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BIGGLES FOREIGN LEGIONNAIRE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330799
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black lettering to front cover and spine. Black vignette of legionnaire and fort on front cover. 6 colour plates. 190 pages. 2nd impression. Spine very slightly bumped. Light marks to rear cover. Endpapers are lightly browned with old tape marks. Initials in ink to top corner of front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper has minimal loss to top of spine and a light vertical crease to spine edge of front panel.

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BIGGLES AND THE BLACK MASK
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330797
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1964. Very good condition.

Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Biggles uncovers the existence of an International Criminal Network. The title and author name from the dustwrapper has been cut out and stuck to the front board, remainder of dustwrapper is missing. Spine slightly bumped with a couple of tiny holes to centre. Minimal foxing to textblock, contents clean.

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BIGGLES GOES HOME
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330795
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a 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. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Light foxing to textblock. Pencil erasure mark to front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, torn and creased, some biro marks to book list on rear panel.

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BIGGLES FAILS TO RETURN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330740
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 223 pages. 3rd impression. Spine and corners bumped. A few foxpspots to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is in several pieces and is edge chipped and torn with slight loss to top of spine and tiny chip to lower edge of front panel. Rear panel is slightly grubby. Front flap is detached but held in place by old tape (which is now browned and loosing the glue!).

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THE FIRST BIGGLES OMNIBUS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330739
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1953. Good condition.

Contains 4 full-length stories: Biggles Sweeps The Desert, Biggles In The Orient, Biggles Delivers The Goods and Biggles Fails To Return. Red boards, black titles. B/w illustrations. 640 pages. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Cover edges are rubbed. Spine has a 1" split to lower front edge. Endpapers are browned. Ink school stamp to front free-endpaper. Rear pastedown is slightly damaged (possibly from the book being dropped and grabbed to stop its fall?). Small brown marks affects top margins of some pages.

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BIGGLES GOES TO SCHOOL
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330736
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Even in his schooldays Biggles attracted adventure. Red boards, black titles and vignette. Yellow and black full-page illustrations. 193 pages. 2nd impression. Minimal bumping to spine. A few foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and has a tiny tear/hole to top of spine.

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COMRADES IN ARMS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330735
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, red titles. Stories of Biggles, Worrals and Gimlet. Colour frontis and title pages plus double-page green and black illustrations. 2nd impression. Fading to spine and a couple of cover edges. 'Letter' from Johns taped to front endpaper; tape is yellowing and brittle. Wrapper has taped to edges and is browned/yellowed. Some marks to cover edges from old tape. Some chipping to wrapper.

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BIGGLES TAKES A HOLIDAY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330733
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, darker blue titles and panther vignette. 8 full-page illustrations. 190 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Light browning to spine and a few marks to front cover. Some foxing otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge scuffed, faded to spine and just a little grubby to rear panel.

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BIGGLES FORMS A SYNDICATE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330732
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biggles finds himself at 'Hells Gates'. Red boards, black title to spine, small vignette to front board. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Some very light browning to endpapers and a few very tiny foxspots to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and a bit grubby to rear panel.

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WORRALS GOES EAST
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330731
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. Colour frontis. 8 b/w illustrations. First reprint. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some light rubbing to cover edges. A few very light marks to covers. Endpapers browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and creased with slight loss to spine and corners. Rear panel and spine are slightly grubby.

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WORRALS IN THE WILDS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330718
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

The first post-war Worrals story. Blue covers. Black titles. Colour frontis plus 6 two-tone illustrations. 192 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers very slightly grubby (spine very slightly browned). Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Pale page browning throughout else contents clean.

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THE FIRST BIGGLES OMNIBUS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330715
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Contains 4 four-length stories: Biggles Sweeps The Desert, Biggles In The Orient, Biggles Delivers The Goods and Biggles Fails To Return. Blue boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 640 pages. 5th impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is a little edge rubbed with light damp staining to spine.

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