BIGGLES AND THE BLACK PERIL
Written by W.E. Johns
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES AND THE BLACK PERIL
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1327206
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards. 184 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine slightly bumped. Contents browned but clean. Dustwrapper is rubbed at edges and foxed on verso.
BIGGLES AND THE BLACK PERIL
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326071
Circa.
1971.
Hardback.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Blue boards. 184 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents browned but clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn/chipped.
Front cover
Contents
- Set in East Anglia, U.K. and Eastern Europe with the bases of the story being a Russian invasion using Flying Planes. Biggles and Algy stumble into the fray following a forced landing in East Anglia. When their attempts to pass the issue to the local constabulary fail they organize a reconnaissance flight into Russia and a closer than anticipated inspection of the Seaplane HQ. The book marks the introduction of Ginger, and his quick thinking saves the troupe on a series of occasions, enabling them to thwart the plan and have most of the aeroplanes destroyed.
- Original titled The Black Peril when published in 1935 by John Hamilton the book was re-titled Biggles and the Black Peril when re-issued by Thames and Dean with some minor amendments to the text to make it more appealing to the target audience.