THE W. E. JOHNS knight PAPERBACKS

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27 DIFFERENT BIGGLES TITLES WERE PUBLISHED BY “KNIGHT” BOOKS PLUS 31 REPRINTS WITH DIFFERENT COVERS

PAGE ONE – Shows the very first Knight Biggles paperbacks. These were 6 “Green Knight” books with the white spine and surrounding white border.

PAGE TWO – Shows 15 different book titles, but two of those had slightly different covers, so 17 different covers are shown. These 15 titles included reprints of the first 6 original “Green Knight” paperbacks and so only added a further 9 titles to the range of Knight paperbacks. This page also shows the back of an 18^th book but that is just to show an example of the changes that occurred to the rear covers of the Knight books when the books were reprinted. For example “Green Knight” was changed to “Knight” by the removal of the word “Green”. Of the 15 titles,

3 of these books were published in 1969, 8 were published in 1970, 3 were published in 1971 and 1 was published in 1972.

PAGE THREE – Shows 12 different Knight books. These 12 books have a distinctive “stencilled” title font. 4 of them were published in 1974 and 8 of them were published in 1975.

6 of them were reprints of earlier Knight paperbacks and 6 of them were titles new in paperback, bringing the total number of different Knight Biggles books up to 21.

PAGE FOUR – Shows the 12 Knight paperbacks with a cartoon like Biggles head logo on a coloured title banner. 10 of these were reprints but 2 are first publications new to paperback, bringing the total number of different Knight Biggles books up to 23.

PAGE FIVE – Shows the final 11 Knight Biggles books which had the distinctive “posed” photographic covers. 7 of these are reprints but the other 4 are first publications in paperback bringing the total number of different Knight Biggles books up to 27. Some of these posed photographic covers are, it has to be said, frankly ridiculous!

IF YOU CLICK ON THE FRONT COVER OF ANY BOOK ILLUSTRATED BELOW, YOU GO TO THE STORY SUMMARY AND DETAILS OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE FIRST EDITION.

IF YOU CLICK ON THE REAR COVER OF ANY BOOK, YOU CAN SEE THE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE FIRST EDITION OF THE BOOK (IF IT HAD ANY).

Note the uniform “stencilled” titles. The last eight of these books have covers credited to Susan Hunter and she probably did the first four books as well,

but those are uncredited. All twelve of these books were first published at 30p.

BIGGLES FLIES WEST – FRONT Originally published in 1937 – This paperback was published in 1974. It was the third paperback version of the this title, having been first published as a paperback in 1967. 192 pages. No cover artist is credited.	BIGGLES FLIES WEST – REAR This book had a map on page 49. There were no other illustrations. However, if you click on the back cover you can see the illustrations from the original hardback first edition.		BIGGLES AND THE BLACK MASK – FRONT Originally published in 1964 – This paperback was published in 1974. It was the first paperback version of the title. 158 pages. No cover artist is credited.		BIGGLES AND THE BLACK MASK – REAR This book contained no illustrations. However, if you click on the back cover you can see the illustrations from the original hardback first edition.
BIGGLES SORTS IT OUT – FRONT Originally published in 1967 – This paperback was published in 1974. It had the second version of the cover for this title, having been first published as a paperback in 1970. 158 pages. No cover artist is credited.	BIGGLES SORTS IT OUT – REAR This book contained no illustrations.		BIGGLES AND THE PENITENT THIEF – FRONT Originally published in 1967 – This paperback was published in 1974. It was the first paperback version of the title. 159 pages. No cover artist is credited.		BIGGLES AND THE PENITENT THIEF – REAR This book contained no illustrations.
BIGGLES OF THE INTERPOL – FRONT Originally published in 1957 – This paperback was published in 1975. It had the second version of the cover for this title, having been first published as a paperback in 1968. 188 pages. The cover illustration is credited to Susan Hunter.	BIGGLES OF THE INTERPOL – REAR This book contained no illustrations. However, if you click on the back cover you can see the illustrations from the original hardback first edition.		ORCHIDS FOR BIGGLES – FRONT Originally published in 1962 – This paperback was published in 1975. It was the first paperback version of the title. 158 pages. The cover illustration is credited to Susan Hunter.		ORCHIDS FOR BIGGLES – REAR This book contained no illustrations. However, if you click on the back cover you can see the frontispiece illustration from the original hardback first edition.
BIGGLES TAKES IT ROUGH – FRONT Originally published in 1963 – This paperback was published in 1975. It was the first paperback version of the title. 159 pages. The cover illustration is credited to Susan Hunter.	BIGGLES TAKES IT ROUGH – REAR This book contained no illustrations. However, if you click on the back cover you can see the frontispiece illustration from the original hardback first edition.		BIGGLES TAKES A HAND – FRONT Originally published in 1963 – This paperback was published in 1975. It was the first paperback version of the title. 159 pages. The cover illustration is credited to Susan Hunter.		BIGGLES TAKES A HAND – REAR This book contained no illustrations. However, if you click on the back cover you can see the illustrations from the original hardback first edition.
BIGGLES’ SPECIAL CASE – FRONT Originally published in 1963 – This paperback was published in 1975. It was the first paperback version of the title. 160 pages. The cover illustration is credited to Susan Hunter.	BIGGLES’ SPECIAL CASE – REAR This book contained no illustrations. However, if you click on the back cover you can see the frontispiece illustration from the original hardback first edition.		BIGGLES AND THE PLOT THAT FAILED – FRONT Originally published in 1965 – This paperback was published in 1975. It had the second version of the cover for this title, having been first published as a paperback in 1970. 157 pages. The cover illustration is credited to Susan Hunter.		BIGGLES AND THE PLOT THAT FAILED – REAR This book contained no illustrations.
BIGGLES AND THE BLUE MOON – FRONT Originally published in 1965 – This paperback was published in 1975. It was the third paperback version of the this title, having been first published as a paperback in 1968. 190 pages. The cover illustration is credited to Susan Hunter.	BIGGLES AND THE BLUE MOON – REAR This book contained no illustrations.		BIGGLES IN THE TERAI – FRONT Originally published in 1966 – This paperback was published in 1975. It was the third paperback version of the this title, having been first published as a paperback in 1968. 190 pages. The cover illustration is credited to Susan Hunter.		BIGGLES IN THE TERAI – REAR This book contained no illustrations.
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