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Biggles - Air Commodore
by Johns, Capt. W. E. (illus. Alfred Sindall)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good, with unclipped d/j (fair with some tearing and chipping), light green boards and spine a little scuffed (small split at sp
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege at Oxford University Press, 1948. reprint. hardback. Good, with unclipped d/j (fair with some tearing and chipping), light green boards and spine a little scuffed (small split at spine base), gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages unmarked; owner's embossed stamp on ffep. Foxing confined to edges.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). First published, in ten parts, as BIGGLES FIGHTS ALONE in The Modern Boy, issues 452 to 461, dated 3rd October 1936 to 5th December 1936. 1994 publication under the title Biggles and the Secret Mission.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC100067
- Title
- Biggles - Air Commodore
- Author
- Johns, Capt. W. E. (illus. Alfred Sindall)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, with unclipped d/j (fair with some tearing and chipping), light green boards and spine a little scuffed (small split at sp
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Geoffrey Cumberlege at Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Pages
- 255
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fiction, young people, WEJohns
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_\"\" x 5\"\")
Terms of Sale
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Inklings & Yarnspinners
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About Inklings & Yarnspinners
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
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