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Biggles Sweeps the Desert

Captain W. E. Johns · 1943 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.74 | $165.13 | ¥26,372)

Toronto, The Musson Book Company Ltd, 1943. First edition. Cloth. The first Canadian edition of this Biggles adventure novel, with illustrative plates and the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. The first Canadian edition.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wr...

The Biggles Book of Heroes

Captain W. E. Johns · 1960 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.69 | $198.15 | ¥31,646)

London, Max Parrish , 1960 . Cloth. The second impression of this entertaining book of heroic figures told from the point of view of Biggles, the fictional adventurer created by W. E. Johns. The second impression. Published the year after the first edition. Uncommon work, part...

Biggles Goes to War; Biggles in Borneo; Biggles Hits the Trail; Biggles Flies West; Biggles in Spain; Biggles in the South Seas

Captain W. E. Johns · 1951 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.62 | $244.39 | ¥39,031)

London, Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1951-1953. Cloth. A smart collection of Biggles novels from this 'Flying Jacket' series of editions. All complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Offering six volumes from Captain W. E. Johns' popu...

Sinister Service, the Adventures of Lance Lovell, Counter-Espionage Officer

Captain W. E. Johns · 1942 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.84 | $99.08 | ¥15,823)

London, Oxford University Press, 1942 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling WWII novel from 'Biggles' author W. E. Johns, following the adventures of a British counter-espionage officer. The first edition, first impression.Illustrated with a col...

A Collection of Biggles Stories

Captain W. E. Johns · 0 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.81 | $118.89 | ¥18,988)

London, Dean & Son Ltd. c1970. Hardback. Six smart volumes of Biggles stories from English pilot and writer Captain W. E. Johns. Six volumes. Written by William Earl Johns, an English First World War pilot, and writer of adventure stories best known by his pen name Capt. W. E....

Biggles and the Black Raider

Captain W. E. Johns · 1953 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.70 | $64.73 | ¥10,338)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1953. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this brightly illustrated Biggles adventure from Captain W. E. Johns. First edition, first impression. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and eight colour plates. Collated complete. The fort...

Biggles Hunts Big Game: A Story of Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I. D. And His Special Air Police

Captain W. E. Johns · 1948 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.71 | $184.94 | ¥29,537)

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling Biggles adventure, featuring the colour illustrations of Leslie Stead. First edition, first impression. Illustrated throughout with monochromatic colour images. The thirty-fourth book i...

Biggles Forms a Syndicate

Captain W. E. Johns · 1961 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.91 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1961. First edition. Hardback. A bright first edition, first impression of this adventurous Biggles novel, illustrated throughout by Leslie Stead. The first edition, first impression of this work in the original pictorial laminated boards. Ink mar...

Gimlet Comes Home; Gimlet Mops Up; Gimlet Goes Again; Gimlet Lends a Hand; Gimlet Bores in; Gimlet Off the Map

Captain W. E. Johns · 1946 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.51 | $310.44 | ¥49,579)

Leicester , The Brockhampton Press Ltd; University of London Press , 1946-1951. First edition. Cloth. A bright collection of largely first impression novels from Captain W. E. Johns' 'Gimlet' series, with the original dust wrappers. All first editions, first imp...

Boy&Apos;S Own Paper (Vol 80 No. 6-12)

Captain W. E. Johns et. al. · 1958 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.84 | $99.08 | ¥15,823)

London, Lutterworth Press, 1958. First edition. Magazine. Seven issues of 'Boy's Own Paper', containing the complete pre first book edition serial run of 'Biggles Buries a Hatchet' from W. E. Johns. A bright collection of seven issues from the popular ...

Biggles Flies Again; Biggles of 266; Biggles Pioneer Air Fighter; Biggles and the Black Peril; Biggles Flies to Work; Biggles Air Detective

Captain W. E. Johns · 1952 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.66 | $217.97 | ¥34,811)

London, Dean & Son Ltd; Thames Publishing , 1952-1963. Cloth. A bright collection of six Biggles adventure novels from W. E. Johns, including a first edition of 'Biggles Flies to Work&apos. A mixed-edition set of six volumes from the popular 'Biggles' series of ...

Some Milestones of Aviation

Captain W. E. Johns · 1935 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.86 | $92.47 | ¥14,768)

London, John Hamilton Ltd. 1935. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated first edition charting the dramatic rise of powered flight, written by ex-RAF officer and "Biggles" creator Captain W. E. Johns. In the publisher's original red cloth binding. First edition.With ...

Biggles in the Orient; Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I. D. ; Biggles&Apos; Second Case; Biggles Learns to Fly; Biggles and the Missing Millionaire; the Biggles Book of Treasure Hunting; Biggles and the Lost Sovereigns; Biggles of the Interpol

Captain W. E. Johns · 1949 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€586.99 | $647.29 | ¥103,378)

London; Leicester, Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.; Brockhampton Press; The Children's Book Club; Max Parrish and Co Ltd, 1949. Cloth. A delightful collection of Biggles books with dust wrappers, including three first editions and two Children's Book Club editions. A colle...

Biggles Breaks the Silence

Captain W. E. Johns · 1949 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.94 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Hodder and Stoughton Limited , 1949. First edition. Cloth. A first edition, first impression copy of this Antarctic-based Biggles adventure from Captain W. E. Johns, with the unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher&...

Biggles Secret Agent; Biggles Air Commodore

Captain W. E. Johns · 1946 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.07 | $594.45 | ¥94,939)

London, Geoffrey Cumberlege; Oxford University Press , 1946-1952. Cloth. A bright set of these popular juvenile adventure books, featuring pilot hero "Biggles", with the uniform dust wrappers and illustrations to each. A set of fourteen adventure novels following the popular p...

Biggles Og Den Tyske Spion & Biggles Lander I Rusland

Captain W. E. Johns · 1952 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.87 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

Kobenhavn, Grafisk Forlage, 1952-1953. Paperback. Two smart Biggles adventure stories from English pilot and author Captain W. E. Johns, in Danish. Danish. Two volumes. Scarce works. Written by William Earl Johns, an English First World War pilot and writer of adventure storie...

Biggles in the Baltic

Captain W. E. Johns · 1947 · Rooke Books

£52.00 (€62.29 | $68.69 | ¥10,971)

Oxford, Geoffrey Cumberlege for Oxford University Press, 1947. Cloth. A smart later edition of this thrilling Biggles story from English pilot and writer Captain W. E. Johns. Later edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and six full-page images. Collated complete. On ...

Biggles Sweeps the Desert

Captain W. E. Johns · 1943 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.69 | $198.15 | ¥31,646)

Toronto, The Musson Book Company Ltd. 1943. First edition. Cloth. The first Canadian edition of this thrilling Biggles novel from English writer and pilot Captain W. E. Johns. First Canadian edition. Large format. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and many in-text images....

The First Biggles Omnibus & Biggles Air Detective Omnibus

Captain W. E. Johns · 1959 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.87 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1959-1964. Cloth. Two smart later impressions of these action-packed Biggles omnibuses from English writer and pilot Captain W. E. Johns. Two volumes. Illustrated throughout. Written by William Earl Johns, an English First World War pilot, and wri...

The Passing Show: A Garden Diary by an Amateur Gardener

Captain W. E. Johns · 1937 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.74 | $165.13 | ¥26,372)

London, My Garden, 1937. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, first impression of this illustrated garden diary from English pilot and writer Captain W. E. Johns. First edition, first impression. Illustrated throughout. A brilliantly amusing book about gardening from a...