Biggles Sweeps the Desert
by Johns, Capt. W. E. (illus. Leslie Stead)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good, 3rd printing, unclipped d/j (fair, chipping), red boards, black cover/spine titling; text block firm, pages tight, owners'
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1950. 3rd. hardback. Good, 3rd printing, unclipped d/j (fair, chipping), red boards, black cover/spine titling; text block firm, pages tight, owners' inscriptions on ffep.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Hopelessness took him in its grip. He knew he was wandering in circles but he had ceased to care. All he wanted to do was drink. His skin began to smart. His feet were on fire... When Biggles arrives in the desert to set up a secret oasis base, he warns his men of the dangers of getting lost in its waterless wastes. But when they are fighting an enemy as wily as the German ace Von Zoyton, there is always the risk of being shot down...
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132372
- Title
- Biggles Sweeps the Desert
- Author
- Johns, Capt. W. E. (illus. Leslie Stead)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, 3rd printing, unclipped d/j (fair, chipping), red boards, black cover/spine titling; text block firm, pages tight, owners'
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Pages
- 208
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fiction, young people, war, WEJohns
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_\"\" x 5\"\")
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- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...