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BIGGLES FLYING DETECTIVE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Francis Bergese.
Stock no. 1328603
Published by Red Fox. 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Based on the novel 'Sergeant Bigglesworth CID'. ISBN: 0099520710. Some very slight creasing to cover edges. Contents fine.

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BIGGLES AND THE POOR RICH BOY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1328467
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. Circa 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Hampton Library edition. Orange boards, black title to spine. B/w chapter headers. Spine and corners bumped. Page edge browning and a few foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears at corners and scuffing to rear panel.

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SERGEANT BIGGLESWORTH C.I.D.
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1328466
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition.

Blue boards with black titles. Colour frontis and 8 other illustrations. The first post-war Biggles story. Third impression. Spine bumped and faded. Slight mark to rear cover (old tape?). Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing.

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BIGGLES IN THE BLUE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1328464
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards, scottie dog design. Blue title to spine. 6 colour plates. 192 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is chipped at front edges with slight loss, slightly browned to spine and very slightly grubby to rear panel.

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SHORT SORTIES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1328405
Published by Latimer House Limited. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. A variety of stories for the older reader by Johns. 202 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine and cover edges slightly faded. Light scratch marks to the cloth on the front cover. Foxing to contents. Tiny piece torn from top corner of foreword page (no loss of text). Some page corner creases and some light marks to page margins. Lacking rear free-endpaper.

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WORRALS ON THE WAR-PATH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1328313
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Worrals of the W.A.A.F. on her second dangerous wartime sortie into France, where she meets an old enemy. Peach cloth with red titles and vignette to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Damp(?) spotting to front cover. Rear endpaper browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and a few edge tears, spine is slightly grubby and damp stained.

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BIGGLES IN THE SOUTH SEAS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Norman Howard.
Stock no. 1328309
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with black title to spine and front cover, with black line decoration to front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped with slight browning at base. Faint spotting to covers. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to textblock. Bookseller's ink stamp to rear pastedown. Some light creases to prelims. Flying Jacket wrapper is edge rubbed with minimal loss at corners, crease/tear to top edge of front panel.

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WHERE THE GOLDEN EAGLE SOARS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Colin Gibson.
Stock no. 1328215
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story for lovers of nature about wildlife in the Highlands of Scotland. Green cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations to text. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. A couple of small creases in cloth to edge of front cover and some slight fading to top edge of rear cover. Heavy foxing to page edges and margins, slight foxing to prelims. Very light patch of surface paper damage to front pastedown. A couple of pages have small margin tears at lower edge. White dustwrapper is nice and clean with some slight foxing.

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BIGGLES CHARTER PILOT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Mendoza.
Stock no. 1328214
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Some light fading to covers. Book leans to one side a little. Foxing to contents and endpapers slightly browned. Small ink booksellers stamp to rear pastedown. Flying Jacket wrapper is edge rubbed and creased with a few small tears.

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BIGGLES FORMS A SYNDICATE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1327978
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1961. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Reissued the same year as the first. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Laminate to spine edges has cracked. Contents clean.

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GIMLET GOES AGAIN
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1327813
Published by Youth Book Club Ltd.. Circa 1950. Good condition.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 185 pages. A grubby and well worn copy. Spine is browned. Foxing and marks to contents. Front joint cracked.

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BIGGLES SORTS IT OUT
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1327515
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1967. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 184 pages. Some and corners bumped, some wear to cover edges. Textblock is foxed. Front joint has started to crack. Some heavy pencil marks to front free-endpaper erased (old price). Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby with damp staining to spine and folds.

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