Johns (W.E.) Biggles Flies East
£80
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1942.
Second edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, code 2445 to lower panel.
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.
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Cloth at head of spine slightly sunned and bumped; jacket slightly worn at head of spine, otherwise very good.
Jacket artwork by Bip Pares.
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