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BLACKIES GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Dorothy Wilding; Constance Savery; et al.
Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; Cecil Orr; W. Lindsay Cable; et al..
Stock no. 1831605
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Circa
1940.
Very good condition.
White cloth spine with light blue title. Front cover shows three girls cooking over a camp fire. First story is 'The Younger Sister Mystery' by Dorothy Wilding. 4 full-page colour plates, 4 half-tone plates plus numerous b/w illustrations to text. 208 pages. Cloth spine is grubby and frayed at top. Board edges are rubbed, corners worn. Text block browned and slightly grubby. Frontispiece partly detached. One hinge pulled but binding tight. One or two margin marks else contents generally clean. All plates present.
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
Written by J.K. Rowling.
Illustrated by Mary Grandpre.
Stock no. 1831604
Published by Scholastic Press.
1st USA
1999.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
US edition. When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school. Green cloth spine with silver title, Blue paper boards. Red endpapers. B/w chapter headers.vii and 341 pages. ISBN: 0439064864. Light foxing to top edge of text block else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has previous bookseller's price label to rear panel else lovely and clean.
AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND
Written by George MacDonald; Carol Ann Duffy.
Illustrated by Maria L. Kirk.
Stock no. 1831601
Published by Folio Society.
2009.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The story of a young boy named Diamond. He is a sweet little boy who makes joy everywhere he goes. He fights despair and gloom and brings peace to his family. One night, as he is trying to sleep, Diamond repeatedly plugs up a hole in the loft (also his bedroom) wall to stop the wind from blowing in. Introduced by Carol Ann Duffy. Silver/blue pictorial cloth. Blue endpapers. Beautiful colour plates. xv and 269 pages. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and a little marked.
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BIGGLES AND THE GUN-RUNNERS
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1331449
Published by Knight Books.
1st PB
1971.
Very good condition.
Paperback edition. ISBN: 0340104341. Covers edge rubbed. Spine split at front edge at base. Surface paper damage to centre of rear cover. Contents browned but otherwise clean.
BIGGLES' SPECIAL CASE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1331448
Published by Knight Books.
1st PB
1975.
Very good condition.
Paperback edition. ISBN: 0340190876. Spine creased and sunned. Covers edge rubbed. Pale page browning else contents clean.
BIGGLES IN THE TERAI
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1331447
Published by Knight Books.
1975.
Almost very good condition.
Paperback edition. A Green Knight Book. The Terai is a strip of marshy jungle land between North India and Nepal. It is this 'green hell' which forms the background to Biggles' attempt to put a stop to an outbreak of gold smuggling. ISBN: 0340041498. Fourth impression. Covers edge rubbed and lightly creased. Vertical creases to spine. Business ink stamp to half title-page, red ink writing to title page (child's hand). Page edge browning else contents clean.
BIGGLES IN MEXICO
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1331446
Published by Knight Books.
1st PB
1978.
Almost very good condition.
Paperback edition. ISBN: 0340222042. Covers edge rubbed and lightly creased. Light page browning and textblock slightly grubby.
BIGGLES FLIES NORTH
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by William Narraway; Peter Archer.
Stock no. 1331445
Published by Armada.
Circa
1969.
Almost very good condition.
Paperback edition. Cover illustration by Archer. B/w illustrations by Narraway. Covers edge worn and creased. Light page browning else contents clean.
BIGGLES AND THE GUN-RUNNERS
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1331444
Published by Knight Books.
1st PB
1971.
Very good condition.
Paperback edition. ISBN: 0340104341. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Ink business address stamp inside front cover, 'AH 394' written in ink to half title-page. Pale page browning else contents clean.
GIMLET LENDS A HAND
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Walter Foster; Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1331443
Published by Armada.
1st PB
1964.
Very good condition.
Paperback Edition. Cover illustration by Foster. Text illustrations by Stead. Covers edge rubbed. Vertical creases to spine where book has been held open. Neat name in ink to inside front cover. Light page browning else contents clean.
RETURN TO MARS
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1331442
Published by Armada.
1st PB
1970.
Almost very good condition.
Paperback edition. Covers are worn and creased, biro scribble to front cover. Contents are browned but otherwise clean.
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BIGGLES IN THE TERAI
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1331441
Published by Knight Books.
1975.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Paperback edition. A Green Knight Book. The Terai is a strip of marshy jungle land between North India and Nepal. It is this 'green hell' which forms the background to Biggles' attempt to put a stop to an outbreak of gold smuggling. ISBN: 0340041498. Fourth impression. Light creases to spine and spine edges where book has been held open to read. Pale page edge browning.