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THE COCKPIT FLYING ADVENTURES
Written by W.E. Johns; Major C.H. Daniels; et al.
Stock no. 1330730
Published by John Hamilton. 1936. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. 4 b/w plates. Biggles story by Johns is 'The Ace of Spades'. Part of the 'ace' series. A collection of 8 stories edited by Daniels. Spine and corners slightly bumped, cover edges lightly rubbed. Prize plate to front pastedown. Some foxing and page page browning. Price-cut wrapper is very worn and torn but only minimal loss. Light damp stains to edge of front panel.

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BIGGLES IN THE JUNGLE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330729
Published by Brockhampton Press. Circa 1963. Almost very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Hampton Library edition. The book has been covered with clear laminate (which is slightly wrinkled) and also has another set of grey endpapers.

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ORCHIDS FOR BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330728
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards with yellow titles to spine. Colour frontis. 168 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some browning to spine and to lower edges of covers. Book leans to one side a little. Foxing to endpapers and textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn, faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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SERGEANT BIGGLESWORTH C.I.D.
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330727
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with black titles. Colour frontis and 8 other illustrations. The first post-war Biggles story. 2nd impression. Spine bumped. Mottling to covers and a small white mark to top edge of rear cover. Tiny dent to top edge of rear cover. Date ink stamp to rear pastedown. Endpapers are partly browned. Some very slight foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss and a little grubby to rear panel.

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BIGGLES SWEEPS THE DESERT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330726
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis and 8 b/w illustrations, 2 double page spreads. 208 pages. 4th impression. Spine slightly bumped. A few tiny foxspots, mainly to textblock. Last couple of pages are slightly damp wrinkled. Dustwrapper is just a little edge worn and very slightly grubby to rear panel.

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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.

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BIGGLES FLIES TO WORK
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330724
Published by Deans International Publishing. 1985. Fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. 184 pages. 7.5 x 5". ISBN: 0603034098.

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BIGGLES FLIES TO WORK
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330723
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1978. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Some unusual cases of Biggles and his Air Police. ISBN: 0603034098. A lovely bright copy with sharp corners and spine.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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THE RESCUE FLIGHT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1330716
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1953. Almost very good condition.

Green boards, black title to spine. 6 b/w illustrations. 248 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Top edge of textblock is slightly grubby, fore-edge has a few small spots. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers are browned. Contents clean.

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