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WINGS OF ROMANCE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 813619
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1939. Very good condition.

A Steeley Adventure. Orange cloth, black title to spine. 220 pages. Covers slightly faded and marked. Corners bumped. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Outer page edges a little foxed.

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SKY HIGH
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 811890
Published by Newnes. 1st 1936. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. 251 pages. The First in the Steeley Series, a young adventurer of the skies. REDUCED FROM £800. Two inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Contained in 2nd impression wrapper (only difference from 1st is rear panel book titles). Wrapper has 2cm loss to base of spine and 3 to 7mm loss from top of spine, loss has been diguised by photocopy loosely laid underneath. Front flap has had price-cut - 2cm diameter hole. Rare to find any copy in a dustwrapper.

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SOME MILESTONES IN AVIATION
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 810251
Published by John Hamilton. 1st 1935. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. No catalogue to rear. 32 numbered illustrations/photos. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Some foxing to outer page edges and a few pages internally. All photo plates/illustrations are present.

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SHORT SORTIES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 810250
Published by Latimer House Limited. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. A variety of stories by Johns. 202 pages. Spine and corners are bumped. A few grubby marks to covers. Damp mark to bottom corner of front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is damp marked to front flap, edge-torn in places, with some small chips of loss; 3-4" split to bottom of spine and the horizontally across. Worn to edges.

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SHORT SORTIES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 593462
Published by Latimer House Limited. 1st 1950. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. A variety of stories by Johns. 202 pages. Bottom of spine lightly faded, spine slighlty cocked. Minor foxing to rear endpaper. Wrapper is rubbed, torn with some loss to top and tail of spine.

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SHORT SORTIES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 432287
Published by Latimer House Limited. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. A variety of stories by Johns. 202 pages. Spine and corners are bumped. A few light marks to covers. Name and address in ink to front endpaper. A couple of light foxspots to outer page edges. Contents are lovely and clean and tight. Book leans a little to one side. Pictorial wrapper is edge-torn in a few places, with a few small chips of loss. Tears have been repaired with tape to verso. A lovely copy of this 1st edition!

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SKY FEVER
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 575178
Published by Latimer House. 1st 1953. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

And Other Stories. Blue cloth, black title to spine. 174 pages. Top and tail of spine faded. Contents fine. Bright yellow pictorial wrapper has slight loss at top and tail of spine. A very nice copy, scarce in original wrapper.

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FLYING ADVENTURES
Written by W.E. Johns; George E. Rochester; et al. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Stanley Orton Bradshaw; et al..
Stock no. 561097
Published by John Hamilton. 1st 1936. Slightly better than very good condition.

A collection of stories edited by W.E. Johns, including 3 stories by him. Pictorial boards. 4 b/w plates, 6 colour plates plus other b/w illustrations. 248 pages. A lovely bright copy. Very pale foxing to verso of plates and very light browning to page margins.

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FLYING STORIES
Written by W.E. Johns; George E. Rochester; et al. Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw.
Stock no. 561098
Published by John Hamilton. 1st 1936. Very good condition.

A collection of stories edited by W.E. Johns, including 4 stories by him. Pictorial boards. 4 b/w plates, 6 colour plates plus other b/w illustrations. 248 pages. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Rear cover a little grubby. A few pale foxspots and light browning to page pages. A lovely copy of this scarce title.

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FLYING STORIES
Written by W.E. Johns; George E. Rochester; et al. Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw.
Stock no. 571263
Published by John Hamilton. 1st 1936. Very good condition.

A collection of stories edited by W.E. Johns, including 4 stories by him. Pictorial boards. 4 b/w plates, 6 colour plates plus other b/w illustrations. 248 pages. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Covers scuffed. All plates present. Light page browning else contents clean.

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THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Andrew Skilleter.
Stock no. 561101
Published by Norman Wright. 1st 2003. Fine condition.

A fast paced thriller originally published in 1940 by John Hamilton. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w frontis. Limited to 300 numbered copies. Copy no. 260 SIGNED by Norman Wright.

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DAILY MAIL BOYS ANNUAL
Written by John Bellamy; W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 569025
Published by Associated Newspapers. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Maroon cloth, black titles. Story by Johns: The Case of the Two Bright Boys. Spine and corners bumped. Page edge browning. Pictorial wrapper is edge-creased with couple small edge-tears.

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