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| Book Number | B0015585 |
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| Title | Biggles Gets His Men: A Further Adventure of Sergeant Bigglesworth, Of the Special Air Service, CID |
| Author(s) | Author: Johns, W. E. [William Earle] Illustrator: Leslie Stead W. E. [William Earle] Johns (1893 to 1968)—English pilot and author of adventure stories, written under the name Captain W. E. Johns, best remembered as the creator of 'Biggles' and to a lesser extent for Commando Captain Lorrington 'Gimlet' King, Joan 'Worrals' Worralson and astronaut Group Captain Timothy 'Tiger' Clinton and Leslie Stead |
| Edition and Format | First Edition, [First Printing] —Book edition identified by: Publisher's imprint information states 'First printed 1950', no later editions or printings stated in the publisher's imprint information and the last book listed in the list of books published is 'Comrades in Arms'. Dust jacket edition identified by: Priced '6/- [line break] net' on the front flap and a list of 9 Biggles books, followed by 5 Gimlet books ending with 'Gimlet Comes Home' on the rear flap Hardcover, 12 mo (17.5-20 cm high). 187 printed pages in publisher's original blue cloth with blue 'Biggles Gets His Men', 'Capt. W. E. Johns', Hodder and Stoughton Limited logo on the spine, 'Biggles Gets His Men' and parachutist vignette on the upper board, in dust jacket. Contains frontispiece and seven illustrations by Leslie Stead |
| Publisher(s) | Hodder and Stoughton Limited, London, 1950 Hodder and Stoughton—(Founded in 1868) A British publishing house whose books include Winston Churchill, GK Chesterton, Leslie Charteris's The Saint Series, the English translations of the Asterix comics and Teach Yourself books and their famous 'Yellow jackets'. Most recent title include those by John le Carré, Stephen King, Jodi Picoult, Rosamunde Pilcher, John Connolly and Jeffery Deaver. [McBride page 55] [Zempel and Verkler page 208] . |
| Series | Biggles Series Number 37 Biggles Series—A series of books created by W. E. Johns about a fictional pilot and adventurer James Bigglesworth, better known as 'Biggles'. The series contains 98 books. The first book was originally published in 1932 and the last book was originally published in 1999 |
| Content | Content Biggles investigates the kidnapping of some specialised scientists …. |
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