Biggles on Mystery Island (Main character: Biggles; Publisher series: Biggles Series.)
by Johns, W.E. (Main character: Biggles; Illustrations by Leslie Stead.)
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- Hardcover
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton 1960, 2nd printing. (Hardcover) 192pp. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. Red cloth with black lettering to the cover and spine and black cover decoration. Color illustrated frontispiece and five color illustrated plates. The dust jacket is rubbed and lightly edgeworn with a tiny closed tear at the bottom of the spine. "There are all sorts of rumours about the island of Oratovoa in the South Pacific. Though it is 'uninhabited', ships have been failing to return from there, and there are sailors' yarns about what has been seen there. Biggles and his Air Police fly to investigate the mystery, and find that they are indeed tackling a hot job". Illustrations by Leslie Stead. Publisher series: Biggles Series 51. Main character: Biggles. (Juvenile, Adventure and Adventurers, Juvenile).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 152070
- Title
- Biggles on Mystery Island (Main character: Biggles; Publisher series: Biggles Series.)
- Author
- Johns, W.E. (Main character: Biggles; Illustrations by Leslie Stead.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Juvenile, Adventure and Adventurers, Juvenile
- Bookseller catalogs
- Juvenile;
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Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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