Gimlet King Commandos by Johns (51 results)
Language: English
Published by Armada Books, UK 1963
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Mad Hatter Books, Auckland, New ZealandMad Hatter Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 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. Leslie Stead (illustrator).
Published by Brockhampton Press, London 1950
- Hardcover
Seller: Book Bungalow, Edinburgh, United KingdomBook Bungalow
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Blue Cloth. Condition: Good. No dj. Second Edition. B&W Frontis and 3 b&w plates by Stead. no DJ, binding sound, boards generally clean with corner bumps, not much shelfwear. Insides a bit spotty and handled with a few corner-folds. Size: 12mo. Stead (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by The brockhampton Press Ltd 1951
- Hardcover
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South AfricaChapter 1
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2rd impression . Second impression, 1951. Gift inscription from the previous owner on the front free end paper page. complete with all plates. Publication of 189 pages. Frontispiece. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, closed tears and chipped pieces along the edges.… The boards are in good condition. There is foxing on the block of the book and on the first and last few pages as well as on the inner jacket. All pages are accessible. The text is legible. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by THE BROCKHAMPTON PRESS, LEICESTER 1951
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: booksonlinebrighton, Brighton, , United Kingdombooksonlinebrighton
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Hard Back. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Red Boards with black lettering. 190x 130 mm approx. 190pp. Frontis + 3 other b/w plates by Stead as called for + a few other unspecified line drawings in text. 2nd Impression 1951. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further det…ails and condition.Good/ Very Good (book- No notable shelf wear or soiling to boards, class number and school library stamp to front free end paper and half title. Issue record slip to rear free end paper and remnants of card pocket file to rear paste down.sc. Dust Jacket- mild general shelf rubbing, front flap fold clipped- - cover price 8/6 intact. In a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects to book or jacket). STEAD, LESLIE (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Brockhampton Press, Leicester, UK 1948
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Klanhorn, Queanbeyan, NSW, AustraliaKlanhorn
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Original price: US$ 40.01; 40% offCurrent price: US$ 24.01
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Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG, Shelfwear, dealer sticker, School Prize-plate, foxing, browning/VG, Price-clipped, edgewear, tears, abrasion, perforation, foxing. Adventure in the Siamese jungle. With a colour frontispiece by Leslie Stead, and eight black & wh…ite illustrations. Expanded condition report/scan on request.
Language: English
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, England 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Caerwen Books, Forrestfield, WA, AustraliaCaerwen Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good+/Very Good-. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book displays foxing to compressed page edges. Top edges quite knocked. Jacket depicted is a colour photocopy with a join to the back flap. Leslie Stead (illustrator).
Published by University of London Press, Ltd., Malham House, Bickley, Kent, U.K. 1944
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.Saucony Book Shop
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Teal green cloth, lettered in black. Binding lean, modest tanning/foxing to text block edges and endpapers. 185 pp. 1st ptg.: Nov. 1944. Color illus. dust jacket tanned on rear panel, sunned along spine panel, with modest chipping/loss to corners and spin…e extremities, clipped front flap, now in mylar. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Stead (illustrator). Book.
Published by THE BROCKHAMPTON PRESS 1948
- Hardcover
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United KingdomHALCYON BOOKS
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. THE BROCKHAMPTON PRESS 1948. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLE…ASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.
Language: English
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, England 1943
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Caerwen Books, Forrestfield, WA, AustraliaCaerwen Books
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Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Provided with a colour copy of the 1st edition jacket. Boards are marked, bumped to corners, pages edges dusty to top. Front free endpaper removed, short tear to half title 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Leslie Stead (illustrator).
Published by Brockhampton Press 1948
- First Edition
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United KingdomCotswold Internet Books
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First edition. 1st edition, 1948, in green cloth; colour frontis. Lacks front free end paper; rear free end paper browned; gouges in cloth on back board, spine, & edge of front board Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback (no dust jacket).
Published by The Brockhampton Press, Ltd. 1950 1950
- Hardcover
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New ZealandHard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd.
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No Jacket. Hardcover octavo (VG-, scruffy), lacks d/w ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
Published by University of London 1944
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South AfricaChapter 1
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 185 pages (complete). Boards worn, cocked, marked. Previous ownership inscriptions and stamp, tanning, a bit stained, foxing. However, it is still in fair condition, tightly bound and intact. 1st printing. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by The Brockhampton Press Ltd 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South AfricaChapter 1
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Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. First Edition. Boards are shelf worn with material tears, knocked corners and marks. Binding is sound. Ink scribbles, annotations and ink inscriptions from previous owners on the front paste down, half title page and 1 other page. Tear on the half title page. Spotting throughout, not affect…ing text. r*30/06/2023. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by The Brockhampton Press Ltd 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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Condition: Good. 1950. First Edition. 192 pages. Colour illustrated dust jacket over teal cloth with dark blue lettering to spine and front board. Illustrated in black and white by Leslie Stead. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Moderate tanning an…d foxing to pastedowns and endpapers, with pen and pencil marks to front endpaper. Illustrations remain bright and clear. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Moderate crushing to spine ends. Moderate tanning and foxing to textblock. Clipped dust jacket has moderate wear to edges, with light erosion to spine ends and corners.
Published by University of London Press 1946
- First Edition
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United KingdomCotswold Internet Books
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First Edition. 1st edition, 1946; post-war economy standard in ochre cloth with black; colour frontis + 8 monochrome plates. Small stain on fore-edge & corner of a few pages; spine faded & a little worn Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).
Language: English
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, England 1951
- Hardcover
Seller: Caerwen Books, Forrestfield, WA, AustraliaCaerwen Books
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US$ 39.91
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket is price clipped. Nice copy with a few foxing spots to the compressed page edges and a number in ink to the back of the front board. Leslie Stead (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd, Leicester 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Mammy Bears Books, Cedar Creek, QLD, AustraliaMammy Bears Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. 190x125x25mm+287g . . Brockhampton Press Ltd. Leicester. 1950. First Edition. 1st Printing. . Pp192. Blue cloth boards with black lettering. Illustrated by LESLIE STEAD. Cover has some marks and edge damage. Top front of book block scuffed. Name and address on front free endp…aper. Minor foxing; binding tight: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted. . . . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$11.20. STEAD, LESLIE (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by University of London Press, London 1951
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Mike's Library LLC, Plymouth, PA, U.S.A.Mike's Library LLC
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition; Third Printing. Light cock, light cover fade, light tone, 1951 gift inscription, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket three 1" tears with creasing, smaller tears and edgewear. Solid hardcover. ; 2nd Gimlet book, first published during WW2 in 1944. Gimlet… and his British commandos work with the French underground to free prisoners used as a bombing shield for a factory making aircraft engines. W E Johns' more famous series character, Biggles, shows up to fly them out of occupied France.; The Gimlet Books; Vol. 2; 185 pages. Illustrated by Leslie Stead illustrations (illustrator).
Published by Les Presses De La Cite 1949
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United KingdomPeakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition Thus. 8vo hbk in d/w; pale blue boards with dark blue lettering and small illustration of parachute; very nice copy with just a little page browning; no handwriting inside; d/w not clipped; a little creasing/wear to d/w edges; overall vg+/vg-; thi…s book appears to be in the French King series, the equivalent to the English Gimlet series; ; King; Gimlet); 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Language: English
Published by Youth Book Club Ltd., London 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, , United KingdomEdinburgh Books
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. No stated date but understood to be 1950. First edition thus. 185pp., colour frontispiece and 9 black and white illustrations. First published in 1944, this is the second of W.E. Johns's "Gimlet" books. Captain "Gimlet" King parachutes into Fra…nce, and into a Naxi plot. This is a hard-to-find 'Youth Book Club' edition, and is bound in the original blue boards with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with a tough of fading rto the spine ends and top edge of the boards. The contents are tight and clean with foxing to the top and fore edges of the text block, and on some pages this has seeped a little way into the top and/or fore margin. There is no inscription. The unclipped dustwrapper has some shelf wear with light soiling and foxing and the spine is browned. The corners and spine ends are lightly bumped and nicked and the spine ends and top front corner have been reinforced on the reverse with strips of document repair tape.
Published by Brockhampton Press, Leicester 1948
- First Edition
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United KingdomCotswold Internet Books
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1st ed. A little foxing on page fore-edge, otherwise a bright clean copy in similar dust jacket. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket.
Published by University of London Press, London 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, AustraliaArapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex
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Hard Cover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. Reprint. 12mo. original blue boards (a little rubbed & sunned, some spotting; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 186 (last blank), with colour frontispiece and text illustrations. A very good copy. No. 2 in the Gimlet series, this one set in wartime France. Leslie Stead (illustrator).
Published by Brockhampton Press 1947
- First Edition
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United KingdomCotswold Internet Books
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First Edition. 1st edition, 1947. End papers browned; spine faded. Dust jacket not price-clipped, price 6/-, but very tatty, with tears & loss; sellotape stains on verso; protected in removable clear film Used - Good. Good hardback in Poor dust jacket Used - Good. Good hardback in Poor dust jacket.
Published by Brockhampton Press, Leicester 1948
- First Edition
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United KingdomCotswold Internet Books
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First ed. Page fore-edge slightly foxed. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket.
Published by University of London Press. 1949
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, AustraliaThe Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB)
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(2nd imp) Or.bds. 186pp. col.front. & b/w ills. Sl. foxing else a very good copy.
Published by Leicester. Brockhampton Press/ 1951
Seller: The Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB), Crows Nest, NSW, AustraliaThe Antique Bookshop & Curios (ANZAAB)
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(2nd imp) Or.bds. 189pp. col.front. & b/w ills. Sl. foxing else a very good copy.
Published by Brockhampton Press, Leicester 1948
- First Edition
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United KingdomCotswold Internet Books
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1st ed. Tiny nick in bottom edge of title page & contents page; binding tight; green cloth not faded; dust jacket bright (not price-clipped), with very slight wear at edges Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
Published by The Brockhampton Press 1948
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: GfB, the Colchester Bookshop, Colchester, United KingdomGfB, the Colchester Bookshop
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. The Brockhampton Press, 1948, first edition. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, 191pp, illust. Owner name/address, endpapers slightly tanned, d/j a little chipped and torn. A good copy. /0.3uk . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many ot…her sellers. There may therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading).
Published by University of London Press London 1949 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaAndrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne
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reprint hardback in decorated cloth Nice copy small octavo 185pp., col. frontis., illusts., No dust jacket o/w a nice copy.
Published by Brockhampton Leicester 1951 1951
- Hardcover
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaAndrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne
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2nd imp. hardback in original cloth Very Good small octavo 189pp., frontis, text ills..
