Captain W. E. Johns — Biggles in the Baltic

Oxford, Geoffrey Cumberlege for Oxford University Press, 1947. Cloth. A smart later edition of this thrilling Biggles story from English pilot and writer Captain W. E. Johns. Later edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and six full-page images. Collated complete. On the outbreak of the Second World War, Major Bigglesworth is detailed for special duties. His first commission is to form a Royal Air Force Unit for special detached duty in the Baltic, to operate from a secret base. Written by William Earl Johns, an English First World War pilot and writer of adventure stories, usually under his pen name Capt. W. E. Johns. He is best known for creating the fictional air-adventurer Biggles. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall, a British artist and illustrator. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is very smart with minor wear to the extremities and light sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with minor age toning to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: Alfred Sindall. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.