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BIGGLES DELIVERS THE GOODS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326284
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards with silver titles to front and spine. Colour frontis and b/w text illustrations. Fourth impression. Spine slightly bumped, some light fading and browning to cover edges. Pale foxing to endpapers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss, rear panjel and spine are a little grubby.

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GOOD AFTERNOON, CHILDREN
Written by Columbus. Illustrated by John Morton-Sale.
Stock no. 1326240
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1932. Almost very good condition.

Wireless stories and plays from The Children's Hour. Edited by Columbus. Yellow cloth, grey titles and decorations. 4 Colour plates and many b/w illustrations. 267 pages. 9.5 x 6". Spine and corners bumped. Damp spotting to covers and a small ink blot to front cover. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some remains of paper which was stuck to the pastedowns. Child's writing in ink to verso of half title-page (this book belongs to...). Light foxing to textblock.

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BIGGLES LOOKS BACK
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326204
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 Pages. A story of Biggles and the Air Police. A few tiny dents at cover edges and a few light marks to covers. A tiny tear to edge of front fly-leaf. Minor foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut to top of front flap, is edge rubbed with a couple of small tears and rear panel is slightly grubby. There is a small patch of surface paper damage to front panel of wrapper.

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WORRALS ON THE WAR-PATH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326112
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Pale blue cloth, parachute vignette. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Damp(?) spotting to covers. A few foxspots to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is torn in half down centre of spine and title at top of spine is also detached (but still present). There is some slight loss to top and tail of spine and to lower edge of rear panel. Spine and rear panel are a little grubby.

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BIGGLES GETS HIS MEN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326109
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

Blue boards, dark titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. 189 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine. Ink name stamp to front free-endpaper. Foxing else contents clean.

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BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326107
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title and vignette to front cover. Eight blue two-tone illustrations plus b/w text illustrations. 190 pages. Fifth impression. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby/dusty else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is just a little edge creased, rear panel is grubby.

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BIGGLES' SECOND CASE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326106
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition.

Red boards, black titles and vignette to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. The case of the pirate U-Boat. Third impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped, spine very slightly faded. Foxing else contents clean.

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BIGGLES TAKES A HAND
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326031
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1963. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Minimal rubbing and fading to spine. Erased pencil writing to top corner of front free-endpaper. Some slight foxing to textblock.

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WORRALS ON THE WAR-PATH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326025
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. Very good condition.

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 and corners bumped. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing, mainly to textblock and to prelims.

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THE HAPPY BOOK
Written by Githa Sowerby. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1325915
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Good condition.

Cream pictorial boards. Pretty colour pictures accompany children's verse. Covers are worn and a bit grubby. Spine chipped with slight loss and browning from old tape which is no longer present. Stitching pulled causing contents to be slightly loose. A few light marks to pages.

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 1914
Written by Herbert Strang; Walter C. Rhoades; et al; Harold Avery; Tom Bevan. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1325847
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1914. Good condition.

Green paperboards, pictorial onlay to front shows boy rescuing another from a cliff fall. Pictorial spine. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. First story is "The Coward" by Rhoades. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly damp stained. Prize plate to front pastedown. Vertical crease to edge of front free-endpaper. Joints starting to crack. Heavy foxing and grubby fingermarks to contents.

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NO REST FOR BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1325770
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. Colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Large foxspots to endpapers and prelims, smaller foxspots to page edges. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with some slight loss to top of spine. Rear panel is slightly grubby and there are large foxspots to verso of wrapper.

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