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BIGGLES AND THE CRUISE OF THE CONDOR
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1331024
Published by Dean. 1985. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial blue and red boards. 184 pages. ISBN: 0603034063. Spine very faded and cover edges slightly faded.

THE BOY BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1331023
Published by Deans International Publishing. 1985. Nearly fine condition.

Title to cover and title-page appears to be backwards (Biggles; The Boy). Text is that of 'The Boy Biggles'. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0603034012. Spine slightly sunned.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1961
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1331020
Published by Daily Express. 1961. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial laminated boards showing Rupert on a swing. 1st story Rupert and the Hearth-Rug. Includes puzzle page and Magic Painting pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some score marks to rear cover. Light crease to lower corner of front cover. Spine slightly browned. Inscription in ink in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Magic Paintings messily COMPLETED. Contents well fingered with light creases to margins.

RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 23 - RUPERT AND THE SNOW SPORTS
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1331019
Published by Daily Express. 1955. Almost very good condition.

Title story Rupert And The Snow Sports. Also includes Rupert And The Vanishing Pet. 24 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Covers creased, slightly foxed and edge rubbed. Mark to rear cover. Some light fingering to page margins and top corner tips lightly creased. Small name in ink to front cover.

THE FOX AND THE STAR
Written by Coralie Bickford-Smith. Illustrated by Coralie Bickford-Smith.
Stock no. 1331018
Published by Particular Books. 1st 2015. Fine condition.

Blue cloth with white titles and decoration. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781846148507.

BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1331017
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver titles and vignette. 8 blue & white full page illustrations, other b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Browning to top and tail of spine. Ink stamps to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with tears and creases (repaired on verso) and rear panel is slightly grubby.

BILLY BUNTER AT BUTLIN'S
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1331016
Published by Cassell & Co.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Beaver Club edition. Red boards. B/w illustrations. 217 pages. Spine bumped. Front joint is just starting to crack a tiny bit. Contents are browned throughout but otherwise clean. Small mark to edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tears at corners.

THE CHANGELING OF MONTE LUCIO
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1331014
Published by Collins. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Philip, the Count of Monte Lucio, and the plan to depose him and set his twin brother, Hugo, in his place. Yellow cloth. B/w pictures. 255 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxing to spine and to cover edges. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxspots to textblock, top edge of textblock is grubby. Dustwrapper is edge worn and a bit grubby.

BIGGLES GETS HIS MEN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1331013
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, dark titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. 189 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and slight browning to base of spine. Minimal browning to endpapers else contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little rubbed at spine and conrers.

BIGGLES AND THE POOR RICH BOY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1331012
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Hampton Library edition. Orange boards, black title to spine. B/w chapter headers. Spine bumped. Front joint is just starting to crack. Pictorial wrapper is a little scuffed and worn at edges.

THE LADYBIRD BOOK OF BRITISH WILD FLOWERS
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Rowland Hilder; Edith Hilder.
Stock no. 1331010
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards with green illustration to front. Brown open-winged ladybird design endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight browning to spine. Small scratch mark to front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, slight mark to rear panel.

FLIGHT THREE: USA
Written by David Scott Daniell. Illustrated by Jack Matthew.
Stock no. 1331009
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 587. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Slight bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is lightly edge worn, has a small mark to lower edge of front panel and is a little grubby to rear panel.