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THE NAMELESS BOAT
Written by M. Pardoe. Illustrated by Leslie Atkinson.
Stock no. 1322970
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Mary Gray and the Barnard boys are off for a caravanning holiday on the west coast of Scotland - and to another adventure! Green boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with minimal chipping at top and tail of spine and some rubbing of surface paper too.

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FLYING TO THE SUN
Written by Geoffrey Cuthbert.
Stock no. 2139579
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w photos. A quarter of a century of Britannia Airways, Europe's leading leisure airline. ISBN: 0340410205. Bumping to top of spine. Foxing to outer page edges.

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BIGGLES FORMS A SYNDICATE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2138783
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1961. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Reissued the same year as the first. Some chipping and cracking to laminate on spine. Bumping to top and tail of spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Name in ink to front pastedown. Page edge browning. A few marks.

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WINGS AND THE CHILD
Written by E. Nesbit. Illustrated by George Barraud.
Stock no. 2138090
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1913. Very good condition.

Or The Building of Magic Cities. Green cloth with gilt titles to spine, black titles and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations and photographs. 197 pages. Spine is browned with some wear. A few light marks to covers. Inscription in pencil to front pastedown. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges. The odd margin mark.

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THE LONELY BASILISK
Written by Greg Lyons. Illustrated by Colin Robinson.
Stock no. 2138015
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1989. Very good condition.

Roosters Series - designed to boost children's confidence in their ability to read a 'whole book'. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0340497157.

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CAMBRIDGESHIRE (KING'S ENGLAND)
Written by Arthur Mee.
Stock no. 2137938
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. New edition. Browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with a few nicks and chips; a little edge creasing; browned to spine.

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BIGGLES LOOKS BACK
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2137306
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 Pages. Bumping to spine. Inscription in ink, with white tippex fluid marks to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper has top corner of front flap cut off; edge-creasing with a few chips and nicks; a few marks to rear panel.

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BIGGLES SETS A TRAP
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2137304
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than 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. Red boards, black lettering. B/w illustrations. 159 pages. NB: This copy has the new style Knight logo to the base of the spine and is contained in a c.1970 dustwrapper. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing and light wear.

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FIVE FALL INTO ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 2136852
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 2nd 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Famous Five in the 9th adventure, alone at Kirrin Cottage with the problem of Gipsy-girl Jo. Red boards. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Blue and white endpapers. 192 pages. Bump and fade mark to top of spine. Brown stains to pages 27 and 99. Foxing to outer-page edges. Wrapper torn with loss, and rear flap incorrectly trimmed, (maybe publisher error).

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FIVE GO TO SMUGGLER'S TOP
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 2136716
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Burgundy textured boards. Gilt titles. Blue pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis. B/w and two-tone illustrations. 2nd impression. Top inch of spine is faded. Wear to cover edges. Foxing to outer page edges and some to prelims. Wrapper is badly torn - front flap torn off - but still present - loss to top of spine - messily taped together in places.

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GUMDROP TO THE RESCUE
Written by Val Biro. Illustrated by Val Biro.
Stock no. 2135933
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Gumdrop speeds to the rescue of a stolen motorbike - which does him no good at all! Glazed boards. 9.75 x 8". ISBN: 0340392401.

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MR PICKWICK PAGES FROM THE PICKWICK PAPERS
Written by Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Frank Reynolds.
Stock no. 2135912
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Burgundy leather binding with gilt titles and decorations; raised bands to spine. 25 tipped-in, tissue-guarded colour plates. All edges gilt. Limited edition. Some light wear to covers and to gilt on outer page edges. Browning to some tissue-guards on plates. Slip case is very good - some wear and small remains of label.

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