Biggles in Borneo by Johns Capt W E (William Earle)
- Bookseller: Caerwen Books
 (AU)
- Seller Inventory #: 010175
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Fair+
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Illustrator: Stuart Tresilian
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Oxford
- Place: England
- Date published: 1943
- Subjects:
JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General;
Description
England: Oxford, 1943 True 1st UK edition. Colour frontis. Corners are all bumped and soft. Names in ink half title page, several pages with corners chipped 2 pages with margins messily trimmed. A reading copy of the 1st edition. Provided with a colour copy of a 2nd impression jacket which has a small label to the spine. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair+/No Jacket. Illus. by Stuart Tresilian. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back. reading copy : Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges. title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear. half title : The leaf which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at times, the author's name and/or other information may appear. bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
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