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BIGGLES ON MYSTERY ISLAND
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326557
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1958. Very good condition.

Red boards. Black titles and vignette of island. 6 colour plates. 192 pages. Small brown stain to top corners of prelims and rear pages.

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NO REST FOR BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326554
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1956. Very good condition.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. Colour plates. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Some light foxing to textblock and some page margins. Small brown spot to centre of front pastedown.

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BIGGLES GOES HOME
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326552
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very 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. Spine slightly bumped. Prize plate to front pastedown. Light mark to textblock. A couple of page corner tips creased. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby and edge rubbed.

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INDIRA GANDHI ON PEOPLES AND PROBLEMS
Written by Indira Gandhi.
Stock no. 1827105
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book contains more than two dozen of the Indian Prime Minister's most important speeches from the time she first became Prime Minister of India in January 1966. New Edition with additional material. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0340348976. Foxing to top edge of text block. Grey dustwrapper is a little grubby, lightly creased at edges and lightly scuffed.

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BIGGLES FAILS TO RETURN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326429
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 223 pages. Third impression. Covers lightly stained, lower 2" of spine browned. Top edge of front cover has been nibbled(?). Some light staining to margins of front endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn (nibbled at top front edge and loss to lower 2" of spine), light damp staining to verso of wrapper.

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BIGGLES IN THE KALAHARI
Written by Stig Stjernvik; Peter James; W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stig Stjernvik.
Stock no. 1326398
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1983. Almost very good condition.

A Biggles Cartoon Adventure. Large format, pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 0340327499. Covers are slightly edge worn and creased. Pale page edge browning and some corner tips lightly creased.

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WORRALS OF THE ISLANDS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326388
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1945. Good condition.

A Story of the War in the Pacific. Pale blue cloth, black titles. Colour frontis. Full page monotone pictures. Spine and corners bumped. Some spotting to covers and spine slightly faded. Front free-endpaper has been removed, front joint is cracked. Name and address in ink to half title-page. Some light foxing to textblock.

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WORRALS IN THE WILDS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326387
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

The first post-war Worrals story. Blue covers. Black titles. Colour frontis plus 6 two-tone illustrations. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A few light marks to covers. J4 written in red crayon to front pastedown, some crayon marks to rear free-endpaper. Minimal foxing to textblock.

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KINGS OF SPACE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326385
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Story of Interplanetary Exploration. Blue boards, black titles and vignette of flying saucer. Colour plates. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. Some slight darkening to cover edges. Two leaves (pages 79-82) are detached but still present. Textblock is very slightly grubby. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and slightly chipped, rear panel is a bit grubby.

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WORRALS FLIES AGAIN
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326381
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1949. Almost very good condition.

Black boards, white title to spine and yellow/gold title and vignette of Worrals to front cover. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 189 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly faded and some light marking to rear cover. Name and date in ink to front pastedown. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins but contents generally clean.

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BIGGLES FOLLOWS ON
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326380
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. 4 double-sided b/w plates. 158 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing to textblock and top edge of textblock a bit grubby. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, rear panel is a little grubby, flaps are foxed and there are some small ink tick marks to title list on rear flap.

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BIGGLES TAKES THE CASE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326378
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and small vignette to front. B/w text illustrations. 189 pages. Spine and corners bumped with slight fading to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper and heavy pencil name an address to same page (this has been partially erased but the is still evident). Textblock slightly grubby else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is worn, front flap was detached and now re-attached with tape on verso, other tape repairs on verso as well.

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