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BIGGLES AND THE BLACK RAIDER
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323252
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Black vignette of aeroplane to front. 8 colour plates. Endpapers are maps. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed on flaps, is slightly edge worn and creased with a tear to front panel, rear panel is grubby.

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BIGGLES FAILS TO RETURN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323250
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Dark blue textured boards, gilt titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, corners rubbed. Neat inscription in pencil to top margins of front endpapers. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn with large tears to front panel, loss to top of spine and some loss to edges. Rear panel and spine of wrapper are a bit grubby.

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BIGGLES WORKS IT OUT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323208
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. 8 yellow and black illustrations. 191 numbered pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Name in ink to front pastedown. Heavy foxing to textblock, endpapers and prelims. Dustwrapper is a little edge rubbed with minimal loss to spine and corners. Foxing to verso of wrapper, showing through to flaps.

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BIGGLES IN THE ORIENT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2139795
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with black titles to front and spine. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 179 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers are mottled/foxed. Some foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is grubby with edge-creasing; a few tears and chips, a few small areas of loss.

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BIGGLES FAILS TO RETURN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2139774
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1943. Good condition.

Blue cloth. Colour frontis and full-page b/w illustrations. Front endpaper is a map. 223 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing/fading and mottling to covers. Foxing and browning to outer page edges.

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BIGGLES FAILS TO RETURN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2139739
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1943. Good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. Colour frontis and full-page b/w illustrations. Front endpaper is a map. 223 pages. Spotting and damp marking to covers. Marks to outer page edges and some to page margins. Wrapper is badly torn with some pieces of loss; messily taped back together.

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BIGGLES HUNTS BIG GAME
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2139683
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, 11 two-tone illustrations. 211 pages. Spine is bumped. Some spotting to covers. Foxing and browning to endpapers, outer page edges and a few page margins. Wrapper is creased with some tears and chips; grubby to rear panel.

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BIGGLES TAKES A HOLIDAY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2139680
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

Blue boards, red titles and panther vignette. 8 full-page illustrations. 190 pages. Spine and cover edges are browned. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Damp staining to bottom of outer page edges and a little way up some margin pages.

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BIGGLES FORMS A SYNDICATE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2138783
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1961. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Reissued the same year as the first. Some chipping and cracking to laminate on spine. Bumping to top and tail of spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Name in ink to front pastedown. Page edge browning. A few marks.

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BIGGLES LOOKS BACK
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2137306
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 Pages. Bumping to spine. Inscription in ink, with white tippex fluid marks to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper has top corner of front flap cut off; edge-creasing with a few chips and nicks; a few marks to rear panel.

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BIGGLES SETS A TRAP
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2137304
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Biggles is on the trail of an extraordinary series of murders. History and excitement combine to make this a thrilling detective story. Red boards, black lettering. B/w illustrations. 159 pages. NB: This copy has the new style Knight logo to the base of the spine and is contained in a c.1970 dustwrapper. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing and light wear.

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