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RUPERT ANNUAL 1940 (FACSIMILE) - RUPERT'S ADVENTURE BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1326412
Published by Annual Concepts Limited. 1992. Very good condition.

Facsimile of the 5th Rupert annual (1940), the first to be issued in full colour throughout. Due to paper rationing during the war this was probably the ONLY annual to be issued that year. Colour pictorial boards. ISBN: 1874507015. Spine slightly sunned. Foxing throughout and some light page browning.

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WILLIAM'S HAPPY DAYS
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326406
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards with black title labels to spine and vignette of William's head/shoulders to front board. B/w text illustrations. 252 pages. 18th impression. Spine and corners bumped. Heavy bumping and creasing affecting rear cover. Light page browning to contents and some light creases. Dustwrapper is creased and torn with tape repairs on verso, some loss at lower edges.

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WILLIAM'S HAPPY DAYS
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326403
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1942. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. 252 pages. B/w illustrations. 14th impression. Spine bumped, slight fading to top of spine and a couple of small brown spots to edge of spine. Name in ink partially erased to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper (white spine) is edge worn, grubby to spine and rear panel and has loss to top of spine.

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MORE WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326401
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1953. Good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette of William to front cover. B/w text illustrations. 252 pages. 36th impression. Spine and corners bumped, covers slightly darkened at edges. Ink stamps (some blotting out) and number A428 written to front pastedown and half title-page. Front free-endpaper missing. Contents browned but clean. Poor dustwrapper is very very worn with loss and creasing and grubbiness.

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BIGGLES PRESENTE... 16 AVIONS DE CHASSE DE LA II GUERRE MONDIALE
No author listed. Illustrated by Francis Bergese.
Stock no. 1326400
Published by Miklo. 2003. Very good condition.

Large format. 16 numbered and 2 other, large postcard style illustrations of fighters of World War II by Bergese, contained in card case and slip-case. Text to bottom of postcards is in French. ISBN: 2930234148. Illustrations are fine. Top edge of slipcase has come unstuck (could be repaired with proper binding glue).

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BIGGLES 2 GULDFUGLEN
Written by W.E. Johns; Carmen Jorgensen; John Jorgensen. Illustrated by Bjorn Karlstrom.
Stock no. 1326399
Published by Interpresse. Circa 1978. Good condition.

A comic book with text in Dutch. Large format. Cardwraps. ISBN: 8775293722. Covers are edge rubbed, splits to spine. Name and address label stuck inside front cover.

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THE MODERN BOY'S ANNUAL 1932
Written by George E. Rochester; et al. Illustrated by W.E. Johns; et al..
Stock no. 1326397
Published by The Fleetway House. 1932. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows picture of the 'Southern 903' train. First feature in the book is 'The Desert Air Mail'. Colour plates and full page pictures. Colour frontis by Johns. Spine bumped. Covers edge rubbed and corners worn. Vertical crease to centre of front free-endpaper. Some light fingering to page margins else contents clean.

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BIGGLES IN THE CRUISE OF THE CONDOR
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Pat Williams.
Stock no. 1326395
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. A Biggles Strip Book. Spine and corners bumped and worn with some loss of surface paper. Covers grubby. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Browning and fingering to page margins.

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WORRALS FLIES AGAIN
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326381
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1949. Almost very good condition.

Black boards, white title to spine and yellow/gold title and vignette of Worrals to front cover. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 189 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly faded and some light marking to rear cover. Name and date in ink to front pastedown. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins but contents generally clean.

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BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326377
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title and vignette to front cover. Eight blue two-tone illustrations plus b/w text illustrations. 190 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Light vertical crease to centre of spine. A couple of foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss to spine and corners, light vertical crease to front panel and rear panel is just slightly grubby.l

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MURDER BY AIR
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326376
Published by Latimer House Ltd.. 1st thus 1951. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

A "Steeley" story. Blue boards, black title to spine. 150 pages. 7.5 x 5". Completely revised and reset. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is very edge worn with some loss and rear panel is grubby.

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BIGGLES OF THE CAMEL SQUADRON
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326372
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue covers, black title to spine. 182 pages. ISBN: 0603034047. Spine and corners slightly bumped, fading to cover edges. Page browning to contents but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and just a tiny bit grubby to rear panel.

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