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WILLIAM AND THE SPACE ANIMAL
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330927
Published by The Children's Book Club. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight fading to base of spine. Name plate to front pastedown. Contents are well browned but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, browned to spine and slightly foxed on verso.

THE LOST POTHOLE
Written by Showell Styles. Illustrated by C.W. Bacon.
Stock no. 1831054
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1961. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Young Anthony Carter didn't expect to become involved in a dangerous pot-holing rescue and treasure hunt when he joined his friends on the rain-sodden Yorkshire Moors... Children's Book Blub Edition. Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations based on the author's sketches. 136 pages. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. Boards clean. Foxing to top edge of text block with some bleeding to very top of page margins (minor). Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, lightly faded to spine, and lightly browned with minor scuffing to rear panel.

BIGGLES GETS HIS MEN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330866
Published by The Children's Book Club. 1951. Good condition.

Yellow boards, brown title to spine. B/w illustrations. 188 pages. Covers are marked (foxed?) and grubby, spine and corners bumepd. Child's inscription in ink to front pastedown and child's writing (messy) to front free-endpaper. Contents are browned with foxing to textblock.

BIGGLES AND THE PENITENT THIEF
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330851
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1967. Very good condition.

Red boards, black title to spine. 151 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Front joint just starting to crack. Rear free-endpaper has been removed. Some erased ink writing to front free-endpaper. Contents are generally clean.

BIGGLES AND THE LEOPARDS OF ZINN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330803
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1960. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

In Central Africa Biggles & Co. free a primitive race from sinister influences and expose a plot. Green boards, black title to spine. 6 colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. A few small light marks to lower edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss, rear panel is grubby.

BIGGLES AND THE POOR RICH BOY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330798
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1961. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards. Dark titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 182 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Very pale browning to spine. Foxspot to lower edge of front cover. Some foxing and other marks to textblock, slight foxing to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss to top and tail of spine and grubby, particularly to rear panel.

BIGGLES AND THE LEOPARDS OF ZINN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330792
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1960. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

In Central Africa Biggles & Co. free a primitive race from sinister influences and expose a plot. Green boards, black title to spine. 6 colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing/dustiness to top edge of textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased, slightly grubby and foxed on rear panel.

THE FOURTH KEY
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1330598
Published by The Children's Book Club. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The sixth adventure of Mike and Mary Bishop, with their Scottie Dog, Dougal. Blue boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations, 181pp. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners slightly bumped. Small (and very faint) mark to centre of front cover. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly browned to spine.

SAUCERS OVER THE MOOR
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1330590
Published by The Children's Book Club. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A gripping and fast-moving adventure story set on Dartmoor. Pale blue boards, black titles to spine. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. Dustwrapper illustration is by Geoffrey Whittam. 244 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing and light spotting to covers. Contents are well browned but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tape repairs (both to front and on verso). Rear panel is foxed.

THE LONG PASSAGE
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Alice Bush.
Stock no. 1330589
Published by The Children's Book Club. 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Buckingham story. Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Foxspots to textblock. Small indentation to rear cover. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, is slightly edge rubbed and is slightly grubby to rear panel.

CHANGE AT MAYTHORN
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Robert Hodgson.
Stock no. 1330200
Published by The Children's Book Club. 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Little Maythorn is a quiet country railway station and for Mike and his family it is a case of 'All Change' when his father becomes the station master there. Red boards, black titles. B/w illustrations. 215 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine bumped. Foxing to prelims and outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is a little grubby to rear panel with a few tiny closed tears.

BIGGLES AND THE PENITENT THIEF
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330052
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. 151 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Large initials (S.B.) in black felt-tip pen to front free-endpaper. Original printed price has been crossed out to front flap of wrapper. Rear panel of wrapper is foxed. Wrapper edges rubbed.