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Biggles and the Black Peril.

JOHNS, Captain W.E. (1893-1968).

London: Dean and Son Ltd., by arrangement with Thames Publishing Co., no date [circa 1960]. [Children's adventure] ATTRACTIVE REPRINT. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.184. Publisher's cornflower blue cloth, titles in black to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket. Neat gift inscription to flyleaf. Minimal bumping to spine and corners with very slight bowing to front board, some browning to pages, dust-jacket showing a few small chips. Very good. Item #34191

Price: £38.00

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