Captain W E Johns Stead (407 results)

Hardback. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Leslie Stead (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, fourth printing. Octavo hardback. 182 pp. illustrations by Stead.End paper maps Near Very Good condition in Good unclipped dust jacket (lacks section about 2 inches square missing from bottom right edhge of front panel of jacket) No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Stead (illustrator). 1st Edition. APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ. Minimal wear to hard back book. 191 pages. Pages are clean and tight. No name or inscription.2nd impression.Includes the front flap only of a dustjakcet.

Pale Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Leslie Stead (illustrator). 184pp. dark blue lettering to spine. Published in the Hampton Library series. Frontispiece and 5 other b/w illustrations. Dust wrapper scuffed and chipped around edges with piece missing from top of spine panel. Has removable protective cover.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, second printing. Octavo hardback. 191 pp. illustrations by Lesllie Stead. Very Good condition in Good + unclipped dust jacket (a few tiny nicks and rubbing at edges, very small square inch of material missing from top corner of spine area of jacket which is now in a protective transparent sleeve). No inscriptions.

Red Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Stead (illustrator). 1st Edition. 192pp. black lettering to spine and front board which has a line illus. of Biggles bottom right. Vertical crease to front board, lacks fep. Eight yellow/black/white illustrations. Foxing to edges. Dust jacket chipped and creased with loss to front and spine panels. Feel free to request images of this item.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Stead (illustrator). 1st Edition. APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ. NO FOXING.Minimal wear to hardback book/dust jacket.D/j shows two men in a boat in a storm. D/j still has price corner. 191 pages. Pages are clean,bright and tight.No name or inscription.5th impression.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Stead (illustrator). 1st Edition. APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ. Minimal wear to hardback book/dust jacket. D/j still has price corner.191 pages. Pages are clean,bright and tight.Reprint.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Stead (illustrator). 1st Edition. APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ. Minimal wear to hardback book/dust jacket. D/j still has price corner,tiny loss to front lower edge.191 pages. Pages are clean,bright and tight.No name or inscription.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Stead (illustrator). 1st Edition. APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ. Minimal wear to hard back book. 193 pages. Pages are clean and tight. Inscription on f.e.p. Very top corner of f.e.p. cut off.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Stead (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition second impression. Octavo hardback. 211 pp. illustrations by Stead. Very Good condition in Near Very Good unclipped dust jacket (small closed tears at corners. Now protected by transparent sleeve) No inscriptions.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, fourth printing. Octavo hardback. 208 pp. illustrations (including colour frontispiece) by Lesllie Stead. Very Good condition in Good unclipped dust jacket (tiny losses at corners wHere there are some small closed tears) No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). 1951 (1948) 3rd impression. 211pp. Good/Fair. Hard red boards with minor rubbing to edges/spine. Contents clean and tight but for minor soiling/browning. Owner's name to ffep. DW a little worn with minor loss, some rubbing/chipping to edges/spine, a little creasing/few small tears, a little soiling, some damage to back. B&W illustrations by Stead. 34th adventure book featuring the adventurer Biggles.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fair, Shelfwear, insect damage & fraying to corners & spine ends (with chipping and loss to spine ends and top front corner), bumping, spine browned, foxing & soiling to boards, dealer sticker at foot of inner front board, ink gift inscrption dated 1948 on front free endpaper, foxing & browning to page edges/NO DUST JACKET. 'A Biggles Adventure'. With colour frontispiece and black & white illustrations in the text. Photo on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). Reprint. Fair, Shelfwear, spine lean, chipping & tears to spine ends, abrasion, dealer stamp on inner front board, ink name & date on front free endpaper, water staining to inner rear board and rear endpapers, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. A Biggles adventure. With map on front endpapers, colour frontispiece, and 15 black & white illustrations in the text. Photo on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). 1st Edition. G, Shelfwear, bumping, spine fade, spine lean, insect damage to top edge of text-block near spine head, ink name on inner front board, ink gift inscrption on front free endpaper, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. "A Story of the Cold War in Europe and Asia". With 8 monochrome illustrations. Photo on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). Fifth Impression. G, Shelfwear, slight upward warp to front board, ink name written across leading edge of text-block, ink name & date on inner front board, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. A Biggles adventure. With 8 monochrome illustrations, including the frontispiece. Photo on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). Second Impression. G, Shelfwear, spine lean, fraying to spine ends, spine fade, uneven fading & spotting to boards, some abrasion, ink name & date on front endpapers, dealer sticker to reverse of front free endpaper, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. A 'Biggles Squadron' story. With map on front endpapers, colour frontispiece, 2 double-sided monochrome illustrations and 5 pen and ink drawings in the text. Photo on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). Second Impression. G, Shelfwear, edge-bumping, abrasion & soiling to boards, spot of insect damage to front board that has removed some of the green colour, spine fade, dealer stamp at foot of inner front board, ink date on front free endpaper, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. "A Further Adventure of Sergeant Bigglesworth, of the Special Air Service, C.I.D.". With 8 black & white illustrations, including the frontispiece. Photo on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). Third Impression. G, Shelfwear, bumping, spine fade, soiling to boards, ink gift inscription to inner front board, dealer stamp at foot of front free endpaper, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. A Biggles adventure. With colour frontispiece & 12 black & white illustrations. Photo on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Only. No Jacket. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). Third Impression. G, Ex-Library, usual stamps & markings to endpapers, shelfwear, bumping, abrasion, staining & tape stain to spine, one illustration coloured in reasonably attractively, soiling, foxing, browing/NO DUST JACKET. A Worrals adventure. With a colour frontispiece and eight black & white illustrations. Photos on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Leslie Stead (illustrator). First Edition. Owner name and drawing on blank ffep. 182pp Clean dj with small closed tear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 3rd impression. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with spotting. Fair DJ has chips/tears with marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). Fifth Impression. G, Shelfwear, bumping, abrasion to bottom of rear board, some pages creased, foxing, browning/Fair, Price intact, edgewear, chips, tears, insect damage to edges, abrasion, ink price on front panel, label stain on front flap, foxing, browning. "An Adventure of Sergeant Bigglesworth, of the Special Air Police, and His Comrades of the Service". With 8 monochrome illustrations. Photos on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). Fourth Impression. Fair, Shelfwear, insect damage abrasion, soiling & staining to boards, fraying to edges, mild outward warp to rear board, frontispiece removed revealing webbing at title-page hinge, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. A Worrals of the W.A.A.F story. With 9 black & white illustrations, lacking frontispiece. Photos on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: NO DUST JACKET. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fair, Shelfwear, tear to spine head, bumping, soiling, ink name & address, ink number, previous owner stamps, ink ticks indicating books read, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. Biggles adventure, with 6 colour illustrations, including the frontispiece. Photo on request.

Pale Blue Cloth. Condition: Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Stead (illustrator). 1st Edition. 191pp. red lettering to spine and front board which has an illustration of a panther (bottom right)). Tanning to top and tail of spine and board edges. All edges dull and foxed. Eight illustrations. Dust jacket creased, torn and rubbed with portions missing from top and bottom of front and spine panels. Spine panel is faded, rear panel grubby. Please feel free to request images of this item.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1949 (1946) 1st edition, 3rd impression. 182pp. Near Fine/Very Good. Hard blue boards with very slight rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Nice DW with minor rubbing/chipping to edges/spine, few small tears, minor creasing, slight soiling. Map at front endpapers. Colour plate at frontis, B&W and 2-tone illustrations by Leslie Stead throughout. A adventure with Biggles, Algy, Ginger and Bertie off the coast of Sumatra.

Hardback. Condition: Good+. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, third printing. Octavo hardback. 208 pp. illustrations (including colour frontispiece) by Lesllie Stead. Lacks front end paper otherwise Good + condition No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Stead (illustrator). 1st Edition. FIRST IMPRESSION. APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ. Minimal wear to hard back book. 192 pages. Pages are clean,bright and tight. No name or inscription.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Studio Stead (illustrator). 1st Edition. APPEARS UNREAD.First impression. Minimal wear to hardback book. 255 pages. Pages are clean,bright and tight.Green boards are VG. No name or inscription.Reprint 1950.