Stead Leslie Illustrator (42 results)

1st ed. Hardback small, no jacket (missing), good plus condition, patterned red cloth cover, colour plates, endpaper map, edges lightly foxed, minor edgewear, old price marks front pastedown. 192 pp. Biggles and his comrades take on an urgent assignment in Central Africa (Kenya area) in search of the elusive Cetezulu, a major African poacher known as "The Black Elephant".

First Edition. Pale blue cloth boards. 189 pp. An generally Very Good copy lacking its front free endpaper; there is an inked-in owner's name to inside front cover. Unclipped, VG dust-wrapper is showing minor wear and small chips to the spine and corners (with spots of paper-loss, notably at the head of the spine). Contents are clean and tightly-bound; a little light foxing to the outer page-edges.

First Edition. Pale blue cloth boards. A VG+ example with bumped boards and ink name and writing to front endpaper and half title. Edges foxed, otherwise clean and bright internally. In worn and chipped dustwrapper showing wear and some foxing to flaps and rear. The wrapper is housed in aprotective removable sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. EX St. John & Red Cross Hospital Library hardback with dustjacket, published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1963. Illustrated by Stead. dustjacket in protective cover. Red boards with black titles to spine. Some creasing / rubbing to dustjacket, slight spotting to top edge, good 1st edition copy in jacket. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in red cloth pictorial boards with black lettering to front and spine. No dustjacket. 192pp. Colour frontispiece and b/w illustrations within text. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (6/4).

First Edition. Yellow cloth boards. A VG+ copy (some minor spotting and dustiness to edges, slightly cocked.), in price-clipped Good dustwrapper showing heavy wear, creasing and small chips to the spine and corners. The dustwrapper is housed in protective removable dustwrapper sleeve. This is part of a large Johns collection which we are listing.

First Edition. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, glazed boards issue. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. With 12 in-text black and white illustrations by Stead. Publisher's laminated boards with exactly the same artwork and layout as the jacketed edition. A clean, fine copy. A tale of murder and espionage set between London and West Berlin. The laminated editions state 'First Published' and use first edition sheets; they were bound up later from unsold stock and do not include any colour illustrations (where present).

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Contains six boldly coloured plates, all by Leslie Stead, and cartographic endpapers. Publisher's red cloth titled in black to spine and upper. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 7/6. Spotting to edges, otherwise internally clean. Heavy wear to jacket, including losses to head a tail of spine, and corners. Good. Biggles and the Air Police undertake an urgent assignment in Central Africa.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Children's adventure fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.189; [3], blank. Publisher's blue cloth with titles in black to front board and spine, in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Stead priced at 6s. With black and white illustrations by Stead. No inscriptions, tape mark to flyleaf, a used copy in chipped jacket. Very Good. A Biggles mystery set in Eastern Asia.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.191; [1]. With four double-sided dichromatic plates by Stead, as well as occasional in-text vignettes. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles and decoration to spine and upper board. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Stead. No inscriptions, edges spotted. A used copy in a chipped, price clipped jacket. A merchant seaman tips Biggles off about adventure in the Antarctic, while Ginger discovers the frozen hulk of the Starry Crown, but is captured by ruffians.

First Edition. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION, glazed boards issue. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184; [2] advertisements. Publisher's laminated boards with exactly the same artwork and layout as the jacketed edition. No inscriptions, contents clean, minor rubbing to joints, some laminate wear. Very good indeed. Biggles and his pilots of the Air Police offer an olive branch to an old adversary in dire straits in a distant land. The laminated editions state 'First Published' and use first edition sheets; they were bound up later from unsold stock and do not include any colour illustrations (where present).

First Edition. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression, later issue. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's laminated boards with exactly the same artwork and layout as the jacketed edition. No inscriptions, contents clean, edges slightly dusty, minor wear. Very good indeed. A Biggles caper set in the north-east frontier of India. The laminated editions state 'First Published' and use first edition sheets; they were bound later from unsold stock and do not include any colour illustrations.

First Edition. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION, glazed boards issue. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. With occasional in-text illustrations by Stead. Publisher's laminated boards with exactly the same artwork and layout as the jacketed edition, top edge tinted blue. No inscriptions, contents clean, edges slightly dusty with light spotting, minor wear. Very good indeed. Biggles finds himself batting for the other team in this adventure, in which he joins a syndicate to loot treasure from a cave in Arabia. The laminated editions state 'First Published' and use first edition sheets; they were bound up later from unsold stock and do not include any colour illustrations (where present).

First Edition. Tan cloth boards. A Near Fine copy (some minor spotting and dustiness to edges, slight bumping and rubbing), in an excellent Near Fine unclipped dustwrapper showing, some bumping rubbing, slight est discolouration minor wear to the spine ends and corners. First issue 8/6 price on flap. A very pleasing example, housed in protective removable dustwrapper sleeve. 12198 This is part of a large Johns collection which we are listing.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Children's adventure fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. 8 full page illustrations by Stead. Publisher's maroon cloth with titles in black to front board and spine, in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Stead priced at 7/6. Edges toned, ink note to endpaper. Very good in like, bright jacket with a chip to the crown and foot of spine. Shows well. The blurb sums up the story as follows: "Detective Air-Inspector Biggles and Co. on the track of golden nuggets stolen from an Australian mining town." Will Biggles locate his nuggets? Read this book and watch him work it out.

First Edition. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's laminated boards with exactly the same artwork and layout as the jacketed edition, top edge tinted blue. No inscriptions, contents clean, binding is fresh. A fine copy. The fiftieth Biggles adventure, in which the eponymous hero investigates a murder on a Pacific atoll. The laminated editions state 'First Published' and use first edition sheets; they were bound later from unsold stock and do not include any colour illustrations.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. With 12 in-text black and white illustrations by Stead. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Stead, re-priced by the publisher to 50p with a sticker. Some spotting to edges, otherwise a crisp, clean copy. Price-clipped jacket shows just a little light wear to edges. Near fine. A tale of murder and espionage set between London and West Berlin.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. [Children's adventure] FIRST EDITION, third printing. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.182. With 10 illustrations including colour frontispiece by Leslie Stead. In publisher's pale blue cloth with silver titles to spine and upper board. Carlographic endpapers to front. With original colour illustrated dust-jacket priced at 6s. Some spotting to edges. A very good copy in a near fine, slightly nicked jacket. Shows extremely well.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Children's adventure fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.189; [3], blank. With black and white illustrations by Stead. Publisher's blue cloth with titles in black to front board and spine, in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Stead priced at 6s. No inscriptions, edges toned/dusty, jacket with a few small chips to spine ends. Shows well. A Biggles mystery set in Eastern Asia.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.184. Colour frontispiece and five colour plates. Bound in publisher's brick red cloth, titles in black to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some marks to text block edges and endpapers, jacket lightly rubbed and worn, a few titles inked in/crossed off to rear. Biggles and Ginger are marooned in a Mexican village with three diamond smugglers.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184. Colour frontispiece and five other colour plates by Leslie Stead. Publisher's blue cloth, red titles to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of 8/6 net. Gift inscription in ink 'To Nickie. Xmas in Aden 1963', some spotting jacket with some chips and tears. Biggles returns to the Central African jungle, on the trail of man-eating leopards, which leads him to a primitive race and a fearsome plot.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. With a colour frontispiece and occasional in-text illustrations by Stead. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine and a black design to upper board. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour, also by Stead, priced at 8/6. No inscriptions, contents clean, unfortunate bump/knock to top corner, jacket shows well with some minor rubs, rear panel clean. Overall very good. Biggles finds himself batting for the other team in this adventure, in which he joins a syndicate to loot treasure from a cave in Arabia.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.158. With six plates printed in colour by Stead. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine and a black design stamped to upper board. With the dust-jacket by Stead. Internally crisp and clean, with a little spotting to edges. Jacket is fine but for some sunning to the spine. Biggles teams up with Interpol to tackle a dope racket threatening the USA.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Children's adventure story collection] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.227; [1], blank. With six green-tinted double spread illustrations by Stead, colour frontispiece and title page on pale green coated paper. Bound in publisher's blue cloth blocked in gilt, pictorial price-clipped dust-jacket. Edges lightly spotted, jacket with some chips to spine ends and a few short edge tears. Very good.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184. Colour frontispiece and five other colour plates by Leslie Stead. Publisher's blue cloth, red titles to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of 8/6 net. Some spotting to edges, jacket with some chips and tears. Very good. Biggles returns to Central African jungle, on the trail of man-eating leopards, which leads him to a primitive race and a fearsome plot.

[Children's adventure novel] REVISED EDITION, first thus. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.192; [1], advert. Colour frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth, titles in black to spine, illustrated jacket priced at 6s. No inscriptions, edges dusty/spotted, jacket with some wear to spine ends, rich colour remaining to spine. Very good. First published in 1935 and unavailable in any form since that year, this reissue was published to great demand and was personally revised by the author.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184. Colour frontispiece and five other colour plates by Leslie Stead. Publisher's blue cloth, red titles to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of 8/6 net. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A gently used copy with a little wear and dustiness. Near fine. Biggles returns to Central African jungle, on the trail of man-eating leopards, which leads him to a primitive race and a fearsome plot.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, First Issue binding. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. With six colour plates, including a frontispiece, by Stead. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket, also illustrated by Stead. Edges a little spotted. Both book and jacket lightly handled; some minor edge wear, price clipped. Very good indeed. Biggles and Co. investigate an armed robbery on the high seas.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Children's adventure story collectionl] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.227; [1], blank. With six green-tinted double spread illustrations by Stead, colour frontispiece and title page on pale green coated paper. Bound in publisher's blue cloth blocked in gilt, pictorial price-clipped dust-jacket. Lacks free endpaper else a pleasing copy in a lightly nicked jacket. Uncommon in bright condition.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Contains six boldly coloured plates, all by Leslie Stead, and cartographic endpapers. Publisher's red cloth titled in black to spine and upper. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 7/6. Internally clean, some spotting to endpapers and flaps, jacket is bright and clean with minor wear to extremities. Near fine. Biggles and the Air Police undertake an urgent assignment in Central Africa.