At the end of WW1, Biggles and fellow pilots contend with enemies in their own Sopwith Camels. "The Camel closed up until it was flying beside him; the pilot smiling. Biggles showed his teeth in what he imagined to be an answering smile. 'You swine,' he breathed: 'you dirty, unutterable, murdering swine! I'm going to kill you if it's the last thing I do on earth.'"

A visit to Biggles' uncle, Dickpa, lands Biggles, Algy and mechanic Smyth in a dangerous adventure looking for an ancient Inca treasure hoard.

PRE-ISBN. No date of publication stated. Fictional (based on fact) stories of experiment, trial, and error in the Royal Flying Corps, in World Wat 1 (The Great War): CONTENTS: Forward How 'Biggles' Was Born Glossary Of Terms Used The Professor The Joy Ride The Bridge Party The Bottle Party The Trap The Funk The Professor Comes Back The Great Arena The Dragon's Lair Biggles' Day Off Scotland For Ever!

Biggles flies again into adventure in the far places of the earth. Stranded among the tropical swamps of British Guiana when the company employing him as a pilot folds up, he takes possession of the amphibian aircraft he is flying and proceeds to earn his living by undertaking dangerous missions by air. With Algy and Smyth, he searches for treasure in the jungle, captures a brigand-chief in his own mountain stronghold, leads a pearling expedition into a fantastic reef-bound lagoon, shanghais a Russian agent on an Arabian island, and trades pearls with a desert sheikh on the Red Sea coast. Biggles thrives on thrills, and his courage and resourcefulness are equal to the many dangerous emergencies that arise in his quest for excitement.

Sep 1916 Norfolk Flying School trains dogged delicate-looking Bigglesworth 16. He ships to France on less than 15 air hours. Though gunner Mark saves his first flight, hot dogfights force him to learn or die. Downed twice over Lines, he evades and chases Boche in air and on land, plans new tactics against Hun circuses, drops French spy.

When Biggles and Algy are forced by bad weather to land in a cove on the Norfolk coast they stumble upon an elaborate plot by the Russians to invade Britain. Unravelling the mystery they find themselves helped by a scruffy teenager, Ginger.

It's the First World War, and in a desperate game of bluff and counterbluff Biggles is sent to work for the Germans while secretly reporting back to the British. Can he survive the eagle-eyed suspicions of Von Stalhein? How will he cope flying in combat against the British? The slightest mistake could cost Biggles his life . . .

Whilst celebrating Ginger's award of his pilot's licence, an SOS on B.B.C. radio asks for Major James Bigglesworth to contact his Uncle, Professor Richard Bigglesworth. This is of course, Dickpa, previously seen in the story 'The Cruise of the Condor'. Visiting Dickpa at his house, they find him and his friend Lord Roger Maltenham, under attack from mysterious enemies. This story takes Biggles to Tibet before the Chinese occupation.

Biggles is back! And with new retro-style covers he's bigger than ever!.A burst of bullets struck Biggles' machine somewhere just behind him, and he jerked the control-stick back into his stomach. A Hun shot past his wing-tip, so close that Biggles flinched.'That's too close!' he muttered. 'Where the dickens are the S. E.'s?'Biggles battles through the First World War, honing his flying skills in terrifying battles against the finest fighters the enemy can supply. But he finds war provides more light-hearted adventures as well, and this collection of stories from early in Biggles' career combines the fun of being part of 266 squadron and the fear of deadly serious aerial combat.

Biggles & Co.

In Afrika gaat Biggles op zoek naar een verdwenen miljonairszoontje en daarbij stuit hij op een bende niets ontziende schurken. Zal hij hun slachtoffer worden?

Biggles is intrigued by a mystery. Supply ships have been disappearing in the Indian Ocean and before they sank they managed to broadcast a final message. In all cases, when they referred to the word "weather" it was misspelt as "whether". Biggles concludes that the same person sent the messages otherwise the coincidence would be too great. Biggles approaches Colonel Raymond, now with Scotland Yard, but formerly with the Air Intelligence staff when Biggles was in 266 squadron, to find out more information. Before he knows it, Biggles is dining in the Foreign Office and setting out his ideas about how to deal with the problem. Biggles is given a temporary commission in the Royal Air Force with the rank of Air Commodore and his plans are put into effect.

Biggles, Algy and Ginger help a young lad evade a violent thief and find themselves plunged into a dangerous treasure hunt searching for a long-lost pirate hoard of gold in the Caribbean.

Biggles and co get sidetracked into an Egyptian adventure whilst on their way to a squadron reunion dinner in South Africa. They meet a threatened scientist and agree to help him find a lost oasis (called Zenzura) in the middle of nowhere. Their quest is hindered by the requisite bad guy who has claimed the oasis, and the antiques buried there, who gets off to a spectacular start by marooning them at the oasis by erasing their supply (camel) train.

The escort fell in on either side of the prisoners, and at a word of command the party moved forward. Down the corridor it marched, and through an open door into a grim-looking courtyard. Across this it proceeded, and came to a halt against a wall on the far side.-Biggles glanced at the sky. It was just turning pink with the first flush of dawn. 'If Ginger is going to do the rescue act, he hasn't got much time left.' He observed calmly.-Algy said nothing. His face was pale. In the uneasy atmosphere of Europe between the two World Wars, Biggles, Algy and Ginger are persuaded to defend a small middle European country from an aggressive neighbour backed up by an unnamed Big Power.

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Answering a call for help by letter from an old friend, Biggles, Algy, Ginger and Smyth fly to Fort Beaver in Canada. Here they intend to meet up with Wilks, or Captain Wilkinson of 187 Squadron as he used to be known. Wilks has started a small airline business called 'Arctic Airways' but is now having problems with a man named 'Brindle' Jake McBain and his cronies. On arrival, Biggles finds Wilks is missing and immediately crosses swords with McBain who is "sharing" Wilks' aerodrome, but in reality is really an unwanted trespasser.

This is the story of how Biggles missed a visit to the pictures and chanced upon one of his most hazardous adventures. The facts were laid before him. Professor Becklinder, a naturalised Lucranian, had discovered the formula for a deadly poisonous gas. While on sick leave from England he had been reported killed, but in doubtful circumstances. British Intelligence were vitally interested in establishing the truth behind the report, and it was Biggles' job to discover whether the Professor was really dead and, if not, who had captured him and where he was. The first grisly step in the investigations was to open the Professor's grave an examine the body, if one existed - a horrible undertaking, but one that desperate necessity justified, in Biggles' view. Intrepid as ever, he and his friends, Algy and Ginger, ploughed through the whole dangerous gamut of espionage, captivity, escape and rescue, in their attempts to solve the mystery of the Professor's disappearance.

War has just been declared and Biggles is asked to take charge of a secret squadron operating from a cave inside a barren rock in the Baltic Sea. His orders are to cause as much trouble to the enemy as possible, for as long as possible.

Biggles, Algy, Ginger a Bigglesův kamarád z války, Sandy, se vypraví na Tahiti na obrovské naleziště perlorodek, které Sandy objevil. Tato cesta však zdaleka neproběhne bez problémů. Cestu jim bude znepříjemňovat místní padouch Castanelli a na náladě jim nepřidá ani hurikán, který se přes jejich ostrov přežene. Nakonec se jim však tato cesta mnohonásobně vyplatí. Na nalezených perlách vydělají mnoho peněz a také před Castanellim zachrání místní domorodce.

Biggles' old enemy Von Stalhein has heard that he is on a recon mission in Norway and is determined to track him down.

The Air Ministry have allowed Biggles, Algy, Ginger and Smyth to accompany a party of volunteers to help Finland in their struggle against Soviet aggression. Whilst on a reconnaissance flight, Biggles finds a dying Polish scientist called Petolski, who had been working on important experiments with metal alloys for aircraft. He had the results of seven years' labour in a portfolio with him and rather than let the research fall into German hands, (Poland having been invaded by Germany), he has hidden it.

Biggles se stává velitelem letky stihačů, kteří jsou vynikajícími piloty, ale na zemi se chovají velmi výstředně.

There are jungles and jungles, but the jungles of British Honduras are far deadlier than most. They creep with horrors - like the snake of such size that Biggles' jaw dropped when he saw it. Biggles flies to Central America on the trail of a so-called King of the Forest, a man who is stirring up trouble among the Indians. The King of the Forest stirs up trouble for Biggles too - a lot. But Biggles - well, he can hold his own!

Biggles and his Squadron are sent to defend the main air route from the West Coast of Africa to the Middle East and find out what has happened to seven planes that have been lost making the journey.

This contains 16 short stories all of which are unusual in that they consist of Ginger telling his comrades in 666 (Fighter) Squadron of his adventures with Biggles when they were chartered by Dr. Augustus Duck (nicknamed "Donald") to take him to investigate various strange phenomena.

Biggles is asked to take 666 squadron to Borneo to fight against the Japanese from a secret airfield. Captain Rex Larrymore had discovered the airfield prior to the start of the war when he had to make a forced landing in Borneo. Larrymore has befriended the local natives, dangerous headhunters, and had set up as a prospector with a good supply of fuel and oil on this airfield, which he had named "Lucky Strike".

'It is my opinion that Biggles is dead,' asserted the Air Commodore. 'I had already sensed that, Sir, but I don't believe it,' retorted Algy. Biggles is missing. He was last seen lying shot and bleeding, surrounded by the enemy. Even if he were captured alive, he would have been shot as a spy. It seems hopeless, but Algy, Ginger and Bertie aren't going to start mourning their friend without being absolutely sure. They intend to parachute into enemy territory to discover the truth for themselves ...

'You're out last hope, Bigglesworth,' said the Air Commodore, with something like despair in his voice. The war supply route between Calcutta and China is a vital one but something is attacking the planes that fly it. Again and again pilots set off, only to disappear somewhere along the line, never to be seen again. When Biggles and his team are called in to investigatem, flying the route is close to a suicide mission . . .

Toen Biggles, na een oproep van commodore Raymond, diens kantoor binnenstapte, bevond zijn chef zich in gezelschap van een Chinese bezoeker, die voor Biggles geen onbekende was. Li Chi en hij hadden al eens een ontmoeting gehad in een smokkelaffaire en bij die gelegenheid had de Chinees aan het kortste eind getrokken. Dit gebeuren had zich echter voor de oorlog met Japan afgespeeld en Li Chi kwam nu de geallieerden zijn diensten aanbieden. Zijn aanbod betrof een grote hoeveelheid rubber, die uit de plantage van zijn vriend, majoor Marling, betrokken zou kunnen worden. Rubber was in die oorlogsjaren een onmisbaar, maar zo goed als onverkrijgbaar artikel. Het was om zo te zeggen zijn gewicht in goud, en bovendien ongewone risico's waard. Inderdaad was de rubbertransactie in dit geval bijzonder riskant. De plantage van majoor Marling lag in Japans bezettingsgebied, en men kon onmogelijk verwachten dat de vijand de levering van, en het vervoer naar de geallieerden oogluikend zou toestaan. Wilde de onderneming kans van slagen hebben, dan was een man met een grote dosis ervaring en koelbloedigheid een eerste vereiste. Derhalve was Biggles de aangewezen persoon om de leiding op zich te nemen. In gezelschap van Algy, Bertie, Ginger en Li Chi zette hij koers naar het oosten, waar hem temidden van oorlogsgeweld en verraad een strijd op leven en dood wachtte.

Air Commodore Raymond approaches Biggles, Algy, Ginger and Bertie with an interesting proposition. Now that the Second World War had ended, he could use good pilots in a new force he is forming as Assistant Commissioner at Scotland Yard. This force would be used to combat flying crooks. The formation of a force would take some time, and there was a pressing matter to deal with and that is where our heroes come in. Biggles would be offered the rank of Detective-Sergeant. Raymond informs Biggles of a spate of air related robberies involving the taking of various jewels. Biggles and the gang agree to take the job.

The second great adventure of Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D.. The Case of the pirate U-Boat!

Valsemunterij bestaat al zolang als het geld zelf. En hoewel dit verschijnsel veel mensen zal blijven verontrusten, is men er in politiekringen wei aan gewend geraakt. Tenminste zolang het blijft bij de kleine kruimelzaakjes die met de regelmaat van een klok de kop opsteken. Maar de bende die nu aan het werk was, werkte zo goed georganiseerd en op zo grote schaal dat het een ware ramp zou betekenen als niet spoedig en afdoende werd ingegrepen. In deze omstandigheden was het vanzelfsprekend dat men Biggles verzocht de grote strijd aan te binden. Het eerste wat hem te doen stond, was het localiseren van het hoofdkwartier Geen geringe opgave als men bedenkt dat de bende vermoedelijk van vliegtuigen gebruik maakte en hun geldfabriek dus op elk denkbaar plekje ter wereld kon staan. Maar nuchter redeneren en een grote dosis ervaring brachten Biggles al gauw op het goede spoor en dat leidde naar de Afrikaanse jungle, waar al zoveel misdadigers in Biggles' loopbaan zich een veilig toevluchtsoord hadden gedacht. Wat dat betreft schenen deze schurken gelijk te krijgen. Want hoewel Bertie en Ginger als toeristen wisten door te dringen in het zogenaamde vakantieoord voor jagers op groot wild, bleken de voorzorgsmaatregelen van de vijand zo geraffineerd dat zij spoedig weerloze gevangenen waren. Hun enige kans op redding lag in een ijlboodschap aan Biggles Maar hoe konden ze dat onopgemerkt klaarspelen?

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Biggles Take a Holiday, hardcover, Very Good, 5th Impression Hodder 1952, just 3 years after 1st. 191pp. Coloured frontispiece and many coloured plates, by seminal Hodder Biggles illustrator, Stead. Good clean tight sound square, no bookplate, inscription or marks of any kind. In black lettered and embossed red cloth, with original unclipped (7'6) colour pictorial dustwrapper very very gently chipped to lightly faded head of spine not intruding or detracting and with short closed tear to head of upper wrapper. An early impression of an early tale in the Biggles canon and a welcome addition for the enthusiast.

Obchodník v námořní dopravě se synem zaujme Bigglese historkou o zlaté koruně, která byla spatřena u vraku v Antarktidě. Uspořádají výpravu z Falklandských ostrovů s cílem jí najít.

Světem vládne studená válka. Čínu brzy zcela ovládnou komunisté a Sovětský svaz horečně rozvíjí jaderný program. Biggles dostává úkol vysvobodit skupinu vědců, které kdosi unesl na záhadné místo v Mandžusku. Tajný úkol, záhadný nepřítel, naprosté utajení. Pokud něco selže, nikdo Bigglesovi a jeho přátelům nepomůže.

After being promoted to Detective Air-Inspector, Biggles investigates the supply of a particularly addictive drug called Gurra.

Chlapci jménem Bigglesworth je už čtrnáct let, když začíná objevovat život v Anglii - dosud totiž vyrůstal v daleké Indii. Udivují ho zde města i příroda, nejvíc ovšem anglická škola. Zažívá řadu dobrodružství, jde mj. o střet s párem zákeřných darebů, dobytí nepřátelské vlajky při dobrovolnickém cvičení či souboj s drsným pytlákem. A pak se na obloze zjevuje zázrak. Biggles vidí první letadlo!

Pátrání se vedou ve Francii a saharské části Afriky, což přináší aktérům neuvěřitelné potíže. Letci vítězí svou odvahou, důvtipem a notnou dávkou štěstí a na druhé straně nechápavostí protivníka. Slušná kniha ze seriálu o Bigglesovi.

Misschien hebben de vele Biggles-lezers zich wel eens afgevraagd hoe Captain Johns het klaarspeelt om de adembenemende carrière van zijn held op de voet te blijven volgen en daarbij alles zo uitvoerig op papier te zetten. Of de schrijver inderdaad in tijdnood is geraakt, weten wij niet. In ieder geval vinden we in dit boek negen belangrijke wapenfeiten van majoor Biggleworth in kort bestek opgetekend. Negen avonturen waaruit Biggles vanzelfsprekend als overwinnaar tevoorschijn treedt. Zo erg vanzelfsprekend zou dat overigens niet zijn als Biggles niet de hoedanigheden zou hebben die hij nu eenmaal heeft: moed, doorzettingsvermogen, vindingrijkheid, scherpzinningeid en bovenal energie. Energie om iedere keer opnieuw in het krijt te treden tegen misdaad en onrecht wanneer iemand zijn hulp inroept, naar welke plek op de aarde hij daarvoor ook zal moeten gaan. Zo ontmoeten we Biggles deze keer onder meer in Afrika, Frankrijk, India en Malakka, zijn neus stekend in zaakjes die slechts twee dingen gemeen hadden: ze konden het daglicht niet verdragen en ze werden door Biggles' tussenkomst de wereld uitgeholpen. Voor de rest waren ze heel verschillend en vormden ze eens te meer het bewijs voor Biggles' spreekwoordelijke veelzijdigheid.

A chance sighting of Erich von Stalhein by Ginger leads to investigations as to what he is up to. He is observed meeting a soldier, Guardsman Ross, and encouraging him to desert from the army to join an International Brigade. Ross is recruited to assist Biggles and agrees to desert so that Biggles and Ginger can follow him and find out where other deserters have gone.

This contains seven short stories. They are all Air Police stories and are as follows: THE CASE OF THE BLACK SHEEP An ex-RAF Officer is using his aircraft to smuggle nylons into the UK, picking them up from a ship. THE CASE OF THE VISITING SULTAN A notorious US gangster is planning to attack a Sultan's aircraft in order to steal his diamonds. THE CASE OF THE UNREGISTERED OPERATOR Biggles goes to prison in order to uncover an illegal air transportation operation for criminals. THE CASE OF THE WOUNDED AGENT Biggles is sent on a special assignment to save a secret agent, and his information, from Bulgaria. THE CASE OF THE BRILLIANT PUPIL An excellent flying pupil, who already knows how to fly, is using his solo flights for illegal reasons. THE CASE OF THE MURDERED APPRENTICE Biggles uncovers a smuggling operation from Holland when investigating why a man was murdered. THE CASE OF THE STOLEN AIRCRAFT A man who has designed a new plane is stealing aircraft for the aviation fuel they contain.

Central Africa is being plagued by attacks by an African man called Cetezulu and known as 'The Black Elephant'. Air Commodore Raymond sends Biggles and Co. to use their aeroplanes in the hunt to find him.

Tentokrát se Biggles a jeho spolupracovníci setkávají se svým největším soupeřem von Stalheinem na Jamaice, kde bojují o ukrytou tajnou nacistickou zbraň Je třeba splnit téměř nemožný úkol a vypátrat, na kterém z tisíců ostrůvků je tajný úkryt a přemoci ke všemu odhodlanou skupinu nepřátel.

Biggles a jeho muži se vydávají do komunistické Číny, aby odtamtud záchránili skupinu evropským misionářů a lékařů. Úkol jim komplikuje skutečnost, že plochy vhodné k přistání v blízkosti oázy, ve které se uprchlíci zdržují, jsou pokryty různými nečistotami navátými z pouště. Oáza je také často terčem útoků jak kočovných kmenů, tak skupin čínských vojáků. Tato operace bude pro Bigglese tvrdým oříškem, ale nakonec ji zvládne na výbornou.

Biggles of the Special Air Police

Biggles and the team are sent to investigate the possibility that agents from behind the Iron Curtain are being placed on isolated islands in the world's great Oceans. These islands are still the territories of various countries such as the United Kingdom and France and, although uninhabited, will have great strategic importance as refuelling stations for aircraft as world travel increases.

This contains eleven short stories. These are as follows:- BIGGLES AND THE PIRATE TREASURE The descendant of a pirate has discovered a treasure map, but greed ends in tragedy. (Dust cover). THE CASE OF THE OBLIGING TOURIST A change encounter helps Biggles smash a jewellery smuggling racket. NIGHT FLIGHT Planes are disappearing over the Middle East. Biggles and Co. set up a trap to catch the culprits. THE CASE OF THE IVORY IDOL Biggles is tricked into recovering a religious artefact that is much more than it seems. BIGGLES BUYS A WATCH A clever watch smuggling racket is uncovered when Biggles chances upon the method of disposal. THE CASE OF THE POISONED CROPS Crops are dying in East Africa and this is causing native unrest. Biggles has to find the culprits. BIGGLES NETS A FISH Scientific plans from an Atomic Sub Station are leaked and Biggles has to find the guilty party. THE CASE OF THE LUNATIC AT LARGE A war hero goes mad after his twin brother is arrested and threatens to use a stolen bomber. THE CASE OF THE FLYING CLOWN A disfigured armaments king is seeking revenge on the world that he thinks has wronged him. THE CASE OF THE PHONE BOX MURDER A murder in a phone box leads to the discovery of a criminal transportation network. THE UNKNOWN DIAMONDS Dr. Shultz, who deals in Monkeys, has discovered a novel way of using them to smuggle diamonds.

Biggles and Ginger join the Foreign Legion as part of an undercover operation for the International Police Commission. Their brief is to expose the workings of a sinister organisation sabotaging all peaceful settlements achieved by war-faring nations. Biggles takes his life into his own hands by joining one of the most toughest military forces in the world when he realises the price of global peace is at stake.

This contains thirteen short stories, eleven of which were originally published in "The Camels are Coming" (1932) and two (The Thought Reader and Biggles Finds His Feet) which were originally published in "Biggles of the Camel Squadron" (1934). The stories are: THE CARRIER Biggles' propeller kills a carrier pigeon but Biggles finds the message and goes to rescue a spy. SPADS AND SPANDAUS Biggles and his squadron join up with some Americans for a major air battle with the Germans. THE ZONE CALL A captured German pilot tricks Biggles, but he realises in time to foil a German attack. THE DECOY When Biggles loses one of his pilots to a German trick he goes all out to get the plane responsible. THE BOOB Biggles first meets a new pilot who happens to be his cousin and whose Christian name is Algernon. THE BATTLE OF FLOWERS Algy takes revenge when a German raid on the Squadron's aerodrome destroys his garden. THE THOUGHT-READER Biggles discovers a German plane receiving secret signals from a spy using corn in a field. BIGGLES FINDS HIS FEET Engine trouble forces Biggles down in 'no-man's-land' where he has a taste of trench warfare. THE BOMBER Biggles attacks a heavily defended new German bomber and has to devise a way to shoot it down. ON LEAVE Biggles is forced to take leave but manages to shoot down 2 German seaplanes that bomb the UK. FOG! Biggles gets lost in fog and is shocked to discover he has landed by a German gas supply dump. AFFAIRE DE COEUR Biggles meets the love of his life, Marie Janis, only to discover that she is a spy. THE LAST SHOW Biggles gets promoted to Major and is shot down only to discover the armistice has been signed.

Biggles flies to Australia to track down Erich von Stalhein, who is attempting to start an uprising among the Aboriginals.

De man die op de gelukkige gedachte was gekomen Scotland Yard te verrijken met de speciale afdeling van de Luchtpolitie, moet een helder inzicht hebben gehad in de problemen die de twintigste-eeuwse misdaad met zich brengt Van de technische vooruitgang werd ook dankbaar en met succes gebruik gemaakt door hen die slechts op eigen voordeel uit waren en daarbij geen enkel gewetensbezwaar konden. De ontwikkeling van de luchtvaart opende ongekende perspectieven voor allerlei elementen die er het hoogste belang bij hadden om zo snel mogelijk buiten het bereik van de sterke arm te komen. Dat de leiding van de luchtpolitie word toevertrouwd aan James Bigglesworth, was, gezien zijn prestaties In het verleden, niet meer dan vanzelfsprekend. Dat zijn team verder bestond uit Algy Lacey, Bertie Lissie en Ginger Hebblethwaite, kon evenmin verbazing wekken Deze vier doorgewinterde piloten kenden elkaar al jaren en wisten precies wat ze aan elkaar hadden. Hoe doeltreffend hun samenwerking was, word al spoedig bewezen en dit veroorzaakte een onafgebroken stroom van verzoeken om hulp en opdrachten tot ingrijpen. Dit boek geeft verslag van acht gevallen waarin slechts de tussenkomst van de Luchtpolitie nog uitkomst kon bieden. Dat Biggles daarvoor naar de Grote Oceaan, Saigon en zelfs naar Nieuw-Guinea moest vliegen, was iets waar hij zijn hand nauwelijks voor omdraaide. Maar ook hij kon van te voren onmogelijk weten wat hem allemaal te wachten stond!

These brilliant short stories of air combat in the pioneer days of the Royal Flying Corps present Biggles in some of his most exciting adventures. THey are all set against the authentic background of war-torn France, over which the author himself flew and fought as a pilot. The humour, daring, and curious quirks of character of the protagonists give to the stories a fascinating realism. Biggles' admirers of all ages will treasure this book as a 'find'.

Biggles is sent to investigate the disappearance of aircraft over Africa. The aircraft contained V.I.P.'s who were carrying with them secret documents. Pretending to carry a V.I.P. in his aircraft, Biggles is forced to land in Liberia after a secret weapon causes his plane to suffer engine failure. The picture on the dust cover of the book is Biggles' plane coming down. Ginger is in Biggles' plane and he escapes into the jungle whilst Biggles is captured and taken to meet Christophe, a black American who is planning to set up a black empire in Africa. He has stolen a new American plane containing the secret weapon and is using it to steal secrets to sell to the highest bidder, in order to finance his scheme. Biggles is put in a prison compound with other prisoners taken from planes captured earlier. Biggles discovers that behind Christophe are Iron Curtain agents, including Von Stalhein and Zorotov (from Biggles in the Blue). Meanwhile Ginger has made contact with Algy and Bertie and Algy has flown back to base to get a smaller aircraft as there are difficulties landing in the rough terrain. Von Stalhein offers the captured Biggles wire-cutters to escape in a deal that would see him double crossing both Christophe and Zorotov, whom Von Stalhein later shoots. Ginger and Bertie however, have found where Biggles is and get the wirecutters off Von Stalhein. With these, all the prisoners escape and steal a plane to get away. Biggles, Ginger and Bertie remain to destroy the aircraft with the secret weapon. Biggles sabotages Christophe's radio and leaves him without communications. Von Stalhein flies off to an unknown destination but returns with a small army and attacks Christophe and his men. Biggles uses a petrol and oil dump to destroy the secret weapon. With this gone, there is no reason for Von Stalhein to remain. An exhausted Biggles and Ginger, together with an injured Bertie fly to safety when Algy returns and they take with them Christophe who they find has only been wounded in the attack.

Kroonjuwelen schijnen altijd de speciale belangstelling te hebben genoten van hen die men in poiitiekringen zware jongens noemt. En omdat Biggles op zijn beurt weer speciale belangstelling koestert voor deze zware jongens, kan men het nauwelijks op rekening van het toeval schrijven dat hij althans eenmaal te maken kreeg met een zaak waarin kroonjuwelen een belangrijke rol speelden. Eigenlijk was het Algy die de zaak aan het rollen bracht. Toen hij namelijk gevolg gaf aan de uitnodiging van een zekere Boris Zarill om eens met hem op jacht te gaan, vond hij onder nogal alarmerende omstandigheden, niet zijn gastheer, maar dien zoon. Van hem hoort Algy dat Boris in werkelijkheid aartshertog van Moldavië is en sinds enige tijd spoorloos verdwenen. Vermoedelijk zit er politiek in het spel en Algy ziet deze vermoedens bevestigd als plotseling een zeer goede bekende op het toneel verschijnt. In een poging om te redden wat er nog te redden valt, komt het tot een openlijke strijd, waarin Biggles precies op tijd komt om zijn aandeel te leveren. Wie de oude bekende is die dit avontuur weer eens met zijn aanwezigheid opluistert, zal voor ervaren Biggles-lezers geen moeilijk raadsel zijn: natuurlijk Biggles' aartsvijand...

Tijdens dit avontuur komt Biggles in botsing met een bende moderne goudpiraten die geen middel onbeproefd laten en geen onderneming te riskant vinden om hun doel te bereiken. Zal Biggles erin slagen de gemene bende op te rollen?

Biggles a jeho spolupracovníci Algy, Bertie a Ginger vyšetřují zločiny, které byly spáchány za pomoci letadel. Protože tito lumpové mají s letadly obrovské možnosti pohybu, pátrání po nich nebude žádná slast a naši hrdinové se při pátrání po nich zcela určitě hodně zapotí.

, 190 pages, 6 colour illustrated plates (including frontispiece),

This contains eleven short stories. These are as follows:- THE CASE OF THE MAN ON A SPOT A Polish man with secret documents has had his wife kidnapped to make him hand them back. THE CASE OF THE SUBMERGED AIRCRAFT A Gipsy Moth found ditched in a Scottish Loch leads Biggles to a wife murderer. THE CASE OF THE SABOTAGED PARACHUTE A parachute with the cords cut leads Biggles to uncover more than just a corpse. (Dust cover). MISSION ORIENTAL Biggles and the team go to rescue the family of the Sultan of Kulang, in Malaya. THE CASE OF THE HAUNTED ISLAND A trip to a Polynesian Atoll leads to the discovery of a wrecked ship with a corpse inside it. THE CASE OF THE AMBITIOUS FISHMONGER A plane is used to send Salmon caught by poachers down to London. Biggles finds the culprits. THE CASE OF THE FATAL RUBY A ruby called the 'Blood of Asia' is to be transported by a pilot who is planning to steal it. FISHY BUSINESS A rogue fur trader has found a clever way of importing furs and avoiding paying duty on them. BIGGLES LAYS A GHOST A ghostly old wartime American Flying Fortress is being seen in the skies. Biggles hunts it down. MISCHIEF BY MOONLIGHT A professional fence is using an aeroplane to get the proceeds of burglaries out of the country. THE CASE OF THE STOLEN TRUCK A lorry, loaded with potatoes, is stolen and Biggles uses a plane to find the truck from the air.

Er spelen zich geheimzinnige zaken af rond het kleine eilandje Oratovoa, ergens ver in de Stille Zuidzee: regelmatig verdwijnen er daar mensen en schepen. Biggles en zijn vrienden worden erop uitgestuurd om de zaak tot klaarheid te brengen. Oratovoa blijkt een vulkanisch eilandje te zijn en de vulkaan staat op uitbarsten. Niettemin neemt Biggles het risico er te landen. Maar behalve het gevaar waarmee de natuur hen bedreigt, zijn er andere gevaren. Op het eiland heerst een misdadiger die de verdwenen mensen als slaven gebruikt; zij worden bewaakt door wilde honden die iedere indringer verscheuren. Zal Biggles erin slagen al deze gevaren te overwinnen, de gevangenen te bevrijden en het eiland te verlaten, voor de vulkaan tot uitbarsting komt en alles en iedereen vernietigt? Biggles op het mysterieuze eiland is een spannend boek, vol adembenemende avonturen.

News reached Biggles that his greatest enemy, Erich von Stalhein, is imprisoned in an impregnable island fortress behind the Iron Curtain, and Biggles is told that von Stalhein could be the source of some useful information. So with Ginger, Bertie and Algy, he flies to the island of Sakhalin to carry out a rescue operation. Unseen, they get to know the desolate island, and Biggles works out a daring plan to snatch von Stalhein from under the noses of the prison guards.

Ritzy, Niffy en Corny vormden een driemanschap dat erg gesteld was op veel geld, veel meer geld dan met gewoon werken te verdienen is. Bovendien durfden ze wel iets aan en dat alles leidde ertoe dat ze in Londen een roofoverval op touw zetten - geen klein inbraakje, maar echt iets in het groot. Ze deden geen half werk en het gewaagde plan lukte helemaal: Ze kregen een zo grote buit aan diamanten te pakken dat ze voor de rest van hun leven op fluweel konden zitten. Niet in Engeland natuurlijk -dat zou wat al te riskant zijn- maar wel in Mexoco. Mexico is tenslotte een heerlijk land om te wonen, vooral als je geen geldzorgen hebt. Het mooie land lokte het drietal bovendien aan omdat ze daar een meneer kenden die er wel voor te vinden was voor de juwelenbuit klinkende pesos te betalen. Het leek allemaal volgens plan te verlopen en misschien zouden de rooskleurige dromen van de drie ook wel werkelijkheid zijn geworden, als een zekere Biggles zich er niet mee had bemoeid. Maar toen deze bemoeial er zijn neus in stak, namen de zaken een keer die Ritzy, Niffy en Corny met al hun slimheid niet hadden voorzien. Aan de andere kant was het natuurlijk ook niet zo dat ze zich zomaar zonder slag of stoot gewonnen gaven en Biggles'avontuur in Mexico was dan ook allerminst een plezierreisje. Het ging er zelfs zo warm aan toe dat hij bijna zonder Ginger terug had moeten gaan....

Biggles attends an International Police Conference in Paris and meets Eddie Ross, a policeman from the United States. Eddie has major concerns about drug trafficking in the United States where the problems include teenagers being hooked on drugs by being supplied them in chocolate. Biggles warns Eddie that his speech at the conference will draw the attention of the drug gangs to him and indeed, as they speak, Biggles concludes that Eddie is being followed. With the help of Marcel Brissac and Ginger, the tables are turned and their stalker becomes the one under surveillance.

Biggles goes to the Southern most tip of South America in search of gold after a tip off from Erich von Stalhein. British gold has been hidden on an unknown island by the German Navy during the Second World War. Partly as a cover story, Biggles is additionally in search of two missing botanists called Carter and Barlow.

Biggles is sent to British territory in Central Africa, near to the Belgian Congo to investigate two deaths that appear to have been the work of a leopard. Taking Algy, Bertie and Ginger with him, Biggles flies to Lake Jumu to stay at a Government rest house. On arrival, he makes the grim discovery of another victim, torn to shreds by what appear to be claws

, 160 pages, with colour frontispiece and line illustrations in the text

Eddie Ross, the United States' member of the International Police Bureau asks Biggles for his help in tracking down a kidnapped boy called Carlo Salvatore, the son of multi-millionaire Rosario Salvatore. He had been kidnapped by Cesare Paola, a man with a grievance against the multi-millionaire. The boy Carlo had been protected all his life and had gone willingly with his kidnapper who offered him the chance to go flying and fishing, which were Carlo's main interests. Eddie has traced the kidnapper and the boy to the United Kingdom.

Biggles is visited by an old friend, Squadron Leader 'Dizzy' Digswell, who has an interesting tale to tell. After being forced to parachute out of his plane flying over the Aden Protectorate in Arabia, he thinks he has come across the ancient ruins of the city of Ophir. He found a cave, which he believes to be filled with ancient coins of gold and silver. Biggles and the team decide to form a syndicate to go and recover the coins

Biggles and his friends are given a seemingly impossible task when they are asked to locate the luxury yacht, Cordelia, and its master. The five-hundred-ton vessel - owned by troubled international financier Otto Brandt - simply slipped her mooring one night and sailed off into obscurity on the high seas. The team's mission is further complicated by a young Italian who is bent on revenge.

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Biggles is visited by Sir Leofric Landaville who has a surprising tale to tell. For generations his family has suffered from what could be called "the curse of the Landavilles". Intrigued, Biggles and Bertie travel to Ringlesby Hall in Hampshire to hear the story (Algy and Ginger being on leave). On 22nd August 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Henry VII defeated Richard III. Henry's life was saved at the battle by a squire named Leofric Landaville who was knighted and given Ringlesby Hall with 100 acres of land and a pension of £400 in perpetuity. Ever since then, Landavilles have been dying mysterious and violent deaths and legend has it that such deaths are preceded by the croak of a Raven. Leofric's elder brother Charles has recently died a violent death after being shot, supposedly in an accident. Leofric heard a Raven croak before it happened. Biggles investigates the death and discovers it was murder. Ringlesby Hall has also been entered by an intruder. Biggles is invited to stay and sets a trap to alert him to any further entries by the mysterious intruder. Making enquiries in the locality, Biggles finds out about the De Warine family who owned Ringlesby Hall before the Landavilles. Eventually the trap is sprung and an intruder is discovered. In trying to escape, the intruder is killed in a car crash. The identity of the intruder and the explanation for the "curse" are revealed. The dust cover of the book shows Biggles sitting in a chair in Ringlesby Hall, in front of a suit of armour.

Voor de Schotse kust liggen ontelbare kleine en minder kleine eilandjes. Sommige zijn bewoond, andere niet. Een ervan heet Tola en is het eigendom van Rod Macaster, die het van zijn vader heeft geërfd. Vroeger is Tola bewoond geweest en er staat zelfs een oud kasteel. Maar de mensen zijn er om de een of andere reden weggetrokken en bet kasteel staat er verlaten en verwaarloosd bij. Rod wil zijn eiland weer leven inblazen, maar er is iets dat hem niet bevalt. Er broeit iets op Tola, hij weet alleen niet wat. En de Hooglanders op de vaste wal zwijgen als het graf. Zo staan de zaken als bij ten einde raad besluit een beroep te doen op Biggles' hulpvaardigheid. Inderdaad is hij aan het juiste adres, want Biggles interesseert zich voor het geval en gaat met Bertie, Algy en Ginger per helikopter naar het eiland. Dat schijnt toch niet zo onbewoond te zijn als het er uit ziet, want Rods boot blijkt door iemand tot zinken te zijn gebracht. Iemand die zelfs de rechtmatige eigenaar als pottenkijker beschouwt en die alles in het werk stelt om hem weg te werken. Maar Biggles laat zich niet zo gauw wegwerken; zelfs niet door een opzettelijk veroorzaakte brand, die hen in hun slaap moest verrassen. Zoiets maakt hun eerder nieuwsgieriger en nog vaster besloten de zaak tot het einde toe uit te pluizen. Dat gebeurde dan ook, zodat het mysterie van het verlaten eiland met recht aan de serie Biggles-avonturen kon worden toegevoegd.

CREASES ON CORNERS OF COVER. 3 PAGES ARE CREASED AT TOP.

Biggles' Special Case

Biggles is called in to investigate the disappearance of a plane from Kingsmead Flying Club. Taffy Welsh, the club's chief pilot was giving a half hour 'joy ride' to a paying member of the public in a Piper Cub aircraft and has not been seen since. Biggles, Ginger and Bertie set out on the trail (Algy being in India) and after a week or so, their diligent enquiries give them a lead.

Het vliegtuig is een uiterst nuttig vervoermiddel, dat hebben ook misdadigers al lang ontdekt. Zij hebben allerlei slinkse methoden ontwikkeld om ongemerkt door de lucht goud, verdovende middelen, wapens enzovoorts te smokkelen of andere dingen te doen die het daglicht niet kunnen verdragen. De gewone politie is daartegen natuurlijk niet opgewassen en daarom werd de Speciale Luchtpolitie opgericht. De leiding van deze afdeling is bij Biggles in uitstekende handen. Met zijn ervaring als piloot en zijn scherpzinnigheid brengt hij de boeven keer op keer in het nauw, daarbij trouw ter zijde gestaan door zijn onafscheidelijke vriendn Algy, Bertie en Ginger. Als altijd staat Biggles op de bres voor het recht en helpt hij de onschuldigen, als een moderne Robin Hood van het luchtruim. Maar de misdadigers die hij op het spoor komt, blijft hij als een tijger achtervolgen.

Biggles s přítelem Gingerem pátrají lodi jménem Vagabund, která v Indonésii zmizela. Loď převážela zásilku dvaceti tisíc soverignů. Bohužel však nejsou jediní. Po jisté době se jich několik objeví na trhu, a je tedy potřeba poklad zachránit…

A faint suspicion causes Biggles to check up on the activities of an ex-RAF officer now engaged in the package holiday tour business. Ginger travels down to Nice to investigate, but is attacked and then disappears. What underhand activities are going on under cover of the travel business? Biggles sets off on the trail of the gang whose leader is known by the black mask he wears.

Osm detektivních povídek s velkou rutinou detektivní práce. Biggles s přáteli vyšetřují případ cizích letadel, která se zřítila v Anglii, sledují stopy bankovních lupičů...

Biggles has dinner with old enemy, and now friend, Erich von Stalhein, who asks him if he ever wonders what happened to Marie Janis, a young girl Biggles fell in love with during the First World War. (This tale is told in a short story called "Affair De Coeur" in the first ever Biggles book THE CAMELS ARE COMING). Biggles is astonished to hear that Von Stalhein has had a letter from Marie. She is in Czechoslovakia and the letter contains clues that all is not well. Later, Von Stalhein disappears and Biggles concludes he has gone to rescue Marie. A postcard from Rodnitz with a cryptic message confirms this.

Biggles and the team are stuck in the Sahara trying to track down the missing son of a friend of Raymond. The son, Alex Mander, has joined a partner, Sekunder, seeking treasure in a lost tomb. When the tomb is found Alex is deserted by his partner and left to die. Biggles and co find him just in time, and just before his partner returns with a drill to open the tomb. In his haste to open the tomb the partner is stung by a scorpion. Biggles takes him back to civilisation, not before helping Alex open the tomb and determine there is nothing in it!

Biggles is asked to help a Chinese resident of Malaysia, called Lin Seng, move his unique pearl collection to London. Amongst this priceless collection is a superb pearl known as "the Blue Moon of Asia". Flying out to Malaysia and over Taihan, Seng's fantastic home, Biggles finds no suitable landing place. Going to Kuala Lumpur, Biggles makes contact with one of Seng's business managers called Tong. He tells Biggles that telephone contact has been lost with Taihan. Biggles and Algy hire a car and drive out to investigate. Finding a break in the telegraph lines, Biggles discovers the body of a Post Office worker sent out to repair the fault. The lines have been cut and when Biggles fetches the local police, the body has disappeared. Pressing on to Lin Seng's home at Taihan, Biggles finds he is under siege from thieves who want to steal his pearl collection. Twenty loyal workers defend Seng. Algy uses these workers to start to clear an overgrown golf course to turn it into a makeshift landing strip. The situation takes a turn for the worse when news is received that fifty Indonesian guerrillas have landed and are suspected to be making for Taihan. Biggles decides to try to break out, to get to Kuala Lumpur whilst Algy finishes the airstrip. Here he can alert the Malaysian Government to the Indonesian incursion and bring the plane to Taihan to land and collect Lin Seng and his pearls. Leaving by car with Ayart, one of Seng's servants, Biggles is brought to a halt and captured by the thieves in the jungle. Algy decides to block the entrance to the golf course by destroying a fallen tree over a crocodile infested ditch. Using gelignite, he blows the tree to pieces and this helps facilitate Biggles' escape because the thieves were taking Biggles to the golf course and they are caught in the explosion. Finishing the airstrip, Algy and Lin Seng are preparing for evacuation when the Indonesian troops attack. Biggles arrives by plane and with him come Malaysian Government soldiers. Algy saves Lin Seng from a murderous attack in an effort to steal his pearls and he is finally flown to safety. The picture on the dust cover shows Algy about to blow-up the tree bridge under a watching moon.

Biggles Follows On

Biggles se ve snaze vypátrat nezákonné pašování zbraní dává do služeb podezřelé organizace. Naoko vystoupí z policie a přijímá místo u záhadné letecké společnosti. Postupně přichází na stopu ilegálního obchodu se zbraněmi, ale sám se při tom dostává do velkého nebezpečí. Se svým letadlem je nucen přistát v rozsáhlé bažinaté oblasti Sudd, kontrolované konžskými vojenskými jednotkami...

Algy, working with the Indian Security Police to assist them in a gold smuggling racket, has disappeared. Flying to Northern India, Biggles, taking Bertie with him, lands at Shara, just below Nepal, where a 12 mile strip of Jungle all along the Southern border of Nepal called the Terai, forms a perfect boundary with India. Assisted by an Indian mechanic called Ram Singh, Biggles and Bertie commence looking for Algy. They know he had borrowed an Indian Air Force Hunter aircraft from Calcutta and was flying in that when he disappeared. Approached by a sinister stranger with a wooden leg, called Holman Larta, Biggles is suspicious of his offers of help. Later an attempt is made to murder both Biggles and Bertie while they are asleep in their beds. Ram Singh is asked to sleep in Biggles and Bertie's plane, in order to protect it from sabotage during the night. This is a wise precaution because a man named Bula Din attempts to place a deadly snake in their plane but is stopped when Ram raises the alarm. Constant methodical aerial searching of the Terai jungle has revealed a hidden airstrip. Biggles lands and Bertie flies the plane away, leaving Biggles to investigate. The next day a mysterious plane tries to land only to be shot at by a hidden gunman. The plane flies away and the gunman disappears. Bertie returns and his plane is hidden. The mystery plane later returns only to be scared off by gunfire from the mysterious gunman again. This time Biggles sneaks up on the gunman and finds he is Subahdar Mahomad Khan. Khan asks if he is addressing Captain Bigglesworth and says that he is with Mr. Algy Lacey! Algy has crashed in the jungle a month ago and suffered a double fracture to the leg but Khan has found him and been looking after him. Meeting up with Algy, he tells Biggles and Bertie that the airstrip is being used by the gold smugglers as a dropping off point. Holman Larta is behind it and hides the gold in his wooden leg to get through customs. Unable to take Algy with him at this stage, Biggles and Bertie return to Shara and then have to return to fetch Algy before the monsoon breaks. Larta, Din and the other gold smugglers are all arrested. The dust cover shows two aircraft over the outline of a vulture sitting in a tree.

Assistant-Commissioner Air Commodore Raymond asks Biggles to investigate the theft of a collection of rubies from Lord Langdon. Langdon suspects the thief is his former footman, Richard Browning, who has disappeared after being warned for being too familiar with Langdon's daughter, Caroline. Interviewing Lady Caroline gets Biggles nowhere as she is clearly protecting Browning. Biggles discovers that Browning is writing to Lady Caroline via her former nanny, Mrs. Smith and the letters are coming from Africa. The stamp on the letter is smudged but four letters "W-I-N-D" can be made out. Clues lead Biggles to suspect the letter is from Windhoek on the edge of the Kalahari Desert in South West Africa. Biggles and Bertie fly to Africa in an attempt to find Browning. Searching the Kalahari, they are shot at and this leads them to land at an old abandoned fort, called Fort Schwarz. Here they find a chained up leopard (the picture on the dust cover, together with a picture of (presumably) Biggles, a spear and a bullet). They also meet Mick Connor, Browning's former partner who says he knows nothing of Browning's whereabouts and is most unhelpful. Returning to their plane they have a confrontation with a wounded rhinoceros. That night Biggles goes to investigate the fort under the cover of darkness, and a native shoots at him with a bow and poisoned arrow. The following morning, Connor leaves the fort giving Biggles and Bertie a chance to search it thoroughly. Here they find Browning, injured after a plane crash and he tells them his story. Browning is in fact, the long lost son of Lord Langdon who got the job as footman to find out what his father was like. Browning says the rubies belong to his sister Lady Caroline and he only took them to hide them so that Lord Langdon couldn't sell them off. Lady Caroline knows their whereabouts, he says. Connor returns, having only left the fort in order to trap Biggles and Bertie. He cuts up rough but is killed by a native with a bow and poisoned arrow because he has previously murdered a native. Biggles returns to England to confront Lord Langdon with the result of his enquiries and enable the family to bury the hatchet.

Biggles investigates an unidentified aircraft that is persistently flying into the country under the radar curtain. The plane is always heading towards the Cornwall/Devon region, so Biggles concentrates enquiries there. Alerted by the murder of a police constable at Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, Biggles, Algy, Ginger and Bertie go there to make further enquiries. Aerial photographs of the Moor reveal a burnt strip of land and a fresh green strip parallel to it. This is next to an abandoned mine where there is located a mysterious shepherd with a fierce dog. When Ginger investigates the mine, he finds himself held at bay by the dog. Things start to move when 'Cracker' Lewis escapes from nearby Dartmoor prison. Investigating a suspicious Bentley car, Bertie finds out that Sir Humphrey Trethallan who lives at nearby Hallstone Towers owns it. Keeping watch on Hallstone Towers Biggles is shocked to see Sir Humphrey with Lewis. Biggles suspects the intruding aircraft is flying escaped criminals out of the country in return for part of their stolen loot and Sir Humphrey is behind the scheme. Bertie is assigned to observe Hallstone Towers and he sees Sir Humphrey leading Lewis out to Bodmin moor. Bertie then accidentally falls down an abandoned mine shaft and is knocked unconscious. Coming to, he is confronted by the shepherd and realises that the shaft he has fallen down must connect to the abandoned mine under suspicion. With Ginger's help, Bertie gets out of the mine. The intruding aeroplane arrives and Biggles, with the help of the local police move in to make arrests. Sir Humphrey escapes and is pursued back to Hallstone Towers. Here, he blows his own brains out with a gun, rather than be arrested. The cover of both the first edition paperback and later hardback show Biggles (presumably) with the Bentley car and the 'dark intruder' aircraft in the background.

Biggles is sent to Jean Bonney Island in the Bay of Bengal, to investigate possible interference with this British sovereign territory.

thirteen short stories about Biggles' childhood in India. The book has a short prologue called 'A Word in Advance' and a short epilogue called 'In Conclusion'. The stories are as follows:- A TEST OF NERVE Biggles does the bravest thing in his life in order to save the life of his friend, Captain John Lovell. A CHAPTER OF ADVENTURES Biggles saves his friend Habu from death on a collapsing rope bridge. MORE TROUBLE Biggles helps to tackle a wounded leopard and a fear crazed elephant. DEATH IN THE WATER Biggles saves a young boy from the jaws of a crocodile and later returns to kill it. THE BIG BAD BEAR Biggles goes on a bear hunt with Captain John Lovell with some unexpected results. THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Biggles has an encounter with a huge python and breaks a tendon in his calf. A SORT OF EDUCATION Biggles saves an Indian girl from a rabid dog when he shoots it. LIVING DANGEROUSLY Biggles is charged by a buffalo and trapped in a tree. Later he is charged by a wild boar. THE THUGS Biggles saves his friend Sula Dowla from two murderous Indians, members of the thuggee cult. THE BLACK INTRUDER A search for honey leads to an encounter with a Black Panther, which Biggles has to shoot. A PROFESSOR LEARNS A LESSON Biggles acts as an interpreter for a Professor and has to save his life when he falls off a cliff. THE FOOLISH TIGER Biggles is attacked by an injured tiger but fails to kill it. His father and John Lovell hunt it down. THE LAST ADVENTURE Biggles saves a man who is attacked by a leopard. Three weeks later he goes to school in England.

Biggles má za úkol najít zločince Šejka Nicka, čili Lazara Břitvu, který před dvěma lety uprchl z vězení Dartmoor. Tento Lazar se velmi rád ohání břitvou. Podařilo se mu ukradnout vzácné perly a Biggles si myslí, že je chce Lazar ze země dostat letecky. Stopa ho zavede do Ikarova klubu v Soho, kde se pokouší získat nějaké informace od Lazarova společníka Cainea. Řekne Bigglesovi, že má farmu U dvou stromů, kde má schované i letadlo. Bertie se vydává na farmu a dostane se do Lazarových rukou, naštěstí přichází Biggles. Lazar uniká. Nakonec dojde na farmě ke konečnému střetu a Lazara srazí při útěku policejní vůz.

Biggles tentokrát vyšetřuje záhadné zmizení malého nefritového bůžka. Biggles se ujímá případu zmizení letadla s nákladem vzácného nefritového bůžka Atu-Hua. Bůžek má jediné oko z rubínu neobvyklých rozměrů, a proto je jeho cena vysoká. Celý případ je samozřejmě velice spletitý, Biggles ovšem jako vždy přijde nakonec celé věci na kloub.

, 152 pages, Biggles No. 82, priced 12/- on front flap of dust-jacket

'Biggles hurled the parcel to the far side of the road. It struck the wall and bounced back on to the pavement that skirted it. Simultaneously there was a shattering explosion.' Even on holiday in Cornwall, Biggles cant avoid finding trouble. He soon realises that the local shark fishing business is in fact a cover-up for smuggling in illegal immigrants - and men on the run. When a parcel bomb is delivered, Biggles and his friends realise that the gang will stop at nothing to keep their secret. But it takes a dangerous chase by sea to the Channel Islands for them to discover just how ruthless the gang is.

Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ. Owner's name to pastedown

The Final, unfinished Biggles book. Johns died whilst writing this novel so it finishes abruptly mid sentence. Published as a curio many years after his death

A collection of short Biggles stories curated from various magazines and publications that never made it into collected format at the time. The book contains 8 WW1 stories and 2 'Air Police' stories.

Biggles' Second Biggles hunts for a wartime German submarine, the U-517, whose ruthless captain, Von Shonbeck, has escaped to the Antarctic with a horde of stolen gold bullion.; Biggles Breaks the Back in the Antarctic once again, Biggles tracks down a ship frozen in the pack ice with a hold full of treasure and does battle with a gang of desperate villains while attempting to recover the ship's cargo.; Biggles Gets His Biggles is tasked with the dangerous mission of finding and rescuing a group of important scientists who have been kidnapped and smuggled to a remote region of China.; Biggles Follows Biggles comes up against his arch enemy, Erich Von Stalhein, and teams up with Gimlet King's special forces unit behind enemy lines in Korea.

Four more classic adventures starring Britain's most intrepid air ace, in one great value volume. Known to boys all over the world as Biggles, Squadron Leader James Bigglesworth is the archetypal British hero. Bound together in one bumper volume, here is Biggles at his fighting best in four more of his most daring adventures. 'Biggles In Australia': Flying to Australia on the trail of his old enemy, Von Stalhein, in the 1950s, Biggles uncovers a web of murderous intrigue and his plane is attacked by a giant squid in this rip-roaring adventure. 'Biggles: Secret Agent': During World War II Biggles is sent to Lucrania where Professor Max Beklinder has disappeared while working on secret research for Britain. Biggles' job is to find him and bring him home, but Von Stalhein has other ideas! 'Biggles: Flying Detective': Immediately after World War II, Biggles, Algy, Ginger and Bertie are recruited by Scotland Yard to track down an airborne gang of jewel thieves. Their adventures take them from Germany to the deserts of North Africa. 'Biggles and the Secret Mission': Biggles is given a special commission in the RAF in the late 1930s in order to solve the mysterious disappearance of supply ships in the Indian Ocean. Fighting off pirate cutthroats and hostile natives, he eventually discovers a secret submarine base. For men who were fans of these stirring tales in their youth, here is an opportunity to enjoy them again, and wonder at their enduring power to thrill. For a new generation of readers these four full length novels make the ideal introduction to the adventurous lives of Biggles and his famous crew: Flight Lieutenant the Hon. Algernon 'Algy' Lacy and Flying Officer 'Ginger' Hebblethwaite.

Buried Treasure. A tang of romance found in no other adventure lies in these two words. They bring to mind visions of picturesque sea rovers, bristling with swords and pistols, sinking their loot in the sun-soaked sand of a palm-fringed shore - or perhaps of sinister-looking scoundrels, by candlelight in the dead of night, gloating over a chest of gold and jewels. Biggles has always been fascinated by a treasure hunt, possibly because here is genuine adventure, supported by historical fact.

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