*Children’s Books: We’re continuing to introduce the new layout for our books categories, with an image for each book. This week, we return to our Childrens’ Books category and the adventures of Biggles. Written by Captain W E Johns, the wartime (and later) stories of James Bigglesworth gave us an iconic British hero, a highly competent fighter pilot with a characteristic gentlemanly air, who has gone on to represent an archetypal figure. Nearly 100 Biggles books were written and published and reprinted many times over, and we have a small selection available, including hardcovers with dust jackets or pictorial boards, a paperback and one hardcover first edition. I wish Biggles, Algy, Ginger and Smyth were still up there now, looking out for us – we could do with them and their wizard prangs. 
PICTURED: ALL BY W E JOHNS
BIGGLES: AIR DETECTIVE Dean & Son 1970s UK HC with Pictorial Boards FN £6 Short stories
BIGGLES AND THE BLACK PERIL Dean & Son circa 1971 UK HC VG/FN £8 With DJ (VG) SOLD
BIGGLES IN THE CRUISE OF THE CONDOR Dean & Son 1970s UK HC with Pictorial Boards FN £6
BIGGLES FLIES AGAIN Dean & Son 1970s UK HC with Pictorial Boards FN £6 Short stories
NO REST FOR BIGGLES Armada 1963 UK PB GD £3 SOLD
BIGGLES AND THE PLOT THAT FAILED Brockhampton Press 1965 1st UK HC FN £125 With DJ (VG)