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ROSANNA JOINS THE WELLS
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by Eve Guthrie.
Stock no. 1323912
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped, slight rubbing to spine and corners. Foxing to textblock and page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss to top and tail of spine.

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NO CASTANETS AT THE WELLS
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by Eve Guthrie.
Stock no. 1323906
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Some marks to rear cover. Endpapers are browned. Some foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly worn to spine and corners, is a little grubby to rear panel and slightly browned to spine. There is browning to the verso of the wrapper.

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MASQUERADE AT THE WELLS
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by Eve Guthrie.
Stock no. 1323905
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Third book in the Sadlers Wells series. Jane wants to be a dancer but her parents want her to be a veterinary surgeon, whilst her cousin Mariella would rather be with animals than train to be a dancer like her mother. The two girsl decide that Jane should masquerade as Mariells at a forth coming audition for the Sadlers Wells company. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 190 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. A few small, light marks to covers. Endpapers are partly browned. Top edge of textblock is dusty. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with substantial loss on rear panel and some loss to top and tail of spine. Rear panel is also a bit grubby. Wrapper is browned on verso and to spine.

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BILLY BUNTER AND THE BLUE MAURITIUS
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1323901
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green covers, dark titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 238 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly faded and foxed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some foxing to textblock, prelims and endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn, faded to spine and a little grubby to rear panel.

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BILLY BUNTER'S BENEFIT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1323898
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd.. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, dark blue titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 236 pages plus 4 page book list. Spine and corners bumped. Some spotting to front cover edges. Foxing else contents clean. Joints cracked.

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BIGGLES FLIES TO WORK
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1323887
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Some unusual cases of Biggles and his Air Police. Red boards. 184 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Contents browned but clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased. Some small tick marks to title list on rear panel, the last title listed is The Boy Biggles.

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BIGGLES IN THE SOUTH SEAS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Norman Howard.
Stock no. 1323884
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1952. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. 6 b/w illustrations. 245 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some slight marking to textblock. Contents clean. Flying Jacket wrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped with loss, rear panel is foxed.

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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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BIGGLES IN THE ORIENT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323878
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. 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. Second impression. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly edge rubbed and cloth slightly grubby. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and creased with some loss and very grubby to spine and rear panel.

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BIGGLES AIR DETECTIVE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1323875
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1970. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, black title to spine. 151 pages. Spine and corners are bumped. Contents browned but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and creased at edges. Small tick marks to title list on rear panel.

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ORCHIDS FOR BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1323872
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1972. 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. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and a bit grubby.

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BIGGLES IN THE BLUE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1323869
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards, scottie dog design. Blue title to spine. 6 colour plates. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Light fingering to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby with some ink writing to rear panel and a small tear/hole to centre of spine.

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