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THE FIRST BIGGLES OMNIBUS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326688
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1953. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

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. Endpapers partly browned. Dustwrapper is well worn, creased and torn. Substantial surface paper loss to spine.

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BIGGLES GOES TO SCHOOL
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326685
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Even in his schooldays Biggles attracted adventure. Red boards, black titles and vignette. Yellow and black full-page illustrations. 193 pages. Spine slightly bumped. A few foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and has a small piece missing to top of spine.

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BIGGLES TAKES THE CASE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326682
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and small vignette to front. B/w text illustrations. 189 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Front cover very slightly warped. Light foxing to endpapers and textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn.

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BIGGLES' SPECIAL CASE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326679
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt 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 bumped. Some slight/light markings to covers. Name and address details on front free-endpaper have been blotted out with blue biro. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn and a bit grubby.

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BIGGLES IN THE GOBI
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326619
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1953. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards. Black ram's horns vignette to front. 6 colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Dents to lower edge of rear cover. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Stains to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn, creased and torn with loss, several large tape repairs on front panel. A good copy in a fair wrapper.

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BIGGLES INVESTIGATES
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326618
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1964. Good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards, red/orange title to spine. Colour frontis. Biggles faces eight diverse cases. EX-LIB with usual stamps and labels. Old tape marks to pastedowns and to front and rear joints. Front joint broken, held in place with masking tape. First few pages are 'out of place' (2mm lower than the rest of the pages). Foxing to textblock. Some light fingermarks to prelims, contents otherwise clean. Spine and corners bumped. Some old tape marks to covers. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and lightly creased.

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BIGGLES PRESSES ON
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326615
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, white title and scottie dogs to spine. Plain boards. Colour plates. Minimal bumping/rubbing to spine and corners. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and lightly creased at top of spine.

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A BIGGLES OMNIBUS
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326605
Published by Cresset Editions. 1st thus 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Three books in one: Biggles Learns to Fly, Biggles Flies East and Biggles in the Orient. ISBN: 0091818893. Spine and corners have minimal rubbing. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges.

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BIGGLES PRESSES ON
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326558
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards with white title to spine and scottie dog design. Embossed scottie dogs to covers. 6 colour plates. Spine bumped. Small dent to lower edge of front cover. Heavy foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tears and a bit grubby.

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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 TAKES THE CASE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326378
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and small vignette to front. B/w text illustrations. 189 pages. Spine and corners bumped with slight fading to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper and heavy pencil name an address to same page (this has been partially erased but the is still evident). Textblock slightly grubby else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is worn, front flap was detached and now re-attached with tape on verso, other tape repairs on verso as well.

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BIGGLES PRESENTE... LE GRAND CIRQUE /1 OCTOBRE 1942 - DECEMBRE 1943
Written by W.E. Johns; Pierre Clostermann; Manuel Perales. Illustrated by Manuel Perales.
Stock no. 1326322
Published by Miklo. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Comic strip story. Text in French. 96 pages. ISBN: 2930234326. Erased pencil mark to top corner of rear free-endpaper else a fine copy. Dustwrapper is edge creased and slightly worn at top of spine, states "exemplaire no. 004006" on front flap.

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