BIGGLES HUNTS BIG GAME
Book First Published in August 1948 - 211 pages
I believe this Biggles book was never serialised elsewhere. If anybody knows differently then please E-MAIL ME
The first edition dust jacket showing the original price of 6
shillings
The second edition dust jacket from 1950 again showing the same
price of 6 shillings. They coloured in the
original artwork but note how the tree now extends to the spine. Later jackets were 7/6.
This is a personal favourite of mine as it was the first Biggles
book I ever read. I chose it from the
school library because of the dust jacket!
CHAPTERS
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see the general story summary below
IV STELLAR SKYWAYS INCORPORATED
XIII A THIEF TO CATCH A THIEF
Biggles investigates some high quality counterfeit stamps and currency. This leads to
an attempt firstly to bribe him and then when he rejects the bribe, to kill
him. With the help of Tug Carrington, a former Flying Officer of 666 Squadron,
investigations lead to a suspicious airline called Stellar Skyways
Incorporated. Stellar has a hunting lodge at a place called Kudinga
in Africa and Bertie and Ginger are sent undercover to the lodge. Tug
Carrington infiltrates the Airline by getting a job as a pilot with them.
Biggles goes to Cairo to make further enquiries. Ginger suspects the printing
presses for the counterfeiting operation are at the hunting lodge, but both he
and Bertie fall under suspicion. An attempt is made to kill Bertie and Biggles
receives information that Bertie is dead. Biggles discovers that the
counterfeit items are being smuggled inside the various stuffed animals that
the hunters keep as trophies. These trophies are then sent via Stellar Skyways
to various countries where the counterfeit items can be removed before onward
delivery to the home addresses of the guests from the hunting lodge. Biggles
flies down to Kudinga for a showdown with the crooks
where thankfully, he finds Bertie alive and well. A shoot out occurs but
eventually the Egyptian police arrive to save the day. The Mr. Big behind the
operation tries to escape via a snake infested area and gets his comeuppance in
dramatic style. It is this event that is pictured on the dust cover of the
book.
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Biggles Hunts Big Game
Subtitle - A Story of Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D and his Special
Air Police
Publication Details - published by Hodder & Stoughton
Frontispiece
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This book was also released as a picture book one of only
two. The other one was Biggles Breaks the Silence
The Hampton Library reprint click on the above picture to
find out more details