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SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE
Written by Ronald Seth.
Stock no. 1108494
Published by Geoffrey Bles. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue covers with black title to spine. A Brian Grant Operation. Spy story. Spine is faded/mottled. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with a few closed tears and nicks to edges.

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THE BELL OF THE FOUR EVANGELISTS
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1309979
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, fading to spine and top cover edges. Small stain affects rear cover, endpapers and rear page edges. Some light foxing otherwise contents clean.

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THE BELL OF THE FOUR EVANGELISTS
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1308469
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Base of spine faded. Shadow from dustwrapper design to front cover and spine. Front joint just starting to crack. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss to lower edge of rear panel and base of spine.

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THE MYSTERY OF BLACK GUT
Written by Diana Walker.
Stock no. 2108139
Published by Abelard-Schuman. 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue covers with silver title to spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some page browning and a few foxspots to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with fading to spine; some edge-creasing and some closed tears; chips of loss. Small piece of loss along top edge of rear panel.

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BRONZE BELL MYSTERY
Written by Monica Marsden. Illustrated by Greta Jones.
Stock no. 1308437
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue boards, black titles and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to page edges. Price-cut wrapper has loss all around lower edges.

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THE QUEST OF THE SLEUTH PATROL
Written by Vera Marshall. Illustrated by Frank Insall.
Stock no. 2105344
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Pale grey covers with dark blue titles. 4 plates in colour and b/w. Spine and corners are bumped. Grubby marks to covers. Prize plate to front pastedown. Some foxing.

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MYSTERY OF THE SWAMP
Written by Phillippa Francklyn.
Stock no. 2105321
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black titles to spine and boy in armchair to front cover. Spine and corners are bumped. A few grubby marks to covers. Presentation plate to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper has a few edge-tears and chips; creasing with minimal loss.

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CHASING VERMEER
Written by Balliett. Blue. Illustrated by Brett Helquist.
Stock no. 1204343
Published by The Chicken House. 1st 2005. As new condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Tipped in colour illustration to verso of front endpaper. B/w illustrations. Two children are caught up in an international art sensation. ISBN: 1904442714. SIGNED by author and illustrator. Complete with original wraparound band.

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BELLS OF MYSTERY
Written by Joan Inglesant. Illustrated by Glossop.
Stock no. 384891
Published by Puzzle Books Ltd.. Circa 1936. Very good condition.

A capital story and jig-saw puzzle solution in one book. Red cloth. Pictorial front board. Jigsaw pieces contained in envelope at back of book. Slight rubbing to cover edges, spine slightly bumped. Rear cover is just a little grubby. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Light browning to endpapers. Small white typing fluid mark to top of fornt endpaper. Unfortunately 1 piece of the jigsaw (top left corner) is missing.

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MURDER BY AIR
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 442407
Published by Newnes. 1937. Good condition.

A Steeley Story. Blue cloth with black title to spine. 252 pages. Front cover and spine very damp-marked and stained. Ink stamps and numbers to front endpaper/pastedown. Couple of corner tip loss to pages. Grubby outer page edge marks. Still a good reading copy.

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