Red '8' to top corner of front endpaper. Endpapers are browned. There is foxing to the contents and a musty smell. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with sections of loss, tears to rear fold and grubby to rear panel. Wrapper is foxed.

BIGGLES AND THE BLACK RAIDER
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1331258
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Black vignette of aeroplane to front. 8 colour plates. Endpapers are maps. Some foxing to textblock and to some page margins. Contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and has a small tear to lower corner of front panel, rear panel is slightly grubby with a neat '3' red ink stamp to top corner.

THE ISLE OF VOICES AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1831405
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2007. Nearly fine condition.

A selection from The Complete Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson published by The Modern Library, New York in 2002. 14 colour plates including frontispiece. Black cloth with silver and blue blocked design, silver title to spine. Still in original shrinkwrap. This book would make a wonderful gift.

GREENWITCH
Written by Susan Cooper.
Stock no. 1831399
Published by Chatto & Windus Ltd. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The third book of The Dark is Rising series. In this dreamlike novel set in Cornwall, magic often occurs during the hours of darkness and yet readers are not left with the feeling that experiences have been merely imagined. The Greenwitch, a figure created by village women, comes into possession of a great secret coveted by the powers of Light and Dark. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 147 pages. ISBN: 0701150483. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly bumped. Tail of spine slightly discoloured. Small knock to top edge of front board. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Includes publisher's compliments slip. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly sunned/faded to front panel gutter edge and top edge, rear panel is grubby and has the remains of a label.

THE DARK IS RISING SEQUENCE
Written by Susan Cooper.
Stock no. 1831394
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st thus 2007. Very good condition.

Five novels published as a single volume: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; Silver on the Tree. Blue boards, gilt titles and borders. 737 pages. ISBN: 9780370329420. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed (shelf-wear). Text block a little grubby and is foxed across top edge. Contents clean. Small bar-code tag stuck to rear free front endpaper.

WILLIAM THE FILM STAR
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1331253
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Formerly entitled William and the Evacuees. Red boards, black title label to spine. Vignette to front cover. 252 pages. Some b/w text illustrations. Tenth impression. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Child's name in part ink and part pencil to front free-endpaper. Some light pen marks to textblock edge. Contents are browned but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a few small doodles to rear panel.

JUDY FOR GIRLS 1971
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831375
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1971. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cream boards with burgundy title to front. Picture stories, features, things to make & do, puzzles. Colour and two-tone illustrations. Boards a little grubby and lightly worn at corners. Slight lean to spine. Picture X-word completed in ink else contents clean. Red pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with loss.

JUDY FOR GIRLS 1970
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831374
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black pictorial boards. Picture stories, features, things to make and do. First picture story is 'Fay Farrell Fishermen's Nurse'. A few minor marks to boards, slight lean to spine, corners & spine lightly rubbed. One page torn from lower gutter edge. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is a little marked and edge-worn,

JUDY FOR GIRLS 1974
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831373
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Light grey boards, black titles. Colour & two-tone illustrations. Picture stories, cartoons, things to make & do, games, puzzles and more. For cartoon story is 'Junior Nanny'. Small mark to rear board, base of spine lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with slight loss.

JUDY FOR GIRLS 1973
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831372
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

White boards with red title outlines and front cover shows girl using a suit of armour to wind wool. Colour and two-tone illustrations. First story is a cartoon script story 'The New Girl'. Light browning to boards. Some light creasing to contents causing text block to be creased vertically. Belongs to page completed in heavy pencil. Cluewords puzzle partially completed in ink else contents clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is worn at corners, small chip to top of spine, small tears to lower rear edge.

ELIZABETH FRY
Written by L. Du Garde Peach. Illustrated by Roger Hall.
Stock no. 1831371
Published by Ladybird Books Ltd. 1st 1973. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 561. Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721403379. Spine & corners lightly rubbed. Rear board a little scuffed and small pressure point to lower spine edge. Contents clean. Tally is 320.

CHARLES DICKENS
Written by L. Du Garde Peach. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1831370
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1965. Slightly better than very good condition.

Ladybird Series 561. Yellow pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721401783. Tiny piece of surface paper loss to top of spine. Rear board lightly grubby. Contents clean. Tally is 140.