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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 TAKES THE CASE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326639
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1959. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and small vignette to front. B/w text illustrations. 189 pages. Third impression. Tiny white mark to rear cover. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby some some staining. Rear panel is grubby with a tear to top corner. Loss to top of spine. Price on front flap has been 'blotted' out with blue ink (can still see printed price).

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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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BIGGLES IN AUSTRALIA
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Studio Stead.
Stock no. 1326617
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1955. Very good condition.

Red boards with aborigine vignette on front cover. 6 colour plates. Spine bumped, corners rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and page margins.

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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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BIGGLES IN AUSTRALIA
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Studio Stead.
Stock no. 1326591
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition.

Red boards with aborigine vignette on front cover. 6 colour plates. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Name in red biro to front free-endpaper. Some slight foxing to contents and textblock. Contained in a poor quality photocopy wrapper (flaps of wrapper not complete).

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BIGGLES ON MYSTERY ISLAND
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326557
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1958. Very good condition.

Red boards. Black titles and vignette of island. 6 colour plates. 192 pages. Small brown stain to top corners of prelims and rear pages.

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INDIRA GANDHI ON PEOPLES AND PROBLEMS
Written by Indira Gandhi.
Stock no. 1827105
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book contains more than two dozen of the Indian Prime Minister's most important speeches from the time she first became Prime Minister of India in January 1966. New Edition with additional material. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0340348976. Foxing to top edge of text block. Grey dustwrapper is a little grubby, lightly creased at edges and lightly scuffed.

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BIGGLES FAILS TO RETURN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326429
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 223 pages. Third impression. Covers lightly stained, lower 2" of spine browned. Top edge of front cover has been nibbled(?). Some light staining to margins of front endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn (nibbled at top front edge and loss to lower 2" of spine), light damp staining to verso of wrapper.

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WORRALS IN THE WILDS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326387
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

The first post-war Worrals story. Blue covers. Black titles. Colour frontis plus 6 two-tone illustrations. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A few light marks to covers. J4 written in red crayon to front pastedown, some crayon marks to rear free-endpaper. Minimal foxing to textblock.

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WORRALS FLIES AGAIN
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326381
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1949. Almost very good condition.

Black boards, white title to spine and yellow/gold title and vignette of Worrals to front cover. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 189 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly faded and some light marking to rear cover. Name and date in ink to front pastedown. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins but contents generally clean.

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