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1. Biggles' Chinese Puzzle
Biggles' Chinese Puzzle
by W. E. Johns
1st Thus edition, published by Knight Books in 1967
Paperback.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Name inside front cover.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#120125   £4.00   
2. China Boy
China Boy
by Kay Haugaard
1st edition, published by Abelard Schuman in 1971
Gold rush in California.
The story of a young Chinese immigrant who comes to America to work in the gold mines.
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#59796   £6.50   
3. Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society
Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society
by Adeline Yen Mah
Published by Puffin in 2004
ISBN: 0141314966.
Paperback.
Covers worn and creased.
Several labels and stamps on prelims.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#94411   £2.00   
4. The Chinese Puzzle
The Chinese Puzzle
by Julia Dobson
1st edition, published by Methuen Children's Books in 1984
ISBN: 0416493505.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Label removed from prelims.
A Crisp Twin Adventure.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#79177   £3.00   
5. Monkey
Monkey
by Wu Ch'eng-en
Published by George Allen and Unwin in 1953
Translated from the Chinese by Arthur Waley.
Octavo.
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
305 pages.
6th impression, 1953.
Title page and dustwrapper illustrated by David Grant.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Dustwrapper slightly worn and chipped at edges, with neat repairs and reinforcement to reverse.
Two faded patches on rear board.
Edges of covers slightly worn.
Covers otherwise clean and unmarked.
Binding sound.
Some fly-spotting at centre of fore-edge.
Contents clean and unmarked, but very slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#110194   £250.00   
6. Honourable Goat
Honourable Goat
by Helen Cory Bliss
with illustrations by Aldren A. Watson
2nd edition, published by Frederick Muller in 1950
Cream boards with orange lettering.
Back cover lightly marked.
Front endpaper and half title missing.
Generally good in other respects.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#81514   £2.50   
7. Luckchild
Luckchild
by Francesca French
1st edition, published by Marshall, Morgan and Scott in 1954
Yellow covers, red lettering.
Covers a little worn and marked.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#79320   £3.50   
8. The Aqualung Twins find Chinese Treasure
The Aqualung Twins find Chinese Treasure
by Frederick Falkner
with illustrations by Donna Little
1st Thus edition, published by J. M. Dent in 1958
Green cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine faded.
VG in other respects.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#117147   £15.00   
9. First hundred words in Chinese
First hundred words in Chinese
by Heather Amery
with illustrations by Stephen Cartwright
Published by Usborne in 2008
ISBN: 9780746093658.
Paperback.
Quarto.
Name and some scribble on title page.
VG in other respects.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#113796   £2.00   
10. The Little Book of Chinese Proverbs
The Little Book of Chinese Proverbs
by Jonathan Clements
Published by Siena in 1999
ISBN: 075252769X.
Pictorial laminated boards.
11cm x 14cm.
256 pages.
Light wear to covers.
Some faint spotting to endpapers.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#110382   £3.50   
11. The Dragon Tribe
The Dragon Tribe
by Kim Xiong
with illustrations by Kim Xiong
1st Thus edition, published by Better Chinese in 2008
ISBN: 1606030000.
Translated from the Chinese by Clarissa Yu Shen.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Fine condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#116670   £7.50   
12. The Spartan Twins
The Spartan Twins
by Lucy Fitch Perkins
with illustrations by Lucy Fitch Perkins
5th edition, published by Cape in 1946
Octavo.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
151 pages.
One of the 'Twin' series, which Lucy Fitch Perkins began writing in the 1930s to encourage children to appreciate other cultures.
Dustwrapper a little worn, old sellotape marks on flaps.
Library markings removed.
Endpapers renewed.
Pages lightly tanned.
Some creases and fingermarking at front of book.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#95417   £5.00   
13. The Belgian Twins
The Belgian Twins
by Lucy Fitch Perkins
with illustrations by Lucy Fitch Perkins
Reprint, published by Cape in 1944
Pale pink boards, a little faded on spine, corners slightly bumped.
Child has coloured in the picture on the front pastedown and written 'THE' on endpaper, name on half title.
The rest of book clear, the pages white and tight.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#80079   £6.00   
14. Biggles takes charge
Biggles takes charge
by W. E. Johns
with illustrations by Leslie Stead
1st edition, published by Brockhampton in 1956
Red blind-embossed cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and heavily worn, with several neat repairs on reverse.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#120150   £15.00   
15. Biggles takes a Holiday
Biggles takes a Holiday
by W. E. Johns
with illustrations by Leslie Stead
Reprint, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1952
Red boards.
Black lettering and decoration on cover.
Lengthy, but neat, dedication on front pastedown.
Spine strip slightly sunned.
Generally VG in other respects.
Contents clean.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#42680   £12.50   
16. Biggles gets his Men
Biggles gets his Men
by W. E. Johns
with illustrations by Leslie Stead
1st edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1950
Covers worn towards edges.
Spine faded.
'Belongs To' label on front pastedown.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#40374   £15.00   
17. The Pioneer Twins
The Pioneer Twins
by Lucy Fitch Perkins
with illustrations by Lucy Fitch Perkins
3rd edition, published by Cape in 1945
Octavo.
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
183 pages.
Covers slightly worn.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Light spotting on both endpapers.
Pages lightly tanned, with occasional spotting.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#101016   £4.50   
18. Lord of the Cranes
Lord of the Cranes
by Kirsten Chen
with illustrations by Jian Jiang Chen
1st edition, published by Neugebauer Press in 2000
ISBN: 073581192X.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#52067   £5.00   
19. Biggles sweeps the Desert
Biggles sweeps the Desert
by W. E. Johns
with illustrations by Leslie Stead
Reprint, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1951
Red covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Covers worn at edges.
Spine strip worn and darkened.
Various ticks and writing on the list of other titles by this author.
Loops of "B", "D", "P" and "R" coloured red on title page.
Contents otherwise good.
Pages slightly tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#111024   £5.00   
20. Biggles in the Blue
Biggles in the Blue
by W. E. Johns
with illustrations by Leslie Stead
1st edition, published by Brockhampton in 1953
Light grey blind-embossed cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on spine.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Corners bumped.
Spine slightly faded.
Contents good.
Pages faintly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#120134   £7.50   
21. Biggles works it out
Biggles works it out
by W. E. Johns
with illustrations by Leslie Stead
1st edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1951
Red boards with black lettering and decoration.
A few marks to covers.
Spine slightly faded.
Some spotting to prelims and foredge.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#49654   £15.00   
22. Biggles hunts Big Game
Biggles hunts Big Game
by W. E. Johns
with illustrations by Leslie Stead
1st edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1948
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers heavily worn at edges and somewhat scuffed.
Spine cocked.
Top 2cm of front endpaper clipped.
Contents tanned, but otherwise good.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#112818   £3.00   
23. The Scotch Twins
The Scotch Twins
by Lucy Fitch Perkins
with illustrations by Lucy Fitch Perkins
Reprint, published by Cape in 1934
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Minor wear to covers.
Spine slightly sunned.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#105621   £15.00   
24. Biggles delivers the Goods
Biggles delivers the Goods
by W. E. Johns
with illustrations by Leslie Stead
Reprint, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1948
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers and spine.
Covers slightly edgeworn.
Spine faded.
Endpapers tanned.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#48290   £6.00   
25. Biggles and the Missing Millionaire
Biggles and the Missing Millionaire
by W. E. Johns
with illustrations by Leslie Stead
1st Thus edition, published by Children's Book Club in 1961
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper and edges of covers.
A little foxing to fore edge.
School library stamp on front endpaper.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#115999   £20.00   
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