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THE BUMPER BIGGLES BOOK
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1327272
Published by Chancellor Press. 1984. Almost very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Five adventures of the intrepid aviator! Contains Biggles Pioneer Air Fighter; Biggles Flies South; Biggles in the Orient; Biggles Defies The Swastika; and Biggles In The Jungle. ISBN: 0907486320. Spine bumped with small split at top, Pale page browning else contents clean.

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BIGGLES FLIES AGAIN
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1327271
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. Spine slightly bumped. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Some foxing to textblock. Contents browned but clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed and a little grubby to rear panel.

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GIMLET LENDS A HAND
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1327270
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1949. Very good condition.

A "King of the Commandos" adventure. Blue cloth, silver titles. B/w pictures. 4 b/w plates. 189 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Small mark to rear cover. Some pencil writing to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and some margin marks.

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KING OF THE COMMANDOS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1327269
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1st 1943. Good condition.

A story of Combined Operations. Red cloth, black titles and vignette to front cover. Colour frontispiece, 10 other b/w illustrations. 7.5 x 5". 192 pages. Frontis is MISSING from this copy. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby. Some ink marks to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock. Rear joint is cracked causing last page to be detached (but still present).

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BIGGLES IN THE ORIENT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1327268
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1949. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Light blue boards, silver title on front cover and spine. Colour frontis plus b/w plates. 180 Pages. Third impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some slight fading to cover edges and spine. Endpapers browned, foxing to textblock and page margins. Dustwrapper is worn and grubby with old tape marks (tape no longer present). Some loss to both flaps.

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BIGGLES IN THE ORIENT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1327208
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1952. Very good condition.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis and 6 b/w double-sided plates. 179 numbered pages. Fourth impression. Spine bumped. Covers slightly dusty with a small mark to rear cover. Heavy foxing to endpapers, also affecting prelims and textblock.

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BIGGLES DELIVERS THE GOODS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1327207
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Very good condition.

Pale blue boards with silver titles to front and spine. Colour frontis and b/w text illustrations. Fourth impression. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Light foxing to textblock else contents clean.

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BIGGLES AND THE BLACK PERIL
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1327206
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards. 184 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine slightly bumped. Contents browned but clean. Dustwrapper is rubbed at edges and foxed on verso.

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SPITFIRE PARADE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Radcliffe Wilson.
Stock no. 1327205
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1952. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Stories of Biggles in wartime. Green boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock. Flying Jacket wrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped with slight loss and a few small marks.

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BIGGLES IN THE JUNGLE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Terence Cuneo.
Stock no. 1327204
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1951. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Green cloth, dark title to spine. 4 b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine bumped. Light foxing to textblock and light browning to endpapers. Flying Jacket wrapper is in a bad state of repair. Front flap is detached, chips at edges with loss and 2" loss to base of spine.

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GIMLET GOES AGAIN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1327203
Published by University of London Press. 1st 1944. Good condition.

King of the Commandos in another adventure with fighting France and the Grey Fleas of the North. Blue/green cloth, vignette of commando on front cover. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby and spine slightly darkened. Rear joint is weak, old tape marks to the joint (tape no longer present).

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TO WORLDS UNKNOWN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1327202
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1960. Good condition.

Further adventures in Space for Rex Clinton and his friends, this time culminating in the evacuation of the threatened planet Parvo. Red boards, black title to spine and vignette to front cover. 6 colour plates. 157 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby and spine faded. Endpapers have been replaced. Textblock is a bit grubby.

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