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BIGGLES TAKES A HOLIDAY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326104
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red titles and panther vignette. 8 full-page illustrations. 190 pages. 2nd impression. Spine bumped and faded. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, tear to rear edge of spine and spine is very faded.

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WORRALS FLIES AGAIN
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326041
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth with black titles and vignette of Worrals to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 3rd impression. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Covers and contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with a tiny piece missing to top edge of front panel. Rear panel and spine very slightly grubby.

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WORRALS IN THE WILDS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326035
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. Small, light mark to front cover. Light foxing to textblock.

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BIGGLES AND THE BLACK MASK
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326033
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Biggles uncovers the existence of an International Criminal Network. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and slightly grubby to rear panel.

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BIGGLES TAKES A HAND
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326031
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1963. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Minimal rubbing and fading to spine. Erased pencil writing to top corner of front free-endpaper. Some slight foxing to textblock.

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WORRALS ON THE WAR-PATH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326025
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. Very good condition.

Worrals of the W.A.A.F. on her second dangerous wartime sortie into France, where she meets an old enemy. Peach cloth with red titles and vignette to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing, mainly to textblock and to prelims.

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BIGGLES AND THE PLANE THAT DISAPPEARED
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326016
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards black title to spine. 6 b/w illustrations. 159 pages. Spine bumped, slight bumping to lower edge of front cover. Name in black felt-tip pen to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, slightly grubby to rear panel and has faded to spine.

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BIGGLES SETS A TRAP
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326015
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biggles is on the trail of an extraordinary series of murders. History and excitement combine to make this a thrilling detective story. Blue boards, gilt title to spine and new style knight logo to base of spine. B/w illustrations. 159 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Heavy foxing, mainly to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and the yellow title to spine has faded. Price-cut at lower front flap, printed price of 10/- [50p] at top corner of same.

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THE HAPPY BOOK
Written by Githa Sowerby. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1325915
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Good condition.

Cream pictorial boards. Pretty colour pictures accompany children's verse. Covers are worn and a bit grubby. Spine chipped with slight loss and browning from old tape which is no longer present. Stitching pulled causing contents to be slightly loose. A few light marks to pages.

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A WONDER BOOK
Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1325862
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1922. Very good condition.

Attractive red cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. 24 full page illustrations in colour, 16 of which are tipped-in to cream paper and have captioned tissue guards. 20 b/w drawings.206 pages. Top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly faded. Endpapers lightly browned. Light foxing to textblock. Plates present and in fine condition.

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 1913
Written by Herbert Strang; Leslie Beresford; Captain Charles Gilson; Walter C. Rhoades; et al. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo; T.H. Robinson; C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1325849
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1913. Very good condition.

Beige cloth with gilt titles and onlays to front and spine showing a Canadian Mountie. Beige pictorial endpapers. Colour plates mounted on captioned brown paper. B/w illustrations. First story is "The Drums of the Twenty-Fourth" by Gilson. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Onlay to spine is slightly edge rubbed and faded. Some slight marking and spotting to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Hinges cracked. Foxing to contents.

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 1912
Written by Herbert Strang; David W. Bone; Stacey Blake; Captain Charles Gilson; Herbert Hayens; et al. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo; Lionel Edwards; C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1325848
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1912. Almost very good condition.

Purple boards with large pictorial onlay to front (scene showing schoolboys talking to a teacher). Blue cloth spine. Colour plates, b/w illustrations throughout. First story is "The Merchants' Cup" by Bone. Spine bumped, corners slightly worn. Fading to cover edges and to spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. endpapers partly browned. Plates loose, some with slightly ragged edges. Heavy foxing to contents.

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