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NO REST FOR BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1325770
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. Colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Large foxspots to endpapers and prelims, smaller foxspots to page edges. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with some slight loss to top of spine. Rear panel is slightly grubby and there are large foxspots to verso of wrapper.

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BIGGLES GETS HIS MEN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1325713
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, dark titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. 189 pages. Spine bumped with slight fading/browning to top and tail. Small mark to front cover. Inscription in ink to front pastedown has been covered with a white label with another name and address in ink written on it. Foxing to endpapers. Page edge browning. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, a little grubby to rear panel and slight loss to top of spine.

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BIGGLES AND THE BLACK MASK
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1325709
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Biggles uncovers the existence of an International Criminal Network. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some erased pencil writing to front pastedown. Crease to page 111/2. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby, last title listed on rear panel is Biggles and the Lost Sovereigns.

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 19TH YEAR
Written by Herbert Strang; Charles Mason; Gunby Hadath; L.R. Brightwell; Charles Turley; Major J.T. Gorman; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall; C.E. Brock; Marcia Lane Foster; Ellis Silas; Otway M'Cannell; et al..
Stock no. 1325686
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1926. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth spine and boards. 6 colour plates. B/w illustrations throughout. 208 pages. First story is "Cannon Balls" by Mason. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Slight chipping to pictorial onlay on spine. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing.

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 1915
Written by Herbert Strang; Captain Charles Gilson; Frank H. Mason; Leslie Beresford; et al. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo; Frank H. Mason; Stanley L. Wood; C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1325682
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1915. Good condition.

Beige cloth with gilt titles, pictorial onlays to front and spine of sailing ships. First story is "The Last Post" by Gilson. 8 colour plates mounted on brown paper, b/w illustrations throughout. 208 pages. Spine and corners bumped, covers slightly grubby. Pictorial onlay to spine partially removed. Joints cracked. Endpapers browned. Foxing to contents.

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THE BOY'S OWN ANNUAL - VOLUME 48
Written by Dillon Wallace; Harold Avery; Robert Baden-Powell; May Wynne; et al. Illustrated by Gordon Browne; Alfred Pearse; Arch Webb; et al..
Stock no. 1826143
Published by The Boy's Own Paper. 1926. Very good condition.

Volume 48 1925-26. Large heavy format. Green pictorial cloth. Colour plates (some of which fold-out) and b/w illustrations. Rear board lightly scuffed. Top & tail of spine a little grayed, spine edges rubbed. Lower edge of boards rubbed, lower corners worn through cloth to boards. Front board is lovely and bright. Minor foxing and browning to endpapers. Front joint just starting to crack from bottom. A few scattered foxspots to contents. Mostly clean.

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GARTH ENNIS PRESENTS BATTLE CLASSICS VOLUME 2
Written by Garth Ennis.
Stock no. 1826136
Published by Titan Comics. 1st thus 2016. Very good condition.

From 1975 to 1988, the weekly war comic Battle featured work by some of the greatest names in British comics. Here, Garth Ennis selects and introduces some of his favourite stories from Battle's heyday. This volume includes Fighting Mann and War Dog. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w comic stories. ISBN: 9781782767947. Head and foot of text block grubby/stained. Else contents clean.

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THE BANISHING OF BILLY BUNTER
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1826120
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Story no. 19. Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 223 pages. Boards clean. Text block browned. A few foxspots present, mainly to prelims. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn and torn at corners with slight loss, scuffing to front and rear panel (grubby), minor pen mark to top edge of front panel (above title), minor damp stain to vertical edge of rear panel.

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BILLY BUNTER AT BUTLIN'S
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1826107
Published by Cassell & Co.. 1st 1961. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Beaver Club edition. Red boards. B/w illustrations. 217 pages. A few marks to boards. Child's name and address in ink to front endpaper (quite large). Browning to contents. A few foxspots. Pictorial dustwrapper has foxing to flaps, is lightly edge-worn and slightly faded to spine.

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 12TH YEAR
Written by Herbert Strang; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; Gordon Browne; et al..
Stock no. 1325673
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1920. Fair condition.

12th year. Orange cloth spine. Brown pictorial front board showing sailor. 6 colour plates, 4 b/w plates plus b/w illustrations throughout. Interesting article on the Channel Tunnel! Boards edge worn. Spine bumped with slight fraying. Some slight scuffing to covers. Two plates loose with ragged edges. Endpapers browned. Name plate and child's name in pencil to front free-endpaper. Foxing and other marks to page margins. Lower corner of page 87/88 cut off (text not affected).

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 14TH YEAR
Written by Herbert Strang; et al; Charles Turley; Gunby Hadath. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1325672
Published by Humphrey Milford. 1922. Good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows boy in foreground with a metal container, campfire and tent in background. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. A collection of adventure stories for boys. 160 pages. First story is "The Flapper" by Mason. Covers are edge worn. Spine bumped with split at rear edge. Covers slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers slightly browned. Foxing and fingering to contents.

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WILLIAM AND THE SPACE ANIMAL
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1325584
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette of William to front. B/w illustrations. 158 pages. Abridged Impression. Third (abridged) impression. Spine slightly bumped. Front board is discoloured. Light foxing to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn.

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