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Johns (W.E.) Biggles in Africa
£2,250
Oxford, OUP, 1936.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth. Dust-jacket.
Captain W.E. Johns’ aviator hero confronts danger and desert intrigue in this early Biggles novel, part of the series that became a cornerstone of British boys’ adventure fiction.
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Book is externally near fine with unfaded spine and square boards, foxing to foreedge, prelims and last few pages with minor foxing to other pages, no inscriptions; expert restoration to spine ends and folds, price clipped but having all issue points required for first state jacket.
Plates by Howard Leigh and Alfred Sindall.
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