No Rest for Biggles by Captain W. E. Johns 1956 1st edition

Biggles is sent to investigate the disappearance of aircraft over Africa. The aircraft contained V.I.P.'s who were carrying with them secret documents. Pretending to carry a V.I.P. in his aircraft, Biggles is forced to land in Liberia after a secret weapon causes his plane to suffer engine failure. The picture on the dust cover of the book is Biggles' plane coming down.

No dust jacket.  Red boards with black titles and decoration are in good condition although bumped at corners and lightly soiled with marks to back as per photo.  Smudge to inside of front board.  Red ink mark to first cover page and small tear to paper.  Cracking to binding paper between cover page and first plate.  First plate is partly loose at bottom as is title page.  Ink marks to reverse of plate at page/31/32 and further sign of binding weakness.  Some light smudges to occasional page margins as per photo of page 64 otherwise pages are clean.