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WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1328482
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1926. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. 249 pages, with 3 adverts to rear. B/w illustrations. Second impression of December 1926. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Heavy foxing, mainly to first few and last few pages and textblock. Dustwrapper is worn and torn at edges with slight loss and some neat repairs on verso.

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WILLIAM THE GOOD
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1328476
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth. black title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 252 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some fading to spine. Tiny hole to inner margin of page 143. LATER dustwrapper (pink spine) is price-cut and edge rubbed.

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STILL WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1328475
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. 20th impression. Some fading to head and tail of spine. Bumping to spine and corners. Page 127/8 has not been cut correctly during binding process (page a bit larger than it should be with folding of edges. Some foxing. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and worn with slightly browned spine.

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BIGGLES AND THE POOR RICH BOY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1328467
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. Circa 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Hampton Library edition. Orange boards, black title to spine. B/w chapter headers. Spine and corners bumped. Page edge browning and a few foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears at corners and scuffing to rear panel.

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SERGEANT BIGGLESWORTH C.I.D.
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1328466
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition.

Blue boards with black titles. Colour frontis and 8 other illustrations. The first post-war Biggles story. Third impression. Spine bumped and faded. Slight mark to rear cover (old tape?). Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing.

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BIGGLES IN THE BLUE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1328464
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards, scottie dog design. Blue title to spine. 6 colour plates. 192 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is chipped at front edges with slight loss, slightly browned to spine and very slightly grubby to rear panel.

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THAT'S JENNINGS
Written by Anthony Buckeridge. Illustrated by Rodney Sutton.
Stock no. 1328460
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt titles to spine. Last of the Jennings books. Incorrect ISBN 0333611330 printed on publisher information page in some books. 121 pages. ISBN: 0333617932. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Red title to spine wrapper has slightly faded.

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THE JENNINGS COMPANION
Written by Anthony Buckeridge; David Bathurst.
Stock no. 1328455
Published by Summersdale. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

Red pictorial cardwraps. Fossilised fish hooks! Crystallised cheesecakes! This book is the definitive companion volume to the 25 Jennings titles that appeared between 1950 and 1995. ISBN: 1873475497. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine is slightly sunned. Some light rubbing to corners. Page edges are browned.

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WILLIAM AND THE MOON ROCKET
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1328407
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1954. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt vignette of William to spine and gilt lettering to spine/front cover. 248 pages. B/w illustrations to text throughout. Spine bumped and browned. Slight discolouration to cover edges. Some erasure damage to front endpapers (erasure of ink inscription and pencil pricing). Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Some grubby marks to page margins. Dustwrapper is creased with a few small nicks, rear panel is grubby. A few pencil marks to front flap.

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WILLIAM'S TELEVISION SHOW
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1328406
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt titles. Gilt vignette of William saluting to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Light foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to top of spine and rear panel is slightly grubby.

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BIGGLES IN THE SOUTH SEAS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Norman Howard.
Stock no. 1328309
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with black title to spine and front cover, with black line decoration to front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped with slight browning at base. Faint spotting to covers. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to textblock. Bookseller's ink stamp to rear pastedown. Some light creases to prelims. Flying Jacket wrapper is edge rubbed with minimal loss at corners, crease/tear to top edge of front panel.

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THE TYRANT OF GREYFRIARS
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1328285
Published by Howard Baker. 1973. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 21. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Includes Magnet Nos. 1169 to 1174 and No. 1227. The Hidden Hand; Tale-Bearer in Chief; The Greyfriars Rebellion; Down with the Tyrant; All Busy on the Greyfriars Front; Victory for the Rebels; A Dog with a Bad Name. ISBN: 0703000349. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears to spine.

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