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BIGGLES WORKS IT OUT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323256
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. 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 bumped. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers, preliminary pages and to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, slightly faded to spine and rear panel is very slightly grubby. The wrapper is slightly foxed.

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BIGGLES GETS HIS MEN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323254
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, dark titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. 189 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Tiny brown spot to front cover. Inscription in ink to front pastedown (covered by wrapper flap). A few light foxspots else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss and rear panel is grubby.

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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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THE DOWNFALL OF HARRY WHARTON
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2140956
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 6, containing Magnet Nos 1255-1261 inclusive and No. 1269. Includes: The Complete Outsider, Down on his Luck, Harry Wharton's Downfall, Bounder and Captain, The Swot of the Remove, The Bounder's Folly, Harry Wharton's Enemy, Truants of the Remove. ISBN: 0703000004. Some light tape glue marks to endpapers. Page browning. Wrapper has some light edge-browning and creasing.

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BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 2139960
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver titles and vignette. 8 blue & white full page illustrations, other b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Some white spots to covers. Corners are bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and marks to outer page edges and page margins. Wrapper is creased with tears; 1" loss to base of spine; smaller loss to corners; some grubby marks.

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SWEET WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 2139937
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1949. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth black title to spine. 252 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine is faded. A few marks to covers. Foxing throughout. Wrapper is creased and torn and chipped with a few small pieces of loss; small area of surface paper damage to rear panel.

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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 IN SPAIN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by J. Abbey.
Stock no. 2139742
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1948. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 6 b/w illustrations. Chipping and splits to top and tail of spine. Wear to corners. Some fading to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is torn and chipped with a bit of loss; some marks.

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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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GIMLET LENDS A HAND
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 2139738
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

A "King of the Commandos" adventure. Blue cloth, black titles. B/w pictures. 4 b/w plates. 189 pages. Fading and spotting to spine; some other marks also to covers. Browning and foxing to outer page edges.

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BIGGLES AIR COMMODORE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 2139719
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1948. Good condition.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 7 b/w illustrations. Spine is browned. Uneven fading to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE RESCUE FLIGHT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 2139689
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1948. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Biggles Story. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 256 pages. 6 b/w illustrations. Browning to spine and cover edges; some bumping. Gilt to spine has almost all worn away. Browning/foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with tears and chips; some loss and marks.

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