Johns (W.E.) Biggles Sees it Through
£1,575
London, New York, Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1941.
First edition. 8vo. Original pictorial orange cloth. First impression, second state dust-jacket, correctly priced 4/- and with ‘found’ in the first line of blurb on front inside flap, but with the text printed in brown rather than blue.
A rare forties Biggles title – the Air Ministry has allowed Biggles, Algy, Ginger and Smyth to accompany a party of volunteers to help Finland in their struggle against Soviet aggression.
In stock
Contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, same leaf with some damage to lower edge; cloth very good; jacket has wear, creasing, crumples, tears and loss (primarily to the front panel/flap join).
Illustrations by Howard Leigh and Alfred Sindall.
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