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The Biggles - Air Detective Omnibus
by Johns, Capt. W. E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition, missing d/j, red boards clean (little bumping at head); black cover and spine titling; text block firm,
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1956. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, missing d/j, red boards clean (little bumping at head); black cover and spine titling; text block firm, pages a little tanned otherwise unmarked and tight. Little foxed on edges.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). First edition of this omnibus, containing: Sergeant Bigglesworth, C.I.D.; Biggles' Second Case; Another Job for Biggles; Biggles Works it out
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC100577
- Title
- The Biggles - Air Detective Omnibus
- Author
- Johns, Capt. W. E
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, missing d/j, red boards clean (little bumping at head); black cover and spine titling; text block firm,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Pages
- 640
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fiction, 1st, 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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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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