Biggles Takes a Holiday [Biggles No. 39]
by Johns, Captain W.E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/No Jacket
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1949 12mo. original light blue boards (spine sunned, prev. owner's name to FFE, slight crease to corner of first two leaves, a few spots, else internally clean; lacks the dustwrapper); pp. 192 (last blank), with illustrations. A very good copy. No. 39 in the Biggles series, this one set in post-war South America.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket. Illus. by Stead, Leslie.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018939
- Title
- Biggles Takes a Holiday [Biggles No. 39]
- Author
- Johns, Captain W.E
- Illustrator
- Stead, Leslie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Biggles
Terms of Sale
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Biblio member since 2022
Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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