BIGGLES PRESSES ON
Book First Published on 20th January 1958 - 192 pages
These stories were first published in various annuals and
periodicals. I have noted below the titles
the original publication details where known.
First edition dust jacket showing the original price of 8
shillings and 6 pence
This contains eleven short stories. These are as follows:-
THE CASE OF THE MAN ON A SPOT (Pages 7 to 25)
A Polish man with secret documents has had his wife kidnapped to
make him hand them back.
This
story was never published elsewhere
THE CASE OF THE SUBMERGED AIRCRAFT (Pages 26 to 45)
A Gipsy Moth found ditched in a Scottish Loch leads Biggles to a
wife murderer.
This
story was subsequently published in 'Open-Air Adventure Stories for Boys' 1965 (by Odhams Books Ltd)
THE CASE OF THE SABOTAGED PARACHUTE (Pages 46 to 67)
A parachute with the cords cut leads Biggles to uncover more than
just a corpse. (Dust cover).
This
story was never published elsewhere
MISSION ORIENTAL
(Pages 68 to 86)
Biggles and the team go to rescue the family of the Sultan of Kulang, in Malaya.
This
story was never published elsewhere
THE CASE OF THE HAUNTED ISLAND (Pages 87 to 113)
A trip to a Polynesian Atoll leads to the discovery of a wrecked
ship with a corpse inside it.
This
story was never published elsewhere
THE CASE OF THE AMBITIOUS FISHMONGER (Pages 114 to 133)
A plane is used to send Salmon caught by poachers down to London.
Biggles finds the culprits.
This
story was never published elsewhere
THE CASE OF THE FATAL RUBY (Pages 134 to 149)
A ruby called the 'Blood of Asia' is to be transported by a pilot
who is planning to steal it.
This story was never published elsewhere
FISHY BUSINESS
(Pages 150 to 160)
A rogue fur trader has found a clever way of importing furs and
avoiding paying duty on them.
This
story was originally published in the 'I-Spy Annual’ 1955
(by News Chronicle, London)
BIGGLES LAYS A GHOST (Pages 161 to 170)
A ghostly old wartime American Flying Fortress is being seen in
the skies. Biggles hunts it down.
This
story was originally published in 'The Daily Mail Boys Annual' 1957 (by Associated Newspapers Ltd)
(These
annuals are all undated and can only be distinguished by reference to the dust
jacket picture. This one features a
hatless boy smiling with a red background)
MISCHIEF BY MOONLIGHT (Pages 171 to 181)
A professional fence is using an aeroplane to get the proceeds of
burglaries out of the country.
This story was originally published in 'The Boys Book of Scouting and the Open Air' 1956 (by Edmund Ward (Publishers) Ltd)
THE CASE OF THE STOLEN TRUCK (Pages 182 to 192)
A lorry, loaded with potatoes, is stolen and Biggles uses a plane
to find the truck from the air.
This
story was never published elsewhere
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Biggles Presses On
Subtitle - More adventures of Biggles and the Special Air Police
Publication Details - published by Brockhampton
Press
Frontispiece
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