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BIGGLES PRESENTE... 16 AVIONS DE CHASSE DE LA II GUERRE MONDIALE
No author listed. Illustrated by Francis Bergese.
Stock no. 1326400
Published by Miklo. 2003. Very good condition.

Large format. 16 numbered and 2 other, large postcard style illustrations of fighters of World War II by Bergese, contained in card case and slip-case. Text to bottom of postcards is in French. ISBN: 2930234148. Illustrations are fine. Top edge of slipcase has come unstuck (could be repaired with proper binding glue).

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BIGGLES 2 GULDFUGLEN
Written by W.E. Johns; Carmen Jorgensen; John Jorgensen. Illustrated by Bjorn Karlstrom.
Stock no. 1326399
Published by Interpresse. Circa 1978. Good condition.

A comic book with text in Dutch. Large format. Cardwraps. ISBN: 8775293722. Covers are edge rubbed, splits to spine. Name and address label stuck inside front cover.

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THE MODERN BOY'S ANNUAL 1932
Written by George E. Rochester; et al. Illustrated by W.E. Johns; et al..
Stock no. 1326397
Published by The Fleetway House. 1932. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows picture of the 'Southern 903' train. First feature in the book is 'The Desert Air Mail'. Colour plates and full page pictures. Colour frontis by Johns. Spine bumped. Covers edge rubbed and corners worn. Vertical crease to centre of front free-endpaper. Some light fingering to page margins else contents clean.

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BIGGLES IN THE CRUISE OF THE CONDOR
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Pat Williams.
Stock no. 1326395
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. A Biggles Strip Book. Spine and corners bumped and worn with some loss of surface paper. Covers grubby. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Browning and fingering to page margins.

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THE WAY WE WERE IN NEWPORT
Written by Terry Underwood.
Stock no. 1326393
Published by Terry Underwood. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Book Two: Photographs of Old Newport up to and including the Year 1950. Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 095079080X. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper. Spine bumped. Foxing to prelims and textblock. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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YESTERDAYS NEWPORT
Written by Terry Underwood.
Stock no. 1326392
Published by Terry Underwood. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Book One Photographs of Old Newport up to and including the Year 1920. A pictorial record describing the way we were, where we lived, worked and played; memories of yesterdays contributed by the people of Newport in Gwent. Brown cloth, gilt. Sepia photos. ISBN: 0907143008. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper. Spine slightly bumped. Foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased, tear to top of rear panel.

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THE ASCENT OF MAN
Written by J. Bronowski; Melvyn Bragg.
Stock no. 1827046
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

New foreword by Melvyn Bragg. Blue cloth spine, gilt title. Blue paper boards with blocked design. Colour & b/w illustrations. xvii and 302 pages. Still in original shrinkwrap. One side open edge corners are crushed, book believed to be unharmed.

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THE CHURCHYARD YEWS OF GWENT
Written by J. Daryll Evans.
Stock no. 1326390
Published by Archangel Press. 2nd 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Second Edition. Cardwraps. B/w photos. A fascinating study. 174 pages. ISBN: 9781905037018. Slight rubbing to corners. Contents clean.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES
Written by D. Emrys Evans.
Stock no. 1326389
Published by University of Wales. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

This historical sketch throws much light on the character and problems of a university. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Fading to covers. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to textblock. Contents generally clean. Foxed dustwrapper is well worn with quite a bit of loss to spine and top edges.

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WORRALS FLIES AGAIN
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326381
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1949. Almost very good condition.

Black boards, white title to spine and yellow/gold title and vignette of Worrals to front cover. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 189 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly faded and some light marking to rear cover. Name and date in ink to front pastedown. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins but contents generally clean.

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BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326377
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title and vignette to front cover. Eight blue two-tone illustrations plus b/w text illustrations. 190 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Light vertical crease to centre of spine. A couple of foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss to spine and corners, light vertical crease to front panel and rear panel is just slightly grubby.l

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MURDER BY AIR
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326376
Published by Latimer House Ltd.. 1st thus 1951. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

A "Steeley" story. Blue boards, black title to spine. 150 pages. 7.5 x 5". Completely revised and reset. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is very edge worn with some loss and rear panel is grubby.

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