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The White Stone – The Story of a Boy From the Bush – Herbert MacIlwaine – Illustrated by Rowlandson – First Edition c1900

A very good copy of a scarce and impressive book but much published MacIlwaine. Published by Wells Gardner etc, London c1900. Large octavo, pictorial cloth cover, images to spine and rear. Top edge gilt. 408 pages, illustrated throughout by Gardner who was much known for his paintings of horse.

White Stone is a symbol for optimism and that underlined the contents, albeit given the period narrative there are a few tears, and hugs, along the way.

Australian Bush Stories from 1900 in a super presentation

$90.00

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The Grand Adventure Book for Boys – 1931

No publication date but a nice prize inscription of 1931 so we can be pretty confident that that is the year. Published by Thomas Nelson, London etc as part of their “Jolly Bookshelf” series.

Largish format with the striking pictorial cover which continues on to the spine. 96 pages of thoroughly jolly stories … the magic Matchbox; Billy’s Story; Mizuna the Witch; How Howard Slew the Bear … our favourite – the Wreck of the Pirate Ship. Nice full-page illustrations in colour. Thick spongy paper, nice font, the tiniest bit of foxing due to the paper type, Generally, a super copy.

Some good old jolliness for boys … The Art Deco design of the hunted Leopard to the front is worth a million dollars.

$40.00

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The Boy Biggles – Captain W.E. Johns – First Edition 1968

First edition 1968 published by Dean, London. Octavo, 182 pages, dust jacket edge chips, internally very good and clean.

Retrospective of Biggles early life in India where nerves are tested, thugs and intruders abound, and a Foolish Tiger mixes with the Big Bad Bear.

Scarce Biggles in his early and no less adventurous years

$30.00

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Biggles Delivers the Goods – Captain Johns – First 1946

First Edition of an early Biggles published by Hodder and Stoughton, London in 1946.

Octavo, 182 pages, coloured frontispiece and nine full page plates by Stead. Front end paper map of the Bay of Bengal – India – Burma – Siam [Thailand] and the Malay Peninsula where all the actions takes place.

Chip at back top of jacket back, otherwise a super first edition.

Biggles does all he is asked for and delivers the goods.

$70.00

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Biggles Air Detective – Captain Johns

Stolen Aircraft, “Black Sheep”, the case of the Wounded Agent … a Biggles shorter story delight, seven in all.

Published by Dean & Son a 1960’s reissue of an early Biggles collection. Octavo, 151 pages, toned evenly, a little chipped to jacket to jacket still a good copy.

Biggles packed with thrills

$25.00

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Biggles Pioneer Air Fighter – Captain Johns

An early 1960’s edition published by Dean & Son, London. Octavo, 184 pages a pretty good clean copy

Super Biggles collection of short stories with glossary of chap’s terms for those that haven’t been in the RAF

Biggles explained and entertaining

$30.00

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