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1946-1952 Biggles Secret Agent; Biggles Air Commodore
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Description
Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
A set of fourteen adventure novels following the popular pilot hero James Bigglesworth, more commonly known as "Biggles".
Created by World War One pilot, William Earl Johns, better known by his pen name Captain W. E. Johns. These stories were aimed at young readers and feature Biggles on an array of air adventures.
Each book is adorned with its own full page illustrations, most commonly by Alfred Sindall, who also drew the daily strips Paul Temple in the London Evening News, and Tug Transom in the Daily Sketch.
In the publisher's original dust wrappers, all of which are unclipped with the exception of 'Spitfire Parade'.
The entirety of this set comprises the following:
'Biggles Secret Agent' (1946) – First thus. With a colour frontispiece and six monochrome full page illustrations by Howard Leigh and Alfred Sindall.
'Biggles Air Commodore' (1948) – Fourth printing. Seven full page illustrations by Alfred Sindall.
'Spitfire Parade: Stories of Biggles in War-time' (1948) – Second printing. Six full pages of illustrations by Radcliffe Wilson.
'Biggles in Africa' (1948) – Fourth printing. Seven full page illustrations, including a sketched map, by Alfred Sindall
'Biggles Sees it Through' (1949) – Third printing. Six full pages of illustrations by Alfred Sindall
'Biggles Goes to War' (1949) – Fifth printing. Six full page illustrations by Martin Tyas
'Biggles in the Baltic' (1949) – Sixth printing. Six full page illustrations by Alfred Sindall
'The Rescue Flight' (1950) – Third printing. Six full page illustrations by Alfred Sindall
'Biggles in Spain' (1951) – Fifth printing. Six full paged illustrations by J. Abbey
'Biggles Defies the Swastika' (1951) – Fifth printing. Six full page illustrations by Alfred Sindall
'Biggles in the South Seas' (1951) – Sixth printing. Six full page illustrations by Norman Howard
'Biggles Flies West' (1952) – Fifth printing. Seven full pages of illustrations, including a sketched map, by Alfred Sindall
'Biggles Flies North' (1952) – Seventh printing. Six full page illustrations by Will Narraway
'Biggles Flies South' (1952) – Eighth printing. Seven full page illustrations by Jack Nicolle
Collated, complete.
Condition
In the original cloth binding. In the original dust wrappers, all unclipped except for 'Spitfire Parade'. Externally, the majority of these works are very smart, with only slight shelf wear. 'Baltic' and 'Commodore' have fading to the spines. Water staining to the rear board and white marks to the front board of 'Sees it Through'. Dust wrappers are smart, with edge wear, heaviest to the spine head and tail, and marks to the wrap. Notably, with chipping to the spine head and tail of 'Defies the Swastika'. Spots to the wrap of 'Secret Agent'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean across the set. With a few scattered spots to the first and last few leaves of 'Air Commodore', 'Spitfire Parade', 'in Spain', and 'Swastika'. With offsetting to the endpapers of 'South Seas' and a contemporary ink inscription to the front pastedown of 'Goes to War'.
Very Good
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