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BIGGLES SWEEPS THE DESERT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326221
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis and 8 b/w illustrations, 2 double page spreads. 208 pages. Third impression. Spine bumped. Foxing to page edges and margins. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some loss, grubby to rear panel and creased to spine.

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BIGGLES LOOKS BACK
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326204
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 Pages. A story of Biggles and the Air Police. A few tiny dents at cover edges and a few light marks to covers. A tiny tear to edge of front fly-leaf. Minor foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut to top of front flap, is edge rubbed with a couple of small tears and rear panel is slightly grubby. There is a small patch of surface paper damage to front panel of wrapper.

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WORRALS ON THE WAR-PATH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326112
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Pale blue cloth, parachute vignette. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Damp(?) spotting to covers. A few foxspots to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is torn in half down centre of spine and title at top of spine is also detached (but still present). There is some slight loss to top and tail of spine and to lower edge of rear panel. Spine and rear panel are a little grubby.

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BIGGLES GETS HIS MEN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326109
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

Blue boards, dark titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. 189 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine. Ink name stamp to front free-endpaper. Foxing else contents clean.

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BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326107
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title and vignette to front cover. Eight blue two-tone illustrations plus b/w text illustrations. 190 pages. Fifth impression. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby/dusty else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is just a little edge creased, rear panel is grubby.

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BIGGLES' SECOND CASE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326106
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition.

Red boards, black titles and vignette to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. The case of the pirate U-Boat. Third impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped, spine very slightly faded. Foxing else contents clean.

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BIGGLES TAKES A HOLIDAY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326104
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red titles and panther vignette. 8 full-page illustrations. 190 pages. 2nd impression. Spine bumped and faded. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, tear to rear edge of spine and spine is very faded.

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WORRALS OF THE ISLANDS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326040
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1945. Good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Story of the War in the Pacific. Pale blue cloth, black titles. Colour frontis. Full page monotone pictures. Spine bumped and slightly browned., small split to top of spine. Covers spotted. J3 written in red crayon to front pastedown. Some light foxing and some light creases to preliminary pages. Later dustwrapper (c1947) is edge creased, foxed on verso to spine and folds - the wrapper is a few millimetres too large for the book.

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WORRALS ON THE WAR-PATH
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326039
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pale blue cloth, parachute vignette. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby and spine very slightly faded. Some slight spotting to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and grubby to rear panel.

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WORRALS GOES EAST
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326037
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. Colour frontis. 8 b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Spotting to covers. Yellow stain to centre of spine. Foxing to textblock, some small, light stains to page margins. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with reinforcements to edges on verso, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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WORRALS IN THE WILDS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326035
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

The first post-war Worrals story. Blue covers. Black titles. Colour frontis plus 6 two-tone illustrations. 192 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small, light mark to front cover. Light foxing to textblock.

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BIGGLES AND THE BLACK MASK
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326033
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Biggles uncovers the existence of an International Criminal Network. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and slightly grubby to rear panel.

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