King Commandos by Captain W E Johns, First Edition (25 results)

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: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing. Large format with limp cover. Illustrated paper on card. 619 pages with ribbon bookmark. Comprised of four previously published titles : King of the Commandos; Gimlet Goes Again; Gimlet Comes Home; Gimlet Mops Up. Has a tiny crease to rear panel, else Fine. Covers clean and tight. Selling quality books for 35 years.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. October, 1943. Publication of 192 pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed, minor marks and a touch edge worn. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is strong. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

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 & white illustrations. Expanded condition report/scan on request.

Condition: Good. First edition (ie first impression), hardback. 12mo (19cm by 13cm), 192pp. Colour frontispiece, 10 text illustrations. Original red cloth. The binding is a little rubbed and bumped, and the contents are a little tanned; overall, this book is in good condition.

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 France, 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 'King of the Commandos' by Captain W. E. Johns. University of London Press 1943 first edition. Slight foxing. VG in edge frayed dust jacket with some chipping.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No jacket. First edition, first printing. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Binding tight. 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.

Book Condition ? Fine: Signs of age/shelf wear across original dust jacket (creases, scuffs, small tears etc). Now protected by plastic slip cover. Original red cloth binding with black lettering and artwork is mint. Text block has some foxing and discolouration, but mostly clean with decent edges. Pages are clean and tightly bound. Illustrations and plates are unblemished. First edition, first printing. A work of his 'Worrals of the W. A. A. F' series. Copies featuring the original dust jacket are scarce, especially in such great condition. A wonderful collector's item for any fans of the author. King of the Commandos by Captain W. E. Johns is a high-energy wartime adventure featuring bold commando raids, daring heroics, and fast-paced action. Following a fearless leader and his team behind enemy lines, the novel delivers thrilling battles, clever tactics, and a strong sense of wartime camaraderie, perfect for readers who enjoy classic military adventure stories.

Octavo, 190 pages, original boards in edgeworn dustwrapper, foxing to foredges, a very good copy. First edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in green cloth boards with black lettering to front and spine. Unclipped dustjacket (6/-net) in new removable protective clear sleeve. 191pp. Colour frontispiece, full page b/w illustrations throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions, some wear to dustjacket edges, foxing to page block. (27/3).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in green boards with black lettering and illustrations, no dustjacket, 185pp. colour frontispiee, b/w illustrations throughout (both full page and within text). Not library copy, no inscriptions, few light marks to boards. (18/3).

The Brockhampton Press, Leicester. 1950. Second Impression of First Edition. Colour frontis. Top margin of boards faded, fore-edges foxed. Wrapper clipped, but price still intact, extremities worn and slightly creased. Contents clean and sound.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Bound in green cloth with black lettering to spine and front board, this hardback book is in Good condition. The book has 191pp of text in 14 chapters, and a colour illustration opposite the title page. Some slight foxing at the head and foredge. Dust wrapper is chipped and torn at the head and tail of the spine and boards. Otherwise overall condition is Good.

University Of London. 1944. First Edition. Hardback. No DW. Blue cloth, black lettering. Colour frontis + b/w illustrations. Boards are a little soiled, lean to spine and front board. Inner hinge cracked, and occasional foxing to o/w clean and sound contents.

1st edition hardback in decorated cloth Nice copy small octavo 185pp., col. frontis., illusts., No dust jacket o/w a very good copy.

The Borckhampon Press. Leicester. 1949. First edition. Hardback with DW. Extremities worn with pages slightly browned and foxed otherwise a lovely clean copy in a slightly worn wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in red cloth pictorial boards with black lettering to front and spine. No dustjacket. 192pp. Colour frontispiece and b/w illustrations within text. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (6/4).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Binding tight. In removable protective plastic jacket. Some small nicks to edges of jacket. Previous owners inscription on FFEP. 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.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Near Fine small octavo 191pp., col. frontis, b/w text ills., Nice copy in like unclipped dust jacket.

Dust Jacket Condition: 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 lightly spotted, jacket with some chips to spine ends and a few short edge tears. Very good.

1st edition hardback in decorated cloth Fine small octavo 192pp., col. frontis., illusts., Illustrated by Stead. Lovely copy.

Dust Jacket Condition: 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 free endpaper else a pleasing copy in a lightly nicked jacket. Uncommon in bright condition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A first edition of Gimlet's Oriental Quest by Captain W. E. Johns. With illustrations, and a coloured Frontispiece. William Earl Johns (5 February 1893 ? 21 June 1968) was an English pilot and writer of adventure stories, usually written under the pen name Captain W. E. Johns although he never held that rank. He is best remembered as the creator of the ace pilot and adventurer Biggles. In a green cloth binding in an unclipped dustwrapper in an acetate protective covering. Externally, smart. Dustwrapper is generally smart, lightly rubbed in places. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean Very Good Indeed. book.