1949 Biggles in the Orient; Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D.; Biggles' 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

Description

Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

A collection of eight titles in Captain W. E. Johns' Biggles series.

In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrappers.

Featuring five colour frontispieces. Four of the books are also illustrated with black-and-white plates and vignettes.

Comprised of the following:

Biggles in the Orient;
Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D.;
Biggles' Second Case;
Biggles Learns to Fly (First Edition);
Biggles and the Missing Millionaire;
The Biggles Book of Treasure Hunting (First Edition);
Biggles and the Lost Sovereigns (First Edition);
Biggles of the Interpol.

Biggles and the Missing Millionaire and Biggles and the Lost Sovereigns are Children's Book Club editions, re-printed for London bookshop Foyles.

This delightful children's series follows the character of  James Charles Bigglesworth and his friends as they embark on exciting adventures. Many of the stories are set in wartime, echoing Captain W. E. Johns own experience as a First World War pilot. The first Biggles story, The Camels are Coming, was published in 1932 and Johns continued writing up until his death in 1968, having written almost one hundred Biggles novels and short-story collections.