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BIGGLES IN AFRICA
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1324107
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Circa 1938. Good condition.

Pyramid edition. Blue cloth, black titles and sketch of plane gliding over pyramids & palm trees. Colour frontis and 7 b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers foxed and slightly marked. Prize plate to front free-endpaper has been mostly removed. Heavy foxing throughout. Some hinges cracked but binding still tight.

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BIGGLES FLIES EAST
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1324106
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Circa 1935. Fair condition.

Pyramid edition. Blue cloth, black titles. Vignette of bi-plane over pyramids on front cover and spine. Colour frontis. No b/w illustrations in this edition. Spine and corners bumped. Spine has split on rear edge at lower 2". Covers grubby. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing throughout. Some hinges cracked but binding still tight. Page between contents page and chapter 1 has been removed.

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BIGGLES GOES TO WAR
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Martin Tyas.
Stock no. 1324105
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1938. Almost very good condition.

Pyramid edition. Blue cloth, black titles & vignette of plane flying over pyramids to front. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Textblock is a little grubby and foxed. Some hinges cracked but binding still tight.

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BIGGLES AND THE BLACK RAIDER
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324104
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Black vignette of aeroplane to front. 8 colour plates. Endpapers are maps. Spine slightly bumped. Mark to top edge of rear cover. Small spot to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, is slightly grubby to rear panel and has a name written in ink to front flap.

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BIGGLES OF THE SPECIAL AIR POLICE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1324102
Published by The Thames Publishing Co.. Fair condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Kingston Library. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. 247 pages. Covers marked, spine and corners bumped. Heavy pencil writing has been erased from verso of frontis. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and creased at edges with loss and tape repairs on verso. Rear panel is grubby.

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ORCHIDS FOR BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324099
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green boards with yellow titles to spine. Colour frontis. 168 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Small tear to top edge of front free-endpaper. Textblock is very slightly grubby else contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is worn at spine and corners with some slight loss. Light damp stain with small patch of surface paper damage to rear panel.

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FORGE OF FOXENBY
Written by R.A.H. Goodyear. Illustrated by T.M.R. Whitwell.
Stock no. 1324057
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Good condition.

Green cloth. 4 b/w plates. 280 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Some foxing and other grubby marks to page margins.

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BIGGLES TAKES IT ROUGH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324040
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green covers, black titles to spine. Colour frontis. 184 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight discolouration to base of spine. Tiny white spot to front cover. Small, light mark to edge of front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge worn with tape repairs to top and tail of spine on verso.

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BIGGLES' SPECIAL CASE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324039
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a almost 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. Slight bumping to spine, small nick to base of spine. Heavy foxing to prelims and to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a small tape repair to base of spine on verso.

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ANOTHER JOB FOR BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324037
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette to front cover. B/w and two-tone illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some scuffing to cover edges. Spine slightly browned. Foxing to contents. Child's writing to front free-endpaper has been partially erased. Later dustwrapper (price 8s 6d) is edge worn and grubby to rear panel.

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BIGGLES WORKS IT OUT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324034
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. 8 yellow and black illustrations. 191 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss to spine and corners, front flap is MISSING, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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BIGGLES FLIES WEST
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1324032
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1937. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. Pyramid Edition. Colour frontis. 6 b/w illustrations and 2 maps. 255 pages. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges slightly rubbed. Small dent to top edge of front cover. Spine slightly darkened, some light marking to spine and rear cover. Free front-endpaper has been removed. Foxing/spotting to contents.

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