Stead Leslie (488 results)

Hardback. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Leslie Stead (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, fourth printing. Octavo hardback. 182 pp. illustrations by Stead.End paper maps Near Very Good condition in Good unclipped dust jacket (lacks section about 2 inches square missing from bottom right edhge of front panel of jacket) No inscriptions.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, second printing. Octavo hardback. 191 pp. illustrations by Lesllie Stead. Very Good condition in Good + unclipped dust jacket (a few tiny nicks and rubbing at edges, very small square inch of material missing from top corner of spine area of jacket which is now in a protective transparent sleeve). No inscriptions.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, fourth printing. Octavo hardback. 208 pp. illustrations (including colour frontispiece) by Lesllie Stead. Very Good condition in Good unclipped dust jacket (tiny losses at corners wHere there are some small closed tears) No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fair, Shelfwear, insect damage & fraying to corners & spine ends (with chipping and loss to spine ends and top front corner), bumping, spine browned, foxing & soiling to boards, dealer sticker at foot of inner front board, ink gift inscrption dated 1948 on front free endpaper, foxing & browning to page edges/NO DUST JACKET. 'A Biggles Adventure'. With colour frontispiece and black & white illustrations in the text. Photo on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). Reprint. Fair, Shelfwear, spine lean, chipping & tears to spine ends, abrasion, dealer stamp on inner front board, ink name & date on front free endpaper, water staining to inner rear board and rear endpapers, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. A Biggles adventure. With map on front endpapers, colour frontispiece, and 15 black & white illustrations in the text. Photo on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). Fifth Impression. G, Shelfwear, slight upward warp to front board, ink name written across leading edge of text-block, ink name & date on inner front board, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. A Biggles adventure. With 8 monochrome illustrations, including the frontispiece. Photo on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). Second Impression. G, Shelfwear, spine lean, fraying to spine ends, spine fade, uneven fading & spotting to boards, some abrasion, ink name & date on front endpapers, dealer sticker to reverse of front free endpaper, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. A 'Biggles Squadron' story. With map on front endpapers, colour frontispiece, 2 double-sided monochrome illustrations and 5 pen and ink drawings in the text. Photo on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). Second Impression. G, Shelfwear, edge-bumping, abrasion & soiling to boards, spot of insect damage to front board that has removed some of the green colour, spine fade, dealer stamp at foot of inner front board, ink date on front free endpaper, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. "A Further Adventure of Sergeant Bigglesworth, of the Special Air Service, C.I.D.". With 8 black & white illustrations, including the frontispiece. Photo on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). Third Impression. G, Shelfwear, bumping, spine fade, soiling to boards, ink gift inscription to inner front board, dealer stamp at foot of front free endpaper, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. A Biggles adventure. With colour frontispiece & 12 black & white illustrations. Photo on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Only. No Jacket. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). Third Impression. G, Ex-Library, usual stamps & markings to endpapers, shelfwear, bumping, abrasion, staining & tape stain to spine, one illustration coloured in reasonably attractively, soiling, foxing, browing/NO DUST JACKET. A Worrals adventure. With a colour frontispiece and eight black & white illustrations. Photos on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Leslie Stead (illustrator). First Edition. Owner name and drawing on blank ffep. 182pp Clean dj with small closed tear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). Fifth Impression. G, Shelfwear, bumping, abrasion to bottom of rear board, some pages creased, foxing, browning/Fair, Price intact, edgewear, chips, tears, insect damage to edges, abrasion, ink price on front panel, label stain on front flap, foxing, browning. "An Adventure of Sergeant Bigglesworth, of the Special Air Police, and His Comrades of the Service". With 8 monochrome illustrations. Photos on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). Fourth Impression. Fair, Shelfwear, insect damage abrasion, soiling & staining to boards, fraying to edges, mild outward warp to rear board, frontispiece removed revealing webbing at title-page hinge, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. A Worrals of the W.A.A.F story. With 9 black & white illustrations, lacking frontispiece. Photos on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1949 (1946) 1st edition, 3rd impression. 182pp. Near Fine/Very Good. Hard blue boards with very slight rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight. Nice DW with minor rubbing/chipping to edges/spine, few small tears, minor creasing, slight soiling. Map at front endpapers. Colour plate at frontis, B&W and 2-tone illustrations by Leslie Stead throughout. A adventure with Biggles, Algy, Ginger and Bertie off the coast of Sumatra.

Hardback. Condition: Good+. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, third printing. Octavo hardback. 208 pp. illustrations (including colour frontispiece) by Lesllie Stead. Lacks front end paper otherwise Good + condition No inscriptions.

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). First Edition. Boards have browning to spine and around the edges with a bump to the bottom left corner of the rear panel. Page edges are browned and spotted. Endpapers are browned with some spotting. There is quite heavy brown spotting at the front and back of the book and the pages are browned. Coloured frontispiece and two other colour plates by Stead - the other three have unfortunately been removed. No jacket. First printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fair, Shelfwear, uneven fading & staining to spine and boards, spine lean, bumping, insect damage & abrasion to top & bottom edges, heavy internal staining affecting most of the book at hinges & noticeable on edges of illustrations, binding stretched, soiling, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. Science fiction adventure. With six colour illustrations, including the frontispiece. Blue boards with black titles & illustration of spaceship. Photo on request.

Hardback. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Octavo hardback. NOT Hampton Library 176 pp. Colour frontispiece and black & white illustrations by Leslie Stead Near Very Good condition in Near Very Good unclipped dust jacket (very light damp mark on underside, not visible on surface). Some light marks on inside cover suggest a label has been removed No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Leslie Stead (illustrator). Very good and sound red cloth. Name to front endpaper. Colour frontis and 5 additional colour illustrations all present. ; Colour plates; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 188 pages.

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). First Edition. Boards have a little edge rubbing. Page edges browned. Four inch stain to rear free endpaper also affecting the edges of the last few pages. Browning to the pages which are otherwise unmarked. The jacket has a one inch piece missing from the bottom of the spine and a little loss to the bottom left corner of the front panel. Chipping to the corners and at the top of the spine. Three one inch closed tears to the edges of the front panel with some associated creasing. Chippng and creasing to the edges of the rear panel. Illustrated by Leslie Stead. First printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Leslie Stead (illustrator). 2nd Edition. 1950 second edition hardback with unclipped dustjacket. Vintage adventure story for older boys in which later events take Gimlet & Co across the Mediterranean on a breathless treasure hunt up country from Bangkok, the Siamese jungle was at its most malevolent. Interior has ex Sunday School prize label otherwise in extremely clean condition with no writing, marks or tears and all pages tight in binding, seams and hinges robust .Grey cloth covers clean and unscuffed. Dustjacket generally clean and unscuffed with no major blemishes.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Leslie Stead (illustrator). First Thus. Paperback: illustrated by LESLIE STEAD, cover edges are slightly rubbed on the edges and spine, corners very slightly bumped, some foxing on the foredges and endpapers, pages are tanned, else vg. 156pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. L.Stead (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition. Hardback. 224 pp Illustrated Good+ condition No dust jacket Prize label on inside cover otherwise no inscriptions.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Good Only. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). 1st Edition. G, Shelfwear, bumping, heavy staining, some loss of colour to blue spine & rear spine hinge, some insect damage to leading edges of boards, foxing, browning/Fair, Price-clipped, edgewear, chips, tears, creases, heavy staining to interior with showthrough on rear panel, insect damage to hinges, abrasion, foxing. Children's science fiction. A sequel to 'Kings of Space'. With six colour illustrations. Photo on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Leslie, Stead (illustrator). First Edition. Another action-packed book in the "Biggles" Series that started in the 1940s! Biggles and the Pirate Treasure is a 1954 collection of eleven short adventure stories featuring Biggles and his team, with the title story centering on a descendant of a pirate who discovers a treasure map but whose greed ultimately leads to tragedy. The book, first published by Brockhampton Press, gathers tales originally appearing in annuals and periodicals, alongside some written specifically for this volume. In the opening story, Biggles and the Pirate Treasure, the plot revolves around the lure of hidden riches and the destructive consequences of avarice. Other stories in the collection showcase Biggles and his Special Air Section tackling smuggling rings, thefts, and mysterious disappearances. In The Case of the Obliging Tourist, a chance encounter helps Biggles dismantle a jewelry smuggling racket, while Night Flight sees him investigating planes vanishing over the Middle East. Each tale blends suspense with action, often highlighting the dangers of greed, deception, and criminal enterprise. The collection reflects W.E. Johns' hallmark style: brisk storytelling, moral clarity, and a focus on loyalty and courage. Though the title story gives the book its name, the volume as a whole emphasizes Biggles' role as a problem-solver who confronts both international intrigue and local mysteries. The stories are compact, designed for quick reading, but together they form a mosaic of mid?20th century adventure fiction, balancing exotic settings with the familiar camaraderie of Biggles and his companions. Hard cover edition with dustjacket. 184 pages. Dimensions: 5" by 7.5". Published by Brockhampton Press, Leicester, England. 1st printing, 1954. Color illustrations. Blue binding. Cover defect(s): Some fading. Slight corner/edge damage. Page defect(s): Some writing. Dustjacket defect(s): Some chipping. Some tears. Missing pieces. Some wrinkling/creasing. 1 Pound Media Shipping Rate with Multiple Product Orders. (Min Shipping Rate 1 Pound per Order). Order More and SAVE! Genre(s): Action & Adventure / World War 2 / Youth / English. (B62).

Hardback. Condition: Good+. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Octavo hardback. 208 pp. illustrations (including colour frontispiece) by Lesllie Stead. Good + condition No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Illustrated by Leslie Stead (illustrator). Hampton Library edition. Hbk in d/w; Vg/G+; ; Gimlet; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Leslie Stead (illustrator). Very light shelf wear only. On 26 July 1928 Tom Heeney entered the ring at New York's Yankee Stadium, in front of 46,000 spectators, wearing a Maori cloak. Guaranteed $100,000, he was about to fight world heavyweight champion Gene Tunney. In his hometown of Gisborne crowds cheered him on in what was described as 'the most ambitious radio station hook-up in history.' This was the golden, mafia-controlled, era of American boxing. From Poverty Bay to Broadway takes us into this world: the world of Tom Heeney. This beautifully written and extensively researched book follows the life of one of New Zealand's most colourful sports personalities from a labourer's cottage in Gisborne to the nightclubs of Broadway to fishing in Florida with Ernest Hemingway. It reveals both the infamous (he killed a man with one punch, left another for dead on the canvas and ran with gunmen, gangsters and racketeers) and the famous (he was New Zealand's first global sporting hero who became a member of the 'smart set' as the Jazz Age roared through Manhattan) Tom Heeney. The book includes photographs, illustrations and memorabilia from Tom Heeney's career, some never before published.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Leslie Stead (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1948 first edition hardback with unclipped dustjacket. Vintage adventure story for older boys in which later events take Gimlet & Co across the Mediterranean on a breathless treasure hunt up country from Bangkok, the Siamese jungle was at its most malevolent. Interior extremely clean with no writing, marks or tears and all pages tight in binding, seams and hinges robust .Green cloth covers clean and unscuffed. Dustjacket clean and unscuffed, couple of small nicks at spine top.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Leslie Stead (illustrator). 3rd Edition. 1949 third edition hardback with unclipped dustjacket. Vintage adventure story for the famous Biggles quartet, set in the tropical islands off the coast of Sumatra. With illustrations by Leslie Stead. Interior has ex pencil price marks otherwise in extremely clean state with no writing, marks or tears, seams and hinges robust. Dustjacket clean and unscuffed.