{"product_id":"biggles-takes-it-rough","title":"Biggles Takes it Rough","description":"\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJOHNS, Captain W. E. [Leslie STEAD, Illus.] \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBiggles Takes it Rough \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeicester: Brockhampton Press, 1963\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCrown 8vo., green publisher’s boards, lined and lettered in white to spine with publisher’s device to foot; together in the decorative dustwrapper (8\/6 net) featuring illustrations by Leslie Stead; front endpaper map showing the island of Tola; full-colour frontis on glossy paper showing a helicopter flying over the same island; an excellent, near-fine copy, the final few pages very slightly spotted to the fore-edge; the dust jacket also near-fine, just a little rubbed and creased at extremities, and one strip of dust spotting to the rear flap. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst edition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published on the 10th February, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBiggles Takes it Rough \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas the 74th book featuring the protagonist, out of an extraordinary 274 stories which were written involving the titular character, written by Johns over a career which spanned almost 50 years. The present story centres around a mystery on a remote Scottish island and involves criminal activity, secret passageways and foiled plots. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn uncommonly fresh condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55917391839556,"sku":"SQ0226394","price":175.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/468_Foldthecornerbooks_02103.webp?v=1762864000","url":"https:\/\/foldthecornerbooks.co.uk\/products\/biggles-takes-it-rough","provider":"Fold the Corner Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}