Johns Captain W E Leslie Stead Illus (3 results)

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G-) extremely scruffy jacket- torn completely in half with half of spine missing; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs. …

Brick red hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G: in good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Fep missing. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 184pp + plates. 6 colour plates.

Condition: Near Fine. JOHNS, Captain W. E. [Leslie STEAD, Illus.] Biggles Takes it Rough Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1963 Crown 8vo., green publisher's boards, lined and lettered in white to spine with publisher's device to foot; together in the decorative dustwrapper (8/6 net) featuring illustrations by Leslie Stead; front endpaper map showing the island of Tola; full-colour frontis on glossy paper showing a helicopter flying over the same island; an excellent, near-fine copy, the final few pages very slightly spotted to the fore-edge; the dust jacket also near-fine, just a little rubbed and creased at extremities, and one strip of dust spotting to the rear flap. First edition. First published on the 10th February, Biggles Takes it Rough was the 74th book featuring the protagonist, out of an extraordinary 274 stories which were written involving the titular character, written by Johns over a career which spanned almost 50 years. The present story centres around a mystery on a remote Scottish island and involves criminal activity, secret passageways and foiled plots. In uncommonly fresh condition.…