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IN THE KING'S NAME
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1324594
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1905. Good condition.

Or, The Cruise of the Kestrel. Brown pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 12 b/w plates. vii + 374 pages + 32 page booklist. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers scuffed and slightly marked. Name plate to front pastedown. Pencil doodles erased from margins of page 65 and pencil doodles to rear endpapers. Joints and hinges pulled and cracked causing contents to be slightly loose. Contents are foxed and a bit grubby.

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THE SEA-GIRT FORTRESS
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by W. Edward Wigfull.
Stock no. 1324490
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

A story of Heligoland. Grey pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. 296 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing to prelims and foxspots to textblock.

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WITH KITCHENER IN THE SOUDAN
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1324489
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1903. Good condition.

A Story of Atbara and Omdurman. Red pictorial cloth, gilt. 10 b/w plates plus 3 maps. 384 pages + 32 page booklist. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers scuffed and grubby. Library label (pencil markings erased) to front pastedown (no other evidence of this being an exlibrary copy). Inscription in ink and small booksellers embossed stamp to front free-endpaper. Hinges pulled causing contents to be a little loose. Foxing to verso of frontis. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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BIGGLES FLIES WEST
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1324253
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1951. Good condition.

Green cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 255 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown and name and address in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to contents.

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BIGGLES OF THE INTERPOL
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324160
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1957. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red embossed scottie dog design with black title and scottie dogs to spine. 6 colour plates. 181 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Damp stain to lower edge of front cover (slightly affects the prelims inside). Erased pencil markings and a few other marks to front endpapers. A few small spots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby, damp staining to lower edge of front panel (with some slight loss as well).

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BIGGLES IN MEXICO
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324108
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition.

Blue boards, red title to spine. 6 colour plates. 184 pages. Spine bumped and slightly faded. Light foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly worn to spine and corners, slightly browned to spine and slightly grubby to rear panel.

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BIGGLES AND THE BLACK RAIDER
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324104
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Black vignette of aeroplane to front. 8 colour plates. Endpapers are maps. Spine slightly bumped. Mark to top edge of rear cover. Small spot to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, is slightly grubby to rear panel and has a name written in ink to front flap.

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ANOTHER JOB FOR BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324037
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette to front cover. B/w and two-tone illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some scuffing to cover edges. Spine slightly browned. Foxing to contents. Child's writing to front free-endpaper has been partially erased. Later dustwrapper (price 8s 6d) is edge worn and grubby to rear panel.

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BIGGLES WORKS IT OUT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1324034
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. 8 yellow and black illustrations. 191 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss to spine and corners, front flap is MISSING, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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BIGGLES OF 266
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1323920
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1968. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. 183 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Small mark to rear cover. Contents are browned but clean. Dustwrapper is worn and creased with slight loss to top and tail of spin. Rear panel is slightly grubby.

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BIGGLES IN THE ORIENT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323878
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. 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. Second impression. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly edge rubbed and cloth slightly grubby. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and creased with some loss and very grubby to spine and rear panel.

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BIGGLES IN THE BLUE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1323869
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards, scottie dog design. Blue title to spine. 6 colour plates. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Light fingering to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby with some ink writing to rear panel and a small tear/hole to centre of spine.

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