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Biggles Flies West
by Johns, Captain W. E
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1939. 2nd Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blue Pyramid (Second) edition presumed first printing c. 1939. Hardback book is tight with a slight lean. Boards have light marking and softened corners. Bumped to head and foot of spine, minor rubbing to joints. title gilt perfect. Text block clean, with expected toning and a dusty top edge. Neat ink name to top edge of front pastedown, and pencil price to FEP. The pages are crisp with occasioanl feint spot, no loose pages or writing. Colour plate frontispiece present and firmly bound in. Feels read but well bound, hinges solid. Good condition. No jacket. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. A solid example of this collectible title in the Blue Pyramid edition likely printed 1939. A good item for a Biggles collection.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Durdles Books (IOBA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006195
- Title
- Biggles Flies West
- Author
- Johns, Captain W. E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1939
- Pages
- 192
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 1.10 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens;
Terms of Sale
Durdles Books (IOBA)
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About the Seller
Durdles Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2018
Birmingham, West Midlands
About Durdles Books (IOBA)
Durdles Books is an online bookshop that specialises in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Modern Firsts and Genre Fiction. We also have books in many other categories and think our stock is both varied and interesting. We are constantly busy sourcing new stock in great condition, as collectors ourselves we appreciate that there is nothing like finding a lovely copy of a book that is on "the list". We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), so you can be assured of our commitment to good bookselling practices and customer service.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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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