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SERGEANT BIGGLESWORTH C.I.D.
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1328466
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition.

Blue boards with black titles. Colour frontis and 8 other illustrations. The first post-war Biggles story. Third impression. Spine bumped and faded. Slight mark to rear cover (old tape?). Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing.

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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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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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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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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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BIGGLES FOLLOWS ON
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326681
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. 4 double-sided b/w plates. 158 pages. Spine slightly bumped, some very slight fading to cover edges. Front free-endpaper has been neatly removed. Half title-page is lightly browned. Textblock is slightly grubby.

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BIGGLES IN THE GOBI
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326619
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1953. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards. Black ram's horns vignette to front. 6 colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Dents to lower edge of rear cover. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Stains to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn, creased and torn with loss, several large tape repairs on front panel. A good copy in a fair wrapper.

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THE QUEST FOR THE PERFECT PLANET
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326598
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The quest is to find a perfect planet as refuge from the day of doom. Red boards, black title to spine and vignette to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Ink stamp to front pastedown (St. Lukes C.E. Primary School). Endpapers and prelims a bit grubby. Textblock slightly grubby and foxed. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly faded to spine.

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BIGGLES FOREIGN LEGIONNAIRE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326596
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1954. Good condition.

Red boards, black lettering to front cover and spine. Black vignette of legionnaire and fort on front cover. 6 colour plates. 190 pages. Spine bumped. Covers grubby. Endpapers browned. Small mark to edge of textblock and textblock slightly grubby.

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