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Author:	Captain W. E. Johns
Title:	Biggles - Pioneer Air Fighter
Publisher:	Dean & Son
Country:	UK
Date:	1967
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Fiction, History, Thriller
First Published:	1954
Rating:	Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	2 Own
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published by dean & son ltd. london by arrangement with the thames publishing co. london.
made & printed in great britain by purnell & sons ltd. paulton (somerset) and london.

bound between boards, plain-coloured cloth stamped with inked title, author, publisher, in multicolour-printed paper dust-jacket

184pp incl. xvii titles, explicatory notes "about pioneer air combat" vi pp by capt. w. e. johns, "how biggles was " born"" glossary ii pp by w.e.j., "glossary of terms used in this book" (unattributed, but probably johns), contents p.

the carrier
spads and spandaus
the zone call
the decoy
the boob
the battle of flowers
the thought-reader
biggles finds his feet
the bomber
on leave
fool
affaire de coeur
the last show

first published by the thames publishing co. london 1954 h/cvr in dj.
overlaps greatly with "the camels are coming" 1932, q.v., taking 11 of its 17 stories, adding 2 ("the thought-reader" & "biggles finds his feet") from "biggles of the camel squadron" 1934, q.v.
w. e. johns sold the first five biggles books outright to the publisher, john hamilton. w. e. johns received no royalties upon the sales of these books nor upon books derived wholly from them.)

sbn: 603 03405 5 (since sbns existed from 1967-1974, the undated book must be a copy from a printing made from within this period)

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