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Author: W E JOHNS Author of the "Biggles" books Pictures by Stead
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1950, Second Impression, 1st pub. 1948, 211 pages, hardcover 8vo with dj, 17 Chapters, 11 illustrations.
Condition:Red cloth-bound hardcover with title to spine & frcvr, with illust. to frcvr, STRAIGHT, TIGHT & CLEAN in GOOD CONDITION with slight foxing to endpapers & outside page edges, no inscriptions, in a clipped GOOD DUSTJACKET with edgewear in a plastic covering
Description: A story of Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D. and his Special Air Police.
Biggles States The Case - The Velvet Glove - Exciting adventure at every turn!
Author: CAPTAIN W E JOHNS Author of the "Biggles" books Illustrations by 'Studio' Stead
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1956, First Edition, 159 pages, hardcover 8vo with dj, 16 Chapters, 6 illustrations.
Condition:Red cloth-bound hardcover with title to spine & frcvr, with illust. to frcvr, STRAIGHT, TIGHT and CLEAN in GOOD CONDITION with inscription to frepr, slight foxing to endprs in a clipped GOOD DUSTJACKET with edgewear in a clear plastic protective covering.
Description: A story of Air Detective-Inspector Bigglesworth and his comrades of the Air Police.
Biggles, Ginger, Algy and Bertie fly off on Operation Lex to discover what had forced these planes to land in darkest Africa.
Author: CAPT. W E JOHNS Author of the "Biggles" books
Publisher: Brockhampton Press, Leicester U.K., circa 1960s, 181 pages, hardcover 8vo with dj, 11 Chapters.
Condition:Green speckled cloth-bound hardcover with title to spine, STRAIGHT, TIGHT & CLEAN in GOOD CONDITION with robust textured pages, no inscriptions, in an unclipped GOOD DUSTJACKET with a few tiny tears & edgewear in a clear plastic protective covering.
Description: A story of Air Detective-Inspector Bigglesworth and his comrades of the Air Police.
Assignment in Arabia and The Lady from Brazil are two of the Chapters.
Author: W E JOHNS Author of the "Biggles" books Illustrations by Stead
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1951, First Edition, 192 pages, hardcover 8vo with dj, 16 Chapters, 8 illustrations.
Condition:Red cloth-bound hardcover with title to spine & frcvr, with illust. to frcvr, STRAIGHT, TIGHT and CLEAN in GOOD CONDITION with age-toning to endpapers & to outside page edges, no inscriptions, in a clipped GOOD DUSTJACKET with a few small tears & edgewear
Description: A story of Air Detective-Inspector Bigglesworth and his comrades of the Air Police.
Biggles and Co. on the track of gold nuggets stolen from an Australian mining town.
Author: by Peter Parley, (as editor) A beautiful, old book of engravings, intact and robust with some foxing and age-issues. CHILDREN'S COLLECTABLE from 1856
Publisher: published by William Tegg & Co, 85 Queen St., Cheapside, London, 1856 Copyright Edition, printed at John Such, Budge Row, Watling St., City. preface, 36 chapters.
Condition:Small cloth-bound blue hardcover with gilt ornate spine and front cover, worn but intact, gilt to page edges, yellow endpapers, engravings throughout especially frontispiece & matching title page ( see scan), some full-page engravings are tissue protected
Description: "The purpose of this volume is to entertain & instruct the reader, by carrying him, in imagination,with a party of adventurers in a balloon over interesting portions of Europe."Ireland, UK, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Naples, Florence, Suisse, Greece, Turkey etc
Author: Captain W E Johns - Creator of BIGGLES, WORRALS and GIMLET, with COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS by STEAD in an original 1958 FIRST EDITION DUSTJACKET Book 51
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1958 FIRST EDITION, printed in Liverpool, UK by C. Tinling & Co. 16 chapters, 6 colour illustration plates, CLEAN & TIGHT ...VERY GOOD
Condition:Crisp red cloth-bound hardcover 8vo with printing in black to the cover & spine, no inscriptions,STRAIGHT, TIGHT & CLEAN in VERY GOOD CONDITION, in an ORIGINAL but partially damaged and flyleaf-clipped FAIR dustjacket, which is missing a section at spine
Description: There are 50 books listed to the dj, with marks against some titles. The book is VERY GOOD, the ORIGINAL dj is damaged but still shows "51" on the spine.
In this book Biggles and his Air Police explore a mystery on the Island of ORATOVCA in the Pacific
Author: A. A. MILNE - Illustrated by E. H. Shepard - Two wonderful CLASSICS
Publisher: Methuen, London, 1965, reprint, 1st pub. 1924 & 1927, hardcover 8vo with dj, 243pages, B/W ILLUSTRATIONS throughout + 8 COLOUR PLATES, Coloured illustrated endpapers
Condition:Salmon cloth-bound hardcover with gilt title to spine, slight rubbing to spine, corners & bottom edge, no inscriptions, CLEAN & TIGHT in GOOD CONDITION, in a clipped GOOD DUSTJACKET with a few tears & edgewear
Description: All the verses & pictures are here collected into one book, much loved by millions of children & their parents.
James James said to his mother, "Mother" he said, said he;"You must never go down to the end of the town, if you don't go down with me"
Author: A. A. MILNE - Illustrated by E. H. Shepard - Two wonderful CLASSICS
Publisher: Methuen, London, 1964, reprint, 1st pub. 1926 & 1928, hardcover 8vo with dj, 316pages, B/W ILLUSTRATIONS throughout + 8 COLOUR PLATES, Coloured illustrated endpapers
Condition:Salmon cloth-bound hardcover with gilt title to spine, slight rubbing to spine, corners & bottom edge, no inscriptions, CLEAN & TIGHT in GOOD CONDITION, in a clipped GOOD DUSTJACKET with small section of top spine missing, a few small tears & edgewear.
Description: Pooh - Piglet - Woozle - Eeyore - Heffalump - Kanga and Baby Roo - Tigger - Rabbit - Wolery and Owl sharing their adventures with Christopher Robin.