Biggles In The Gobi
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: 6 colour illustrations
Few fictional heroes have claimed the skies quite like Biggles — and in Biggles in the Gobi, Captain W. E. Johns sends his beloved air ace deep into the heart of Asia on one of his most perilous and exotic missions yet. Detective Air Inspector James Bigglesworth, accompanied by his steadfast companions Algy, Ginger, and Bertie, finds himself navigating the treacherous, uncharted expanses of the Gobi Desert — a landscape as hostile and unforgiving as any enemy combatant — in pursuit of a mystery that threatens far more than any single life. Johns, a former Royal Flying Corps pilot, brings an unmatched authenticity to his action sequences, grounding thrilling aerial adventure in the gritty reality of mid-20th-century geopolitics and exploration. Biggles in the Gobi is a masterclass in boys' adventure fiction — pacy, patriotic, and peppered with the dry wit and unflinching courage that made Biggles a household name across generations of young readers. Illustrated with the series' signature artwork by Stead, this installment leaves one burning question in the reader's mind: how does even Biggles escape from the most remote desert on Earth?
Author: Captain W. E. Johns
Format: Hardback
Published: 1954, Hodder & Stoughton
Genre: Adventure fiction
Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: 6 colour illustrations
Few fictional heroes have claimed the skies quite like Biggles — and in Biggles in the Gobi, Captain W. E. Johns sends his beloved air ace deep into the heart of Asia on one of his most perilous and exotic missions yet. Detective Air Inspector James Bigglesworth, accompanied by his steadfast companions Algy, Ginger, and Bertie, finds himself navigating the treacherous, uncharted expanses of the Gobi Desert — a landscape as hostile and unforgiving as any enemy combatant — in pursuit of a mystery that threatens far more than any single life. Johns, a former Royal Flying Corps pilot, brings an unmatched authenticity to his action sequences, grounding thrilling aerial adventure in the gritty reality of mid-20th-century geopolitics and exploration. Biggles in the Gobi is a masterclass in boys' adventure fiction — pacy, patriotic, and peppered with the dry wit and unflinching courage that made Biggles a household name across generations of young readers. Illustrated with the series' signature artwork by Stead, this installment leaves one burning question in the reader's mind: how does even Biggles escape from the most remote desert on Earth?