Johns W E Main Character Biggles (4 results)

1952, 2nd printing. (Hardcover) Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. 193pp. Red cloth with black lettering to the cover and spine and a black illustration on the cover. Two-tone illustrated frontispiece and seven two-tone illustrations. The front cover has a small white smudge and the dust jacket is price-clipped with a few tiny chips and closed tears. "Even in his schooldays Biggles attracted adventure. When he was a New Boy at Merton Hall School his talent for falling into adventure and emerging triumphant meant that excitement was always round the corner". Illustrations by Leslie Stead. Publisher series: Biggles Series. Main character: Biggles. (Juvenile, Adventure and Adventurers, Juvenile).

[no date]. (Hardcover) Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. 184pp. The dust jacket is lightly edgeworn along the top and spine. "Biggles is one of the most popular characters of modern boys' fiction, and this exciting story tells how he leads a treasure-hunt by air into the wilds of Brazil. Algy, Smyth and his Uncle Dickpa go with him, and from the moment their amphibian aircraft takes off problems and perils beset them". Publisher series: Biggles Series. Main character: Biggles. (Juvenile, Adventure and Adventurers, Juvenile).

1960, 2nd printing. (Hardcover) Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. 192pp. Red cloth with black lettering to the cover and spine and black cover decoration. Color illustrated frontispiece and five color illustrated plates. The dust jacket is rubbed and lightly edgeworn with a tiny closed tear at the bottom of the spine. "There are all sorts of rumours about the island of Oratovoa in the South Pacific. Though it is 'uninhabited', ships have been failing to return from there, and there are sailors' yarns about what has been seen there. Biggles and his Air Police fly to investigate the mystery, and find that they are indeed tackling a hot job". Illustrations by Leslie Stead. Publisher series: Biggles Series 51. Main character: Biggles. (Juvenile, Adventure and Adventurers, Juvenile).

1959, 1st printing. (Hardcover) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 183pp. Color illustrated frontispiece, five color illustrated plates, glossary. The back panel of the dust jacket is rubbed and the top and bottom of the spine are no longer crisp. "Things begin to happen at great speed when Biggles and Ginger are marooned in a Mexican village with three diamond thieves. The desert turns to a sea of mud, and Ginger finds cactus, prickly pear and snakes make uneasy bedfellows before Biggles saves him from death in the darkness". Illustrations by Leslie Stead. Publisher series: Biggles Series 53. Locale: Mexico. Main character: Biggles. (Juvenile, Adventure and Adventurers, Juvenile).