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THE SPY FLYERS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh.
Stock no. 1330369
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. Circa 1935. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles to front cover and spine, sundial vignette to base of spine. Colour frontis. 4 b/w plates. 256 pages plus 32 page catalogue to rear. A wonderful book of flying thrills. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly bowed. Light spotting and damp staining to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown has been scribbled over. Small piece of lower corner of frontis torn off (actual illustration not affected). Page browning and foxing else contents clean. Some light corner creases and margin tears.

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BIGGLES DEFIES THE SWASTIKA
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1330054
Published by Oxford University Press. 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Light brown cloth with dark brown titles and vignette of plane flying over Oslo. Colour frontis plus 6 b/w plates. 249 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Fading to lower 0.5" of spine. Erased pencil writing to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper has loss to lower 1" of rear panel and spine and is edge rubbed.

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BIGGLES HITS THE TRAIL
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1326369
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1941. Fair condition.

Pyramid Edition. Blue cloth, black titles and vignettes. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 256 pages, Covers are worn and grubby. Rear edge of spine is split. Contents are grubby.

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BIGGLES FLIES SOUTH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Jack Nicolle.
Stock no. 1326365
Published by Oxford University Press. 1946. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Light brown cloth with black title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 255 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Foxing to textblock. Flying Jacket wrapper is edge worn and grubby. Flaps are almost detached and there is a section missing to lower edge of rear panel.

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BIGGLES IN AFRICA
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1324981
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Circa 1938. Good condition.

Pyramid edition. Blue cloth, black titles and sketch of plane gliding over pyramids & palm trees. Colour frontis and 7 b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some light rubbing to covers. Large prize plate to front pastedown. Front hinge beteween half-title and frontis is cracked showing webbing beneath, some other hinges slightly cracked/pulled. Light foxing to contents. Frontis is a little 'wrinkled' but no staining.

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BIGGLES DEFIES THE SWASTIKA
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1324864
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 1941. Good condition.

Red cloth with black titles and pictures, front shows plane over Oslo. Colour frontis, 6 b/w illustrations. 249 pages, top edge red. 1.5" across spine. Second printing. Covers rubbed. Spine and corners bumped and worn, splits to spine edges. Foxing to contents and some light fingering but contents generally clean.

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BIGGLES & CO.
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1324167
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1938. Almost very good condition.

Pyramid edition. Blue cloth with vignette of bi-plane, palm trees and pyramids to front. 6 b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Colour frontis. Spine and corners bumped. Covers marked and a little grubby. Booksellers ink address stamp to front pastedown. Prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Hinge between frontis and title-page is cracked, showing webbing beneath. Foxing to textblock and to prelims. Some slight marking to title-page.

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BIGGLES IN AFRICA
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1324107
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Circa 1938. Good condition.

Pyramid edition. Blue cloth, black titles and sketch of plane gliding over pyramids & palm trees. Colour frontis and 7 b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers foxed and slightly marked. Prize plate to front free-endpaper has been mostly removed. Heavy foxing throughout. Some hinges cracked but binding still tight.

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BIGGLES GOES TO WAR
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Martin Tyas.
Stock no. 1324105
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1938. Almost very good condition.

Pyramid edition. Blue cloth, black titles & vignette of plane flying over pyramids to front. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Textblock is a little grubby and foxed. Some hinges cracked but binding still tight.

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BIGGLES FLIES WEST
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1324032
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1937. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. Pyramid Edition. Colour frontis. 6 b/w illustrations and 2 maps. 255 pages. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges slightly rubbed. Small dent to top edge of front cover. Spine slightly darkened, some light marking to spine and rear cover. Free front-endpaper has been removed. Foxing/spotting to contents.

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BIGGLES OF THE CAMEL SQUADRON
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Andrew Skilleter; Howard Leigh.
Stock no. 2138308
Published by Norman Wright. 1st thus 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. Originally these stories were serialised in Modern Boy between 15th of July and 7th October 1933. The first 13 stories in this edition follows that of the John Hamilton editions, with some spelling corrections. As a bonus story, the R.F.C. adventure 'The Ace of Spades' is also included in this collection. The Colour frontis and 4 half-tone illustrations from the John Hamilton editions have also been included. B/w illustrations originally printed in Modern Boy have also been included where possible. Limited to 300 overall copies, this edition is further Limited to 50 copies and includes a hand drawn and coloured illustration to front endpaper by Skilleter. SIGNED by Illustrator (Skilleter) and Publisher (Wright) to title page. This is Copy No. 16. Hand drawn and coloured illustration to front endpaper is protected by loose tissue-guard; illustration is lovely and bright! Colour frontis is browned. Wrapper also has some light browning. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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FLYING ADVENTURES
Written by W.E. Johns; George E. Rochester; et al. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Stanley Orton Bradshaw; et al..
Stock no. 2131067
Published by John Hamilton. Almost very good condition.

A collection of stories edited by W.E. Johns, including 3 stories by him. Pictorial boards. 4 b/w plates, 6 colour plates plus other b/w illustrations. 248 pages. Bumping and chipping to corners and top and tail of spine. Grubby marks to covers. Foxing.

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