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THE
OXFORD FLYING JACKET REPRINTS 1946 - 1949
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FIVE OF EIGHT THERE WERE 85
DIFFERENT “FLYING JACKET” EDITIONS OF THE 20 OXFORD BIGGLES BOOK TITLES PUBLISHED BY
“OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS” BETWEEN 1946 AND 1953. THIS PAGE GIVES THE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE 40 FLYING JACKET
REPRINTS PUBLISHED FROM 1946 TO 1949 INCLUSIVE |
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1946 |
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IN 1946 EIGHT
BIGGLES TITLES WERE REPRINTED WITH FLYING JACKET DUST COVERS. THOSE 8 TITLES WERE:- BIGGLES IN AFRICA BIGGLES – AIR
COMMODORE BIGGLES FLIES SOUTH BIGGLES IN SPAIN BIGGLES – SECRET
AGENT BIGGLES IN THE
BALTIC BIGGLES – CHARTER
PILOT BIGGLES IN BORNEO |
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ALL EIGHT OF THESE
BOOKS HAD “ECONOMY DUST
WRAPPERS” CLICK
HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ALL HAD A COLOUR
FRONTISPIECE EXCEPT “BIGGLES IN BORNEO” (I have no idea why
that particularly book didn’t, but I have checked a number of 1946 versions
of the book and they are all missing it.
I wanted to exclude the possibility that my copy had just lost it by
coming loose or otherwise being removed). ALL OF THESE 1946
BOOKS WERE PRICED AT FIVE SHILLINGS 5/- Note the lack of
uniformity with the colours of the book boards below. “Charter Pilot” is titled in a different
way as it is very thin. Also, note how
the author of the books is referred to in different ways on the book spines. On the wrappers he is just “Johns” but on
the actual boards of the books, he is either Captain W. E. Johns, W. E. Johns
and he is just Johns as on “Charter Pilot” and “Borneo” |
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SIX
OF THE BOOKS HAD ILLUSTRATONS ON THEIR FRONT COVER BOARDS
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ALL
OF THE 1946 BOOKS WERE PRICED AT FIVE SHILLINGS. SOUTH, SPAIN AND SECRET AGENT HAD NO
WRITING ON THE INNNER FLAP OF THE DUST JACKET
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1947 |
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IN 1947 EIGHT
BIGGLES TITLES WERE REPRINTED WITH FLYING JACKET DUST COVERS. THOSE 8 TITLES
WERE:- BIGGLES FLIES WEST BIGGLES GOES TO WAR BIGGLES FLIES NORTH BIGGLES IN THE
SOUTH SEAS BIGGLES IN THE
BALTIC BIGGLES DEFIES THE
SWASTIKA BIGGLES SEES IT
THROUGH BIGGLES IN THE
JUNGLE |
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ALL EIGHT OF THESE
BOOKS HAD “ECONOMY DUST
WRAPPERS” CLICK
HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ALL HAD A COLOUR
FRONTISPIECE EXCEPT BIGGLES IN THE
SOUTH SEAS & BIGGLES DEFIES THE
SWASTIKA If anybody has the 1947
version of BIGGLES IN THE
SOUTH SEAS & BIGGLES DEFIES THE
SWASTIKA WITH a colour
frontispiece, please e-mail me to
let me know at ALL OF THESE 1947 BOOKS
WERE PRICED AT FIVE SHILLINGS 5/- The book boards
below are now all shades of red with Baltic being the odd one out. The author is referred to as either Captain
W. E. Johns or W. E. Johns on the
actual spines of the book boards. |
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THREE
OF THE BOOKS HAD ILLUSTRATONS ON THEIR FRONT COVER BOARDS
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ALL
OF THE 1947 BOOKS WERE PRICED AT FIVE SHILLINGS. ALL OF THEM HAD WRITING ON THE INNNER FLAP
OF THE DUST JACKET
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1948 |
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IN 1948 EIGHT
BIGGLES TITLES WERE REPRINTED WITH FLYING JACKET DUST COVERS. THOSE 8 TITLES
WERE:- BIGGLES FLIES EAST BIGGLES HITS THE
TRAIL BIGGLES & CO. BIGGLES IN AFRICA BIGGLES – AIR
COMMODORE THE RESCUE FLIGHT BIGGLES IN SPAIN SPITFIRE PARADE |
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ALL EIGHT OF THESE
BOOKS HAD “ECONOMY DUST
WRAPPERS” APART FROM BIGGLES
& CO. (Although I can’t
exclude the possibility of a mismatched jacket and book?) CLICK
HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE NONE OF THESE BOOKS
HAD A COLOUR FRONTISPIECE ALL OF THESE 1948
BOOKS WERE PRICED AT FIVE SHILLINGS 5/- The author is again
referred to as either Captain W. E. Johns or W. E. Johns on the spines of the
book boards, there is no consistency. There were no
illustrations on any of the front boards, hence there is no picture of the
front boards as there is nothing of interest to show. NB – Both Biggles
& Co 1948 and Biggles in Spain 1948 had two DIFFERENT coloured board
versions. One is dark green and one is
light green. You can see those differences
here |
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ALL
OF THE 1948 BOOKS WERE PRICED AT FIVE SHILLINGS. THREE OF THEM – AFRICA, RESCUE FLIGHT AND
SPAIN - NOW REFER TO THE ECONOMY DUST
JACK “THIS IS AN ECONOMY JACKET. PLEASE DISREGARD MATTER ON THE REVERSE” |
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1949 |
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IN 1949 SIXTEEN
BIGGLES TITLES WERE REPRINTED WITH FLYING JACKET DUST COVERS. THOSE 16 TITLES
WERE:- BIGGLES FLIES EAST BIGGLES HITS THE
TRAIL BIGGLES & CO. BIGGLES IN AFRICA BIGGLES FLIES WEST BIGGLES FLIES SOUTH BIGGLES GOES TO WAR BIGGLES FLIES NORTH BIGGLES – SECRET
AGENT BIGGLES IN THE
BALTIC BIGGLES DEFIES THE
SWASTIKA BIGGLES SEES IT
THROUGH SPITFIRE PARADE BIGGLES IN THE
JUNGLE BIGGLES – CHARTER
PILOT BIGGLES IN BORNEO |
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NONE OF THESE
SIXTEEN BOOKS HAD “ECONOMY DUST
WRAPPERS” THEY ALL HAD “NORMAL”
DUST JACKETS WITH NO PICTURES ON THE INSIDE NONE OF THESE BOOKS
HAD A COLOUR FRONTISPIECE ALL OF THESE 1949
BOOKS WERE PRICED AT FIVE SHILLINGS 5/- The book boards can
be seen below and they are now shades of red or shades of light green. All of them have
the titles on the spine in gold. There is more
consistency with the use of the author’s name on the spines of the book
boards. The author is W. E. Johns on
every book bar two, “Biggles Flies South” and “Biggles Flies North” where the
word “Captain” is used. “Biggles – Charter
Pilot” refers to the author as Johns.
This is because the book is so thin the title is on the book longways
otherwise it would have been very difficult to get it on. If you look at the
flying jacket dust covers to the left, “Biggles in the Baltic” appears to
stand out as different. Now, I can’t
rule out the possibility of a previously mis-matched dust jacket and book,
but “Baltic” is more in the style of earlier “thick” black fonts used for the
book titles. The font used for the
titles of the books has now got noticeable “thinner” |
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ALL
OF THE 1949 BOOKS WERE PRICED AT FIVE SHILLINGS.
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