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BIGGLES IN THE BLUE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1323874
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1953. Good condition.

Grey boards, scottie dog design. Blue title to spine. 6 colour plates. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby. Foxing, mainly to prelims and textblock.

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BIGGLES IN THE BLUE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1323869
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards, scottie dog design. Blue title to spine. 6 colour plates. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Light fingering to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby with some ink writing to rear panel and a small tear/hole to centre of spine.

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BOBBY BREWSTER'S BALLOON RACE
Written by H.E. Todd. Illustrated by Lilian Buchanan.
Stock no. 1824123
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Bobby Brewster finds himself involved in magic at every turn. Even on holiday extraordinary things happen to him. He is followed by a travelling balloon that winks and yawns; and a sandcastle he helps to build on the beach is soon inhabited by a variety of sea creatures. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0340104430. SIGNED by the author (with best wishes from) to half-title page. Lower front edge of boards bumped.A few minor marks to text block and margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby, faded to spine, surface paper damage to front panel, slight loss to rubbed corners, rear panel crinkled by damp but not stained.

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THE SWISH OF THE CURTAIN
Written by Pamela Brown.
Stock no. 1323187
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st thus 1971. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Revised edition, specially done by Pamela Brown. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 223 pages. ISBN: 0340149248. SIGNED by the author to title-page (with very best wishes, Pamela Brown). Inscription in ink (not by author) to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Spine very slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is well rubbed at edges with minimal loss to top of spine and some light scuffing to rear panel.

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GO AHEAD SECRET SEVEN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Bruno Kay.
Stock no. 2140470
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Light and dark blue boards, vignettes of secret seven holding hands. 128 pages. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Plain endpapers. Some browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small chips.

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SECRET SEVEN ON THE TRAIL
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by George Brook.
Stock no. 2140469
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dark/light blue pictorial boards showing the children holding hands. Two-tone and b/w illustrations. Foxing and pale browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a couple of small nicks.

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GIMLET LENDS A HAND
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 2139738
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

A "King of the Commandos" adventure. Blue cloth, black titles. B/w pictures. 4 b/w plates. 189 pages. Fading and spotting to spine; some other marks also to covers. Browning and foxing to outer page edges.

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HALLO, LITTLE MARY MOUSE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Olive F. Openshaw.
Stock no. 2139713
Published by Brockhampton Press. Good condition.

A Mary Mouse Strip Book. Pictorial card wraps. Yellow front cover with white title, blue spine covering. Small oblong format. 124 green and black illustrations. Staples to spine have started to rust. Some fraying to cloth on spine. Covers are creased with some marks. Creasing, foxing and pencil marks to rear few pages.

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THE TWINS AT PEEP-O-DAY FARM
Written by H.L. Gee. Illustrated by Olive F. Openshaw.
Stock no. 2139418
Published by Brockhampton Press. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial front cover. Red/black illustrations throughout. A Strip Book. 2.5 x 5.5". Price 1/- Staples to spine have rusted, so showing brown through cloth. Creasing and marks to covers. Contents are still generally very good.

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BIGGLES AND THE MISSING MILLIONAIRE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 2138788
Published by Brockhampton Press. Circa 1961. Very good condition.

Biggles & Co. are on the trail of a yacht that sailed away and never came back. Glazed pictorial boards. Illustrations accredited to Stead, but none present. 170 pages + booklist. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some browning to spine. A few marks to covers. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges.

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PEDRO AND ANGELIQUE
Written by Gaye Knowles. Illustrated by Gaye Knowles.
Stock no. 2138159
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Pedro was a market boy who grew vegetables for a living. Angelique was his little donkey, and they were very happy together until one day... Blue paper boards. Colour illustrations. 48 pages. Wear to cover edges. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut and foxed with some tears and chips; loss to top of spine.

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MARY MOUSE GOES OUT FOR THE DAY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Fred White.
Stock no. 2138052
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition.

Mary Mouse Strip Book. Small oblong format. Card wraps with red spine. Yellow pictorial front cover with red title. Red and black illustrations throughout. 92 frames. Some brown spotting to spine, from rusting staples beneath. Old price in red ink to top edge of front cover. A few other marks and some light wear to covers. Page browning.

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