BIGGLES IN THE ORIENT
Written by W.E. Johns
Illustrated by Stead
Published by Hodder & Stoughton
in 1944
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BIGGLES IN THE ORIENT
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330459
2nd.
1948.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Blue cloth with black titles to front and spine. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 179 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Light mark to centre of spine. Pale browning to rear free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some loss, loss to centre of spine, tape repairs on verso at folds.
BIGGLES IN THE ORIENT
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323878
1948.
Hardback.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth with black titles to front and spine. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 179 pages. Second impression. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly edge rubbed and cloth slightly grubby. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and creased with some loss and very grubby to spine and rear panel.
Front cover
Contents
- Biggles' Squadron,266, is deployed to India on special assignment. The Japanese have a secret weapon that knocks allied aircraft out of the skies, seemingly at random. This totally perplexes everyone except Biggles and the readers, who gets to the bottom of it by experimentation.