Biggles - Air Detective
by Johns, Capt. W. E
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good, ex-school-library book, 1st thus, unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve glued to boards) text block tight, ffep removed but
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Dean & Son, 1952. reprint. hardback. Good, ex-school-library book, 1st thus, unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve glued to boards) text block tight, ffep removed but otherwise pages unmarked if tanned (and usual library stamps). 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Book First published in May 1950 by Latimer House for Marks and Spencer* (in a large ""annual"" style format) - 93 pages. The stories were serialised in either the ÒThe Melbourne HeraldÓ or ÒThe Sun PictorialÓ in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between July and December 1950. Later published in standard book format by Latimer House on 7th July 1952 - 142 pages
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC100679
- Title
- Biggles - Air Detective
- Author
- Johns, Capt. W. E
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, ex-school-library book, 1st thus, unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve glued to boards) text block tight, ffep removed but
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dean & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Pages
- 151
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fiction, reprint, young people, WEJohns
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_\"\" x 5\"\")
Terms of Sale
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 1st Thus
- This indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...