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GIMLET BORES IN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326132
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with black titles. 4 b/w plates plus text illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn and creased with some loss, a large tear to front fold and is grubby to rear panel.

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GIMLET LENDS A HAND
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326131
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A "King of the Commandos" adventure. Blue cloth, black titles. B/w pictures. 4 b/w plates. 189 pages. Spine slightly bumped and spotted. Inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tear to top of spine (but only very minimal loss to spine and corners).

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THE MURDER AT CASTLE DEEPING
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326130
Published by Latimer House Limited. 1951. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Revised and reset. Blue boards, black title to spine. 152 pages. Spine bumped and faded. Textblock and page margins are slightly grubby. Dustwrapper has large section missing to base of spine and front panel and is edge worn and grubby.

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ALTHEA JOINS THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by D. Brook.
Stock no. 1826862
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1969. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A chain of family events lead Althea Glenyon to choose to go to the Chalet School. She makes friends with Len and her family and with the girls of Upper IVB. Blue boards, with gilt title and border on spine. B/w frontis plate. 173 pages. 7.5 x 5". ISBN: 0550306579. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper has a couple of small closed edge tears (no loss) and a stain to lower rear edge, minor nibble of loss to rear flap fold.

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WORRALS ON THE WAR-PATH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326112
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Pale blue cloth, parachute vignette. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Damp(?) spotting to covers. A few foxspots to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is torn in half down centre of spine and title at top of spine is also detached (but still present). There is some slight loss to top and tail of spine and to lower edge of rear panel. Spine and rear panel are a little grubby.

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BIGGLES GETS HIS MEN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326109
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

Blue boards, dark titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. 189 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine. Ink name stamp to front free-endpaper. Foxing else contents clean.

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BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326107
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title and vignette to front cover. Eight blue two-tone illustrations plus b/w text illustrations. 190 pages. Fifth impression. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby/dusty else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is just a little edge creased, rear panel is grubby.

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BIGGLES' SECOND CASE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326106
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition.

Red boards, black titles and vignette to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. The case of the pirate U-Boat. Third impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped, spine very slightly faded. Foxing else contents clean.

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BIGGLES HUNTS BIG GAME
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326105
Published by Brockhampton Press. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pale blue mottled boards. B/w illustrations. 183 pages. The Hampton Library Series. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Ink name stamp and small patch of pencil erasure to front free-endpaper. Contents browned but clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a light damp stain to top edge of rear panel.

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BIGGLES TAKES A HOLIDAY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326104
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red titles and panther vignette. 8 full-page illustrations. 190 pages. 2nd impression. Spine bumped and faded. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, tear to rear edge of spine and spine is very faded.

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GIMLET COMES HOME
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326099
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1st 1946. Good condition.

Light brown cloth, black titles and vignette of stag to front. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 186 pages. Spine and corners bumped, very slight fading to spine. Contents clean.

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GIMLET TAKES A JOB
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326098
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition.

Red boards with embossed dog design, black titles to spine. 4 B/w plates. 176 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some very light fading to spine. Heavy foxing (mainly to textblock), contents generally clean.

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