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THE ROVER BOOK FOR BOYS 1959
No author listed.
Stock no. 1323569
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1959. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial front board shows 2 aeroplanes, one crashed in the show and the other flying over the mountains. Also a couple of birds of prey being shot at with arrows from the ground. First story is 'When The Red Tide Flows'. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Some light marks to page margins. Small margin tears to a couple of pages. Light page browning else contents clean.

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BILLY BUNTER'S OWN
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1323520
Published by Oxonhoath Press. 1959. Very good condition.

Red glazed pictorial boards, front cover shows Bunter hunting. B/w illustrations. Colour frontis piece. First story 'Was it Bunter?'. No. 6. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Laminate at spine edges has slightly lifted. Contents are lightly browned, large foxspots to endpapers.

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BIGGLES SETS A TRAP
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323432
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1962. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biggles is on the trail of an extraordinary series of murders. History and excitement combine to make this a thrilling detective story. Red boards, black lettering. B/w illustrations. 159 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and has some light creasing to front flap.

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BIGGLES WORKS IT OUT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323425
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. 8 yellow and black illustrations. 191 numbered pages. Spine slightly bumped. Small bookworm hole to top front edge of spine. Foxing and a slight musty smell to contents. Name and address in red ink to front pastedown (hidden below wrapper flap). Dustwrapper is well worn with slight loss, rear panel is grubby and there is a horizontal tear across front panel (tape repaired on verso).

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BOBBY BREWSTER'S BALLOON RACE
Written by H.E. Todd. Illustrated by Lilian Buchanan.
Stock no. 1824123
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Bobby Brewster finds himself involved in magic at every turn. Even on holiday extraordinary things happen to him. He is followed by a travelling balloon that winks and yawns; and a sandcastle he helps to build on the beach is soon inhabited by a variety of sea creatures. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0340104430. SIGNED by the author (with best wishes from) to half-title page. Lower front edge of boards bumped.A few minor marks to text block and margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby, faded to spine, surface paper damage to front panel, slight loss to rubbed corners, rear panel crinkled by damp but not stained.

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BIGGLES HUNTS BIG GAME
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323410
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, 11 two-tone illustrations. 211 pages. Spine bumped. Some light foxing and page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with minimal loss, rear panel is a tiny bit grubby.

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BIGGLES' SECOND CASE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323405
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Cream boards, green titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 190 numbered pages. Spine bumped. Some foxing to textblock. Small black spot to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some loss, grubby to rear panel and has several large tears and creases to front panel.

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BIGGLES OF THE INTERPOL
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1323404
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red embossed scottie dog design with black title and scottie dogs to spine. 6 colour plates. 181 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is lightly edge rubbed and just a little grubby to spine and rear panel.

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BIGGLES AND THE POOR RICH BOY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1323401
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards. Dark titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 182 pages. Slight bumping to spine. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly browned to spine and has an ink number (58) to base of spine.

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ANOTHER JOB FOR BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323400
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette to front cover. B/w and two-tone illustrations. 191 pages. Some very slight fading to cover edges. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Tiny bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn with some loss at corners and slightly faded to spine.

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BIGGLES IN THE JUNGLE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Terence Cuneo.
Stock no. 1323364
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis, 4 b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Some light browning to endpapers and foxing to textblock. A few light corner creases. Flying Jacket wrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss to top and tail of spine and some biro marks to title list on rear panel.

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BIGGLES SWEEPS THE DESERT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323321
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1947. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

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 bumped. Wear and discolouration to lower edges of covers. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to spine and corners and large piece of loss to top edge of rear panel. Rear panel and spine are also a bit grubby.

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