BIGGLES BURIES A HATCHET - 1958 - 1st Edition - Very Good - Original D/W
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First edition
BIGGLES BURIES A HATCHET Capt. W. E. Johns The overall condition of the book is 'Very Good' considering that it, along with its original dustwrapper, is more than sixty-five years old. Blue blind-stamped board with titles on the spine in maroon. Colour frontispiece and five colour plates by Leslie Stead. Book list on rear endpaper lists to 'Biggles Buries A Hatchet' while on the rear of the dustjacket it lists to 'Biggles In Mexico'. Number 52 on dustjacket spine. Price 8/6 net. Story synopsis: 'An adventure in which Biggles and his pilots of the Air Police offer the olive branch to an old enemy under dire misfortune in a Iron Curtain country'. See below for a more detailed description of the physical condition of the book. PUBLISHER: · Brockhampton Press, Leicester EDITION: · 1958 184pp · First Edition FEATURES: · Blue blind-stamped boards · Maroon title on spine · Colour frontispiece and five colour illustrations. · Illustrated by Leslie Stead. · Two page list of Biggles' books on rear endpaper · Pictorial D/W CONDITION: · Binding – Excellent - Tight and straight. · Boards – Excellent. o Internally: Clean and bright. No inscriptions, stains or marks. o Externally: Clean and bright with no bumping to the head and foot of the spine, board edges or corners. · Print Block – Very Good. o Internally: The pages have no inscriptions, marks or tears. Faint toning on endpapers. o Externally: The external closed edges of the print block have some very light toning and foxing · Dustwra
- Publisher: Brockhampton Press
- Year: 1958
- Binding: Hardcover
- Condition: Very Good
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