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SHORT SORTIES

Written by W.E. Johns
Published by Latimer House Limited in 1950

SHORT SORTIES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 441574
1st. 1950. Hardback. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. A variety of stories by Johns. 202 pages. Base of spine rubbed and a little faded. Small mark to front cover. Endpapers and outer page edges foxed. Small tear to bottom corner of front endpaper. Also small tape mark. Wrapper has a few closed edge-tears with slight loss and tape strengthening to edges.

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SHORT SORTIES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 810250
1st. 1950. Hardback. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. A variety of stories by Johns. 202 pages. Spine and corners are bumped. A few grubby marks to covers. Damp mark to bottom corner of front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is damp marked to front flap, edge-torn in places, with some small chips of loss; 3-4" split to bottom of spine and the horizontally across. Worn to edges.

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Front cover

Cover of SHORT SORTIES by W.E. Johns

Contents

  • What Happened to Marcus?
  • Wine With A Lady
  • L'Amour Provencal
  • Mothers in Arms
  • International Settlement
  • Birds of a Feather
  • Nocturne Aeronautique
  • A Thing to Boast About
  • Big Business
  • Some Go In Darkness
  • Mischievous Melody
  • Intermezzo
  • Perseus Flies Again
  • Potpourri
  • The Quest of the Golden Fleece
  • Hunter's Moon
  • Mars Shakes a Cocktail
  • The Language of Flowers
  • Teak-Wallah
  • Intercepted