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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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BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326377
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title and vignette to front cover. Eight blue two-tone illustrations plus b/w text illustrations. 190 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Light vertical crease to centre of spine. A couple of foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss to spine and corners, light vertical crease to front panel and rear panel is just slightly grubby.l

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BIGGLES DELIVERS THE GOODS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326375
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 182 pages. Fifth impression. Spine slightly bumped. Small mark to edge of front cover. Foxspots to textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and just a little grubby to spine and rear panel.

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EDMUND DULAC'S PICTURE BOOK FOR THE FRENCH RED CROSS
No author listed. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1326349
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1915. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Yellow cloth covers with green titles and vignettes. 19 tipped-in colour plates and a b/w photographic plate of Dulac. 134 pages. 11" x 8.5". Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Page browning to endpapers and grey mounts for plates. Foxing to contents. Tiny corner crease to plate opposite page 16. Small repaired tear to plate opposite page 41. Scarce dustwrapper is in several pieces (torn at spine) and has sections of loss to edges. Wrapper is browned.

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BIGGLES DELIVERS THE GOODS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326284
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards with silver titles to front and spine. Colour frontis and b/w text illustrations. Fourth impression. Spine slightly bumped, some light fading and browning to cover edges. Pale foxing to endpapers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss, rear panjel and spine are a little grubby.

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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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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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WORRALS ON THE WAR-PATH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326112
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Pale blue cloth, parachute vignette. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Damp(?) spotting to covers. A few foxspots to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is torn in half down centre of spine and title at top of spine is also detached (but still present). There is some slight loss to top and tail of spine and to lower edge of rear panel. Spine and rear panel are a little grubby.

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BIGGLES GETS HIS MEN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326109
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

Blue boards, dark titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. 189 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine. Ink name stamp to front free-endpaper. Foxing else contents clean.

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BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326107
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title and vignette to front cover. Eight blue two-tone illustrations plus b/w text illustrations. 190 pages. Fifth impression. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby/dusty else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is just a little edge creased, rear panel is grubby.

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