Biggles and the Lost Sovereigns
by Johns, W. E. (Captain)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Leicester: Brockhampton Press. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. (1964). First Edition. Hardcover. Foxing to page edges. Previous owner's name and address on front endpaper. Foxing to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival cover.; 184 pages + colour frontispiece. Yellow boards with green lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 185 x 102mm. Illustrated by Leslie Stead. "'Gold and trouble go together,' says Biggles before he flies off to Singapore to investigate the mystery of the dead canoeist. Crocodiles, snakes, Chinamen, an unscrupulous coastal patrol officer, as well as the scarifying business of the one-legged tiger, all serve to prove his point." - from dust-jacket blurb. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26008
- Title
- Biggles and the Lost Sovereigns
- Author
- Johns, W. E. (Captain)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Brockhampton Press
- Place of Publication
- Leicester
- Date Published
- (1964)
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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