The Children's Book Club
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ORCHIDS FOR BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330738
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Circa
1962.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, black title to spine. No illustrations despite accreditation to Leslie Stead. 168 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with small tape repairs on verso, rear panel is grubby.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
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BIGGLES AND THE PLANE THAT DISAPPEARED
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330725
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Circa
1963.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black title to spine. 6 b/w illustrations. 159 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Some light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and lightly damp stained (only visible on verso). Rear panel is grubby.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES AND THE MISSING MILLIONAIRE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330720
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Circa
1961.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Biggles & Co. are on a trail of a yacht that sailed away and never came back. Blue boards, black titles. Not illustrated. Spine bumped. Slight loss to lower edges of free-endpapers. Light foxing to endpapers and textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, grubby to rear panel and has a small brown mark to top edge of front panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES TAKES IT ROUGH
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330719
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Circa
1963.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black title to spine. Front endpapers are maps of the island of Tola. No other illustrations despite accreditation to Leslie Stead. 184 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, slightly grubby to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES AND THE LOST SOVEREIGNS
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330717
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Good condition.
Green boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis. 184 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers lightlyk marked and spine sunned. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Half-title/frontis is part detached at lower 2". Some foxing else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
THE FOURTH KEY
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1330598
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The sixth adventure of Mike and Mary Bishop, with their Scottie Dog, Dougal. Blue boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations, 181pp. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners slightly bumped. Small (and very faint) mark to centre of front cover. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly browned to spine.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
SAUCERS OVER THE MOOR
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1330590
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A gripping and fast-moving adventure story set on Dartmoor. Pale blue boards, black titles to spine. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. Dustwrapper illustration is by Geoffrey Whittam. 244 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing and light spotting to covers. Contents are well browned but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tape repairs (both to front and on verso). Rear panel is foxed.
THE LONG PASSAGE
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Alice Bush.
Stock no. 1330589
Published by The Children's Book Club.
1960.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A Buckingham story. Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Foxspots to textblock. Small indentation to rear cover. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, is slightly edge rubbed and is slightly grubby to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
THE FUTURE TOOK US
Written by David Severn.
Illustrated by Jillian Richards.
Stock no. 1330339
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Circa
1958.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Pale blue covers with black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Spine lightly browned. Covers lightly foxed and marked, some biro marks to front cover. Endpapers browned. Foxing throughout else contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed and edge worn with some loss, spine and rear panel of wrapper foxed and marked. No. 1 written to base of spine of wrapper.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- SCIENCE FICTION
OPERATION SEABIRD
Written by Monica Edwards.
Illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam.
Stock no. 1830454
Published by The Children's Book Club.
1958.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
What will Tamzin and Rissa do when they discover that many seabirds are dying because their wings are becoming clogged with oil...? Yellow boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Grease spots to spine. Boards a little grubby in appearance (minor), bumped at corners.Foxing and some grubby marks present. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased and edge-worn with slight loss at corners, grubby and marked to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BIRDS (CHILDRENS)
CHANGE AT MAYTHORN
Written by Geoffrey Trease.
Illustrated by Robert Hodgson.
Stock no. 1330200
Published by The Children's Book Club.
1963.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Little Maythorn is a quiet country railway station and for Mike and his family it is a case of 'All Change' when his father becomes the station master there. Red boards, black titles. B/w illustrations. 215 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine bumped. Foxing to prelims and outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is a little grubby to rear panel with a few tiny closed tears.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
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BIGGLES AND THE PENITENT THIEF
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330052
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Circa
1967.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black title to spine. 151 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Large initials (S.B.) in black felt-tip pen to front free-endpaper. Original printed price has been crossed out to front flap of wrapper. Rear panel of wrapper is foxed. Wrapper edges rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS ADVENTURE