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WORRALS ON THE WAR-PATH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1328313
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Worrals of the W.A.A.F. on her second dangerous wartime sortie into France, where she meets an old enemy. Peach cloth with red titles and vignette to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Damp(?) spotting to front cover. Rear endpaper browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and a few edge tears, spine is slightly grubby and damp stained.

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COMRADES IN ARMS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1328311
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, red titles. Stories of Biggles, Worrals and Gimlet. Colour frontis and title pages plus double-page green and black illustrations. Second impression. Spine slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is chipped at corners with slight loss and has a few edge tears. Includes "a letter to ever boy who reads this book".

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SERGEANT BIGGLESWORTH C.I.D.
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1328118
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1952. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with black titles. Colour frontis and 8 other illustrations. The first post-war Biggles story. Spine bumped with small faded patch at base. Name in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to prelims and to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge chipped with some slight loss.

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BIGGLES ON MYSTERY ISLAND
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1327979
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition.

Red boards. Black titles and vignette of island. 6 colour plates. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Front cover and spine are quite badly faded (particularly front cover). Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Tobacco(?) smell to contents.

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BIGGLES FORMS A SYNDICATE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1327978
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1961. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Reissued the same year as the first. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Laminate to spine edges has cracked. Contents clean.

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RETURN TO MARS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1327301
Published by The Children's Book Club. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. 6 colour plates. A story of Interplanetary Flight. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight discolouration to spine. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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BIGGLES IN THE ORIENT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1327268
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1949. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Light blue boards, silver title on front cover and spine. Colour frontis plus b/w plates. 180 Pages. Third impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some slight fading to cover edges and spine. Endpapers browned, foxing to textblock and page margins. Dustwrapper is worn and grubby with old tape marks (tape no longer present). Some loss to both flaps.

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BIGGLES IN THE ORIENT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1327208
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1952. Very good condition.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis and 6 b/w double-sided plates. 179 numbered pages. Fourth impression. Spine bumped. Covers slightly dusty with a small mark to rear cover. Heavy foxing to endpapers, also affecting prelims and textblock.

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GIMLET GOES AGAIN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1327203
Published by University of London Press. 1st 1944. Good condition.

King of the Commandos in another adventure with fighting France and the Grey Fleas of the North. Blue/green cloth, vignette of commando on front cover. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby and spine slightly darkened. Rear joint is weak, old tape marks to the joint (tape no longer present).

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THE FIRST BIGGLES OMNIBUS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326688
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1953. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Contains 4 full-length stories: Biggles Sweeps The Desert, Biggles In The Orient, Biggles Delivers The Goods and Biggles Fails To Return. Red boards, black titles. B/w illustrations. 640 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers partly browned. Dustwrapper is well worn, creased and torn. Substantial surface paper loss to spine.

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BIGGLES SWEEPS THE DESERT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326686
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1942. Good condition.

The Biggles Squadron versus the Nazi ace, Von Zoyton, in the battle of the Libyan air route. Blue cloth. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers marked. Joint between frontis and title-page is cracked. Textblock is grubby.

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BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326683
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Almost very good condition.

Red boards, black title and vignette to front cover. Eight blue two-tone illustrations plus b/w text illustrations. 190 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight fading to spine. Foxing to textblock.

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