Biggles Second Case by Captain W E Johns (78 results)

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The case of the pirate U-boat!Air Commodore Raymond has a thrilling new case for Biggles, Ginger, Algy and Bertie, now the Scotland Yard Air Squad.Instead of surrendering at the end of the war, commander Von Schonbeck of submarine U-517 escaped to the south Indian ocean. From his base on an…

Hardback. Condition: New. The case of the pirate U-boat!Air Commodore Raymond has a thrilling new case for Biggles, Ginger, Algy and Bertie, now the Scotland Yard Air Squad.Instead of surrendering at the end of the war, commander Von Schonbeck of submarine U-517 escaped to the south Indian ocean. From his base on an uncharted is…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Fair, Shelfwear, insect damage & fraying to corners & spine ends (with chipping and loss to spine ends and top front corner), bumping, spine browned, foxing & soiling to boards, dealer sticker at foot of inner front board, ink gift inscrption dated 1948 on front free endpaper,…

Condition: Good. 1949. Second impression. 190 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards. Illustrated by Stead. Book has a slight smoky odour. 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 co…

Condition: Good. 1948. First Edition. 191 pages. No dust jacket. Paper covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Clean pages with mild tanning and notable foxing throughout, more notable to endpapers. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Notable water staining to front pastedown and endpapers. Previo…

Condition: Very Good. 1951. Fourth impression. 190 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations by Stead. Colour frontispiece. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner…

Condition: Good. 1949. Second Impression. 191 pages. Laminated dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Light thumb marking and tanning to pages. More prominent foxing and tanning to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear w…

Condition: Good. 1959. 5th Impression. 190 pages. White pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are in good condition with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Tape marks to endpapers and pastedowns. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a l…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. Omnibus. Light edge wear to illustrated card covers.; A bright, solid book. Card covers with edges overlapping page edges. Please note that this only contains 3 stories, some versions of this book contain 4.; B&W Illustrations; 8.66 X 7.17 X 1.89 inches; 512 pages; "Biggles becom…

Condition: Good. 1948. First Edition. 190 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over pictorial paper covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout with colour frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have l…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 3rd impression. The second great Biggles adventure (first printed in in 1943, this in 1950.) Scarlet cloth covers excellent, some spotting to side edges and rather more to top edges. The Dust jacket has section of lower half, around the bottom of the spine, missing an…