Stead Leslie Illustrator (42 results)

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…

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 Af…

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…

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 whi…

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 Wes…

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…

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. Ink ownership to pastedown, edges toned/spotted, jacket chipped at crown and extremities. Bi…

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 fl…

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,…

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…

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 spo…

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, hou…

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 li…

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 investig…

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 e…

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. S…

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/dus…

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 lightl…

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…

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, c…

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…

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 l…

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…

[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 publ…

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 dus…

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; som…

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…

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 endp…