F #0407/0321/170222/180425 pp. 191 illusts by Alfred Stead. Biggles Takes a Holiday by W. E. Johns was first published in 1949 by Hodder and Stoughton. This is the January 1950 Second Impression. There have been 7 subsequent editions in the English language. The events in the book take place just after World War 2 in South America. In the Amazonian jungle, Biggles comes face to face with an old and dangerous enemy. (damaged dustjacket)