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Buy this book on-line JOHNS,Captain W[illiam] E[arle]**: : WINGS OF ROMANCE - A "Steeley Adventure"LONDON.LATIMER HOUSE,1951. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Originally published 1939,this edn completely revised
and reset,1951.]VG+/VG+.No owner inscrptn,
no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour,pictorial illustrated upper wrap by Stead,with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to
edges and corners.Two tiny closed tears to
top edge in the vicinity of head of spine/
backstrip.Both head+foot of spine/
backstrip minimally rubbed with some
light,usual chipping.Rear wrap lightly grubbed.Top edge lightly dust-soiled, lightly aged/tanned - as usual/normal and lightly,sporadically foxed/spotted,fore-edge similar but less aged but more foxed/
spotted;slightly cocked but contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,clean,publisher's original,
plain blue cloth bds with bright,black ink
stamped letters to spine/backstrip and
lightly foxed/spotted eps.12mo,5-152pp [paginated] includes 17 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages.
Being the further adventures of
"Steeley" Delaroy,gentleman adventurer, sometime air-smuggler,more recently unofficial police agent.Told by his war-time comrade,and partner in his adventures,Captain "Tubby" Wilde.
'Steeley' Delaroy and his comrades accept
the task of re-organising the Air Force of
Carabonia,a small republic in Central America,full of spies and rebels.
They arrive to find a minor revolution in
progress,everything derelict and in a state of utter chaos.A plane force-lands in the surrounding jungle after shooting-up the aerodrome and is found to be flown by the daughter of the deposed president,
whose son is a prisoner of the rebels.From
this girl our three friends learn the full
story behind the revolution and decide to assist in the overthrow of the renegade president.
Steeley,Tubby and Brian return to the plane,walk into a trap,are captured and threatened with death at dawn.Fortunately they escape in time and free the ex-president's son and many other prisoners.
After a running fight through the city and
jungle,they arrive at the former president's headquarters,obtain reinforcements and,assisted by two fighter-planes,join battle with the rebels.
There follows a thrilling fight in the mountains,resulting ultimately in victory
for Steeley's 'army' and the reinstatement
of the former president.
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