ASTONISHING W.E. JOHNS RARITY FOR SALE!
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Det Forsvunne Dagboksblad
(1939)
The ONLY W. E. Johns first
edition book
published outside of the
United Kingdom!
If
you are a collector of the works of Captain W. E. Johns then you may very well
have read "By Jove, Biggles" - The Life of Captain W. E. Johns"
published in October 1981 by Peter Berresford Ellis and "Piers
Williams" (Jennifer Schofield)
The
second hardback edition was published in 1993 as "Biggles - The Life Story
of Capt. W. E. Johns". Both of
those books have a bibliography at the back listing the 169 W.E. Johns
books. The ONLY foreign language book
in that 169 is number 40 - "Det Forsvunne Dagboksblad" - so if you
are trying to collect all 169 first edition books in that list you need to have
this one!
This is the 1939 Norwegian book publication (a world first edition) of
the W. E. Johns story "Steeley and the Missing Page" first published
in "The Thriller" Magazine in 1937
The
book was published in Oslo, Norway in 1939.
It is a paperback and in very good condition. There is a pencil stroke through the price of '95 ore' on the
cover. There is slight creasing to the
spine. Some dirty marks appear along
the edge of the spine on the back of the book.
The pages have browned with age, particularly near the spine. The worst fault is a stain to the front
inside cover as if the book has been splashed with something (see photos
below). The corners have some slight
bumping. For a paperback over 70 years
old it really is in the most remarkable condition. Most importantly, you cannot seem to get this book anywhere. It would be too dramatic to say I have the
only copy for sale in the world and I wouldn't know if that was true or not -
but what I can say is that I can find no others for sale anywhere and in 10
years of intensely collecting the works of W E Johns (including searching ebay
virtually ever day) I have NEVER seen this for sale (apart from the one
occasion I acquired it). Speaking to
other serious W E Johns collectors, I know of no one who has a copy and only
one person who has even seen a copy!
I
believe I am correct in saying that this is ASTONISHINGLY rare. I believe it will be some time before you
ever see a copy for sale again - if you ever do.
The
pictures below show how the pages look inside.
Here
you can see the stain mark on the inside cover
The
stain to the left does not show through the cover but the round stain to the
right can just be made out on the front cover if you look carefully at the
bottom left hand corner (see the top photo on this page - bet you didn't notice
it!).
The
picture below shows you how well the spine has survived the last 70 years!
Of
course the book is in Norwegian! I
don't know how good your Norwegian is, so I am also giving FREE - with the sale
of this book an original issue of "The Thriller"
Issue
number 454 - 16th October 1937 - where you can read the story in English!
Interested?
Just
e-mail me at
I
am open to offers!
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you are interested in purchasing W E Johns related Artwork go here