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FIVE GO OFF IN A CARAVAN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1325780
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The fifth Famous Five Adventure. Red boards with black titles. Colour frontis. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Green, white and black pictorial endpapers showing five in a cavern. 208 pages. Third impression. Spine slightly bumped. Some small corner creases and some pale stains to page margins else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn, loss to top and bottom of spine. Number 5 written to base of wrapper spine.

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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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THE MAGIC WALKING-STICK
Written by John Buchan. Illustrated by John Morton-Sale.
Stock no. 1325762
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1932. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt titles. 215 pages. 6 full-page b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Light browning to endpapers, light foxing to endpapers and textblock. Small mark to top edge of textblock.

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FIVE ARE TOGETHER AGAIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1325744
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Five share in their 21st Adventure, at the circus with their friend Tinker and his monkey, Mischief. Red boards, black lettering. B/w endpapers and illustrations. 182 pages. Spine slightly bumped, small dent to top edge of front cover. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is creased and edge-rubbed. A few ink marks to title-list on front flap of wrapper.

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BIGGLES GETS HIS MEN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1325713
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, dark titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. 189 pages. Spine bumped with slight fading/browning to top and tail. Small mark to front cover. Inscription in ink to front pastedown has been covered with a white label with another name and address in ink written on it. Foxing to endpapers. Page edge browning. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, a little grubby to rear panel and slight loss to top of spine.

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BIGGLES AND THE BLACK MASK
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1325709
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Biggles uncovers the existence of an International Criminal Network. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some erased pencil writing to front pastedown. Crease to page 111/2. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby, last title listed on rear panel is Biggles and the Lost Sovereigns.

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 1915
Written by Herbert Strang; Captain Charles Gilson; Frank H. Mason; Leslie Beresford; et al. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo; Frank H. Mason; Stanley L. Wood; C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1325682
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1915. Good condition.

Beige cloth with gilt titles, pictorial onlays to front and spine of sailing ships. First story is "The Last Post" by Gilson. 8 colour plates mounted on brown paper, b/w illustrations throughout. 208 pages. Spine and corners bumped, covers slightly grubby. Pictorial onlay to spine partially removed. Joints cracked. Endpapers browned. Foxing to contents.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1325629
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1938. Good condition.

Hodder & Stoughton's Colour Books series. Grey cloth, red titles and vignettes. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Spine browned and foxed. Damp/splash marks and a few small pen marks to front cover (see picture). Name plate to front pastedown and inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Creases to last few pages. Light foxing. Plates clean.

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DOGMATIX AND THE UGLY LITTLE EAGLE
Written by Rene Goscinny. Illustrated by Albert Uderzo.
Stock no. 1325609
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

A cuckoo pushes an eaglet out of its nest, but luckily Dogmatix comes along to befriend little Chickadix... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0340335378. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Small sticker to front pastedown. Contents fine.

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FIVE GET INTO TROUBLE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1325546
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1955. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Yellow and black pictorial endpapers. Two-tone and b/w illustrations. 190 pages. Sixth impression. Spine bumped, fading to top and tail of spine. Foxing to textblock, light browning to verso of frontis. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Front flap of dustwrapper is missing, remainder of wrapper is creased and torn with loss to top and tail of spine and also to top rear corner.

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STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1325539
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth, imprinted in scarlet. 12 colour plates. Published for Boots The Chemist. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink and date to front free-endpaper. Tiny margin tear to plate opposite page 17. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn at top of spine and has some slight loss to lower corner of front panel.

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THE BLUE BOOK FOR BOYS
Written by Herbert Strang; Tom Bevan; Captain Charles Gilson; et al. Illustrated by T.H. Robinson; Cyrus Cuneo; et al..
Stock no. 1325522
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Almost very good condition.

Stories and things to do. Blue boards with pictorial onlay. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Unpaginated but 1.5" thick. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Prize plate to front pastedown. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and textblock.

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