Capt. W. E. Johns — Biggles Flies East

Toronto , Oxford University Press, 1943 . First edition. Cloth. The very scarce, first Canadian edition of this thrilling adventure by W. E. Johns, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first Canadian edition. First published in the UK in 1935. Scarce to see with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Written by William Earl Johns, an English First World War pilot and writer of adventure stories, who wrote under the pen name Capt. W. E. Johns. He is best known for creating the fictional air-adventurer Biggles. This thrilling novel opens with Biggles being accosted by a stranger when on leave in London. The stranger mistakes him for an enemy agent, giving Biggles the ingenious idea to pose as this agent and report back his findings to the British Air Board.  Bound in the publisher's cloth with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely, with minor shelf wear only. Dust wrapper is excellent, with light edge wear and a little sunning to the spine. The odd minor handling mark to wrap, with two small labels to the front flyleaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean, with small ink marks to the verso of the half title. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.