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FIVE GET INTO TROUBLE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1326258
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Yellow and black pictorial endpapers. Two-tone and b/w illustrations. 190 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock and some page margins. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn with small pieces of loss, tear to lower corner of front panel with small piece missing (see photo). Spine of wrapper is slightly browned.

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EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON OLD TALES FROM THE NORTH
No author listed. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen.
Stock no. 1326249
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Gallery Five Ltd.. 1978. Good condition.

Classic Norwegian Folk Tales, first published in 1914. Superb full-page colour pictures, plus b/w text illustrations. Green boards with gilt title to spine and gilt decoration to front. ISBN: 0340213922. Frontis missing. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light foxing to textblock.

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GOOD AFTERNOON, CHILDREN
Written by Columbus. Illustrated by John Morton-Sale.
Stock no. 1326240
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1932. Almost very good condition.

Wireless stories and plays from The Clildren's Hour. Edited by Columbus. Yellow cloth, grey titles and decorations. 4 Colour plates and many b/w illustrations. 267 pages. 9.5 x 6". Spine and corners bumped. Damp spotting to covers and a small ink blot to front cover. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some remains of paper which was stuck to the pastedowns. Child's writing in ink to verso of half title-page (this book belongs to...). Light foxing to textblock.

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WORRALS FLIES AGAIN
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326235
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. Good condition.

Cream cloth with black titles and vignette of Worrals to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Third impression. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers grubby. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing throughout but contents generally clean.

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BIGGLES IN THE GOBI
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326231
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards. Black ram's horns vignette to front. 6 colour plates. Second impression. Spine slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front pastedown, name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Rear free-endpaper is partly browned. Some foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, rear panel is grubby. There is a tear to the fold of the rear flap.

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FIVE FALL INTO ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1326228
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Famous Five in the 9th adventure, alone at Kirrin Cottage with the problem of Gipsy-girl Jo. Red boards. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Blue and white endpapers. 192 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

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BIGGLES SWEEPS THE DESERT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326221
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis and 8 b/w illustrations, 2 double page spreads. 208 pages. Third impression. Spine bumped. Foxing to page edges and margins. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some loss, grubby to rear panel and creased to spine.

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BIGGLES LOOKS BACK
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326204
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 Pages. A story of Biggles and the Air Police. A few tiny dents at cover edges and a few light marks to covers. A tiny tear to edge of front fly-leaf. Minor foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut to top of front flap, is edge rubbed with a couple of small tears and rear panel is slightly grubby. There is a small patch of surface paper damage to front panel of wrapper.

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WORLDS OF WONDER
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326201
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1962. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

More adventures in Space. Blue boards, green title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. School ink stamps to pastedowns. Some grubby fingermarks to pages but contents still decent. Dustwrapper is edge worn. 'New' price sticker to front panel (covering printed price) of 8/6 net.

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BIGGLES ON THE HOME FRONT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326199
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, vignette of front of aeroplane to front cover. Colour plates. Another adventure of Biggles and his Air Police Pilots. Spine slightly bumped. Some light foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and torn at corners, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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NOW TO THE STARS
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326198
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1956. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Story of Interplanetary Exploration - the 3rd in Captain Johns's Science Fiction series. Blue boards with black titles and vignette to front board. 6 colour plates. 190 pages. Spine bumped sith split at top of spine. Fading to cover edges. Foxing to half title-page. Front free-endpaper is missing. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and slightly grubby.

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COMRADES IN ARMS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326195
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Very good condition.

Green boards, red titles. Stories of Biggles, Worrals and Gimlet. Colour frontis and title pages plus double-page green and black illustrations. Second impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Spine and cover edges lightly faded. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and textblock.

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