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Biggles of 266
by Johns Captain W. E. (William Earle)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Dean and Son Ltd. by Arrangement with the Thames Publishing, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Textured Boards). Very Good/Fair. foreword by author. Red coloured boards with black coloured titles to the spine. Coloured illustrated paperback binding with black, dark and light purple coloured titles to the front panel and blue and black coloured titles to the back strip. "These brilliant short stories of air combat in the pioneer days of Royal Flying Core present Biggles and some of his most exciting adventures." – from the front fold over panel blurb. There is no easily ascertained date of this book's printing, but on the verso of the rear panel it states "Made and printed in Great Britain by Purnell and Sons, Ltd, Paulton (Somerset) and London”, with no SBN. Softening of the back strip edges with bumping of the book corners and lower book edges. Tanning of the text block edges and pages faint foxing to the text edges. Offset tanning to the end pages with gift inscription, dated 1968, to the top edge of the free front end page.. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and back strip edges. Creasing of the dustwrapper edges with rubbing to the fold over creases, either side of the back strip and some to the dustwrapper panels. Handling marks can be seen to the rear panel. Some browning and foxing of the verso of the dustwrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], V - IX, [1], 11 - 183, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Teens & Young Adult; Short Stories; Aviation. Inventory No: 0288679. .
Reviews
On Nov 20 2015, a reader said:
Not a first edition! The Thames Publishing Co. Printed the first edition of this book.
Dean & Sons did a lot of reprints of W.E Johns work and rqrely included print dates.
Excellent book though, it has some great renditions of previous bigglea short stories from books such as "biggles on france". Worth £6.20 for a good read (including p&p) and this cover (the dean&sons; reprint) is one of my favourites. Given 2 stars for falsely labelling as a 1st edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0288679
- Title
- Biggles of 266
- Author
- Johns Captain W. E. (William Earle)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Textured Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dean and Son Ltd. by Arrangement with the Thames Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- No date
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Biggles -- Adventure -- Short Stories, Boys Book, aviation Teens & Young Adult; Short Stories; Aviation. Unbranded Johns Captain W. E. (William Earle) Biggles of 266
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation; Short Stories;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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