1934 THE CAMELS ARE COMING FIRST BIGGLES Book W. E. JOHNS RARE
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:934371 | Year Printed: 1934 |
| Binding: Hardback | Fiction Subject: Action & Adventure |
JOHNS, W. E. : THE CAMELS ARE COMING
John Hamilton
Fourth Printing
1934
A very good+ copy of this very scarce first Biggles title. This is the fourth printing an printed just one year after the first edition by the original publisher John Hamilton. All early issues by John Hamilton are incredibly collectible, expensive and sought after.
"Air combat is the order of the day in the final days of the First World War. Duelling high above the trenches, Bigg...les knows that he needs more than just flying skills to survive. The enemy is now using their own British aircraft, the Sopwith Camel, to lure them to their deaths. A devil to fly, invaluably fast in a dogfight, this machine commands fierce loyalty from its pilots. Will luck and initiative be enough to keep Biggles alive?" (Source : Amazon)
8vo. Hardback
Fourth printing Autumn 1934. 220pp + colour frontispiece. Blue boards with gilt lettering & sundial device to spine. No catalogue at rear. A very good+ copy. Medium wear to extremities with a few small light marks. Internally no inscriptions; a hint of foxing to closed textblock edges & occasional light sporadic tanning within text. Endpapers original and unsplit.
The first three issues have 259pp & no frontispiece. The fourth printing has a colour frontispiece & 220pp published in Autumn (October) 1934.
A lovely copy of this the very first Biggles title in original boards by the original publisher John Hamilton. These early issues of the first title are rare in themselves and command very high prices. In first edition & wrapper if it could be found it would command in excess of £10, 000.
This item is offered with No Reserve and a Low Starting Price.
