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BIGGLES SETS A TRAP
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324109
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biggles is on the trail of an extraordinary series of murders. History and excitement combine to make this a thrilling detective story. Red boards, black lettering. B/w illustrations. 159 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Front pastedown has become slightly unstuck from cover allowing the front board to slide back when the book is closed (hard to explain - see picture!). Contents bright and clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed and scuffed with a small patch of surface paper damage to rear panel.

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BIGGLES AND THE BLACK RAIDER
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324104
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Black vignette of aeroplane to front. 8 colour plates. Endpapers are maps. Spine slightly bumped. Mark to top edge of rear cover. Small spot to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, is slightly grubby to rear panel and has a name written in ink to front flap.

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ANOTHER JOB FOR BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324037
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette to front cover. B/w and two-tone illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some scuffing to cover edges. Spine slightly browned. Foxing to contents. Child's writing to front free-endpaper has been partially erased. Later dustwrapper (price 8s 6d) is edge worn and grubby to rear panel.

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BIGGLES WORKS IT OUT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324034
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. 8 yellow and black illustrations. 191 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss to spine and corners, front flap is MISSING, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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BIGGLES TAKES A HOLIDAY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324031
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red titles and panther vignette. 8 full-page illustrations. 190 pages. Spine and corners bumped, slight browning to spine. Book leans to one side a little. Date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn, chipped and creased with fading to spine, rear panel of wrapper is a bit grubby.

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BIGGLES DELIVERS THE GOODS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324029
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, black titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 182 pages. Spine and corners bumped, a few light marks to covers and slight darkening to cover edges. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with brown paper tape repairs/reinforcements to edges on verso.

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BIGGLES SWEEPS THE DESERT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324028
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. Lower corner of rear cover is bumped. Small spot to centre of rear cover and some light dustiness to covers. Prize plate to front pastedown, name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn, slightly faded to spine and a little grubby to rear panel.

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SERGEANT BIGGLESWORTH C.I.D.
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324026
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1946. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with black titles. Colour frontis and 8 other illustrations. The first post-war Biggles story. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded, some slight marking to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. A couple of transfer stickers stuck to front free-endpaper. Endpapers and textblock foxed. Dustwrapper has loss at base of spine (onto rear panel) and slight edge chipping.

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LITTLE SISTER SNOW
Written by Fannie Caldwell Macaulay. Illustrated by G. Kataoka.
Stock no. 1824374
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 2nd 1909. Almost very good condition.

Second Edition. Blue cloth with oval onlay to front and gilt titles. 143 numbered pages. Colour plates. Spine browned and cocked. Lower edge of text block is uncut. Browning to endpapers. Remains of bookplate to front endpaper and diagonal pocket created to rear pastedown. Inscription in ink to half-title page and front endpaper part stuck down to half-title page. Foxing throughout - heavy in places.

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FIVE RUN AWAY TOGETHER
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1824373
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1949. Almost very good condition.

Blue boards with black titles. Blue pictorial endpapers. B/w and two-colour illustrations. Colour frontis. The third Famous Five book. Third impression. Boards grubby and marked. Lower corners of boards bumped. Text block browned. Some foxing and grubby marks to contents. One ilustration neatly coloured in.

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SERGEANT BIGGLESWORTH C.I.D.
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323922
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1952. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with black titles. Colour frontis and 8 other illustrations. The first post-war Biggles story. Fourth impression. Spine bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and creased with slight loss and rear panel is a little grubby with an ink mark.

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BIGGLES FOLLOWS ON
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323879
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. 4 double-sided b/w plates. 158 pages. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Foxing to textblock and some page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped, is grubby to rear panel and foxed on verso.

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