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Archibald Constable, Westminster, 1902. Rare presentation copy with Publisher's blindstamp to front endpaper "Presented/by/Archibald Constable/& Co]. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Ads at rear. Blue boards with gilt titles. A very good+ copy. Clean boards with light wear only. Mildest darkening to spine. Internally complete and clean. A hint of spotting to endpapers. No inscriptions. Otherwise clean. A very attractive copy of this early twentieth century cornerstone classic and Henry James' most famous novel. 4000 copies printed. The story of a Milly Theale, rich American heiress and a pair of lovers who conspire to cheat her out of her fortune amongst a backdrop of lavish London drawing rooms & gorgeous Venetian Palazzos.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1963. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Red boards with black titles. Pictorial dustwrapper by Stead. A fine book with clean boards. A hint of spotting to topedge o/w edges clean and unmarked. No inscriptions. The near fine dustwrapper has light wear only to extremities & a couple of the tiniest marks. None of the usual fading to the fluorescent pink spine. Original price of 8s6dnet to front flap. A really lovely copy. Biggles is called in to investigate the disappearance of the chief pilot from Kingsmead Flying Club whilst on a half hours "joyride" flight.

John Hamilton, 1936. Early printing Autumn 1936 catalogue at rear [first printing 1934]. Colour frontispiece + four b&w full page illustrations. Blue boards with gilt titles (same as the first printing) & sundial device to spine (not the later black lettering). A very good+ copy. Some light edgewear with no chipping, nicking or splitting to cloth. No marks to boards with mild toning to spine. Internally complete with spotting to prelims. No inscriptions. Endpapers original and unsplit. An early copy of this elusive title under the original John Hamilton imprint with the original gilt titles. The third Biggles title. Biggles is now a flight commander at the Marinique aerodrome from where he and his fellow pilots cross over to wreak destruction on the German-held territory nearby. This is a set of connected stories, not a single novel with each having its own focal point. We are also introduced to a new harebrained pilot called "The Professor") who thinks air battles are all about… Read More

John Hamilton, 1933. Early printing most probably 1933. Colour frontispiece & four b&w illustrations. 256pp with no rear catologue. Blue boards with red titles [first printing gold titles] & sundial device to spine. A very good+ copy with clean boards & no chipping, nicking or tearing to cloth. Internally clean with no inscriptions. Very light spotting to front pastedown. This edition has been published with the "Other titles in the Ace Series" page as the front pastedown and no front blank or halftitle - possibly a manufacturing fault but all appears as originally manufactured and no counter page missing later in the book from lack of halftitle which there would be. An elusive early title. The second Biggles title with the action taking place mainly in South America during the interwar years.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1961. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Red boards with black titles. Pictorial dustwrapper by Stead. A near fine/fine copy with clean boards. No inscriptions. The near fine dustwrapper is fresh and crisp with no chipping & no tearing. Light wear only to extremities. Original price of 8s6dnet to front flap. A lovely copy. "Dizzy" Dingwall thinks he has found treasure in the ancient of Ophir; he forms a syndicate of treasure hunting chums including himself, Biggles, Ginger and Bertie & off they go into the Arabian desert to an area known by fearless military folk at "Hell's Gates