Oxford University Press

    W.E. Johns, Biggles sees it through, first edition, second state jacket, 1941

    War, Invasion & Spy

    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.

    W.E. Johns, Biggles in Spain, first edition, second impression jacket, 1939

    War, Invasion & Spy

    Johns (W.E.) Biggles in Spain

    £1,500



    London, New York, Toronto, Oxford University Press, 1939.

    First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth. Second impression dust-jacket, price-clipped.

    W.E. Johns drew on the recently concluded Spanish Civil War (1936–39) as his setting, with Biggles operating against a backdrop of the conflict's final stages. It is among the more topically grounded of the pre-war Biggles titles, the Spanish war having provided Johns with a ready-made theatre of aerial intrigue.