Johns Flight Lieutenant (34 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. CORNERS AND EDGES RUBBED, SPINE ENDS WORN BUT, ALL IN ALL, PRETTY GOOD FOR A CHILDREN'S BOOK FROM THE THIRTIES. SOUND BINDING. ALL FOUR BLACK AND WHITE PLATES PLUS THE SIX FULL COLOUR PLATES PRESENT. (THERE ARE ALSO LINE DRAWINGS WITHIN THE TEXT AND AT CHAPTER HEADINGS). MINOR SIGNS OF AGE AND USAGE. NO INSCRIPTIONS. PLEASE SEE PHOTOGRAPHS. COLOUR PLATES etc (STANLEY ORTON BRADSHAW) (illustrator).…

First Edition. Thick card boards, with red cloth spine. Hinges cracked & repaired; pages yellowed; inscriptions on front end paper; repaired tear in back board. Board edges worn; spine worn, with repaired from joint. Lacks plate at p.288. Stories by W.E Johns, Geo. Rochester & others Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. 4to. Bright clean copywith spine complete - just a very small split at bottom edge of spine; 10 plates - 6 colour and 4 in b/w; a little light browning, but generally a VG- copy; contains 3 W E Johns stories - 'All's fair'; 'The First Flight to Australia'; Post and Gatty's Round the World Flight'; 4to 11" - 13" tall.…

Condition: very good. First Edition, undated in publishing details but image on front cover dated 1936). Hardcover book . Pictorial boards, no dustjacket . 248pp, quarto. With 6 colour paintings in plates (some by Stanley Orton Bradshaw) , 4 b&w plates from paintings, and various line drawings in text. Eleven stories, three of them by W.E.Johns. Fair condition overall. The contents are very good, with the pages well bound and clean, though with tanning to margins and closed edges, and occasional browning to plate margins or backs. The covers are fair : front image by Bradshaw is largely clean and quite bright, but with very rubbed edges and with some small abrasions to surface. Back cover has some marks and general light soiling. The spine is very worn with frayed edges, surface cracking and loss of decoration to centr. Name to flyleaf. Pictures available.…

1st ed. 1st edition. Lacks front free end paper; pages a little browned & foxed; boards worn at edges & a little soiled; spine faded & worn, with split in cloth down back joint. All illustrations present. With 6 stories by Johns. Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback in paperboards with cloth spine Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback in paperboards with cloth spine.…

Condition: Used - Good. Good hardback. 1st ed. 1st edition, in paper-covered boards; cloth spine. Pages browned; board corners worn; spine a little bumped. Contains 6 items by Johns and 4 items by George Rochester; 4 colour illustrations, 4 monochrome illustrations - all present. Used - Good. Good hardback.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. 4to., 248 pp. c.p. n.d [1936] Browned foredges Sunday school prize label to browned front free endpaper. Marginal browning, very occasional foxing spot, slightly sprung, good in original pictorial paper covered boards, worn and browned, split paper on spine and some loss at tail and edges exposing the mull, good Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Bradshaw, Stanley Orton (cover Ill.) (illustrator).…

1st edition pictorial boards Very Good quarto 248pp., col. frontis., col. & b/w pls., Includes 5 W. E. Johns stories. Battered copy with only 2 of 4 colour plates & 3 of 4 b/w plates all rather tatty. Reading copy only.

Paper boards scratched and worn; faded red cloth spine; small book-worm holes in most pages; pages a little yellowed; all illustrations present; binding tight; printer's code H 37-783. With 5 items by Johns. Used - Good. Fair hardback in pictorial paperboards wirh cloth spine Used - Good. Fair hardback in pictorial paperboards wirh cloth spine.…

Hardcover. 1st edition; 4to hbk; prize sticker inside dated 1938; spine cover missing; cover has illustration of 2 planes by Stanley Orton Bradshaw; front hinge slack but cover still well attached; contains 3 W E Johns stories - 'Two air V C's'; 'The Ace of Spades' & 'Strange Freight'; contents clean & sound; plates have been removed - so priced accordingly.…

1st ed. With 4 colour plates, including 1 by W.E. Johns. Includes 4 items by Johns, & 2 by Geo.Rochester. Pages a little browned & foxed; gift inscription; board corners worn, with some wear to board edges; red cloth worn at head & foot of spine. Used - Good. Good hardback in pictorial paperboards with cloth spine Used - Good. Good hardback in pictorial paperboards with cloth spine.…

Condition: Good. First edition. Hardback. Boards slightly edge worn, some worming to a few pages, not affecting text, otherwise very good. With 4 stories by W. E. Johns.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Clean gray boards, the front illustrated; red spine lettered in black. Text block edges tanned. Jacket, in clear removable sleeve, is browned, with loss on four leading corners, chipped, and tears and creases up to 5 cm. Internally clean but lightly toned. Pp 248.…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No d.j. 1st Edition. ND [1936] 248pp. 11 Flying stories including three by 'Biggles' author W. E. Johns. A fine copy with a full colour cover and spine by 'Stanley Bradshaw 36'. 6 colour plates and 4 b/w plus text illus.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Original staple-bound colour illustrated wraps 22x28cm. pp497-552 with b/w photos and adverts throughout. Staples disintegrated with sections coming loose with some rust residue, otherwise very good. The cover artwork celebrates the arrival of the First "Southampton" Flying boat Cruise at Aboukir in 1926. This opens with W.E. Johns' editorial. Dedicated to the Middle East, articles address Geoffrey Mahoney (ex-Egypt Air precursor Misr-Airwork)'s journey accompanying Talaat Harb Pasha on his pilgrimage to Mecca aboard a De Havilland Dragon. Mahoney disembarked at Jeddah and describes his impressions. Private flying by Kamal Bey Eloui, MD of Misr-Airwork. Wings over Egypt - A Brief History of Aviation in the Middle East, Commercial aviation in Egypt, Palestine and the Sudan by Capt H. Spooner. Civil aviation in Palestine. "A grim day off Gwadur" where Ft. Lt. R. Linton describes his difficulties landing a RAF flying boat off this Omani exclave. Also a biography of Major Mick Mannock, news briefs, a 2-page spread of airmail covers, and other related content. The photos feature stunning aerial and on the ground views across Egypt and Arabia. …

1st edition pictorial boards Very Good quarto 100pp., b/w plates, text ills., A guide to flying a light aircraft by two RAF types inc. 'Biggles' author W. E. Johns. Some wear to pale green decorated boards o/w a very good copy of an uncommon item.

Condition: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated paper covered boards, black title lettering to the maroon cloth spine. Thick quarto 9½'' x 7¼''. Contains 248 printed pages of text with 4 colour plates and 4 monochrome plates on coated paper. Contains four stories by Captain W. E. Johns. Cheap paper browning to the margins, marginal stain to the frontispiece, top front corner is worn through to the boards, rubbing to the spine ends and corners and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. JOHNS, Captain W. E.…

Condition: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated paper covered boards including the spine. Thick quarto 9½'' x 7¼''. Contains 248 printed pages of text with 6 colour plates and 4 monochrome plates on coated paper. Contains four stories by Captain W. E. Johns. Cheap paper browning to the margins, ink message inside dated 1937, rubbing to the spine ends and corners and in Good clean condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. JOHNS, Captain W. E. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A lovely collection of heroic tales for children from W.E. Johns and fellow writing air veterans, inspired by their own service during the First World War. A charming collection of tales about heroic fighter aces, written by air veterans W.E. Johns, George E. Rochester and William Hansboro. Published in 1938, only two years before the Battle of Britain.In the publisher's original pictorial paper boards with a red cloth spine. A frontispiece of The Gloster 'Gauntlet' fighter plane by Stanley Orton Bradshaw, as well as three other colour illustrations, four monochrome illustrations, and numerous woodcut illustrations by both Bradshaw and Leigh. Collated complete.Most famous for creating fighter hero 'Biggles', W.E. Johns has teamed up with Rochester and Hansboro to offer more daring adventures inspired by their service during the First World War. Alongside Leigh and Bradswhaw's illustrations, the tales are brilliant for portraying the brave actions of aces, as well as the life-threatening challenges they had to endure. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Externally, smart, with the occasional minor scratch to boards. Marginal fading to the spine. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine, with signs of shelf wear to extremities. End papers are clean, with rare spot to extremities. Internally, generally firmly bound, with signs of wear to hinge between leaf p.76 and 'Reconnaisance' plate. Pages are bright and clean, with occasional browning to top of leaves. Very Good. Howard Leigh and Stanley Orton Bradshaw (illustrator). book.…

1st ed. Gift inscription; pages edges browned; board edges rubbed; spine bumped at head and foot. Contains 6 items by Johns and 4 items by George Rochester; 4 colour illustrations & 4 monochrome illustrations, all present. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in pictorial paper-covered boards with Used - Very Good. VG hardback in pictorial paper-covered boards with. …

1st ed. Boards corners a little bumped and worn; spine bumped at head and foot. Contains 6 items by Johns & 4 items by George Rochester; 4 coloured illustrations & 4 monochrome illustrations, all present. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in pictorial paperboards pictorial boards with cloth spine Used - Very Good. VG hardback in pictorial paperboards pictorial boards with cloth spine. …

[1939], Boys book of 14 flying stories five of which are by W E Johns, also by , William Hansboro, Geo. E. Rochester, Rolf Marben, Kenneth Quintetrel, Rudolf Stark and "Vigilant". 4 colour plates and 4 monochrome plates.Illustrators incude, W E Johns, Howard Leigh and Stanley Orton Bradshaw. Red cloth spine with paper covered boards, the front board has a Howard leigh colour illustration of four spitfires in a dive. 248 pages, 7 X 9 inches. A good copy , all plates present, browning to page edges, and two owners details on the front free endpaper ( 1939 and 1970). Boards are rubbed and worn at the edges, endpapers split at the hinges. The cloth spine is rubbed with some wear at the sides and spine ends, and with a couple of repairs to the cloth.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Very good book in clean pictorial board covers with 1/4 red linen strip to spine; picture to front shows four Spitfires diving in formation; hardly any edge or surface rubs. Internally very good; dedication to flyleaf; very well illustrated; four colour and four b/w plates listed but one colour plate is missing ; binding tight; light tanning to page edges; stories from various authors including five from W E Johns. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Two smart air and flying annuals from "Flight-Lieutenant", featuring stories by popular adventure novelist Captain W. E. Johns. Including the first editions of 'Ace High' (1936) and 'Air Stories' (1938)In the publisher's quarter cloth binding, with illustrated boards.Both volumes are illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates, four monochrome plates and numerous in-text drawings.Collated, complete.Two inspiring collections of aviation stories, with contributions from 'Biggles' author Captain W. E. Johns, fellow WWI veteran-author George E. Rochester, "Vigilant" (Claud W. Sykes), and one by William Hansboro.Featuring six Biggles stories from 'Biggles Flies Again'. In the publisher's quarter cloth binding, with illustrated boards. Externally, 'Ace High' is very smart, with only mild rubbing and bumping to the extremities. 'Air Stories' is more worn, with a couple cracks to the front board and marks to the spine and boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned, but generally clean, with the occasional spots largely concentrated to the first and last few leaves and to the borders of plates. With contemporary gift inscriptions to both front free endpapers. Contemporary Christmas sticker to front free endpaper of 'Ace High'. Very Good. Howard Leigh; Stanley Orton Bradshaw (illustrator). book.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Circa 1936. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Pictorial boards and spine illustrated by Bradshaw. Includes 3 stories by W.E. Johns. 6 colour plates and 4 b/w plates. 248 pages. Spine and corners worn. Boards slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page-edge browning throughout otherwise contents clean. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Bradshaw, Stanley Orton & et al., (illustrator).…

1st edition pictorial boards Near Fine quarto 248pp., frontis., col. plates, Includes 3 stories by W. E. Johns. Ownership inscription. Minimal wear to boards o/w lovely bright, tight, square copy.

Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The Pictorial Flying Course is a rare much sought after aviation manual The text was written by Harry M Schofield an accomplished Royal Air Force test pilot while the extensive line illustrations were drawn by WE Johns famed for his Biggles novels This copy published in 1932 is complete with its rare original dust jacket The work provides a comprehensive guide to flying with the aim to provide the novice to be able to converse intelligently with others about aviation and to prepare flight students for their education in flying The yellow dust jacket with pictorial to the front is worn with chipping and a piece missing along the top edge There is tape to the underside along the hinges of the front and rear fly leaves as well as the top and base of the spine as a reinforcement measure Additionally there is a small circular piece missing from the front fly leaf The green cloth boards underneath are bright and clean and show very little wear protected by the dust jacket The pages are lightly toned with minor foxing to the prelims The majority of the book is illustrated by the line drawings of WE Johns with two pages at the rear featuring black and white photographs pp 100 A scarce title and rare to find with the original dust jacket A must for any WE Johns or any aviation enthusiastnbsp. book.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. The first edition of this scarce illustrated guide to flying, with the vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition.A scarce work.In the publisher's original cloth with the original vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated throughout with monochrome vignettes and monochrome photographic vignettes to the rear.This work was written by H. M. Schofield and W. E. Johns and provides a comprehensive guide to flying, intended to enable a novice to be able to converse intelligently with others about aviation and to prepare flight students for their education in flying. The work features pictorial diagrams which instruct the reader and photographs of planes to the rear.Undated, dated by copies held at the British Library. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with fading to the spine and bumping to the extremities. Offsetting to the endpapers. The wrap is generally smart with loss to the head of the spine and a closed tear to the tail, sunning to the spine and extremities and the odd small closed tear. Internally generally firmly bound with slight strain in places with generally clean and age toned pages with the odd spot, heavier to the front and rear. Ink inscription to the front blank. Very Good Indeed. None stated (illustrator). book.…

1st edition pictorial boards Very Good large octavo vii + 248pp., frontis., col. & b/w ills., Includes 3 items by W. E. Johns. Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw. Two 1 inch splits at top of spine, sl. shelf wear to edges of boards o/w tight, clean nice copy. PHOTO available.