War, Invasion & Spy
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.
War, Invasion & Spy
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.


