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Biggles Goes to School (with Original Letter)
by Johns, Capt W E
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Hodder and Stoughton, 1951. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Stead. First edition, first printing. 184pp, with colour plate frontispiece and seven full colour plate illustrations, all by Stead. Red cloth-covered boards with black lettering and decoration front and spine. Original printed letter from W E Johns to 'every boy who reads this book' regarding Captain Lorrington King loosely laid in. 12mo. Cloth boards bright and sharp, just slightly rolled at spine head and tiny indentation on edge of front panel. Hint of shadowing in top quarter of front free endpaper else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original, still bright, dust jacket, a little rubbed on edges with some small scuffs front, spine and rear, faded spine. Dust jacket now protected in a Brodart-style sleeve, not adhered to the jacket or volume.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016286
- Title
- Biggles Goes to School (with Original Letter)
- Author
- Johns, Capt W E
- Illustrator
- Stead
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Impression
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Biggles, Children's books, vintage books,
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About the Seller
BookAddiction
Biblio member since 2021
nr Canterbury, Kent
About BookAddiction
Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
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- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rolled
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