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W E Johns – Biggles Defies the Swastika – First Edition
£600.00
A first edition, first printing of Biggles Defies the Swastika by Captain W.E. Johns, illustrated by Howard Leigh and Alfred Sindall, published by Oxford University Press in 1941. A near fine book bound in red decorative cloth, the boards a little rub worn, front board with black titles and illustration of a biplane over map of Norway, the spine similarly with black titles and illustration of a plummeting Nazi plane, the text block with red top stain and some spotting to the fore-edge and bottom edge, a previous owner’s stamp to the front free end paper, some spotting throughout, with a former retailer’s illustrated bookmark.
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A first edition, first printing of Biggles Defies the Swastika by Captain W.E. Johns, illustrated by Howard Leigh and Alfred Sindall, published by Oxford University Press in 1941. A near fine book bound in red decorative cloth, the boards a little rub worn, front board with black titles and illustration of a biplane over map of Norway, the spine similarly with black titles and illustration of a plummeting Nazi plane, the text block with red top stain and some spotting to the fore-edge and bottom edge, a previous owner’s stamp to the front free end paper, some spotting throughout, with a former retailer’s illustrated bookmark.
