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Originally launched on 01.01.03
VISIT MY BRAND NEW W.E. JOHNS RELATED
WEBSITE!
W.E. JOHNS WORK PUBLISHED IN BOY’S OWN
PAPER FROM OCTOBER 1941 TO JUNE 1962
Original
Biggles Book and Other Artwork for sale
(Click on
the photograph of W. E. Johns to view the hidden letter)
William Earl Johns
Born Sunday 5th February 1893 - Died Friday 21st June 1968.
There are 169 books
by 'Captain W.E. Johns', which are divided below into eight different groups
By clicking on the sections below you can read story summaries
of all of W. E. Johns' books. I have now completed displaying all of the
frontispieces for all of the books (that had them) as well. All of these
frontispieces can be enlarged to full size so you can see the detail of the
artwork.
Click here to find out full details of all 274 Biggles stories
|
96 books published between 1932 and
1970 with an additional 6 omnibus editions published within this period, plus
two further books published in the late 1990's 104 books |
11 books published between 1941 and
1950 with 3 other short stories published elsewhere. 11 books |
10 books published between 1943 and
1954 with one short story published elsewhere. 10 books |
10 books published between 1954 and
1963, with no short stories published elsewhere. 10 books |
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6 books published between 1936 and
1939 with one of these books, (The Missing Page) originally only being
published abroad. 6 books |
8 other juvenile books published
between 1938 and 1960 (including one book that contained unique Biggles,
Worrals and Gimlet stories). 8 books |
12 books, eleven of these were published
between 1922 and 1960, written for an adult market, with a compilation of
previously uncollected short stories published in 2001. 12 books |
8 books published between 1932 and
1962 including 'The Biggles Book of Heroes' and 'The Biggles Book of Treasure
Hunting'. 8 books |
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First
launched on 11th February 1928 and always costing just 2d (two old
pence) - This magazine ran initially for 523 weekly issues until 12th
February 1938. W. E. Johns started
contributing illustrations and then articles and then from issue 257, the
Biggles stories were published in it. |
On 19th
February 1938 "The Modern Boy" was re-launched in a new size and
this new “Modern Boy” was re-numbered from issue one again. It ran until issue 87 was published on 14th
October 1939. Production then ceased due to wartime paper shortages. W. E. Johns contributed an article to every
issue called "Let's Look Around" and it continued to feature the
Biggles stories. |
This magazine was a monthly
publication first published on Wednesday 16th March 1932 and it ran for 88
months before the last issue appeared in July 1939. W. E. Johns was editor until May 1939, (i.e. for 86 out of 88 issues) |
This magazine was a weekly publication
first published on Friday 2nd April 1938 and it ran for 84 weeks
before the last issue appeared on Friday 4th November 1939. W. E. Johns was editor until January 1939 (i.e. for 43 out of 84 issues) |
Did W. E. Johns write any more books?
I ALSO HAVE FOR SALE THE BEST W.E. JOHNS
NUMBER PLATE GOING ……….. BUT IT HAS TO GO ON A NEW (2010) CAR
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The
copyright in all of W.E. Johns work is owned by the estate of W.E. Johns as
represented by W. E. Johns (Publications) Limited.
This private
limited company have appointed literary agent Pat White of Rogers
Coleridge White to represent
the interests of the estate. Their web
site is here: http://www.rcwlitagency.com/
This is a
non profit making fan based web site purely for the
information of fellow fans - no infringement of copyright is intended.
The intention of this web site is to encourage people to read the
works of William Earl Johns, one of the great authors of the 20th Century.
Thanks to Anne Shuker for correcting all of my typing errors in the story summaries