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BIGGLES ON MYSTERY ISLAND
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326557
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1958. Very good condition.

Red boards. Black titles and vignette of island. 6 colour plates. 192 pages. Small brown stain to top corners of prelims and rear pages.

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BIGGLES FAILS TO RETURN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326429
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 223 pages. Third impression. Covers lightly stained, lower 2" of spine browned. Top edge of front cover has been nibbled(?). Some light staining to margins of front endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn (nibbled at top front edge and loss to lower 2" of spine), light damp staining to verso of wrapper.

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WORRALS IN THE WILDS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326387
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

The first post-war Worrals story. Blue covers. Black titles. Colour frontis plus 6 two-tone illustrations. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A few light marks to covers. J4 written in red crayon to front pastedown, some crayon marks to rear free-endpaper. Minimal foxing to textblock.

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BIGGLES FOLLOWS ON
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326380
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. 4 double-sided b/w plates. 158 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing to textblock and top edge of textblock a bit grubby. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, rear panel is a little grubby, flaps are foxed and there are some small ink tick marks to title list on rear flap.

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BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326377
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title and vignette to front cover. Eight blue two-tone illustrations plus b/w text illustrations. 190 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Light vertical crease to centre of spine. A couple of foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss to spine and corners, light vertical crease to front panel and rear panel is just slightly grubby.l

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BIGGLES DELIVERS THE GOODS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326375
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 182 pages. Fifth impression. Spine slightly bumped. Small mark to edge of front cover. Foxspots to textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and just a little grubby to spine and rear panel.

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RETURN TO MARS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326282
Published by The Children's Book Club. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. 6 colour plates. A story of Interplanetary Flight. Spine bumped and slight bumping to corners. Light tape marks to cover edges and endpapers. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper has white sticker reinforcements to verso and has tape to edges which has browned a fair wrapper only because of these faults.

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BIGGLES SWEEPS THE DESERT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326221
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis and 8 b/w illustrations, 2 double page spreads. 208 pages. Third impression. Spine bumped. Foxing to page edges and margins. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some loss, grubby to rear panel and creased to spine.

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BIGGLES LOOKS BACK
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326204
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 Pages. A story of Biggles and the Air Police. A few tiny dents at cover edges and a few light marks to covers. A tiny tear to edge of front fly-leaf. Minor foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut to top of front flap, is edge rubbed with a couple of small tears and rear panel is slightly grubby. There is a small patch of surface paper damage to front panel of wrapper.

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WORRALS ON THE WAR-PATH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326112
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Pale blue cloth, parachute vignette. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Damp(?) spotting to covers. A few foxspots to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is torn in half down centre of spine and title at top of spine is also detached (but still present). There is some slight loss to top and tail of spine and to lower edge of rear panel. Spine and rear panel are a little grubby.

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BIGGLES GETS HIS MEN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326109
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

Blue boards, dark titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. 189 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine. Ink name stamp to front free-endpaper. Foxing else contents clean.

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BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326107
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title and vignette to front cover. Eight blue two-tone illustrations plus b/w text illustrations. 190 pages. Fifth impression. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby/dusty else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is just a little edge creased, rear panel is grubby.

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