Biggles and The Black Peril
by Johns, Captain W. E. (William Earle)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- 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 Company, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Red coloured textured boards with black coloured titles to the spine. This book is a reprint of the fifth Biggles book where Biggles and his friends find themselves in Soviet Russia. This reprint of Biggles fifth adventure – The Black Peril – is has been significantly altered to the original printing. 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 and rubbing of the back strip edges; with, rubbing of the top book corners and lower book edges. Very light tanning of the text block edges and pages. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with a rather significant rub to the back strip – please see photograph. Some handling marks to the dustwrapper. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). [4], 5 - 184 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Teens & Young Adult; Aviation. Inventory No: 0130811. .
Synopsis
W. E Johns was born in Bengeo, Hertfordshire in 1893. During the First World War he served in the Machine Gun Corps, and then in the Royal Flying Corps. In 1918 he was shot down and captured in France. His first book, The Camels are Coming , was published in 1932.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0130811
- Title
- Biggles and The Black Peril
- Author
- Johns, Captain W. E. (William Earle)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Publisher
- Dean and Son Ltd. By Arrangement with the Thames Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- No date
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Biggles -- Adventure, Boys Adventure Book, Soviet Russia, aviation Teens & Young Adult; Aviation. Unbranded Johns, Captain W. E. (William Earle) Biggles and The Black Peril
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aviation;
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
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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....
- 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....
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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