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Biggles - Air Detective
by Johns, Capt. W. E
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good, 1st thus, missing d/j, red cloth boards, black spine titling, text block tight, pages unmarked but tanned
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Dean & Son, 1952. reprint. hardback. Very Good, 1st thus, missing d/j, red cloth boards, black spine titling, text block tight, pages unmarked but tanned. 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 #
- IYC132377
- Title
- Biggles - Air Detective
- Author
- Johns, Capt. W. E
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good, 1st thus, missing d/j, red cloth boards, black spine titling, text block tight, pages unmarked but tanned
- 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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About the Seller
Inklings & Yarnspinners
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Maidenhead, Berkshire
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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