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BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 2139960
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver titles and vignette. 8 blue & white full page illustrations, other b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Some white spots to covers. Corners are bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and marks to outer page edges and page margins. Wrapper is creased with tears; 1" loss to base of spine; smaller loss to corners; some grubby marks.

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BIGGLES IN THE ORIENT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2139795
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with black titles to front and spine. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 179 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers are mottled/foxed. Some foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is grubby with edge-creasing; a few tears and chips, a few small areas of loss.

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BIGGLES FAILS TO RETURN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2139774
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1943. Good condition.

Blue cloth. Colour frontis and full-page b/w illustrations. Front endpaper is a map. 223 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing/fading and mottling to covers. Foxing and browning to outer page edges.

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BIGGLES FAILS TO RETURN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2139739
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1943. Good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. Colour frontis and full-page b/w illustrations. Front endpaper is a map. 223 pages. Spotting and damp marking to covers. Marks to outer page edges and some to page margins. Wrapper is badly torn with some pieces of loss; messily taped back together.

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BIGGLES HUNTS BIG GAME
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2139683
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, 11 two-tone illustrations. 211 pages. Spine is bumped. Some spotting to covers. Foxing and browning to endpapers, outer page edges and a few page margins. Wrapper is creased with some tears and chips; grubby to rear panel.

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BIGGLES TAKES A HOLIDAY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2139680
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

Blue boards, red titles and panther vignette. 8 full-page illustrations. 190 pages. Spine and cover edges are browned. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Damp staining to bottom of outer page edges and a little way up some margin pages.

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THE NAMELESS BOAT
Written by M. Pardoe. Illustrated by Leslie Atkinson.
Stock no. 1322970
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Mary Gray and the Barnard boys are off for a caravanning holiday on the west coast of Scotland - and to another adventure! Green boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with minimal chipping at top and tail of spine and some rubbing of surface paper too.

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FLYING TO THE SUN
Written by Geoffrey Cuthbert.
Stock no. 2139579
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. A quarter of a century of Britannia Airways, Europe's leading leisure airline. ISBN: 0340410205. Bumping to top of spine. Foxing to outer page edges.

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BIGGLES FORMS A SYNDICATE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2138783
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1961. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Reissued the same year as the first. Some chipping and cracking to laminate on spine. Bumping to top and tail of spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Name in ink to front pastedown. Page edge browning. A few marks.

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WINGS AND THE CHILD
Written by E. Nesbit. Illustrated by George Barraud.
Stock no. 2138090
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1913. Very good condition.

Or The Building of Magic Cities. Green cloth with gilt titles to spine, black titles and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations and photographs. 197 pages. Spine is browned with some wear. A few light marks to covers. Inscription in pencil to front pastedown. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges. The odd margin mark.

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THE LONELY BASILISK
Written by Greg Lyons. Illustrated by Colin Robinson.
Stock no. 2138015
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1989. Very good condition.

Roosters Series - designed to boost children's confidence in their ability to read a 'whole book'. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0340497157.

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CAMBRIDGESHIRE (KING'S ENGLAND)
Written by Arthur Mee.
Stock no. 2137938
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. New edition. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with a few nicks and chips; a little edge creasing; browned to spine.

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