Biggles flies south / by Captain W.E Johns ; illustrated by Jack Nicolle
London : Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1938. 1st edition 1st impression. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth with pictorial cover. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #329560
Physical description: 255 pages: illustrations; 19 cm.
Notes: Half title page. List of Biggles books on verso, listing 8 titles. Series numbering uses Roger Harris's numbering of Biggles books, Cf. Harris.
Subjects: Biggles (Fictitious character); Juvenile fiction.
Biggles (Fictitious character). Children's stories, English. Adventure stories, English. Air pilots Great Britain; Juvenile fiction. Oases Egypt; Juvenile fiction. Genre:
Action and adventure fiction.
Fiction. Illustrated. Juvenile works. Short story. Summary: "Biggles and co get sidetracked into an Egyptian adventure whilst on their way to a squadron reunion dinner in South Africa. They meet a threatened scientist and agree to help him find a lost oasis (called Zenzura) in the middle of nowhere.Their quest is hindered by the requisite bad guy who has claimed the oasis, and the antiques buried there, who gets off to a spectacular start by marooning them at the oasis by erasing their supply (camel) train."
Price: €325.00