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TAKE JENNINGS FOR INSTANCE
Written by Anthony Buckeridge. Illustrated by Mays.
Stock no. 1330061
Published by Collins. 1st 1958. 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. Spine bumped and a few tiny dents to cover edges. Old tape marks to endpapers and half title-page and some light browning to endpapers. Foxing to textblock. Slight surface paper loss (from pencil erasure) to verso of frontis. Very small annotation mark to margin of page 156. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with minimal loss at corners.

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BIGGLES DEFIES THE SWASTIKA
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1330054
Published by Oxford University Press. 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Light brown cloth with dark brown titles and vignette of plane flying over Oslo. Colour frontis plus 6 b/w plates. 249 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Fading to lower 0.5" of spine. Erased pencil writing to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper has loss to lower 1" of rear panel and spine and is edge rubbed.

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BIGGLES AND THE PENITENT THIEF
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330052
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. 151 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Large initials (S.B.) in black felt-tip pen to front free-endpaper. Original printed price has been crossed out to front flap of wrapper. Rear panel of wrapper is foxed. Wrapper edges rubbed.

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BIGGLES IN THE GOBI
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330049
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards. Black ram's horns vignette to front. 6 colour plates. Second impression. Endpapers lightly browned, very faint tape mark to rear free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Light creases to preliminary pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge rubbed.

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BEVIS: THE STORY OF A BOY
Written by Richard Jefferies. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1830131
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A book for boys who are still boys, and also for boys who are masquerading as men and fathers. New Illustrated Edition. Green cloth, cream titles and dark green vignette to front. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 519 pages. Top edge green. Third impression. A few minor foxspots to text block. Bookplate to verso of free front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Cream pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, faded to spine, browned across the top edge and a small closed tear to top front of spine edge (no loss).

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BIGGLES FOLLOWS ON
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330010
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. 4 double-sided b/w plates. 158 pages. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Light foxing to textblock, top edge of textblock dust marked. Wrapper is edge worn and creased with a few small chips.

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THE VICTOR BOOK FOR BOYS 1974
No author listed.
Stock no. 1329989
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1974. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Slight bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Front joint is starting to crack. A nice, bright copy.

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BIGGLES IN AUSTRALIA
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Studio Stead.
Stock no. 1329972
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1955. Good condition.

Red boards with aborigine vignette on front cover. 6 colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Covers marked. Spine slightly faded with light vertical crease. Some foxing and grubby marks but contents generally clean.

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BIGGLES-AIR DETECTIVE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1329914
Published by Marks & Spencer. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards, red cloth spine. Two-colour illustrations. 93 pages. 10 x 8". Covers are edge worn and slightly grubby. Cloth spine is starting to fray at edges. Foxing to textblock. Slight musty smell to contents.

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BILLY BUNTER AFLOAT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1329694
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Billy Bunter book no. 21. Green boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 223 pages. Spine bumped. Old tape marks to endpapers. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is very worn with edge chips and slight loss. 2" loss to base of spine, remaineder of spine faded and torn with slight loss at the top.

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THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
Written by Mark Twain. Illustrated by Donald McKay.
Stock no. 1329603
Published by Grosset & Dunlap. 1976. Almost very good condition.

An Illustrated Junior Library Edition. Colour pictorial cloth. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0448060027. Spine bumped and faded. Small stain to lower page margins of pages 299 to 303, also a couple of small marks to pages 298 and 299.

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ST. JIM'S FOREVER
Written by Frank Richards; Martin Clifford.
Stock no. 1329362
Published by Howard Baker. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 32. Collectors edition limited to 500 copies. Facsimile of The Gem issue nos. 729-751, 1922. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703001949. This is copy no. 399. Very pale page edge browning else a fine copy. Contained in a brown slipcase which is lightly rubbed at edges.

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