Southcombe John (8 results)

Condition: Good. First Edition. G: in good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Pages browned, 250mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). 141pp. Illustrated hardback board cover with red cloth spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. hardback, 4to, 93pp, illustrated, slight foxing, owner's name in panel on on title verso, contents otherwise clean and sound, pictorial boards and quarter cloth, corners rubbed, Very Good condition in frayed dustwrapper.

Cloth Spine and Boards. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. Exciting Short Stories, Illustrated in Colour and B&W, some in Comic Strip format, others with In-Text Illustrations. First story " The Raiders of Busangar". Red Cloth spine with Paper covered boards. Front Illustrated with Major Wilson fighting in Africa. Rear Illustrated with an African Warrior. Endpapers Illustrated with Knights jousting. Undated Edition, Circa 1950s. 500g, 141 Pages,10" Tall. Some edge wear to boards, tips of corners worn. Pages slightly age darkened. No inscriptions. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Cloth Spine and Boards. Condition: Near Very Good. No Jacket. Exciting Short Stories, Illustrated in Colour and B&W, some in Comic Strip format, others with In-Text Illustrations. First story " The Raiders of Busangar". Red Cloth spine with Paper covered boards. Front Illustrated with Major Wilson fighting in Africa. Rear Illustrated with an African Warrior. Endpapers Illustrated with Knights jousting. Undated Edition, Inscription in "Book Belongs to" Box dated 1955. 500g, 141 Pages,10" Tall. Some edge wear to boards. Pages slightly age darkened. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very clean and bright original binding with glossy illustrated panels to front and rear; slightly wrinkled; "This book belongs to" end paper is blank; no previous owner's marks; very clean and tight text block with no spotting or sunning. Dust jacket condition: Very Good: very clean and bright, with a few scuffs and light creases to edges only; not price clipped (no price printed).…

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated paper covered boards with Indian and a large red cape to the front cover, red cloth spine. Quarto. 10'' x 7½''. Contains 125 printed pages of text with super colour and monochrome illustrations throughout. Ownership marking to the Contents page, rubs to the corners and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ANNUALS & YEARBOOKS.…

LIMITED EDITION OF 6800 COPIES, elephant folio, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to wrappers, illus/photos, VG (photos available on request).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The Adventure Annual. Front cover blurb: "Featuring Swift Morgan, Captain Daring, Black Roger, Dollman and Roy Carson - Special Latest Mt. Everest Story - Action Stories / Coloured Adventure Comics". Several contributors, including Brian Blake, Eric Leyland, Rex James, Arthur Groom, David Roberts, Gordon Grimsley, John Dennis, Peter O'Donnell, John Southcombe, & others. No date (circa mid-1950s, with inscription dated 1954 to verso of ffep). Numerous colour and b&w illustrations throughout. Includes comic book-type sections. Front & rear covers and endpapers with wonderful classic 1950s-vintage sci-fi full-colour illustrations by Denis McLoughlin. Full contents as follows: Son of the Sioux; Adam Peril; Black Roger; Operation Cataclysm; The Cattle King; The Conquered Goddess; Swift Morgan & the Robot Empire; Scourge of the Caribbean; Koo-Koo the Clown; Roy Carson & the Old Master; Prince Rupert's Recruit; The Mysterious Doctor Jupiter; Jungle Flight; Sign of Gemini; Captain Daring; Eric Falcon; Dollman; Woozy. Printed & bound by Greycaines, England, for The Popular Press. Bound in publisher's original colour pictorial boards backed by red cloth unlettered spine. NOTE: A GOOD READING COPY ONLY. Handling wear, front & rear hinges & binding cracked (but holding), marginal toning, former owner's ink inscription to verso of ffep (dated Xmas 1954), a couple of small closed margin tears, wear to cover edges & tips, otherwise a nice clean solid hardcover copy. Internally VG. 189pp. Scarce. SB-68.…