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BIGGLES FOREIGN LEGIONNAIRE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330799
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black lettering to front cover and spine. Black vignette of legionnaire and fort on front cover. 6 colour plates. 190 pages. 2nd impression. Spine very slightly bumped. Light marks to rear cover. Endpapers are lightly browned with old tape marks. Initials in ink to top corner of front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper has minimal loss to top of spine and a light vertical crease to spine edge of front panel.

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BIGGLES AND THE BLACK MASK
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330797
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1964. Very good condition.

Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Biggles uncovers the existence of an International Criminal Network. The title and author name from the dustwrapper has been cut out and stuck to the front board, remainder of dustwrapper is missing. Spine slightly bumped with a couple of tiny holes to centre. Minimal foxing to textblock, contents clean.

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BIGGLES GOES HOME
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330795
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. Black vignette on front cover - Biggles in a parachute. Colour frontis, b/w chapter headers. 160 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Light foxing to textblock. Pencil erasure mark to front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, torn and creased, some biro marks to book list on rear panel.

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BIGGLES IN AUSTRALIA
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Studio Stead.
Stock no. 1330793
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1957. Almost very good condition.

Red boards with aborigine vignette on front cover. 6 colour plates. 3rd impression. Spine and corners bumped. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Foxing to prelims else contents clean.

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THE DAZZLE
Written by Edna O'Brien. Illustrated by Peter Stevenson.
Stock no. 1830925
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Bullied by the objects in his bedroom, which nag him endlessly, Tim is made even more nervous than usual when, after a bad storm, he has to move into the attic bedroom for a while. Here he meets Mattie. a mouse with a magic dazzle. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 44 pages. ISBN: 0340264918. Boards slightly unevenly better. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Boards a little grubby. A few minor marks to contents and lightly fingering from page turning. Still a nice copy.

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CLIFF MORGAN THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY: BEYOND THE FIELDS OF PLAY
Written by Cliff Morgan; Geoffrey Nicholson.
Stock no. 1330764
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the famous Welsh rugby player who joined the BBC as a commentator. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 246 pages. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 0340657413. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit edge creased.

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BIGGLES DELIVERS THE GOODS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330741
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 182 pages. 5th impression. Minimal bumping to spine. Child's name in ink to front free-endpaper. Rear free-endpaper is missing. Old tape marks to front free-endpaper and last text page (because the endpaper is missing). Price-cut wrapper is slightly wrinkled and has a light vertical crease to front edge of spine.

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BIGGLES FAILS TO RETURN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330740
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 223 pages. 3rd impression. Spine and corners bumped. A few foxpspots to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is in several pieces and is edge chipped and torn with slight loss to top of spine and tiny chip to lower edge of front panel. Rear panel is slightly grubby. Front flap is detached but held in place by old tape (which is now browned and loosing the glue!).

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THE FIRST BIGGLES OMNIBUS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330739
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1953. Good condition.

Contains 4 full-length stories: Biggles Sweeps The Desert, Biggles In The Orient, Biggles Delivers The Goods and Biggles Fails To Return. Red boards, black titles. B/w illustrations. 640 pages. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Cover edges are rubbed. Spine has a 1" split to lower front edge. Endpapers are browned. Ink school stamp to front free-endpaper. Rear pastedown is slightly damaged (possibly from the book being dropped and grabbed to stop its fall?). Small brown marks affects top margins of some pages.

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BIGGLES GOES TO SCHOOL
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330736
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Even in his schooldays Biggles attracted adventure. Red boards, black titles and vignette. Yellow and black full-page illustrations. 193 pages. 2nd impression. Minimal bumping to spine. A few foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and has a tiny tear/hole to top of spine.

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COMRADES IN ARMS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330735
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, red titles. Stories of Biggles, Worrals and Gimlet. Colour frontis and title pages plus double-page green and black illustrations. 2nd impression. Fading to spine and a couple of cover edges. 'Letter' from Johns taped to front endpaper; tape is yellowing and brittle. Wrapper has taped to edges and is browned/yellowed. Some marks to cover edges from old tape. Some chipping to wrapper.

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BIGGLES TAKES A HOLIDAY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330733
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, darker blue titles and panther vignette. 8 full-page illustrations. 190 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Light browning to spine and a few marks to front cover. Some foxing otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge scuffed, faded to spine and just a little grubby to rear panel.

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