Biggles of 266 (? Date) By Captain W.E. Johns
 
Biggles of 266 was first published in August 1956 by Thames Publishing (Kingston Library). After a number of variant reprints, the books was also reissued by Dean and Son in the 1960s and again in the 1970s and finally by Deans International in 1985.
 
The book comprises some of the Biggles R.F.C. era short stories previously published in The Modern Boy between 1934-1935 and subsequently gathered in Biggles in France. There is also one story previously published in Biggles Learns to Fly.
 
In some cases the text was edited e.g. to remove passages considered objectionable by the 1950s. Johns also added a short foreword to introduce the Biggles character and the nature of air combat during World War 1. Other than this, the stories are largely identical to those in France and Learns to Fly. For this reason, purist collectors do not consider 266 a separate Biggles book. But Biggles in France had only been published once, in 1935 and had become exceedingly rare in the 1950s. Until Red Fox republished it in 1993, there was no other way for many readers to enjoy the R.F.C. era stories in it other than from 266.
 
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
183 pages
In Good Condition