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BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE

by W.E. Johns

Illustrated by Stead

Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950

Good condition. Red boards, black title and vignette to front cover. Eight blue two-tone illustrations plus b/w text illustrations. 190 pages.

Spine and corners are bumped. Marks to covers. Tape marks to prelim pages (tape was used to 'repair' a closed tear). Foxing. Some page edge creasing. A reading copy.

Stock no. 2131797

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Contents

  • Biggles is visited by 'Jumbo' Grimes, whose son used to serve in his old squadron in the Western Desert. 'Jumbo' gives information which leads Biggles to conclude that Jumbo empoyers have discovered the Starry Crown, a ship which contains a horde of gold.
  • Leaving Algy and Bertie on the Falkland Islands as their South Atlantic base, Biggles, Ginger and Grimes Senior and Junior make a risky landing in the Antarctic, and so the adventure begins.

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