biggles second case von captain w e johns stead (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 3rd impression. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with spotting. Fair DJ has chips/tears with marks.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Stead (illustrator). 5th. Near fine book in clean red cloth covers. Internally fine and free of inscriptions or markings; binding tight; no foxing or tanning; well illustrated in b/w. The dust jacket is near fine and not price clipped. A most attractive copy.

Hard Cover. Zustand: VG. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG-. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). Third Impression. VG/VG-. 12mo. original red boards (leaf edges dustmarked, some spotting) in dustwrapper (rubbed & a little frayed with small chipping at extremities, discreet closed tear to upper panel); pp. 192, with illustrations A very good copy. No. 37 in the Biggles series, this one set on and around the Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Leslie Stead; William Randell (illustrator). A delightful collection of Biggles books with dust wrappers, including three first editions and two Children's Book Club editions. A collection of eight titles in Captain W. E. Johns' Biggles series. In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrappers.Featuring five colour frontispieces. Four of the books are also illustrated with black-and-white plates and vignettes.Comprised of the following:Biggles in the Orient;Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D.;Biggles' Second Case;Biggles Learns to Fly (First Edition);Biggles and the Missing Millionaire;The Biggles Book of Treasure Hunting (First Edition);Biggles and the Lost Sovereigns (First Edition);Biggles of the Interpol.Biggles and the Missing Millionaire and Biggles and the Lost Sovereigns are Children's Book Club editions, re-printed for London bookshop Foyles.This delightful children's series follows the character of James Charles Bigglesworth and his friends as they embark on exciting adventures. Many of the stories are set in wartime, echoing Captain W. E. Johns own experience as a First World War pilot. The first Biggles story, The Camels are Coming, was published in 1932 and Johns continued writing up until his death in 1968, having written almost one hundred Biggles novels and short-story collections. In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, excellent condition with minor shelfwear and the odd mark. Inscription to front free endpaper in three volumes. The Biggles Book of Treasure Hunting is an ex-library book and has stamps to both the front and rear free endpapers. It also contains the odd child-like ink annotation. All dust wrappers reinforced with archival bindings. Moderate loss to wrap on certain volumes, namely Biggles Learns to Fly, and closed tear to Biggles of the Interpol. Slight spotting to all wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the exception to spotting heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good. book.