Biggles Sweeps The Desert. by Johns, Captain W. E - 1950

Hodder & Stoughton, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. 208 pages. No dust jacket. 4th Impression. Red cloth. Contains black & white, colour illustrations and plates. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Mild white staining.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1951. Hardcover. Good. 1951. Fourth Impression. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1951. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1951. Fourth Impression. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Heavier tanning and foxing to front and rear. Pen inscriptions to front pastedown and free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Heavy foxing to textblock edges. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight fraying to cloth at joints and spine ends.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1951. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1951. 4th Impression. 208 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Contains black and white illustrations with colour frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 11947;. Reprint. Hardback. Good/ No dj. 208pp with coloured frontis. & black/white illustrations . Some neat colouring in in ink. Pale blue covers with black lettering. .

London : Hodder & Stoughton , 1951 . Fourth Printing . VG/G . 12MO . Colour frontis. Very light wear to book, several blue marks on bottom edge. Priceclipped Jacket edgeworn with several small tears and large rough area on front panel removing surface of jacket. Overseas postage will be reduced.

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Good tight condition hardback light edgewear ink inscription. 1942. Very Scarce .

Hodder & Stoughton, 1942. reprint. blue bds with black titles to front and spine, bds bleached around edges and spine ends. text clean, three owners names to fep. colour frontis. jacket has large tears and areas of loss, front - 95% complete, spine top 25% missing, back top third missing. jacket has fraying and tears around edge.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1951. First Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good/Good+. Stead ( Frontis ). Exciting World War II Biggles Adventure set in North Africa. Includes Algy, Bertie and Ginger. Frontis Colour Illus. of an airman in a Palm Tree, by Stead. Several other B&W Full-Page illustrations. 1951 Reprint of the 1942 First Edition. Red cloth cover with Black Lettering to front & spine. 208 Pages, 260g, 7 1/2" Tall. Previous owner's inscription dated 1953 penciled on ffep. No further inscriptions. Jacket has edge nicks, 3 very small closed tears (1/4" long, repaired from inside with clear tape) and some tiny bits missing from corners. Unclipped, price 7/6. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1942. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 1st printed 1942, 1st ed. Book rubbed, neat front endpaper inscription. In good condition - a solid reading copy.