NMLP P-042700 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

The Camels Are Coming (Biggles #1)

W. E. Johns · John Hamilton Ltd. (London) · 1932

UK-only original, and the census claim is confirmed: London: John Hamilton Ltd., published Wednesday 7 September 1932. There is no US edition of consequence and no competing original-language edition. This is the first Biggles book, assembled from stories first published in Popular Flying and originally written for an adult readership. Note that the publisher counted impressions as "editions", so "second edition" in the sources means second impression.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-042700 for "The Camels Are Coming (Biggles #1)" by W. E. Johns (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-042700, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).