Vigilant Johns (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Circa 1936 printing. 4 colour and 4 b/w plates some by Howard Leigh. Contains 5 W.E. Johns stories including 3 Biggles, 3 George Rochester stories. Spine bumped and faded. Corners are bumped and worn. Board edges are very rubbed. Rear hinge of binding has cloth split for approx 50% of length. Back board is stained. An oversize book, over 1kg packed, that will require additional postage to many destinations. Howard Leigh & Orton Stanley Bradshaw (illustrator).…

Magazine. Condition: Very Good-. 4to softback; 'Editor's Cockpit' by W E Johns; article 'China spreads her wings'; a feature on the Deicke aeroplane; mainly non fiction, but contains a story; also contains a nice advertisement for W E Johns Sky High, Steeley Flies again and coming soon, Murder by Air. Quite a nice copy, but cover detached from body. Vg-; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good Plus. A good plus oversized picturecover hardcover with red cloth spine. Cover:Edited by Flight Lieutenant (W E Johns). Wear to edges, hinge reglued, 1st edition 1938, hand dated 1939. Missing frontis, so illustrated with 3 colour plates and 4 black and white illustrations. 6 stories and articles bt W E Johns. Cover: Bi-plane flying over ship.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Boards colour illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw on spine and front cover, 248 pages. 1 black and white plate of a Sopwith Camel by W E Johns , 3 black and white plates by Howard Leigh, 6 colour plates (2 Stanley Orton Bradshaw, 1 probable Johns). A few black and white text illustrations also by Howard Leigh. 11 stories, 3 by Johns: Two Air V.C.s; Strange Freight and The Ace of Spades ( Biggles). 2 stories by G.E. Rochester, and 2 by Arch Whitehouse. Spine just very slightly worn at head and tail, quite worn to front external hinge. All plates present, pages age toned as typical for this tome. Over 1kg packed extra postage will be required to many destinations. Howard Leigh & Stanley Orton Bradshaw (illustrator).…

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.…

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Reprint. German War-Birds by 'Vigilant' 1934 5th, in W.E.Johns' design d/w, tales of some of German fliers in WW2, minor sunning at spine ends, otherwise VG+ in VG price-clipped d/w with a new price sticker, some edge tears and associated rubs, but no loss, a decent copy. photographs and W.E.Johns d/w (illustrator). …