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MORE WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1327736
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1953. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette of William to front cover. B/w text illustrations. 252 pages. 36th impression. Spine bumped. Contents lightly browned. Dustwrapper is worn and rubbed, browned to spine with slight loss at top and tail and a little grubby to rear panel.

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BIGGLES GOES HOME
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1827898
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. Black vignette on front cover - Biggles in a parachute. Colour frontis, b/w chapter headers. 160 pages. Sunlight on title to dustwrapper spine has imprinted title on to spine of book (faint). Neat name in ink to front endpaper, Some minor rust marks to front flap of dustwrapper and endapers. Text block lightly browned and foxed. Damp staining to edge of prelims and rear endpaper (light). Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby, rubbed at corners, repaired with clear tape to verso, damp stain to verso (not visible to front). Sounds worse than it is.

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BILLY BUNTER AFLOAT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1827831
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Book 21. Green boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 223 pages. Text block browned. Page edges lightly browned. Pale black ink stamp to front endpaper which is also just a little grubby. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few minor closed tears, browned, faded to spine, grubby to rear panel.

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TAKE JENNINGS FOR INSTANCE
Written by Anthony Buckeridge. Illustrated by Mays.
Stock no. 1327525
Published by Collins. 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jennings joins the Natural History club. Colour frontis, 4 b/w illustrations. Red boards, black title to spine. 256 pages, top edge red. Endpapers partly browned. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' price sticker above. Dustwrapper is edge creased and slightly chipped.

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JENNINGS' DIARY
Written by Anthony Buckeridge.
Stock no. 1327524
Published by Collins. 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis. Top edge red. 253 pages plus booklist. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Small brown spot (foxing?) to title-page. Contents browned but clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed.

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JENNINGS GOES TO SCHOOL
Written by Anthony Buckeridge.
Stock no. 1327521
Published by Collins. 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jennings arrives at Linbury Court School as the very new "new boy". Red cloth, black title to spine. Colour frontis. Top edge red. 255 pages. Corners bumped. Endpapers partly browned, page edge browning throughout else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a couple of small tears and a tiny patch of surface paper damage to top of rear panel.

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JENNINGS AND DARBISHIRE
Written by Anthony Buckeridge.
Stock no. 1327520
Published by Collins. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jennings receives a printing set! Colour frontis. Red boards. Top edge red. 256 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight dent to top edge of front cover. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and creased with minimal loss.

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OUR FRIEND JENNINGS
Written by Anthony Buckeridge. Illustrated by Mays.
Stock no. 1327516
Published by Collins. 1960. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles to spine. Colour frontis plate. 4 full-page b/w illustrations. Top edge red. 256 pages. Spine very slightly bumped. Front cover is slightly dust marked to top and bottom edges. Pale page browning throughout else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with tape repairs to tears on verso of front panel, small piece of loss to top corner of rear panel.

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BIGGLES SORTS IT OUT
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1327515
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1967. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 184 pages. Some and corners bumped, some wear to cover edges. Textblock is foxed. Front joint has started to crack. Some heavy pencil marks to front free-endpaper erased (old price). Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby with damp staining to spine and folds.

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BIGGLES AND THE POOR RICH BOY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1327433
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1961. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards. Dark titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 182 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Light browning to spine. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso and edge worn/chipped with slight loss. Rear panel is grubby and foxed.

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THE BUMPER BIGGLES BOOK
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1327272
Published by Chancellor Press. 1984. Almost very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Five adventures of the intrepid aviator! Contains Biggles Pioneer Air Fighter; Biggles Flies South; Biggles in the Orient; Biggles Defies The Swastika; and Biggles In The Jungle. ISBN: 0907486320. Spine bumped with small split at top, Pale page browning else contents clean.

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BIGGLES FLIES AGAIN
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1327271
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. Spine slightly bumped. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Some foxing to textblock. Contents browned but clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed and a little grubby to rear panel.

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