Gimlet Map by Johns Captain W E (13 results)

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). First Edition. Boards have light bumping to corners and to the top and bottom of the spine. Spine has some light browning. Page edges are browned and spotted. There is a small bookshop label to the base of the front pastedown. Endpapers and pages are lightly browned with light spotting at the front and back of the book. The book has a slight musty snell but the pages are otherwise unmarked. Illustrated by Leslie Stead. No jacket. First printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Brockhampton Press Ltd Leicester 1951 First Edition VG (grey cloth w title in black on spine and front board, sl worn, head and foot of spine v sl bumped, edges sl foxed, binding sl cocked) in VG DW (sl rubbed and worn, head and foot of spine sl creased and chipped, price clipped).

Grey Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Leslie Stead (illustrator). 1st Edition. 191pp B/w frontispiece plus 3 other b/w illustrations. Boards and spine have the diamond/Scottie dog pattern. Black lettering to spine. Damp (tanning) marks to spine and top edge of front board and some spotting to all edges. Dust jacket has price 6/6 net and is clipped, has some tape repairs and a 'new' copied section of jacket inserted. Rear panel of jacket a bit grubby. Feel free to request immages of this item.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Some light foxing. Very slight forward lean and firmly bound. The jacket has Shallow chipping and some closed tears. Not price clipped at 6'6 net.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 'Gimlet Off the Map' by Captain W. E. Johns. Brockhampton Press 1951 first edition. Some foxing. Inscription. VG in slightly torn and frayed dust jacket with some creasing.

Grey hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG: in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Cover gaded, 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 191pp.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 191 pages illustrated. A good copy 1951 1st impression. Dust jacket has a few small chips to the edges and is price clipped( 985 there ) now protected by loose fitting plastic.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pages clean, no markings, wear to edges. Dust jacket unclipped with light edgewear. Complete with 4 illustrations by Leslie Stead. 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 PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition hardback copy in jacket. Generally Vg+, though the jacket has some foxing to its verso, which shows through on the front cover illustration, as some speckled darkening. Smudging to back cover. Not price-clipped or torn at all, no annotations.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.191 [1]. With four black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece by Leslie Stead. Publisher's grey cloth with black titles to spine and upper. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Stead, priced at 6s. Heavy spotting to edges, otherwise internally clean, with some spotting also to cloth. Bright jacket shows light general wear and chipping to edges. Very good.

First edition. 8vo. 191, (1) pp. Publisher's grey cloth, black lettered to the spine, dust jacket. 4 black and white plates. Jacket lightly worn at the extremities, slight tanning to the spine - cloth and jacket, very good overall.

Illustrated by Leslie Stead. Pp. 192(last blank), frontispiece plus 3 plates; cr. 8vo; grey cloth, lettered and decorated in black & blind, fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and lightly foxed on reverse, edges rubbed and creased, with a few small chips and splits, later printed price of 8/6 net on back flap; outer leaves and edges slightly foxed; The Brockhampton Press Ltd., Leicester, 1951. Later printing? Brock Books series.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A bright collection of largely first impression novels from Captain W. E. Johns' 'Gimlet' series, with the original dust wrappers. All first editions, first impressions except for 'Gimlet Goes Again', which is a second impression.With the publisher's original dust wrappers, with 'Comes Home', 'Mops Up' and 'Goes Again' being unclipped. Clear protective wrap adhered to the dust wrappers of 'Lends a Hand' and 'Bores In', unable to be removed.The 'Gimlet' series, which were published during and after World War II, centres around the adventures of explorer-soldier "Gimlet" King, and his daring band of followers. Gimlet and his team of commandos were designed to represent the multiple ethnicities of the British Empire; along with the English characters, French-Canadian, Scots, and European-educated Asians co-operate for the good of Britain.Several of the novels are set during World War II, especially in occupied Europe, whilst others revolve around treasure, and the post-war struggles in Britain's colonies and former colonies.Gimlet Comes Home (1946) - The first post-WWII story. No rear free endpaper as issued due to wartime paper shortages. With a colour frontispiece and eight full-page black-and-white illustrations.Gimlet Mops Up (1947) - With a colour frontispiece and eight green-colour plates.Gimlet Goes Again (1949) - With a colour frontispiece and nine in-text and full-page black-and-white illustrations.Gimlet Lends a Hand (1949) - With a monochrome frontispiece and three further plates.Gimlet Bores In (1950) - With a monochrome frontispiece and three further plates.Gimlet Off the Map (1951) - With a monochrome frontispiece and three further plates.Collated, complete. In the original cloth bindings. With the original dust wrappers, 'Comes Home', 'Mops Up' and 'Goes Again' being unclipped.Externally, smart, with minor fading to the spine of 'Off the Map', discolouration to the spine head and tail of 'Mops Up' and occasional marks to the boards. Minor bumping to the spine head and tail of 'Goes Again'. Dust wrappers are generally smart, with only edge wear to the majority of volumes. A couple chips to the wrap of 'Mops Up'. A small closed tear to the spine head and a couple tide marks to the wraps of 'Comes Home'. Closed tear to 'Mops Up' spine tail. Tape marks from adhered protective wrap to 'Goes Again'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers of 'Mops Up', the occasional spots to 'Off the Map', 'Bores In' and 'Lends a Hand'. Ownership ink inscriptions to the front free endpapers. Very Good. book.