JOHNS, Captain W.E. (author). [Leslie] STEAD (illustrator). Biggles Forms A Syndicate. London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1961.
8vo. Original red boards illustrated and lettered in black, preserved in pictorial dustwrapper; pp. [iv], v-vii, [viii-x], 11-160; coloured frontispiece and other line drawings by Leslie Stead; both externally and internally a bright, sharp and near fine copy, uninscribed, protected by an attractive, unclipped dustwrapper (8s 6d) with dusting to lower panel, minor abrasions to spine ends, and a little edge-rubbing.
First edition in book form. Biggles gets involved in a highly unconventional operation in Arabia where he collaborates with a syndicate of treasure-hunters who discover booty in the ancient city of Ophir.
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