" It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life. "
— Henry Ward Beecher

Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1967. [Boy's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184. Publisher's mid-blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Dust-jacket illustrated by Leslie Stead, priced at 10/6. Discreet ownership else fine, in a lightly used wrapper with minor wear to crown and a short tear to rear panel. Very good. The trail of a jewel thief takes Biggles from Regent Street to the Kalahari desert. Item #61406
Price: £275.00