Biggles- Charter Pilot: The Adventures of Biggles & Co on a World-Wide Cruise of Scientific Investigation
by JOHNS, W. E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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About This Item
Oxford University Press 1947. AUSTRALIAN FIRST EDITION, octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering and decorative rule to spine and front board, 157pp, VG- (light creasing and bruising to spine extrems and board corners, sl. soiling to boards, moderate browning to page edges, light to moderate insect damage to hinges of pages throughout book, prev. owners name in ink to fep) in d/w scruffy (light soiling, heavy chipping to spine extrems and flap hinges, title on d/w spine extrem is half missing)
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- Title
- Biggles- Charter Pilot: The Adventures of Biggles & Co on a World-Wide Cruise of Scientific Investigation
- Author
- JOHNS, W. E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press 1947
- Keywords
- literature Biggles adventure aviation
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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