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BIGGLES IN AUSTRALIA
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Studio Stead.
Stock no. 1326617
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1955. Very good condition.

Red boards with aborigine vignette on front cover. 6 colour plates. Spine bumped, corners rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and page margins.

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BIGGLES PRESSES ON
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326615
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, white title and scottie dogs to spine. Plain boards. Colour plates. Minimal bumping/rubbing to spine and corners. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and lightly creased at top of spine.

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GAMES FOR PLAYTIME & PARTIES
Written by Stanley V. Wilman. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1326614
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. Good condition.

With and Without Music. Large format. White cloth spine, white pictorial front board. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 82 pages. 12" x 9". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Boards foxed and marked. Endpapers browned. Foxing to contents.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1970
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1326613
Published by Daily Express. 1970. Slightly better than good condition.

Colour pictorial glazed boards - Rupert climbing up a slope and waving. 1st story Rupert and the Outlaws. 10 x 7 inches. 115 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Tiny nick to top of spine. Front free-endpaper/contents page almost detached. Some hinges lightly pulled. Grubby fingermarks to page margins and a light stain to top margins of first few pages.

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A BIGGLES OMNIBUS
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326605
Published by Cresset Editions. 1st thus 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Three books in one: Biggles Learns to Fly, Biggles Flies East and Biggles in the Orient. ISBN: 0091818893. Spine and corners have minimal rubbing. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges.

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CHAMPION OF THE MAIN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by H. Gooderham.
Stock no. 1326603
Published by Geoffrey Cumberlege; Oxford University Press. 1949. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. 6 B/w illustrations. 286 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine a bit grubby/foxed. Address ink stamp to front free-endpaper and a couple of light fingermarks to same page.

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ADVENTURE BOUND
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Douglas Relf.
Stock no. 1326601
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette.B/w illustrations. 118 pages. Panther Library. Spine bumped. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed, torn and creased with a slightly faded spine.

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THE QUEST FOR THE PERFECT PLANET
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326598
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The quest is to find a perfect planet as refuge from the day of doom. Red boards, black title to spine and vignette to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Ink stamp to front pastedown (St. Lukes C.E. Primary School). Endpapers and prelims a bit grubby. Textblock slightly grubby and foxed. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly faded to spine.

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BIGGLES FOREIGN LEGIONNAIRE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326596
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1954. Good condition.

Red boards, black lettering to front cover and spine. Black vignette of legionnaire and fort on front cover. 6 colour plates. 190 pages. Spine bumped. Covers grubby. Endpapers browned. Small mark to edge of textblock and textblock slightly grubby.

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BIGGLES AIR DETECTIVE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326595
Published by Latimer House Ltd.. 1953. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 142 pages. Fourth impression. Spine and corners bumped, covers slightly grubby. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tears and is grubby.

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BIGGLES AIR DETECTIVE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326593
Published by Dean & Son. Circa 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased which a couple of small marks to rear panel.

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BIGGLES IN AUSTRALIA
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Studio Stead.
Stock no. 1326591
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition.

Red boards with aborigine vignette on front cover. 6 colour plates. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Name in red biro to front free-endpaper. Some slight foxing to contents and textblock. Contained in a poor quality photocopy wrapper (flaps of wrapper not complete).

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