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SERGEANT BIGGLESWORTH C.I.D.
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324026
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1946. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with black titles. Colour frontis and 8 other illustrations. The first post-war Biggles story. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded, some slight marking to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. A couple of transfer stickers stuck to front free-endpaper. Endpapers and textblock foxed. Dustwrapper has loss at base of spine (onto rear panel) and slight edge chipping.

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LITTLE SISTER SNOW
Written by Fannie Caldwell Macaulay. Illustrated by G. Kataoka.
Stock no. 1824374
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 2nd 1909. Almost very good condition.

Second Edition. Blue cloth with oval onlay to front and gilt titles. 143 numbered pages. Colour plates. Spine browned and cocked. Lower edge of text block is uncut. Browning to endpapers. Remains of bookplate to front endpaper and diagonal pocket created to rear pastedown. Inscription in ink to half-title page and front endpaper part stuck down to half-title page. Foxing throughout - heavy in places.

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FIVE RUN AWAY TOGETHER
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1824373
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1949. Almost very good condition.

Blue boards with black titles. Blue pictorial endpapers. B/w and two-colour illustrations. Colour frontis. The third Famous Five book. Third impression. Boards grubby and marked. Lower corners of boards bumped. Text block browned. Some foxing and grubby marks to contents. One ilustration neatly coloured in.

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SERGEANT BIGGLESWORTH C.I.D.
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323922
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1952. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with black titles. Colour frontis and 8 other illustrations. The first post-war Biggles story. Fourth impression. Spine bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and creased with slight loss and rear panel is a little grubby with an ink mark.

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BIGGLES FOLLOWS ON
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323879
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. 4 double-sided b/w plates. 158 pages. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Foxing to textblock and some page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped, is grubby to rear panel and foxed on verso.

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BIGGLES IN THE ORIENT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323878
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with black titles to front and spine. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 179 pages. Second impression. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly edge rubbed and cloth slightly grubby. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and creased with some loss and very grubby to spine and rear panel.

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BIGGLES DELIVERS THE GOODS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1323863
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards with silver titles to front and spine. Colour frontis and b/w text illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Slight fading/browning to lower edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is creased to front flap, is slightly edge worn and a little grubby to rear panel and spine.

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BIGGLES' SECOND CASE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323852
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1948. Good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Cream boards, green titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 190 numbered pages. Spine bumped. Covers grubby and slightly foxed. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Page browning and foxing to textblock. A few page corner tips creased. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with loss, front flap is almost detached (hanging on by a whisker). Rear panel is grubby with a cup mark.

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BIGGLES WORKS IT OUT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323850
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. 8 yellow and black illustrations. 191 numbered pages. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock. Light fingermarks to endpapers. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and creased and a tiny bit grubby to rear panel.

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THE LORD KITCHENER MEMORIAL BOOK
Written by Hedley Le Bas.
Stock no. 1824285
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Almost very good condition.

Edited by Sir Hedley Le Bas, Joint Honorary Secretary of the Lord Kitchener National Memorial Fund. This volume was prepared as a slight memorial to Lord Kitchener's life and work. Containing tributes from men who write from intimate knowledge of this great man. White cloth boards with blue titles and borders. B/w tipped in plates and b/w photos & illustrations. Split to top rear edge of spine. Boards slightly grubby. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing throughout - heavier in some places than in others.

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LITTLE PETER
Written by Lucas Malet. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 1323723
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1909. Very good condition.

A Christmas Morality. Pretty cream pictorial boards. Gilt titles. 8 colour plates mounted on grey captioned card. 175 pages. 8.75 x 6.5". Spine and corners bumped. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Heavy foxing throughout and endpapers slightly browned. Plates present and in fine condition.

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LITTLE MISCHIEF BUBBLE BOOK
Written by Ralph Mayhew; Burges Johnson. Illustrated by Rhoda C. Chase.
Stock no. 1323714
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1920. Very good condition.

The tenth Bubble Book. Small format. Pictorial paperboards. 3 rhymes with accompanying gramophone records. Colour illustrations. Covers lightly edge rubbed and foxed. Some browning to title-page and last text page. Records are untested but present and complete.

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