Books with author W. E. Johns

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Very Good, Reprint, Dean. No Date, c.[1963]. Good clean tight sound square, no bookplate, inscription or marks of any kind, remarkably free from foxing and browning, firmly held in joints and hinges. In original red linen boards embossed with black title and publisher's device to tail of spine. With original unclipped (15 np)colour pictorial dustwrapper very gently chipped to spine and with one short closed tear to tail of upper wrapper, featuring Biggles with Chinese colleague and treasure chest, running getaway helicopter. Biggles is as ever a delight for reader and collector alike.

Reissued with a stunning new cover, this is the perfect introduction to this bestselling series for new readers. Algy turned a trifle pale and shook his head. 'For God's sake be careful,' he whispered tersely. 'They'll shoot you like a dog if they spot what you're doing.'While on leave Biggles is mistaken for someone else. He thinks little of it at the time, but when headquarters find out they ask him to take the place of his double and work for the Germans as a spy, while secretly reporting back to the British. It's a difficult task and there's a very high price to pay if he's spotted -- his life.