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Biggles Hunts Big Game
de Captain W. E. Johns
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good Indeed/Good
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1948 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 7.5" by 5.5". Leslie Stead. The first edition of this thrilling Biggles adventure, featuring the colour illustrations of Leslie Stead. The first edition, first impression of the thirty-fourth book in William Earl Johns' 'Biggles' series, here in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. James Bigglesworth, nicknamed "Biggles", is a fictional pilot and adventurer, the title character and hero of the Biggles series of children's adventure books. The series eventually included nearly a hundred volumes novels as well as short story collections spanning both world wars, and publication of new adventures did not cease until Johns' death in 1968.This volume features charming colour illustrations from illustrator Leslie Stead, who worked on many of the works in the series.With a single page publisher's advertisement to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, exceptionally bright, with bumping to spine head and tail. Chipping to dust wrapper back strip tail, with loss to head. Edge wear to head and tail of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 793F17
- Título
- Biggles Hunts Big Game
- Autor
- Captain W. E. Johns
- Ilustrador
- Leslie Stead
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Indeed
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1948
- Tamaño
- 7.5" by 5.5"
- Palabras clave
- William Earl Johns James Bigglesworth Sergeant Bigglesworth Biggles James Bigglesworth
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Sobre el vendedor
Rooke Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
