BOYS ADVENTURE
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ORCHIDS FOR BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326233
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 bumped. Book leans to one side a little. Rear endpapers are grubby (possibly stood on!). Textblock is slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and rear flap is a bit grubby.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES GOES TO WAR
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Martin Tyas.
Stock no. 1326232
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege.
1947.
Good condition.
Red boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped with slight fading/scuffing. Book leans to one side a little. Ink book club stamp (very small) to rear pastedown. Some light, old tape marks to rear free-endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby/dusty.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
GIMLET'S ORIENTAL QUEST
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326225
Published by Brockhampton Press.
1st
1948.
Almost very good condition.
A 'King of the Commandos' Adventure. A desperate treasure hunt in siamese jungle, which began harmlessly enough as a fishing holiday in the Highlands of Scotland. Gimlet and 'Cub' Peters lead an expedition to vindicate a dead man's faith. Green cloth, colour frontis. 8 b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Pale page browning and foxing else contents clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- GIMLET
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES LOOKS BACK
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326204
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1965.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 Pages. A story of Biggles and the Air Police. A few tiny dents at cover edges and a few light marks to covers. A tiny tear to edge of front fly-leaf. Minor foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut to top of front flap, is edge rubbed with a couple of small tears and rear panel is slightly grubby. There is a small patch of surface paper damage to front panel of wrapper.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES AND THE POOR RICH BOY
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326144
Published by Brockhampton Press.
1st
1961.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Another case from the records of Biggles and the Special Air Police. Brown boards. Green titles. Colour frontis. 182 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some light marks to endpapers else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and grubby, small tape repairs on verso. Some ink writing to front flap of wrapper.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
GIMLET LENDS A HAND
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326131
Published by Brockhampton Press.
1st
1949.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A "King of the Commandos" adventure. Blue cloth, black titles. B/w pictures. 4 b/w plates. 189 pages. Spine slightly bumped and spotted. Inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tear to top of spine (but only very minimal loss to spine and corners).
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- CHILDRENS
- GIMLET
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
GIMLET TAKES A JOB
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326098
Published by Brockhampton Press.
1st
1954.
Very good condition.
Red boards with embossed dog design, black titles to spine. 4 B/w plates. 176 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some very light fading to spine. Heavy foxing (mainly to textblock), contents generally clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- GIMLET
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
GIMLET COMES HOME
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326096
Published by University of London Press Ltd..
1949.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Peach boards, black titles and stag vignette to front. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 186 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing else a clean copy. Dustwrapper is worn and torn, grubby to white spine and rear panel and large section missing to lower edge of rear panel. Small patch of surface paper damage to front panel.
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- CHILDRENS
- GIMLET
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
- ADVENTURE
BIGGLES OF THE CAMEL SQUADRON
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326069
Published by Dean & Son Ltd..
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black title to spine. 182 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents browned but clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, last title listed on rear panel is Biggles Flies to Work.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES FLIES WEST
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326065
Published by Brockhampton Press.
Circa
1962.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The Hampton Library series. Pale blue mottled covers, red title to spine. 185 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES AND THE MISSING MILLIONAIRE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326024
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Very good condition in a almost 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 and corners bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, grubby to rear panel with biro doodle mark to edge.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
THE WESTOW TALISMAN
Written by Percy F. Westerman.
Illustrated by W. Edward Wigfull.
Stock no. 1325868
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
1st
1934.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
An adventure story for boys. Lord Fancis Westow finds it necessary to send the famous Westow Talisman to Egypt by aeroplane... Light tan cloth, brown titles. 4 b/w plates. 224 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with very slight loss and grubby to rear panel and spine.
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- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE