Biggles Takes A Holiday
by Johns, Capt. W. E. (illus. Stead)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good, 5th impression (1st edition in 1949), missing d/j, red boards clean, black titling and design on cover and spine good
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1952. reprint. hardback. Very good, 5th impression (1st edition in 1949), missing d/j, red boards clean, black titling and design on cover and spine good, pages unmarked and tight (owner's neat inscription on front pastedown). A little foxing on edges. Colour illustrations.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Biggles, Algy, and Ginger fly in to help an old friend Angus MacKail, virtually a prisoner in the unheard of 'Paradise Valley' in Central South America, and they make their plans quickly.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC100475
- Title
- Biggles Takes A Holiday
- Author
- Johns, Capt. W. E. (illus. Stead)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 5th impression (1st edition in 1949), missing d/j, red boards clean, black titling and design on cover and spine good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1952
- Pages
- 191
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fiction, reprint, young people, WEJohns
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_\"\" x 5\"\")
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- Reprint
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