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THE DEATH RAYS OF ARDILLA
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326604
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1959. Almost very good condition.

A Story of Interplanetary Exploration. Blue boards, black title to spine. 6 colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Browning to cover edges and a small white mark to top edge of front cover. Light foxing to textblock.

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THE DEATH RAYS OF ARDILLA
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326599
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1959. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Foxing to textblock.

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THE QUEST FOR THE PERFECT PLANET
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326598
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The quest is to find a perfect planet as refuge from the day of doom. Red boards, black title to spine and vignette to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Ink stamp to front pastedown (St. Lukes C.E. Primary School). Endpapers and prelims a bit grubby. Textblock slightly grubby and foxed. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly faded to spine.

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KINGS OF SPACE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326385
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Story of Interplanetary Exploration. Blue boards, black titles and vignette of flying saucer. Colour plates. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. Some slight darkening to cover edges. Two leaves (pages 79-82) are detached but still present. Textblock is very slightly grubby. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and slightly chipped, rear panel is a bit grubby.

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THE QUEST FOR THE PERFECT PLANET
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326384
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story of space exploration. Blue boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 157 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Name plate (not filled in) to front pastedown. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly browned to spine and very very slightly grubby to rear panel.

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RETURN TO MARS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326282
Published by The Children's Book Club. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. 6 colour plates. A story of Interplanetary Flight. Spine bumped and slight bumping to corners. Light tape marks to cover edges and endpapers. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper has white sticker reinforcements to verso and has tape to edges which has browned a fair wrapper only because of these faults.

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WORLDS OF WONDER
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326201
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1962. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

More adventures in Space. Blue boards, green title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. School ink stamps to pastedowns. Some grubby fingermarks to pages but contents still decent. Dustwrapper is edge worn. 'New' price sticker to front panel (covering printed price) of 8/6 net.

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NOW TO THE STARS
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326198
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1956. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Story of Interplanetary Exploration - the 3rd in Captain Johns's Science Fiction series. Blue boards with black titles and vignette to front board. 6 colour plates. 190 pages. Spine bumped sith split at top of spine. Fading to cover edges. Foxing to half title-page. Front free-endpaper is missing. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and slightly grubby.

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WORLDS OF WONDER
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326197
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1962. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The inhabitants of the planet Krona are saved from unscrupulous space invaders from without and another deadly peril from within. Green boards. B/w illustrations. 160 pages. Spine and corners bumped, small dent to lower edge of front cover. Textblock is foxed and slightly grubby. Old price in pencil has been erased from front free-endpaper (but still visible). Dustwrapper is worn, rear panel is grubby.

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WORLDS OF WONDER
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326027
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The inhabitants of the planet Krona are saved from unscrupulous space invaders from without and another deadly peril from within. Green boards. B/w illustrations. 160 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Old tape marks to endpapers and to flaps of dustwrapper. Erased pencil markings to front free-endpaper (old pricing). Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly grubby to rear panel.

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THE MAN WHO VANISHED INTO SPACE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326026
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Another adventure of the spacecraft Tavona in the Great Unknown. Light blue boards, black title to spine. No illustrations. 160 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edgeds, white rear panel is a bit grubby.

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THE TRIGAN EMPIRE
Written by Dan Lawrence.
Stock no. 1324870
Published by Hamlyn. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

A fantastic space world of adventure and conflict. Contains seven stories of the Trigan Empire. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0600387887. Spine and corners bumped and sligthly worn. Page corner tips are lightly creased. Light browning to page edges.

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