STEAD’S FRONTISPIECE FOR THE 1955 BROCKHAMPTON PRESS VERSION OF BIGGLES LEARNS TO FLY

Below, on the left is a picture from the book THE PICTURE BOOK OF AEROPLANES (shown above) (1935)

Below, on the right is Stead’s frontispiece from the 1955 reprint of BIGGLES LEARNS TO FLY

Notice the similarity? *

*I am grateful to my friend Malcolm Kite for bringing this to my attention

Stead had clearly used the original picture, which appears to be signed ‘Geoffrey Watson’ as reference for his picture.

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