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BIGGLES WORKS IT OUT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324858
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. 8 yellow and black illustrations. 191 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. Name and address in pencil to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned.

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BIGGLES DELIVERS THE GOODS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324853
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Hampton library edition. Grey boards with black titles to spine. B/w text illustrations. Spine bumped. Light browning to endpapers and light foxing to textblock. Musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with light scuffing to rear panel.

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SERGEANT BIGGLESWORTH C.I.D.
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324852
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 and corners slightly bumped, slight fading to base of spine. Front cover is slightly warped. Light foxing. Small tear to top margins of last few pages.

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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 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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THE RACK ROUND THE WORLD
Written by Captain Charles Gilson. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo.
Stock no. 1324335
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1st 1914. Good condition.

Being the account of the contest for the £100,000 prize offered by the Combined Newspaper League, of the Invention of Methylite, and certain passages in the life of Mr. Wang. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 6 colour plates. 1 b/w fold-out map. 283 pages plus 16 page catalogue to rear. All edges blue. Spine and corners bumped, scuffing to covers. Foxing to contents and some light fingermarks to margins. Vertical crease to frontis plate.

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STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1324330
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Boots the Chemists. Circa 1936. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover. 20 beautiful tipped-in colour plates. 319 pages. Published by Hodder for Boots The Chemist. Spine bumped, corners slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some light foxing to contents. Plates all present and in fine condition. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby and edge rubbed, minimal loss at corners and a few tape repairs on verso.

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BIGGLES SWEEPS THE DESERT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324258
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Very good condition.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis and 8 b/w illustrations, 2 double page spreads. 208 pages. Fourth impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. A couple of small, light marks to front cover edge. Contents clean.

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BIGGLES MAKES ENDS MEET
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324255
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1957. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. Colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Writing in ink to front pastedown has been blotted out. Child's name, address and phone number in black crayon to front free-endpaper. Some foxspots to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is worn, torn and crease with some slight loss, small ink mark to rear panel.

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BIGGLES FOREIGN LEGIONNAIRE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324164
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black lettering to front cover and spine. Black vignette of legionnaire and fort on front cover. 6 colour plates. 190 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers partly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and a little grubby.

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BIGGLES MAKES ENDS MEET
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324163
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

1st edition variant. Red boards, gilt title to spine with Knight logo to base. Colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Old tape mark to endpapers and wrapper flaps where wrapper was stuck down to pastedowns. Light browning to textblock. Evidence of removal of a label to front free-endpaper. School library stamp to title-page (neat), no other library markings. Wrapper is slightly worn at edges with printed price of 60p to front flap.

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BIGGLES SETS A TRAP
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324109
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. Spine slightly bumped. Front pastedown has become slightly unstuck from cover allowing the front board to slide back when the book is closed (hard to explain - see picture!). Contents bright and clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed and scuffed with a small patch of surface paper damage to rear panel.

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