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Orchids for Biggles
by Johns, Capt. W. E. (illus. Leslie Stead)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good, 1st edition, no d/j, printed boards, bumping and chipping on spine; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked but some rou
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Leicester: Brockhampton, 1962. 1st. hardback. Good, 1st edition, no d/j, printed boards, bumping and chipping on spine; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked but some rough edges; dedication plate on ffep.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Biggles and Bertie are on the track of stolen top secret documents that in the wrong hands could mean another war. They face snakes and South American jungle.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132371
- Title
- Orchids for Biggles
- Author
- Johns, Capt. W. E. (illus. Leslie Stead)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, 1st edition, no d/j, printed boards, bumping and chipping on spine; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked but some rou
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Brockhampton
- Place of Publication
- Leicester
- Date Published
- 1962
- Pages
- 168
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, young people, fiction, 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
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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