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The Cruise of the Condor: A Biggles Story
by Johns, Capt W. E. (William Earle)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
The Thames Publishing Company, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: J. E. McConnell. The colour frontispiece, and four other full-page illustrations by Jas. E. McConnell. 1/4 Green coloured cloth covered back strip with black coloured titles. 3/4 colour illustrated panels with white and red coloured titles to the back strip. The second Biggles novel, first published in 1933, and it deals with Biggles adventures in the interwar years in South America. Softening and rubbing to the back strip edges with Chipping, with the underlying board visible to the corners. Very noticeable rubbing of the book edges and a little too the panels. Foxing can be seen along with fading of the back strip. Tanning and foxing of the text block edges and pages more noticeable to the first few and last few pages of the book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 142 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: J. E. McConnell. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Teens & Young Adult; Inventory No: 0288698. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0288698
- Title
- The Cruise of the Condor: A Biggles Story
- Author
- Johns, Capt W. E. (William Earle)
- Illustrator
- J. E. McConnell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Thames Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- No date
- Keywords
- BZDB2 novel, adventure, Adolescent, South America Teens & Young Adult; J. E. McConnell Unbranded Johns, Capt W. E. (William Earle) The Cruise of the Condor: A Biggles Story
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
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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
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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