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BIGGLES SEES IT THROUGH
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1324030
Published by Oxford University Press.
1941.
Almost very good condition.
Orange pictorial cloth. Front cover shows plane and skis. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 'Medium' edition - just over 1" across spine. 2nd printing. Spine slightly bumped. Fading to cover edges and slight browning to spine. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Foxing to contents.
BIGGLES DEFIES THE SWASTIKA
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1323913
Published by Geoffrey Cumberlege; Oxford University Press.
1947.
Good condition.
Red boards, front covers shows biplane flying over Oslo. 6 b/w full-page illustrations. Spine is split at top and tail. A few light foxspots and a small mark to lower edges of textblock else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES IN THE SOUTH SEAS
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Norman Howard.
Stock no. 1323884
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege.
1952.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Green boards, black title to spine. 6 b/w illustrations. 245 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some slight marking to textblock. Contents clean. Flying Jacket wrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped with loss, rear panel is foxed.
BIGGLES & CO.
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1323847
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1936.
Fair condition.
Pyramid edition. Blue cloth with vignette of bi-plane, palm trees and pyramids to front. 6 b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Colour frontis. Frontis is MISSING. Spine and corners bumped, covers grubby and spine slightly darkened. Prize plate to front pastedown. Hinges pulled and rear joint is cracked showing webbing but binding is still tight. A couple of pages are part detached with slightly ragged edges. One page has lower margin torn off. Foxing and fingermarks to contents.
THE ROUNDABOUT BY THE SEA AND OTHER VERSES FOR CHILDREN
Written by John Walsh.
Illustrated by Christopher Brooker.
Stock no. 1323567
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1960.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Poems about everyday things such as school, home, the seaside, etc made to seem new and exciting. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. A letter SIGNED by the author is included to the previous owner (D.R. Oldham). Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is price-cut and a little foxed.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
HUNT THE THIMBLE
Written by Fiona French.
Stock no. 1824099
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1978.
Very good condition.
Three children in seventeenth-century Amsterdam play a version of Hunt th Thimble which leads to a chase round the city. Pictorial glazed boards. Full page colour illustrations. ISBN: 0192797190. Board corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Boards clean. Messy inscription to front endpaper with erasure marks. Contents otherwise clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
NATURE IN THE BALANCE: THE ECONOMICS OF DIVERSITY
Written by Dieter Helm; Cameron Hepburn.
Stock no. 1824084
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
2014.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
This book sets out the building blocks of an economic approach to biodiversity, and in particular brings together conceptual and empirical work on valuation, international agreements, the policy instruments, and the institutions. The objective is to provide a comprehensive overview of the issues and evidence, and to suggest how this very urgent problem should be addressed. Navy blue boards, gilt title to spine. Edited by Helm & Hepburn. ISBN: 9780199676880.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- ECONOMICS
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ECOLOGY
BIGGLES IN THE JUNGLE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Terence Cuneo.
Stock no. 1323364
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege.
1947.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis, 4 b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Some light browning to endpapers and foxing to textblock. A few light corner creases. Flying Jacket wrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss to top and tail of spine and some biro marks to title list on rear panel.
TIM'S FRIEND TOWSER
Written by Edward Ardizzone.
Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1323231
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1962.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format, Pink pictorial boards, blue spine. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Light bumping to spine. Wear along cover edges. Later dustrapper (has printed price of £1.25) has publisher's original clear plastic still present and stuck to verso. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.
THE CHANGELING
Written by William Mayne.
Illustrated by Victor Ambrus.
Stock no. 2140268
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1961.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green boards with silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Bumping to base of spine. Wrapper is lightly edge-creased.
THE ROLLING SEASON
Written by William Mayne.
Illustrated by Christopher Brooker.
Stock no. 1323109
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1960.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The drought had lasted for many weeks and there was practically no water left in the wells of the village of Bourne Bridge. Hiram, Sykes, Michael and Ernest went down the canal each day to the town for water. One day Hiram found an ancient book which told how a wheel with a bell on it was rolled down the hill to find water. So he sets out to find water.... Cream boards, brown title to spine. B/w illustrations to text. 175 pages. Slight bumping to spine. Endpapers are light and partly browned. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit creased at top of spine and a little faded at base.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
BIGGLES IN SPAIN
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by J. Abbey.
Stock no. 2139742
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege.
1948.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Green boards, gilt title to spine. 6 b/w illustrations. Chipping and splits to top and tail of spine. Wear to corners. Some fading to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is torn and chipped with a bit of loss; some marks.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE