Captain W E Johns Stead (405 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.

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.

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). 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: 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: 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.

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: Fair. No Jacket. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fair, Shelfwear, uneven fading & staining to spine and boards, spine lean, bumping, insect damage & abrasion to top & bottom edges, heavy internal staining affecting most of the book at hinges & noticeable on edges of illustrations, binding stretched, soiling, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. Science fiction adventure. With six colour illustrations, including the frontispiece. Blue boards with black titles & illustration of spaceship. Photo 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: 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.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Good Only. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). 1st Edition. G, Shelfwear, bumping, heavy staining, some loss of colour to blue spine & rear spine hinge, some insect damage to leading edges of boards, foxing, browning/Fair, Price-clipped, edgewear, chips, tears, creases, heavy staining to interior with showthrough on rear panel, insect damage to hinges, abrasion, foxing. Children's science fiction. A sequel to 'Kings of Space'. With six colour illustrations. Photo on request.

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. Illustrated by Stead (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. Blue cloth faded to spine, name and address to front endpaper otherwise very good and sound. ; Colour & monochrome; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 187 pages.

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). First Edition. Boards have browning to spine and around the edges with a bump to the bottom left corner of the rear panel. Page edges are browned and spotted. Endpapers are browned with some spotting. There is quite heavy brown spotting at the front and back of the book and the pages are browned. Coloured frontispiece and two other colour plates by Stead - the other three have unfortunately been removed. No jacket. First printing.

Hardback. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Octavo hardback. NOT Hampton Library 176 pp. Colour frontispiece and black & white illustrations by Leslie Stead Near Very Good condition in Near Very Good unclipped dust jacket (very light damp mark on underside, not visible on surface). Some light marks on inside cover suggest a label has been removed No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Stead (illustrator). First Edition. Good red cloth hardcover with colour frontis and 7 further colour illustrations all present. No inscriptions. ; Colour plates; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 191 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Stead (illustrator). 3rd Impression. Very good and sound red cloth, front endpaper map. No inscriptions or marks. ; Colour frontis and black & white drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Stead (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition fourth impression. Octavo hardback. 188 pp. illustrations by Stead. Very Good condition in Near Very Good price-clipped dust jacket (tiny piece missing from rear corner which has been repaired). No inscriptions. Quite a nice copy. Photo available.

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). First Edition. Boards have a little edge rubbing. Page edges browned. Four inch stain to rear free endpaper also affecting the edges of the last few pages. Browning to the pages which are otherwise unmarked. The jacket has a one inch piece missing from the bottom of the spine and a little loss to the bottom left corner of the front panel. Chipping to the corners and at the top of the spine. Three one inch closed tears to the edges of the front panel with some associated creasing. Chippng and creasing to the edges of the rear panel. Illustrated by Leslie Stead. First printing.

Hardback, cloth. Condition: Good-. No Jacket. Stead (illustrator). First Edition. Biggles Gets his Men by Captain W. E. Johns, illustrated by Stead Hardback, 1950, first edition, illustrated, published by Hodder & Stoughton Limited, London, 183 pages. Measures around 7 1/2" by 5 1/4". No dust jacket. Pale blue cloth binding, black lettering and pictorial design to front board, black lettering to spine. Some scuffing and marking, discolouration to spine. Small signs of shelf-wear, slightly bumped corners. Binding firm. Page edges a bit browned and scuffed. Some marking to endpapers, the occasional mark but page surfaces generally clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information. 183 pp. n.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Leslie Stead (illustrator). First Thus. Paperback: illustrated by LESLIE STEAD, cover edges are slightly rubbed on the edges and spine, corners very slightly bumped, some foxing on the foredges and endpapers, pages are tanned, else vg. 156pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fair, Shelfwear, spine lean, bumping, insect damage & abrasion to spine ends & top edges, heavy internal staining affecting the edges of the illustrations, ink scribble on front free endpaper, soiling, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. Science fiction adventure. With six colour illustrations, including the frontispiece. Red boards with black titles & illustration of man in spacesuit. Photo on request.