Gimlet's Oriental Quest

by Captain W. E Johns

£75 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

Leicester: The Brockhampton Press, Ltd., 1948. Children's Adventure FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo 19 x 13cm , pp.191 1 . With a colour frontispiece and occasional in-text illustrations by Stead. Publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine and upper. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Stead, priced at 6s. Heavy spotting to edges, otherwise internally clean. Some mould-staining to upper board. Bright jacket shows light wear and a few chips

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