Biggles in The Baltic W E Johns SOLD
The front boards and spine are clean and bright. The spine is cocked. There is a small mark to the rear board and a publishers crease. The pictorial illustration and title are bright and bold. The front end paper has a small inscription. There is minor foxing to the text block this has not spread to the internal pages which are clean and bright.
Dust wrapper/ White spine variant wrapper, illustration as first. The top and bottom edges of the front cover have tiny closed tears with rubs and creases. The bottom edge has a 6cm closed tear which has been taped to the rear. The top of the front flap hinge has a chip with a 1cm tear and the bottom edge has three tiny chips. The hinge is rubbed. The spine hinge bottom edge has a 2cm closed tear that has been taped to the rear. The top of the hinge has a 1/2 cm closed tear.. The top and bottom of the spine have edge loss and tiny closed tears. The bottom edge has 1cm x 2cm loss. The back cover spine hinge has a 1cm hole. The back cover top edge has three closed tears. One measures 3cm, another 1cm and the last 3/4 cm. There is also a 2cm closed tear to the top of the rear flap and a 1cm tear to the bottom. The back cover is a little grubby. The top edges of the front and rear flaps are curled and browned with tiny closed tears. The rear of the jacket is reasonably clean. Not price cut.
Description
- Reprint
- First printing
- 1941
- Oxford
- Very Good Book
- Good Dust wrapper grey thin