JOHNS, CAPT W E (WILLIAM EARLE)

Biggles in Mexico

England, Brockhampton. 1959, 1st Edition. Hardcover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: Leslie Stead. Book, Nice copy in a price clipped jacket that has heavy wear to the front leading edge of the jacket and very discoloured spine that has some tiny losses to the spine tips. True 1st edition not the Hampton reprint in green boards sometimes mistaken as the 1st edition. Protective sleeve provided.12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Very good-/Good.

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Book number: 043615

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JOHNS, CAPT W E (WILLIAM EARLE)

Biggles Sets a Trap

England, Hodder and Stoughton. 1962, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Leslie Stead. Book, Price clipped dust jacket is a little rubbed to the front panel which seems to be common for Sets A Trap . Jacket is quite worn to the corners small water stain near the heel. Ink number to front free endpaper. True 1st edition 1st printing. Scarce title that was never printed in paperback. Very good-/Good+.

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Book number: 040095

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JOHNS, CAPT W.E (WILLIAM EARLE)

Biggles in Borneo a "Biggles Squadron" Story of the Second Great War

Australia, Oxford. 1946, 1st Edition. Hardcover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book, 1st Australian edition in green boards. Pages as typical for the Australian editions are very age toned, front free endpaper removed, boards marked. Provided with a fitted colour photo copy of the Australian wrapper. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 043627

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JOHNS, CAPT W.E (WILLIAM EARLE)

Biggles Delivers the Goods

England, Hodder & Stoughton. 1951. Hardcover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: Leslie Stead. Book, Boards are faded and marked. Provided with a colour copy, of the 1st edition jacket, so it looks good on the shelf. Good+/No Jacket.

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Book number: 043628

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JOHNS, CAPT W E (WILLIAM EARLE)

Biggles Follows on

England, Hodder & Stoughton. 1959. Hardcover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: Leslie Stead. Book, Prize plate to the front free endpaper, foxing mostly to the compressed page edges. A Cold war Biggles title featuring the return of Biggles "feared" adversary Von Stalhein. Provided with a colour photo copy of a 1st edition wrapper. Good+/No Jacket.

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Book number: 043629

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JOHNS, CAPT W E (WILLIAM EARLE)

Biggles Sets a Trap

England, Hodder & Stoughton. 1962, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Leslie Stead. Book, Tidy copy in a photocopy jacket. Front free endpaper removed, faded spine ,foxing present. Book is bumped to corners. Good+/No Jacket.

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Book number: 043672

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JOHNS, CAPT W E (WILLIAM EARLE)

Biggles on the Home Front

England, Hodder & Stoughton. 1957, First Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Leslie Stead. Book, Spine faded. Foxing and a few internal marks, name in ink to front free endpaper. Provided with a colour copy of the 1st edition jacket. Reasonable copy of a scarce title never published in paperback. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Good+/No Jacket.

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Book number: 043673

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JOHNS, CAPT W E (WILLIAM EARLE)

Biggles Follows on

England, Hodder & Stoughton. 1952, First Edition. Hardcover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: Leslie Stead. Book, Provided with a colour photocopy jacket. Boards are marked and faded to spine. A tidy copy of this cold war Biggles title featuring the return of Biggles "feared" adversary Von Stalhein. Good+/No Jacket.

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Book number: 043675

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JOHNS, CAPT W.E (WILLIAM EARLE)

Biggles Looks Back

England, Hodder and Stoughton. 1965, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Leslie Stead. Book, Red boards. Book has foxing to the compressed page edges. Provided with a colour photocopy jacket. Looks Back was never reprinted in paperback. The last Biggles book featuring Von Stalhein. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 041624

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JOHNS, CAPT W E (WILLIAM EARLE)

The Boy Biggles

England, Dean & Son. 1975. (ISBN: 0603034012). Illustrated Laminated Boards. Book, Tidy copy with a faded spine, small marks to compressed page edges , corner wear. The last of the 10 Dean & son printed Biggles books. 1st book in chronological order of the entire Biggles canon Where possible small books will have postage reduced. Very Good.

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Book number: 040890

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JOHNS, CAPT W.E (WILLIAM EARLE)

The Boy Biggles

England, Dean & Son. 1969. (ISBN: 0603034012). Hardcover. Book, Green Boards edition/printing . This is perhaps the only Biggles book that cannot with total certainty have its 1st edition identified. This is a very early printing , circa 1969 edition looks identical to the probable1st edition. Book is very good with a small rubbing alcohol mark to the back of the centre of the front board. (Checked to see if it might be the 1st edition as the board colour is correct). Good+/No Jacket.

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Book number: 041552

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JOHNS, CAPT W.E (WILLIAM EARLE)

The Boy Biggles

England, Dean & Son. 1968, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0603034012). Hardcover. Book, Green Boards edition. Jacket in a new protective sleeve, not price clipped This is perhaps the only Biggles book that cannot with total certainty have its 1st edition identified. However these points are offered as indicating that this copy is in probability a True 1st edition. 1.Pre 1968 Dean & Son hid the publishing date under the front pastedown. This book simply has "Boy Biggles Pastedown" on the pasted down side in keeping with Dean & Son books circa 1968-69 2. The Dustjacket does not have a price in New pence on the front flap (Introduced in 1970) 3. There is no ISBN number just an SBN. (ISBN also introduced at around the same time :1970). 4. Green boards, all copies I have found in 23 years of business have had green boards.(But not all green board copies are 1sts) The laminated editions sometimes offered as "1st editions" are all reprints from the 1970s and later. This copy has a jacket with corner wear and creasing and a tiny loss to the head of the spine. Now placed in a protective loose sleeve. 1st book in chronological order of the entire Biggles canon. We are specialists in W E Johns books and have written and contributed to published bibliographical research. Very Good/Very Good -.

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Book number: 043185

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JOHNS, CAPT W.E (WILLIAM EARLE)

Champion of the Main

England, Oxford. 1938, 2nd Impression. Original Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: H Gooderham. Book, Ex Children's Reference Library, not for loan and stamped as such to endpaper & prelims. Book is generally clean & sound, spine is faded, back board has a blotchy stain to the top. Internally an excellent copy of this early reprint (Arrows to spine), printed the same year as the 1st edition, which is often mistaken for the 1st edition. Next printing was 1949 which is the 3rd impression. Very good-/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002606

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JOHNS, CAPTAIN W E ; QUINTREL, KENNETH; WHITEHOUSE, ARCH; STARK, RUDOLPH

The Cockpit Flying Adventures for Young Pilots

England, John Hamilton. 1934, 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ill.: Howard Leigh & Stanley Orton Bradshaw. Book, 1st edition Catalogue at rear lists last Biggles as Biggles Flies Again (1934). Spine cloth is worn and faded, all corners bumped. Biggles story is the Ace of Spades. Lovely Leigh and Bradshaw (Colour plates) illustrations. All plates present. Over 1kg packed extra postage will be required to many destinations. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 026710

Catalogue: W E Johns : Biggles Series

Keywords: Howard Leigh & Stanley Orton Bradshaw

JOHNS, CAPT W.E (WILLIAM EARLE)

The Cruise of the Condor (Biggles)

England, John Hamilton. 1937. Hardcover, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Ill.: Howard Leigh. Book, Spring 1937 catalogue to rear. Partially erased ink inscription to back of title page dated 1933. Odd given the book is clearly a 1937 printing. Book appears to have had a prize plate to the front free endpaper which has been removed. Main faults; Rear hinge is fraying externally and separated area has been glued back, staining and wear to spine, small ink splatter to front board (see image) Book has a lean and has moderate foxing/page discolouration, and the top of the compressed page edges is very dusty. Positives; All the Howard Leigh plates are present, book is complete. I have added a nice copy of an original jacket so the book looks pretty good on the shelf. Good -/No Jacket.

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Book number: 042686

Catalogue: W E Johns : Biggles Series

Keywords: Howard Leigh