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| Book Number | B0016721 |
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| Title | Biggles Takes a Holiday |
| 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 June, 1949' and no later editions or printings stated in the publisher's imprint information. Dust jacket edition identified by: Priced '6/- [line break] net' on the front flap Hardback, 12 mo (17.5-20 cm high). 191 printed pages in publisher's original blue cloth with red 'Biggles Takes a Holiday', 'Capt. W. E. Johns', Hodder and Stoughton logo on the spine, 'Biggles Takes a Holiday' and lion motif on the upper board, in dust jacket. Contains duo-tone frontispiece and seven duo-tone illustrations by Leslie Stead |
| Publisher(s) | Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1949 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 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 get some brief and tantalising information about an old friend of his who is in danger in a mysterious colony deep in the Amazon …. |
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