Roger Harris Presents
W.E. JOHNS IN THE BOYS OWN PAPER
A GUIDE TO THE WORK OF W. E. JOHNS
INCLUDING ALL "BIGGLES" STORIES SERIALISED IN THE BOYS OWN PAPER
Just click on any cover to see it in more detail and click on the
story title below the cover to see the internal illustrations from that
particular W. E. Johns story
Volume 64 Issue 1 October 1941
Biggles - Charter Pilot The Enchanted Island
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Volume 64 Issue 2 November
1941
Biggles - Charter Pilot The Horticultural Hermits
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Volume 64 Issue 3 December 1941
Biggles - Charter Pilot The
Crocodile of Conga-Wonga
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Volume 64 Issue 4 January 1942
Biggles - Charter Pilot Bishimbi the
Caveman
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Volume 64 Issue 5 February 1942 Biggles - Charter Pilot |
Volume 64 Issue 6 March 1942 Biggles - Charter Pilot |
Volume 64 Issue 8 May 1942 Biggles - Charter Pilot (Featuring Biggles on the cover) |
Volume 64 Issue 9 June
1942
Biggles - Charter Pilot Haunted!
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Volume 64 Issue 10 July 1942 Biggles - Charter Pilot |
Volume 64 Issue 11 August 1942 Biggles - Charter Pilot |
Volume 64 Issue 12 September 1942 Biggles - Charter Pilot |
Volume 65 Issue 11 August 1943 Biggles - Charter Pilot |
Volume 66 Issue 4 January 1944 Biggles - Charter Pilot |
Volume 66 Issue 5 February 1944 Biggles - Charter Pilot |
Volume 66 Issue 6 March 1944 Biggles - Charter Pilot |
Volume 66 Issue 7 April 1944 Biggles - Charter Pilot |
Volume 67 Issue 10 July 1945 Comrades in Arms A Gimlet Story |
Volume 67 Issue 11 August 1945 Comrades in Arms A Gimlet Story |
Volume 67 Issue 12 September 1945 Comrades in Arms A Gimlet Story |
Volume 68 Issue 5 February 1946 Biggles' Second Case (Featuring Biggles
on the cover) |
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Volume 68 Issue 6 March 1946 Biggles' Second Case |
Volume 68 Issue 7 April 1946 Biggles' Second Case |
Volume 68 Issue 8 May 1946 Biggles' Second Case |
Volume 68 Issue 9 June 1946 Biggles' Second Case |
Volume 68 Issue 10 July 1946 Biggles' Second Case |
Volume 68 Issue 11 August 1946 Biggles' Second Case |
Volume 68 Issue 12 September 1946 Biggles' Second Case |
Volume 73 Issue 1 October 1950 Biggles Goes to School Titled Biggles at School |
Volume 73 Issue 2 November 1950 Biggles Goes to School Titled Biggles at School |
Volume 73 Issue 3 December 1950 Biggles Goes to School Titled Biggles at School |
Volume 73 Issue 4 January 1951 Biggles Goes to School Titled Biggles at School |
Volume 73 Issue 5 February 1951 Biggles Goes to School Titled Biggles at School |
Volume 73 Issue 6 March 1951 Biggles Goes to School Titled Biggles at School |
Volume 73 Issue 7 April 1951 Biggles Works it Out |
Volume 73 Issue 8 May 1951 Biggles Works it Out |
Volume 73 Issue 9 June 1951 Biggles Works it Out |
Volume 73 Issue 10 July 1951 Biggles Works it Out |
Volume 73 Issue 11 August 1951 Biggles Works it Out |
Volume 73 Issue 12 September 1951 Biggles Works it Out |
Volume 74 Issue 7 April 1952 Biggles Follows On |
Volume 74 Issue 8 May 1952 Biggles Follows On |
Volume 74 Issue 9 June 1952 Biggles Follows On |
Volume 74 Issue 10 July 1952 Biggles Follows On |
Volume 74 Issue 11 August 1952 Biggles Follows On |
Volume 74 Issue 12 September 1952 Biggles Follows On |
Volume 76 Issue 5 February 1954 Biggles and the Pirate Treasure |
Volume 76 Issue 6 March 1954 Biggles and the Pirate Treasure |
Volume 76 Issue 12 September 1954 Biggles' Chinese Puzzle |
Volume 77 Issue 1 October 1954 Biggles' Chinese Puzzle |
Volume 78 Issue 3 December 1955 Biggles - Air Ace |
Volume 80 Issue 6 March 1958 Biggles Buries a Hatchet |
Volume 80 Issue 7 April 1958 Biggles Buries a Hatchet |
Volume 80 Issue 8 May 1958 Biggles Buries a Hatchet |
Volume 80 Issue 9 June 1958 Biggles Buries a Hatchet |
Volume 80 Issue 10 July 1958 Biggles Buries a Hatchet |
Volume 80 Issue 11 August 1958 Biggles Buries a Hatchet |
Volume 80 Issue 12 September 1958 Biggles Buries a Hatchet |
Volume 83 Issue 8 May 1961 Biggles Flies to Work |
Volume 84 Issue 3 December 1961 Biggles Flies to Work |
Volume 84 Issue 9 June 1962 Biggles Flies to Work |
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOY'S OWN PAPER
The Boys Own Paper was first published on 19th January 1879 - just
3 days before the Battle of Rorke's Drift in the Zulu
War!
It was originally published by the Religious Tract Society but in
1939 publication was taken over by Lutterworths
Press. In 1963 the publishers became
Purnell and Sons Ltd and in 1965 BPC Publishing Ltd.
The Magazine finally folded in 1967 after publishing some 2511
issues. It had started off as a weekly
publication during the School year (Autumn to Summer)
but became a Monthly magazine in November 1913.
W. E. Johns had stories serialised in 60 issues. 57 issues carried Biggles stories and 3
issues carried a Gimlet story. This
site displays all the covers of the 60 W. E. Johns issues.
The magazine was edited from 1935 to 1942 by Robert Harding and
from 1942 to 1946 by Leonard Halls. Jack
Cox was the editor from 1946 until the close of the magazine in 1967.
The magazine cost 6d in 1940 and this increased to 8d in March 1941
and 9d in October 1941 (no doubt due to wartime shortages of paper). The price remained 9d for the next ten years,
until September 1951.
The October 1951 issue saw a price rise to one shilling and this
remained the price until September 1963.
In October 1963, the price increased to two shillings and this was the
price until the final issue in February 1967.
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
Don’t forget to visit Biggles.com and Girl’s Own.info and W. E. Johns.Com for information about W. E. Johns books
This website was launched in April 2012 – the 80th
Anniversary of the creation of Biggles!