Biggles in the Gobi : a further adventure of Detective Air-Inspector Bigglesworth and his Air Police, this time in the desert known as the Black Gobi in the heart of Asia
1953, First Edition, First Impression. London : Hodder & Stoughton. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now plastic-sleeved. Edges and endpapers lightly foxed; contemporary reader inscription (1953) to front free endpaper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, internally clean and strong. Item #461270
Physical description; 160 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 19 cm. Notes; With pictures by Stead (Alfred Reginald "Stead" Thomson). Subjects; Johns, W. E. 1893-1968. Biggles (Fictitious character) Juvenile fiction. Air pilots Juvenile fiction. Adventure stories, English 20th century. Children's stories, English 20th century. Detective and mystery stories, English 20th century. Air police Juvenile fiction. Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) Juvenile fiction. Asia, Central Juvenile fiction.
Price: €35.00