Author: Captain W. E. Johns
Title: Biggles Takes a Holiday, Biggles in the Gobi
Description: London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1949-53. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition Biggles novels, following the pilot adventurer on two brilliantly exciting and gripping trips to South America and China. Both first editions, first impressions.Two gripping Biggles novels, 'Biggles Takes a Holiday', published in June 1949, and 'Biggles in the Gobi', published in 1953.Both volumes are in the original unclipped dust wrappers. 'Holiday' is the 35th Biggles novel, 'Gobi' is the 46th. In 'Holiday', Biggles and his fellows go to the South American Rain Forest to rescue their old comrade, who has been trapped into slave labour by an ex-Nazi. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and seven plates.'Gobi' sees Biggles in the middle of Asia, rescuing some missionaries from Communist China. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and five plates.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally, smart. Boards of 'Holiday' are a little bowed. Head and tail of the spine of 'Holiday' are lightly bumped, with a few light marks to the boards. Gift inscription to the recto of the front endpaper of 'Holiday&apos. Light edge wear to the dust wrappers, resulting in some small chips and closed tears, heavier to 'Gobi', with a large tear to the rear flyleaf. Light age-toning and handling marks to the dust wrappers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Stead. Near Fine/Very Good.

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