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THE THICK OF THE FRAY AT ZEEBRUGGE APRIL 1918
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by W. Edward Wigfull.
Stock no. 1324471
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Colour frontis. 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Book leans to one side a little. Name plate to front free-endpaper, evidence of some erased pencil markings to same page. Foxing to textblock and some page margins.

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UNDER THE SPANGLED BANNER
Written by F.S. Brereton. Illustrated by C.M. Padday.
Stock no. 1324470
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1919. Almost very good condition.

A tale of the Spanish-American War. New Edition. Grey pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 6 b/w plates. 352 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Name plate to front pastedown. Foxing, mainly to textblock.

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ROUNDING UP THE RAIDER
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Edward S. Hodgson.
Stock no. 1324464
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A Naval Story of the Great War. Green boards with pictorial front cover and spine. Black titles to both spine and front covers. Colour frontis + 3 other b/w plates. 255 pages. Spine bumped. Yellow stain(?) to rear edge of spine. Removal of an inscription to front pastedown has caused some surface paper loss. Foxing, mainly to prelims and textblock.

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ACES UP
Written by Covington Clarke. Illustrated by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1324421
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour frontis and 4 b/w plates. The Ace Series. Includes glossary of terms to rear and 8 pages of aircraft manouvres. Spine bumped. Rubbing to cover edges. Foxing throughout.

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BIGGLES SCORES A BULL
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1324415
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. Priceless champion bulls start disappearing from English farms and as Biggles says "This racket isn't being run by one or two country yokels". The crooks are highly organised and dangerous! Spine slightly bumped. Some light marks to covers. Light browning to endpapers and textblock. Front endpapers are slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is edge worn and a little grubby.

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BIGGLES PRESSES ON
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324413
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy boards with white title and scottie dogs to spine, embossed decorations to covers. Colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. A few foxspots. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

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BIGGLES-AIR DETECTIVE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324367
Published by Marks & Spencer. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, red cloth spine. Two-colour illustrations. 93 pages. 10 x 8". Covers are edge worn and a little grubby. Spine and corners bumped. Name in blue biro to title-page. Foxing and fingering to page margins and a few small margin tears.

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BIGGLES FLIES WEST
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1324366
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1949. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 255 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn with loss at base of spine and corners, tape repairs on verso.

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THE BOY BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1324363
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1968. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth, black titles to spine. 182 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to top and tail of spine, damp stains to cover edges. Contents are browned and there is foxing to the top edge of the textblock but the contents are otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with minimal loss, rear flap fold has been reinforced with tape on verso.

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BIGGLES AND THE MISSING MILLIONAIRE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324361
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Biggles and Co. are on the trail of a yacht that sailed away and never came back. Yellow boards, red title to spine. Colour frontis. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn with minimal loss and some foxing/browning.

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BIGGLES ON MYSTERY ISLAND
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324357
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards. Black titles and vignette of island. 6 colour plates. 192 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Some spotting to front cover and light dusty marks to covers. Two names and addresses written in ink to front free-endpaper. A few ink tick marks to list of titles at prelims. Textblock is slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is worn and creased with some loss, ink spots to front panel and grubbiness to rear panel. Large tear to front fold has been tape repaired on verso.

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WITH BEATTY OFF JUTLAND
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Frank Gillett.
Stock no. 1324338
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A Romance of the Great Sea Fight. Blue cloth with pictorial front board and spine. 6 b/w plates. 284 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Name plate to front free-endpaper, newspaper clipping referring to the death of Westerman taped to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock.

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