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Biggles Hunts Big Game: A Story of Sergeant Bigglesworth C. I. D. and His Special Air Police
Captain W. E. Johns
1948
Hodder & Stoughton : London
7.5" by 5"
211pp.
SUMMARY
The first edition of this thrilling Biggles adventure, featuring the colour illustrations of Leslie Stead.
Colour Plates,First Edition,Illustrated,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding,With Dustwrapper
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed
This book weighs 0.75 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage: £ 19.99
EU Postage: £ 15.99
European Postage: £ 16.99
Asia Postage: £ 21.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 25.99
DESCRIPTION
First edition, first impression.
Illustrated throughout with monochromatic colour images.
The thirty-fourth book in the Biggles series.
Set in French Equatorial Africa, this story follows Biggles and his tea, as they search for a highly organised gang flooding world markets with counterfeit stamps and currency.
Written by William Earl Johns, an English First World War pilot and writer of adventure stories, who wrote under the pen name Capt. W. E. Johns. He is best known for creating the fictional air-adventurer Biggles.
Illustrated by Leslie Stead, a British artist and illustrator who worked on many of the books in this series.
CONDITION
In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor bumping and the odd small mark. Small splits to the cloth to the rear joint. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light wear and minor chipping to the extremities. The odd small closed tear and a light tide mark to the rear panel. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot, predominantly to the fore edge. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper and front pastedown.
Overall Condition: Very Good Indeed Very Good Indeed
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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