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BIGGLES SWEEPS THE DESERT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1329695
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis and 8 b/w illustrations, 2 double page spreads. 208 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Grubby mark to fore-edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is well worn and torn with loss at corners. Old tape repairs to spine and front edges.

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BILLY BUNTER AFLOAT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1329694
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Billy Bunter book no. 21. Green boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 223 pages. Spine bumped. Old tape marks to endpapers. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is very worn with edge chips and slight loss. 2" loss to base of spine, remaineder of spine faded and torn with slight loss at the top.

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BIGGLES AND THE POOR RICH BOY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1329660
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Another case from the records of Biggles and the Special Air Police. Brown boards. Green titles. Colour frontis. 182 pages. Minimal rubbing to cover edges and covers ever so slightly marked. Light foxing to textblock. Inscription in black felt-tip pen to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and worn and scuffed to rear panel.

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THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
Written by Mark Twain. Illustrated by Donald McKay.
Stock no. 1329603
Published by Grosset & Dunlap. 1976. Almost very good condition.

An Illustrated Junior Library Edition. Colour pictorial cloth. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0448060027. Spine bumped and faded. Small stain to lower page margins of pages 299 to 303, also a couple of small marks to pages 298 and 299.

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'PLANES BY NIGHT
Written by H.B. Aldrich.
Stock no. 1329564
Published by The Epworth Press. Circa 1940. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A thrilling adventure of boy scouts by plane and racing car. Blue cloth, black titles. 156 pages. B/w frontis. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front pastedown (dated 1940). Page browning and foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss, rear panel is a little grubby.

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BIGGLES IN THE ORIENT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1329374
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1944. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with black titles to front and spine. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 179 pages. Spine bumped, faded to top and tail. A few small, light spots to covers. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, grubby to rear panel and darkened to spine.

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ST. JIM'S FOREVER
Written by Frank Richards; Martin Clifford.
Stock no. 1329362
Published by Howard Baker. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 32. Collectors edition limited to 500 copies. Facsimile of The Gem issue nos. 729-751, 1922. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703001949. This is copy no. 399. Very pale page edge browning else a fine copy. Contained in a brown slipcase which is lightly rubbed at edges.

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TARZAN ANNUAL
Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Stock no. 1329244
Published by Brown Watson. 1976. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. First story is "Devil Winds". Spine and corners bumped and worn, slight wear to cover edges. Some light foxing. Price NOT cut.

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WILLIAM THE BOLD
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1329170
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1950. Good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles and vignette to spine. B/w text illustrations. 248 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge rubbed and lightly stained. Gilt titles faded. Foxing, mainly to textblock but affecting some pages as well.

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A GAME OF DARK
Written by William Mayne.
Stock no. 1328931
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A boy's relationship with his crippled father... Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 143 pages. ISBN: 0241020506. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Light page browning. Initials in ink to front free-endpaper. Light mark to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed.

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AIR SPIES OF MALTA
Written by Peter T. Jackson.
Stock no. 1328901
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Three boys find a secret passage near their school at Malta. Green cloth with gilt title to spine and embossed title to front. 220 pages. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Some foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped, rear panel is grubby.

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THE DISAPPEARING DHOW
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by D.L. Mays.
Stock no. 1328900
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1939. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. Yellow outlines. Vignette of boat to spine. Frontis. 191 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (dated 1942). Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly grubby to rear panel else bright.

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