Captain W. E. Johns - Spitfire Parade - First Edition Children's small split to top of

small split to top of upper joint

dust-jacket marginally sunned to spine

with some closed tears and attendant creasing

spotting and toning to edges

Bernard (1856-1950)

Captain W. E. Johns - Spitfire Parade - First Edition Children's small split to top ofJOHNS, Captain W. E. (1893 1968). Spitfire Parade. Stories of Biggles in War time. London: Oxford University Press, 1941. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp. 256. Publisher's blue cloth, blocked in black to spine and upper. Colour frontispiece plate and additional in text line drawings. Lacking the scarce dust jacket. Contemporary gift inscription to flyleaf, crescent shaped indentation to title page and following couple for pages.