"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. "
— Oscar Wilde
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1960 [circa 1971]. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression, later issue. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's laminated boards with exactly the same artwork and layout as the jacketed edition. No inscriptions, contents clean, edges slightly dusty, minor wear. Very good indeed. A Biggles caper set in the north-east frontier of India. The laminated editions state 'First Published' and use first edition sheets; they were bound later from unsold stock and do not include any colour illustrations. Item #68888
Price: £40.00
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