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SERGEANT BIGGLESWORTH C.I.D.
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324852
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 and corners slightly bumped, slight fading to base of spine. Front cover is slightly warped. Light foxing. Small tear to top margins of last few pages.

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THE LION OF ST. MARK
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 1324686
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A story of Venice in the 14th century. Green pictorial cloth. 5 b/w plates. 384 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Small dent to edge of rear cover. Slight scuffing to cloth. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Front joint cracked. Endpapers are browned. Foxing and browning to textblock and some foxing to prelims.

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A LIVELY BIT OF THE FRONT
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 1324679
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. 288 pages. A tale of the New Zealand Rifles on the Western Front. Spine and corners bumped. Some light scuffing and a light mark to rear cover. Name plate to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Some foxing to textblock.

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THE SWORD OF FREEDOM
Written by Charles Gilson. Illustrated by Frank Gillett.
Stock no. 1324666
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

A tale of the English Revolution. Brown pictorial coth with gilt titles. 6 colour plates. xi + 420 pages. Spine bumped. Hinge between frontis and title-page is cracked showing webbing beneath. Foxing to textblock and some page margins.

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UNDER THE WHITE ENSIGN
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Edward S. Hodgson.
Stock no. 1324664
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Fair condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. Colour frontis and 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. A Naval story of the Great War. Spine and corners bumped and worn. A few light marks to covers. Name plate to front pastedown, name and address in pencil to front free-endpaper. Hinges pulled and joints cracked causing contents to be a little loose. Frontis has been re-inserted with tape which has now browned with age. Unfortunately 2 of the b/w plates are MISSING.

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MARTIN THE SKIPPER
Written by James F. Cobb.
Stock no. 1324655
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. Very good condition.

A tale for boys and seafaring folk. 5 b/w plates. Blue pictorial cloth with gilt title block to spine and title to front, gilt vignettes. 403 pages plus 2 catalogues at rear. Spine bumped and very slightly browned. Name plate and tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Small red ink stamp (and blue ink marks) to front free-endpaper. Textblock is foxed. Some spots to margins.

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IN THE KING'S NAME
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1324594
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1905. Good condition.

Or, The Cruise of the Kestrel. Brown pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 12 b/w plates. vii + 374 pages + 32 page booklist. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers scuffed and slightly marked. Name plate to front pastedown. Pencil doodles erased from margins of page 65 and pencil doodles to rear endpapers. Joints and hinges pulled and cracked causing contents to be slightly loose. Contents are foxed and a bit grubby.

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THE SEA-GIRT FORTRESS
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by W. Edward Wigfull.
Stock no. 1324490
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

A story of Heligoland. Grey pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. 296 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing to prelims and foxspots to textblock.

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WITH KITCHENER IN THE SOUDAN
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1324489
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1903. Good condition.

A Story of Atbara and Omdurman. Red pictorial cloth, gilt. 10 b/w plates plus 3 maps. 384 pages + 32 page booklist. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers scuffed and grubby. Library label (pencil markings erased) to front pastedown (no other evidence of this being an exlibrary copy). Inscription in ink and small booksellers embossed stamp to front free-endpaper. Hinges pulled causing contents to be a little loose. Foxing to verso of frontis. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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THE THICK OF THE FRAY AT ZEEBRUGGE APRIL 1918
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by W. Edward Wigfull.
Stock no. 1324471
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Colour frontis. 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Book leans to one side a little. Name plate to front free-endpaper, evidence of some erased pencil markings to same page. Foxing to textblock and some page margins.

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ROUNDING UP THE RAIDER
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Edward S. Hodgson.
Stock no. 1324464
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A Naval Story of the Great War. Green boards with pictorial front cover and spine. Black titles to both spine and front covers. Colour frontis + 3 other b/w plates. 255 pages. Spine bumped. Yellow stain(?) to rear edge of spine. Removal of an inscription to front pastedown has caused some surface paper loss. Foxing, mainly to prelims and textblock.

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THE BOY BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1324363
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1968. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth, black titles to spine. 182 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to top and tail of spine, damp stains to cover edges. Contents are browned and there is foxing to the top edge of the textblock but the contents are otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with minimal loss, rear flap fold has been reinforced with tape on verso.

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