*Children’s Books: This week, we return to the adventures of Biggles. Written by Captain W E Johns, the wartime (and later) stories of James Bigglesworth gave us an iconic British hero, a highly competent fighter pilot with a characteristic gentlemanly air, who has gone on to represent an archetypal figure. Nearly 100 Biggles books were written and published and reprinted many times over, and we have a new selection now available, four Armada paperbacks from the 1960s. And I wish Biggles, Algy, Ginger and Smyth were still up there now, looking out for us – we could do with them and their wizard prangs.
PICTURED: ALL BY W E JOHNS ALL SOLD
BIGGLES: AIR COMMODORE Armada 1963 1st UK PB thus GD £4
BIGGLES DEFIES THE SWASTIKA Armada 1965 1st UK PB thus GD £4
BIGGLES FLIES SOUTH Armada 1966 UK PB GD £4
BIGGLES IN AFRICA Armada 1965 1st UK PB thus GD £4