King Commandos by Johns (70 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.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dj. Stead (illustrator). 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.

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.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+/Very Good-. No Jacket. Leslie Stead (illustrator). 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Stead (illustrator). 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 spine extremities, clipped front flap, now in mylar. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

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 PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

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.

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).

First edition. 1st edition, 1947; illustrations by Stead. End papers & page fore-edge browned; binding tight; spine badly browned, with worn lettering; boards discoloured & stained Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback (no dust jacket).

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Leslie Stead (illustrator). 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.

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.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Walter Foster (illustrator). 158 pages. Cover very worn. Text tanned.

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.

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 affecting text. r*30/06/2023. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

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 and 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.

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).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. STEAD, LESLIE (illustrator). 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 endpaper. 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.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Illustrated by Leslie Stead illustrations (illustrator). 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Leslie Stead (illustrator). 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.

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.

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-; this book appears to be in the French King series, the equivalent to the English Gimlet series; ; King; Gimlet); 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

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.

First Edition. 1st edition, 1948, in green cloth; colour frontis. End papers a little yellowed; text clean; binding tight. Dust jacket not price-clipped, but a little shelf-worn, & protected in removable clear film. Overall a nice copy Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket.

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.

Rilegato. Condition: quasi ottimo. senza sovraccoperta. prima edizione. Formato in 16°; 244 pagine. Legatura editoriale cartonata figurata: bruniture. Interno con ossidazioni sparse. Illustrazioni di E. Dell'Acqua.

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.

First ed. Page fore-edge slightly foxed. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket.

(2nd imp) Or.bds. 186pp. col.front. & b/w ills. Sl. foxing else a very good copy.