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THE QUEST FOR THE PERFECT PLANET
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326598
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The quest is to find a perfect planet as refuge from the day of doom. Red boards, black title to spine and vignette to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Ink stamp to front pastedown (St. Lukes C.E. Primary School). Endpapers and prelims a bit grubby. Textblock slightly grubby and foxed. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly faded to spine.

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BIGGLES FOREIGN LEGIONNAIRE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326596
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1954. Good condition.

Red boards, black lettering to front cover and spine. Black vignette of legionnaire and fort on front cover. 6 colour plates. 190 pages. Spine bumped. Covers grubby. Endpapers browned. Small mark to edge of textblock and textblock slightly grubby.

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BIGGLES ON MYSTERY ISLAND
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326557
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1958. Very good condition.

Red boards. Black titles and vignette of island. 6 colour plates. 192 pages. Small brown stain to top corners of prelims and rear pages.

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NO REST FOR BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326554
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1956. Very good condition.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. Colour plates. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Some light foxing to textblock and some page margins. Small brown spot to centre of front pastedown.

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BIGGLES FAILS TO RETURN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326429
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 223 pages. Third impression. Covers lightly stained, lower 2" of spine browned. Top edge of front cover has been nibbled(?). Some light staining to margins of front endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn (nibbled at top front edge and loss to lower 2" of spine), light damp staining to verso of wrapper.

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WORRALS OF THE ISLANDS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326388
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1945. Good condition.

A Story of the War in the Pacific. Pale blue cloth, black titles. Colour frontis. Full page monotone pictures. Spine and corners bumped. Some spotting to covers and spine slightly faded. Front free-endpaper has been removed, front joint is cracked. Name and address in ink to half title-page. Some light foxing to textblock.

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WORRALS IN THE WILDS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326387
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 bumped and slightly rubbed. A few light marks to covers. J4 written in red crayon to front pastedown, some crayon marks to rear free-endpaper. Minimal foxing to textblock.

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KINGS OF SPACE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326385
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Story of Interplanetary Exploration. Blue boards, black titles and vignette of flying saucer. Colour plates. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. Some slight darkening to cover edges. Two leaves (pages 79-82) are detached but still present. Textblock is very slightly grubby. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and slightly chipped, rear panel is a bit grubby.

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BIGGLES FOLLOWS ON
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326380
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. 4 double-sided b/w plates. 158 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing to textblock and top edge of textblock a bit grubby. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, rear panel is a little grubby, flaps are foxed and there are some small ink tick marks to title list on rear flap.

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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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BIGGLES DELIVERS THE GOODS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326375
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 182 pages. Fifth impression. Spine slightly bumped. Small mark to edge of front cover. Foxspots to textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and just a little grubby to spine and rear panel.

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RETURN TO MARS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326282
Published by The Children's Book Club. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. 6 colour plates. A story of Interplanetary Flight. Spine bumped and slight bumping to corners. Light tape marks to cover edges and endpapers. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper has white sticker reinforcements to verso and has tape to edges which has browned a fair wrapper only because of these faults.

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