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BIGGLES AND THE LEOPARDS OF ZINN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330803
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1960. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

In Central Africa Biggles & Co. free a primitive race from sinister influences and expose a plot. Green boards, black title to spine. 6 colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. A few small light marks to lower edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss, rear panel is grubby.

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BIGGLES AND THE POOR RICH BOY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330798
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1961. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards. Dark titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 182 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Very pale browning to spine. Foxspot to lower edge of front cover. Some foxing and other marks to textblock, slight foxing to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss to top and tail of spine and grubby, particularly to rear panel.

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BIGGLES AND THE POOR RICH BOY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330794
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Another case from the records of Biggles and the Special Air Police. Brown boards. Green titles. Colour frontis. 182 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Small indentation to top edge of front cover. Child's name in ink (and date) to front free-endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and ever so slightly grubby to rear panel and spine.

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BIGGLES AND THE LEOPARDS OF ZINN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330792
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1960. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

In Central Africa Biggles & Co. free a primitive race from sinister influences and expose a plot. Green boards, black title to spine. 6 colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing/dustiness to top edge of textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased, slightly grubby and foxed on rear panel.

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BIGGLES LEARNS TO FLY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330779
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How Biggles at 17 joined the Royal Flying Corps. and after a few fights, went to war. Red boards, black title to spine. Embossed scottie dog design to covers. Colour frontis. Slight bumping to spine. Endpapers are browned. Dustwrapper is just lightly edge rubbed and lightly scuffed on rear panel.

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BIGGLES OF THE INTERPOL
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330744
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red embossed scottie dog design with black title and scottie dogs to spine. 6 colour plates. 181 pages. Spine slightly bumped and darkened. Foxing to textblock and some page margins. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn and slightly grubby.

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BIGGLES DELIVERS THE GOODS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330741
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 182 pages. 5th impression. Minimal bumping to spine. Child's name in ink to front free-endpaper. Rear free-endpaper is missing. Old tape marks to front free-endpaper and last text page (because the endpaper is missing). Price-cut wrapper is slightly wrinkled and has a light vertical crease to front edge of spine.

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ORCHIDS FOR BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330738
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1962. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, black title to spine. No illustrations despite accreditation to Leslie Stead. 168 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with small tape repairs on verso, rear panel is grubby.

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BIGGLES' SPECIAL CASE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330734
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pale grey boards, green title to spine. Colour frontis. Bombarded by jet fighters, grounded by a sand-storm, involved in a desert gun battle - another exciting Biggles adventure. 170 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some light browning to cover edges. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with only minmal loss at corners (where rubbed).

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ORCHIDS FOR BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330728
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards with yellow titles to spine. Colour frontis. 168 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some browning to spine and to lower edges of covers. Book leans to one side a little. Foxing to endpapers and textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn, faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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SERGEANT BIGGLESWORTH C.I.D.
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330727
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with black titles. Colour frontis and 8 other illustrations. The first post-war Biggles story. 2nd impression. Spine bumped. Mottling to covers and a small white mark to top edge of rear cover. Tiny dent to top edge of rear cover. Date ink stamp to rear pastedown. Endpapers are partly browned. Some very slight foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss and a little grubby to rear panel.

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BIGGLES AND THE LOST SOVEREIGNS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330717
Published by The Children's Book Club. Good condition.

Green boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis. 184 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers lightlyk marked and spine sunned. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Half-title/frontis is part detached at lower 2". Some foxing else contents clean.

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