Biggles & Co W E Johns

There is foxing to the top of the front board and spine. The boards and spine are straight with no bumps. The bottom two thirds of the spine are browned, this corresponds with the loss to the jacket and therefore indicates that this book is not a marriage. There is a small sticker with an inscription to the front-end paper. The binding is very tight. There is foxing to the text block, this has spread to some occasional margins. The internal pages are clean and bright, including the colour frontis.
Dust wrapper/The front cover has loss to the top edge measuring 2cm x 1cm and 5cm x 1cm this loss runs onto the top of the front flap and is along the whole top edge. The outside edge of the front flap is creased. The top edge of the spine has edge loss and creases. There is loss attached to this measuring 1cm x 1cm. The other side of the spine has a 1.5cm tear to the rear panel hinge. The spine and rear panel has loss measuring 13cm x 9cm. A replica wrapper has been placed behind. There is a closed tear running from the top middle of the rear panel measuring 9cm. There is a chip to the top of the rear flap hinge with a 2cm closed tear attached. The bottom of the rear flap hinge has a chip with a ½ cm closed tear attached. The top edge of the rear flap is curled with a tiny, closed tear. The rear panel, rear and front flaps are grubby. There is a small inscription to the front flap top edge. Price cut.