Annuals / Storybooks
Ace Book of Comics
Adventure Stories for Boys
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The Case of the Unknown Aircraft | Odhams Press (unknown) |
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320pp. Hardback, blue boards, dustjacket.
20 page story illustrated by Leo Newman. Biggles solves a mystery in the Scottish highlands. | ||
BBC Children's Annual
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The Flying Crusaders | BBC (1956) |
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125pp. Hardback, silver patterned boards, dustjacket. Price 7s 6d on front leaf.
8 page story. | ||
Boy's Own Companion
Daily Mail Boys Annual
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The Man who Came by Night | Hardback (1955?) |
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200pp, dark red boards, dustjacket. Price 7/6d on front leaf.
8 page story. Illustrated by Eric Parker. | ||
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??? | Hardback (1956?) |
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Unsighted. Guessing Biggles appeared in this year too. | ||
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Biggles Lays a Ghost | Hardback (1957) |
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200pp, dustjacket. Price 8/6d on front leaf.
8 page story. First in the book. Illustrated by Eric Parker. | ||
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Dawn Patrol | Hardback (1958) |
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200pp, dustjacket.
8 page story. First in the book. Illustrated by Eric Parker. | ||
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The Case of the Two Bright Boys | Hardback (1959) |
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200pp, dustjacket.
9 page story. Illustrated by Eric Parker. | ||
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Horace Takes a Hand | Hardback (1960) |
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203pp, dustjacket.
7 page story. Illustrated by Eric Parker. | ||
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The Case of the Somerset Farmer | Hardback (1963) |
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145pp, laminated boards. Price 8s 6d.
7 page story. Illustrated by Eric Parker. Story was later republished in Biggles Air Ace. | ||
Eagle Annual
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The Flying Crusaders | Hulton Press (1954) |
| Volume #3. Hardback. | ||
Every Boy's Annual
Express Annual
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Biggles and the Crash that Wasn't | Beaverbrook (unknown) |
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Volume #1.
149pp. Hardback, laminated boards. Price 9/6d. 4 page story. | ||
I-Spy Annual
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Fishy Business | News Chronicle (1955) |
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Volume #2. 1956.
128pp. Hardback, laminated boards. 7 page story. | ||
Modern Boys Annual
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Biggles' Exciting Night | ?? (1936/37) |
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No details known.
Story was later republished in Biggles Air Ace. | ||
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Biggles' Takes the Bait | ?? (1937/38) |
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No details known.
Story was later republished in Biggles Air Ace. | ||
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Biggles on the Trail | ?? (1940/41) |
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No details known.
Story was later republished in Biggles Air Ace. | ||
Modern Boy's Book of Adventure Stories
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Biggles 'on the spot' | Amalgamated Press (1936) |
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Hardback, coloured boards, 224pp, full illustrated.
Story was later republished in Biggles Air Ace. | ||
New Book of the Air
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The Fledgelings | Oxford University Press (1935) |
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Hardback, dustjacket, 224pp. Blue cloth boards, wth silhouette of aircraft on front cover.
Edited by Howard Leigh.
This annual was an outcome from the aviation magazine Air Stories. It included not just the Biggles tale, but several other articles by Capt Johns, as well as other chapters on test pilots, model aircraft and London Airport. Story was later republished in Biggles Air Ace. | ||
Open-Air Adventure Stories for Boys
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The Case of the Submerged Aircraft | Odhams Press (1965) |
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254pp. hardback, burgundy boards, dustjacket.
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Stirring Stories for Boys
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Dawn Patrol | Odhams (1960) |
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319pp. Hardback, blue Grey boards, dustjacket.
Originally printed 1960. Reprinted 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968.
14 page story illustrated by John Canning. | ||
The Children's Jolly Book
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All in the Day's Work | Odhams (1952) |
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121pp. Hardback, laminated boards.
One Biggles story, illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam. | ||
Treasure Book of Comics
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The Case of the Secret Inquisitors | unknown (unknown) |
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125pp. Hardback, laminated boards.
12 page story, illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam. | ||
Wonder Book of Comics
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Biggles Baits the Trap | Odhams Press (unknown) |
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320pp. Hardback, red boards.
14 page story, illustrated by Alexander Oliphant. | ||





































