Biggles Sees It Through (Main character: Biggles; Publisher series: Biggles Series.) by Johns, W.E. (Main character: Biggles.)

Oxford University Press, 1949. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1949. Reprinted. 254 pages. No dust jacket. Red paper covered boards. Contains black and white illustrations. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Tears to paper to spine edges.

Oxford University Press & Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1952. Hardcover. Good. 1952. 1952 Reprint. 246 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Hinges are cracked and binding is loose. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Published by Oxford University Press, Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1951. Hardback. Very Good/Good. Illustrated by Sindall, Alfred. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Green cloth with dark brown title to spine. B/w illustrations. 254 pages. Spine slightly bumped and grubby. Endpapers partly browned and foxed. Foxing to textblock and prelims. Flying Jacket wrapper is edge chipped with some slight loss.

Oxford University Press , 1941. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Leight, Howard and Sindall, Alfred. Dates 1941, Later Issue in 1941. Slightly thinner with 2 Asterix's on the Half Title page. Small gift inscription written by the previous owner, dated 10 Aug 1943. Red top page edges. Publication of 254 pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Brockhampton, 1960. Book Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. jacket price clipped with loss at front.

Oxford University Press. 1941. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. True First Edition: Thick issue at 5cm. No asterisks. Colour fronispiece and six other b/w plates. 254 pages, neat ink ownership iinscription on rear endpaper. Binding a little rubbed and soiled. Some light internal foxing, mostly of preliminary pages.

London: Oxford (OUP), 1941 Book. Illus. by Howard Leigh and Alfred Sindall. VG+/Fine. Hardcover. 2nd Printing. Biggles Sees it Through 1941, 2nd issue with single '*' on half-title and 34mm thick at spine, name and date inscription on top edge of front pastedown, top edge brown, a lovely bright VG+/Fine copy.

Published by Oxford University Press, 1941. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Leigh, Howard & Sindall, Alfred. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Orange pictorial cloth. Front cover shows plane and skis. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 'Medium' edition - just over 1" across spine. 2nd printing. Spine slightly bumped. Fading to cover edges and slight browning to spine. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Foxing to contents.

Oxford, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The boards are a bit sunned, marked and edgeworn. Internally clean and tightly bound - slightly cocked. Some foxing. one asterix on the half title page. slightly thinner version (32mm thick)probably 2nd issue. orange cloth with planes, pyramids and skis on front and spine.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Oxford University Press, 1941. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (London: Oxford University Press 1941). First UK Edition in First Issue D/W. Note: This is the "true" first "thick" edition in the correct first issue D/W with "found" as the last word on the first line of the front flap and NOT the second line. The 13 Johns titles to the back panel are in BLUE font (Biggles in the Baltic through to Spitfire Parade) with an aerodrome above and fish below. Publisher's orange boards with brown lettering and decorations to the front board and spine. A bright and attractive VG+ copy (slight softening to the spine tips and foxing to the page block edges and the early/late pages of the book). The D/W is priced 4/- net to the inside flap (as called for). The D/W shows as in effect a nice VG+ example with discrete archival repairs by a skilled paper conservationist to small chips from the head and tail of the spine (not affecting any lettering). A before… Read More