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BIGGLES SETS A TRAP
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330743
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biggles is on the trail of an extraordinary series of murders. History and excitement combine to make this a thrilling detective story. Red boards, black lettering. B/w illustrations. 159 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and a bit grubby to rear panel.

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BIGGLES GOES ALONE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330742
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 156 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge creased. Minimal loss to lower corner of front panel, small hole to front edge of spine and some neat biro underlining to titles on rear panel.

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BIGGLES DELIVERS THE GOODS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330741
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 182 pages. 5th impression. Minimal bumping to spine. Child's name in ink to front free-endpaper. Rear free-endpaper is missing. Old tape marks to front free-endpaper and last text page (because the endpaper is missing). Price-cut wrapper is slightly wrinkled and has a light vertical crease to front edge of spine.

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BIGGLES FAILS TO RETURN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330740
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 223 pages. 3rd impression. Spine and corners bumped. A few foxpspots to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is in several pieces and is edge chipped and torn with slight loss to top of spine and tiny chip to lower edge of front panel. Rear panel is slightly grubby. Front flap is detached but held in place by old tape (which is now browned and loosing the glue!).

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THE FIRST BIGGLES OMNIBUS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330739
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1953. Good condition.

Contains 4 full-length stories: Biggles Sweeps The Desert, Biggles In The Orient, Biggles Delivers The Goods and Biggles Fails To Return. Red boards, black titles. B/w illustrations. 640 pages. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Cover edges are rubbed. Spine has a 1" split to lower front edge. Endpapers are browned. Ink school stamp to front free-endpaper. Rear pastedown is slightly damaged (possibly from the book being dropped and grabbed to stop its fall?). Small brown marks affects top margins of some pages.

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BIGGLES GOES TO SCHOOL
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330736
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Even in his schooldays Biggles attracted adventure. Red boards, black titles and vignette. Yellow and black full-page illustrations. 193 pages. 2nd impression. Minimal bumping to spine. A few foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and has a tiny tear/hole to top of spine.

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COMRADES IN ARMS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330735
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, red titles. Stories of Biggles, Worrals and Gimlet. Colour frontis and title pages plus double-page green and black illustrations. 2nd impression. Fading to spine and a couple of cover edges. 'Letter' from Johns taped to front endpaper; tape is yellowing and brittle. Wrapper has taped to edges and is browned/yellowed. Some marks to cover edges from old tape. Some chipping to wrapper.

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BIGGLES TAKES A HOLIDAY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330733
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, darker blue titles and panther vignette. 8 full-page illustrations. 190 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Light browning to spine and a few marks to front cover. Some foxing otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge scuffed, faded to spine and just a little grubby to rear panel.

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BIGGLES FORMS A SYNDICATE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330732
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biggles finds himself at 'Hells Gates'. Red boards, black title to spine, small vignette to front board. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Some very light browning to endpapers and a few very tiny foxspots to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and a bit grubby to rear panel.

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WORRALS GOES EAST
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330731
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. Colour frontis. 8 b/w illustrations. First reprint. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some light rubbing to cover edges. A few very light marks to covers. Endpapers browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and creased with slight loss to spine and corners. Rear panel and spine are slightly grubby.

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SERGEANT BIGGLESWORTH C.I.D.
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330727
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with black titles. Colour frontis and 8 other illustrations. The first post-war Biggles story. 2nd impression. Spine bumped. Mottling to covers and a small white mark to top edge of rear cover. Tiny dent to top edge of rear cover. Date ink stamp to rear pastedown. Endpapers are partly browned. Some very slight foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss and a little grubby to rear panel.

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BIGGLES SWEEPS THE DESERT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330726
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis and 8 b/w illustrations, 2 double page spreads. 208 pages. 4th impression. Spine slightly bumped. A few tiny foxspots, mainly to textblock. Last couple of pages are slightly damp wrinkled. Dustwrapper is just a little edge worn and very slightly grubby to rear panel.

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