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THE CAT NEXT DOOR
Written by Birsa Shepard. Illustrated by Pelagie Doane.
Stock no. 1328601
Published by The Children's Book Club. 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine, blue boards with black titles. B/w illustrations. 64 pages. Mollie rescues some kittens! Spine slightly bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and foxed, wear with minimal loss to spine and some fading.

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SPRING COMES TO NETTLEFORD
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1328453
Published by The Children's Book Club. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The third of the Nettleford novels. Peach boards, black titles to spine. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped with some browning to top of spine. Page edge browning throughout and some heavy foxing. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with slight loss to top of spne, rear panel is slightly browned.

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FRENCHMAN'S SECRET
Written by Monica Edwards. Illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam.
Stock no. 1328315
Published by The Children's Book Club. 1958. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Lindsey finds an old map and begins to puzzle over the mysterious Frenchman's secret. Is there treasure buried in the dam? Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine bumped. Slight fading to cover edges. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with slight loss, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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BIGGLES AND THE POOR RICH BOY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1327433
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1961. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards. Dark titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 182 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Light browning to spine. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso and edge worn/chipped with slight loss. Rear panel is grubby and foxed.

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BIGGLES TAKES A HOLIDAY
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326684
Published by The Children's Book Club. 1951. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, title to spine. Spine slightly bumped. Spine faded and covers slightly cocked and marked. Creasing to one page (where it was folded). Some damage to front pastedown. Contents generally clean.

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WILLIAM'S TREASURE TROVE
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326459
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Small, old tape marks to corner tips of free-endpapers. Light foxing to textblock. Nice, bright dustwrapper just has a few small spots to rear panel.

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BIGGLES' CHINESE PUZZLE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326288
Published by The Children's Book Club. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with minimal loss to base of spine, fading to spine and rear panel is slightly grubby.

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RETURN TO MARS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326282
Published by The Children's Book Club. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. 6 colour plates. A story of Interplanetary Flight. Spine bumped and slight bumping to corners. Light tape marks to cover edges and endpapers. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper has white sticker reinforcements to verso and has tape to edges which has browned a fair wrapper only because of these faults.

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CHANGE AT MAYTHORN
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Robert Hodgson.
Stock no. 1326209
Published by The Children's Book Club. 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Little Maythorn is a quiet country railway station and for Mike and his family it is a case of 'All Change' when his father becomes the station master there. Red boards, black titles. B/w illustrations. 215 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine bumped. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and grubby to rear panel (small drink stain to rear panel).

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BIGGLES AND THE MISSING MILLIONAIRE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326024
Published by The Children's Book Club. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Biggles & Co. are on a trail of a yacht that sailed away and never came back. Blue boards, black titles. Not illustrated. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, grubby to rear panel with biro doodle mark to edge.

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BIGGLES AND THE MISSING MILLIONAIRE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1826508
Published by The Children's Book Club. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biggles & Co. are on a trail of a yacht that sailed away and never came back. Blue boards, black titles. Not illustrated. Minor bump to middle of spine and light shelf wear to base of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at corners, a little rubbing to pictorial front panel of dustwrapper has removed surface paper to one area, rear panel is browned and slightly crinkled.

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BIGGLES ON MYSTERY ISLAND
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1826507
Published by The Children's Book Club. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream boards, black title to spine. 6 colour plates. Base of spine lightly bumped. Text block and endpapers browned. Some foxing to page margins. All plates present. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at corners, browned to spine and rear panel, minor chips to edges.

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