Biggles' Second Case by Johns, Captain W E - 1959

Hodder & Stoughton., 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. 190 pages. No dust jacket. Red pictorial cloth. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1950. Hardcover. Good. 1950. 3rd Impression. 190 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white illustrations with colour frontispiece. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1948. Hardcover. Good. 1948. First Edition. 190 pages. No dust jacket. Beige cloth with green lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Binding remains firm. Moderate tanning overall.

Hodder & Stoughton., 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. Second Impression. 190 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Black and white illustrations throughout by Stead. Colour frontispiece. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. Second impression. 190 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards. Illustrated by Stead. Book has a slight smoky odour. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. 190 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1948. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Poor. Stead. A good copy in a poor dustwrapper which lacks the front inner flap and which has largeish edge chips.. 191 pps. Dustwrapper protected by removeable cover.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1950. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1950. 190 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Tanning to spine and edges.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1948. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1948. First Edition. 190 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial paper covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout with colour frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1950. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Leslie Stead. list of illustrations. Coloured Illustrated frontispiece, by Leslie Stead. There is also a black-and-white illustration to the title page and nine other black-and-white illustrations within the text by the same illustrator. Red coloured boards with black coloured illustration of a plane on the front cover with black coloured titles on the front cover and spine. Biggles and his friends and their second case for the Scotland Yard Air Squad. Softening of the back strip edges with bumping to the top book edges, the front edge of the rear panel and to the lower book corners. The book shows white coloured marking particularly to the rear panel and back strip edges. Light tanning and foxing of the text block edges with light age toning and the occasional foxing spots to the pages offset tanning, a few stains and foxing to the end pages. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and back strip… Read More