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TRUST JENNINGS!
Written by Anthony Buckeridge. Illustrated by Mays.
Stock no. 1326884
Published by Collins. Circa 1970. Good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Everyone agreed that Jennings' plan to raise money for a worthy cause was highly commendable. They agreed too that Jennings' plans always worked well on paper but in practice they often ran into such disaster that he was obliged to think of new ones to stave off disaster! Pale grey boards with red title to spine. 4 b/w illustrations. 192 pages, top edge red. Spine and corners bumped. Prelims have been removed along with title page and colophon page, so no edition details. Textblock foxed. Contents grubby. Dustwrapper is worn at edges with browned tape repairs on verso and a light stain to base of spine. Price sticker on front flap shows 50p or 10/- (so assuming date of this edition is circa 1970).

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THE BOY BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326797
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards. Black titles to spine. 182 pages. ISBN: 0603034012. Spine slightly bumped. Page browning and a slight musty smell to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased/rubbed.

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EAGLE ANNUAL No. 5
Written by Marcus Morris.
Stock no. 1326746
Published by Hulton Press Ltd.. 1956. Very good condition.

Cloth spine. Red pictorial boards. Colour and b/w pictures. 176 pages. Board edges rubbed, corners worn, boards scuffed. NOT inscribed. Biro no. 12 written to front pastedown else contents clean.

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WILLIAM THE PIRATE
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326704
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1938. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Tenth impression of November 1938. Spine and corners bumped. Browning to top and tail of spine (matching loss on dustwrapper). Foxing and fingering throughout. Small, light damp stain to lower edges of front endpapers. Very grubby dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with loss.

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WILLIAM THE DETECTIVE
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326703
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1952. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards with black title block to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. Sixteenth impression. Spine bumped. Foxing to some pages and textblock. Dustwrapper is worn, creased and torn with white sticky paper reinforcements on folds on verso and loss to top of spine. White rear panel and spine are both grubby.

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STILL WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326702
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black title label to spine and vignette to William to front. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. Twenty-fifth impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss to spine and front flap almost detached.

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WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326701
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1931. Good condition.

Red cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. 249 pages, with 3 adverts to rear. B/w illustrations. Reprint of February 1931. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Covers grubby. Foxing to contents. Endpapers a bit grubby.

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JUST WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326700
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title labels to spine and vignette of William to front. 251 pages. Fortieth impression. Pale page browning to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge rubbed and rear panel and spine (white) are a bit grubby.

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THE BEST OF BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326689
Published by Chancellor Press. 1st thus 1985. Almost very good condition.

Five Thrilling Adventures! Glazed pictorial boards. Blue endpapers. Stories are: Biggles in Africa; Biggles Flies North; Biggles in the South Seas; Biggles and the Black Mask; Biggles and the Dark Intruder. ISBN: 0907486592. Spine and corners bumped. Tiny nick to front edge of spine. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Old price in pencil erased to front free-endpaper but still visible. Small stain to lower corner tips of last 50 pages (only textblock affected).

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THE FIRST BIGGLES OMNIBUS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326688
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1953. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Contains 4 full-length stories: Biggles Sweeps The Desert, Biggles In The Orient, Biggles Delivers The Goods and Biggles Fails To Return. Red boards, black titles. B/w illustrations. 640 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers partly browned. Dustwrapper is well worn, creased and torn. Substantial surface paper loss to spine.

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BIGGLES SECRET AGENT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1326687
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1950. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green boards, silver title to spine. 6 b/w illustrations. 255 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Top and tail of spine sunned. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to textblock. Flying Jacket wrapper is worn, chipped and torn with loss. Front flap almost detached.

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BIGGLES SWEEPS THE DESERT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326686
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1942. Good condition.

The Biggles Squadron versus the Nazi ace, Von Zoyton, in the battle of the Libyan air route. Blue cloth. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers marked. Joint between frontis and title-page is cracked. Textblock is grubby.

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