Doyle Captain (14 results)

Softcover, Heft. 75 Seiten Zustand: keine Beschädigungen, keine Eintragungen. Rücken, Ecken, Kanten gut. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 200.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 45 pages, maps, Near fine in soft covers.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 4to softback; 'Editor's Cockpit' on the folly of war by W E Johns (accompanied by a photograph of the editor unusually) ; article 'The re-armament question'; a feature on the New Giant Zeppelin 'Hindenburg' intended for Atlantic service; another article on Psychology in aerial fighting; an account of the war career of Obl. Ernst Udet - German War Ace; as well as dope running on the Mexican border and much more; although in vg condition, sadly the free colour plate advertised on the front cover, is no longer inside; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardback. Condition: GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. CONDENSED.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Condition: Good. Half calf, VG. xvi+336pp+63+8pp, 37 engraved steel plates on 29 leaves with 2 folding, musical staves of bugle calls, a few pages yellowed with age, a nice copy, save that pp 62 of the Catechism is half lacking. The field exercises were first revised in 1824 by Henry Torrens. This volume also contains an 8pp catalogue of Clowes Military books. Old ink signatures of H L Cocker [dated 1893] and Lt. Ed. Coker of the 17th Foot [dated Oct 1837] 550 grams. 2nd edition [first work] 2nd edition [second work].

First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers [softback]. 8vo. 10'' x 6½''. Contains printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations. Cheap paper browning to the margins, tears and small losses of paper to the spine, closed tear across the front cover. We currently hold in stock 7 other titles from this series. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR BOYS.

1996 1st editions. Small format paperbacks. 12 volumes of Children's Short Stories or extracts from longer works. Allan Ahlberg - The Night Train: Stories in Prose and Verse 55pp; Joan Aiken - Dead Man's Lane: 3 short stories 57pp; Roald Dahl - The Great Mouse Plot and other tales of Childhood 56pp; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes and the Speckled Band 57pp; Anne Fine - Keep it in the Family: 3 short stories 57pp; Terry Jones - The Dragon on the Roof: 4 short stories 58pp; Margaret Mahy - The Midnight Story: 3 short stories 56pp; L.M. Montgomery - Anne at Green Gables: 3 extracts -56pp [corner crease to front cover]; Philippa Pearce - At the River-Gates and other Supernatural Stories 55pp; Philip Ridley - The Hooligan's Shampoo 60pp; Jon Scieszka - The Great Time Warp Adventure 58pp; Charles Dickens / Captain Marryat - Classic Ghost Stories: The Signal-Man, The Phantom Ship, The Ghost-Brahman 56pp [cover crease]. Condition: Very Good. Light scattered foxing or age toning. A couple with cover crease. Size: 5.5x4in / 14x10cm. Combined Weight 370g.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Slightly discoloured pale brown boards and spine lettered in black; patchy spots down the spine. Internally endpapers browned with name and date on front one. Some spotting to text block edges. Foxing to preliminary pages, occasionally recurring. Map and illustrations all present. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. xii, [1], 260 pages, plus 4 pages of publisher's adverts at rear for other escape narratives. Professionally restored by Peter Gregoroff retaining all original elements save for a fresh front pastedown/endpaper - there remains one original blank endpaper before the half title. Spine mottled and tips rubbed. No internal markings or inscriptions; binding is entirely sound. Four page glowing introduction by Conan Doyle: "I can say for him what he would be the last to say for himself, that a more gallant and chivalrous gentleman never stepped". All illustrations called for are present including the fold-out map.

First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers [softback]. 8vo. 10'' x 6½''. Contains printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations. Contains Aerial Enemy No. 1 by Captain W. E. Johns. Cheap paper browning to the margins, tears and losses of paper to the spine. We currently hold in stock 7 other titles from this series. Member of the P.B.F.A. JOHNS, Captain W. E.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Original publishers blue cloth binding with black and gold lettering and decoration with the Strand street scene on the front board.All edges gilt, Title page and volume index,iv,802 pages.Six issues bound in one volume. This volume of The Strand contains:"To The South Pole, Capatin Scott's Own Story, Told from his Journals" This account of Scott's journey is in 4 episodes published in the four monthly editions from July to October 1913, they are illustrated with photographs by Herbert G. Ponting who was the photographer on the ill fated expedition, the photographs are all, with a few exceptions, published here for the first time, the final instalment is illustrated with photographs taken by Lieutenant Bowers, Dr. Wilson and by members of the search party who found the bodies of the expedition members. Also included is Chapter 6 of "The Poisoned Belt" by Conan Doyle, plus "How it Happened" by Conan Doyle. Also a Sherlock Holmes story in the December issue entitled "The Adventure of The Dying Detective" with illustrations by Walter Paget, and an article by Commander Evans about Captain Oates illustrated with photos. Also writings by E Nesbit,Talbot Mundy, W W Jacobs and Baden Powell.The book is slightly rubbed to corners, edges and spine ends. Overall a very good copy, externally very sound, quite clean with bright gilt.Cloth not much worn at all. Inside hinges very sound with endpapers intact, making for a sound and solid binding, some offsetting to the endpapers,otherwise the pages are all quite clean and in good order throughout.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Half leather binding, dark green leather spine and corners with gilt lettering to the spine, with gilt ruled divisions, green grained cloth boards, speckled page edges.Six issues bound in one volume. iv, 802 pages, with a title page and volume index.This volume of The Strand contains ;"To The South Pole, Capatin Scott's Own Story, Told from his Journals" This account of Scott's journey is in 4 episodes published in the four monthly editions from July to October 1913, they are illustrated with photographs by Herbert G. Ponting who was the photographer on the ill fated expedition, the photographs are all, with a few exceptions, published here for the first time, the final instalment is illustrated with photographs taken by Lieutenant Bowers, Dr. Wilson and by members of the search party who found the bodies of the expedition members. Also included is Chapter 6 of "The Poisoned Belt" by Conan Doyle, plus "How it Happened" by Conan Doyle. Also a Sherlock Holmes story in the December issue entitled "The Adventure of The Dying Detective" with illustrations by Walter Paget, and an article by Commander Evans about Captain Oates illustrated with photos. Also writings by E Nesbit,Talbot Mundy, W W Jacobs and Baden Powell. The book overall is very good witth rubbing and scuffs to the leather, some fading to the cloth.The binding is sound and solid with firm inner hinges. Inside some browning to endpapers, otherwise all vey clean throughout, with no foxing and all complete and in good order. The book measures 7 X 9.25 inches.

[Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.iv; 802; viii. With frequent black and white, and occasional dichromatic, illustrations. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spines and black titles and decoration to uppers, all edges speckled red, white endpapers. Contents clean, a few light reading marks, extremities rubbed, minor discolouration to spine. Very good. An important volume of the Strand Magazine, including this famous Sherlock Holmes short story, which did not appear in a book-form edition for a further four years (His Last Bow, 1917). Also contains excerpts from Captain Scott's diaries, which later appeared in full in 'Scott's Last Expedition' (1913), an early contribution from Wodehouse, and numerous short pieces by various authors.