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COMRADES IN ARMS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326195
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Very good condition.

Green boards, red titles. Stories of Biggles, Worrals and Gimlet. Colour frontis and title pages plus double-page green and black illustrations. Second impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Spine and cover edges lightly faded. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and textblock.

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BIGGLES ON THE HOME FRONT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326194
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1957. Good condition.

Red boards, vignette of front of aeroplane to front cover. Colour plates. Another adventure of Biggles and his Air Police Pilots. Minimal bumping to spine. Covers are very slightly warped. Name, date and small ink stamp (of skull and cross bones) to front pastedown. Heavy foxing to contents. Light damp stain to margin of frontis plate.

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BIGGLES AND THE LEOPARDS OF ZINN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326193
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue covers, red title to spine. 6 colour plates. 184 pages. Spine bumped causing some damage to rear endpapers. Heavy foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, torn and creased.

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BIGGLES OF THE INTERPOL
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326192
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Plain red boards, with black title and scottie dogs to spine. 6 colour plates. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is very worn and grubby with white paper reinforcements to verso.

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BIGGLES AND THE LOST SOVEREIGNS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326146
Published by Brockhampton Press. Circa 1964. Almost very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Reissued in same year as original. Spine and corners bumped and worn. A few light marks to rear cover. Name in blue felt-tip pen to front pastedown. Contents clean.

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BIGGLES TAKES IT ROUGH
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326145
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. Front endpapers are maps of the island of Tola. No other illustrations despite accreditation to Leslie Stead. 184 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed, tiny nick to centre of spine.

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BIGGLES AND THE POOR RICH BOY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326144
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a 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. Some light marks to endpapers else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and grubby, small tape repairs on verso. Some ink writing to front flap of wrapper.

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BIGGLES SETS A TRAP
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326143
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1962. Fair condition.

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. Badly ex-lib. Dustwrapper has been stuck to covers of book with adhesive film. New endpapers. Usual library stamps and labels. Textblock is slightly grubby. Spine and corners bumped.

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THE FIRST BIGGLES OMNIBUS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326142
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1953. Good condition.

Contains 4 full-length stories: Biggles Sweeps The Desert, Biggles In The Orient, Biggles Delivers The Goods and Biggles Fails To Return. Red boards, black titles. B/w illustrations. 640 pages. Spine and corners bumped, spine split at top and tail. Spine is slightly browned. Book leans to one side a little. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents are lightly browned but generally clean. Rear pastedown is slightly lifted from cover.

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THE BOY BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326141
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. 182 pages. ISBN: 0603034012. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight fading to spine and cover edges. Contents are browned but clean. Last title listed on rear cover is this one.

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BIGGLES' SPECIAL CASE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326140
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a 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 bumped. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is well worn at edges with minimal loss to spine and corners.

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BIGGLES IN THE UNDERWORLD
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326139
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1968. Fair condition.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 184 pages. ISBN: 0340041587. Badly ex-lib, a reading copy only. Looks like the dustwrapper has been stuck down to the covers with adhesive film and the endpapers have been replaced. Usual remains of labels and stickers. Some page corner tips have been torn off. Contents are browned, foxed and generally grubby. A reading copy only.

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