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Hodder & Stoughton, 1959. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1959. No Edition Remarks. 158 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Colour illustrated plates throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, front board is loose. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Tape marking to endpapers. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Marking to front board. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to edges. Foxing overall.
BIGGLES' COMBINED OPERATION. by Johns, W.E., Captain - 1959
by Johns, W.E., Captain
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BIGGLES' COMBINED OPERATION.
by Johns, W.E., Captain
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- very good
- Hardcover
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1959. 158 pp, 7 1/2" H. Red covers with black lettering on spine, black illustration on front board. Dust jacket bears price of 8s 6d net on bottom of front flap. Small b&w illustration on title page and 6 colour plates (all present). "In this adventure with some Interpol colleagues Biggles, of the Special Air Police, cleans up a dope racket threatening the United States." Small light foxing mark at fore-edge of 3 page leaves and one illustration page, slight lean to spine, faint foxing on edges of text block, very small bump to fore-edge of front board, very minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light to moderate edge wear/wrinkling, several edge tears - most with creases, very small edge chips at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, light rubbing and soiling, a few very small scuff marks, small area of partially erased pencill notation at top of rear panel, protected in a mylar sleeve. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. Illus. by Stead. (Leslie Stead.).
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- Illustrator Stead. (Leslie Stead.)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition Fair
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1959
- Keywords Biggles, Pilots, Adventure, Juvenile Series, W.E. Johns, Leslie Stead, Del Grikko, Bertie, Interpol, Special Air Police, Drugs, Drug Smuggling, Dope, United States, Drug Trafficking, Eddie Ross, Policemen, Drug Gangs, Marcel Brissac, Ginger.
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Biggles' Combined Operation
by Captain W.E. Johns
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- Hardcover
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- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
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Biggles Combined Operation
by Johns, Captain W. E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
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- Used - VG
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- VG
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
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London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1959. Clean red cloth on boards with black titles and black aeroplane flying over the parthenon ruins. Edges: light foxings and dusting of soiling. Clean contents. Colour illustrations. Binding is VG albeit ever so slightly cocked. 158p Dj: No. 54 on foot of spine. Moderate soiling, rubbing and fading. Spine: lightly sunned, head with tiny splits and chips; foot with thin wear and teeny chips. Head & foot of flaps spine with tiny wear and chips.. First Edition. Hb. VG/VG. Illus. by Stead.
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