Sky High by Johns W E (17 results)

Condition: Very Good. 8 pages, illustrated. This is an original article separated from an issue of The Book & Magazine Collector publication. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Impression . Publication of 152 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and chipped pieces. The boards are in good condition. There are old tape residue marks on the inner part of the jacket and tape repairs done on pages 12/13. There is insect damage on the corner edges of several of the pages within the body oy the book. All pages are accessible. The text remains legible. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1951 revision of the 1936 original.Near Fine in a Vg, clipped DJ (although 6s price is still evident).boards a little faded to edges,slight spotting to top edge, DJ with some wear to edges and hinges .a decent copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. First Thus third printing The front board has sprung and the spine has a bump below the title. The boards and spine are clean and bright. There is some foxing to the text block, this has spread to the early and late pages and to some margins. The internal pages are otherwise clean and bright. The binding is tight. Dust wrapper/ The front and rear flaps and the rear panel are grubby. The top and bottom of the spine have minor rubs with minor creases. Not price cut. The rear of the jacket is clean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. VG IN VG DUSTWRAPPER (Unusual this nice) 1951,Revised and reset edition.Superb tight clean copy,no inscription,seems unread.Clean bright boards.Minor foxing to text block but not internally. Dustwrapper,price cut.Complete except for inch square piece missing to spine bottom.Minor creasing to front corner and small rubs to some edges.A little grubby to rear. Price cut.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fiine book and with a high quality replica dust wrapper. First Edition, first printing The front board is clean and unfaded there is a small brown mark middle, right and the top right corner is bumped slightly.The spine is un faded and un sunned and the lettering is bold with a small white mark on the J of Johns. The back board is clean and bright with no bumps. The front inside board and front end paper has some foxing and there is a smudged name stamp on the inside board. The foxing has spread to the title page but is minor. The text block has minor foxing to the end pages but the foxing has not spread to the main text pages. The foxing is on the top margins of the final pages and the rear end paper and rear inside board. Scarce in this condition.Will be sent tracked/insured. Please contact us when ordering more then one book for combined postage. All books are packed carefully in bubble wrap and a jiffy bag or strong box.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair/Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Sky High (1936), blue cloth lettered black on spine, traces of glue marks on cloth where the d/w was presumably attached, ffep removed (opens at half-title), with webbing exposed at inner hinge, text block browned and dusty, otherwise Fair/Good, in a d/w that has obviously had losses but now has a light card backing and areas mainly at spine ends and top of front panel restored, but "Newnes" at the spine base has been restored in white instead of the red it ought to be (the restorer presumably had no reference to the original missing piece), so only Fair overall, the good news is that this is the rare FIRST-ISSUE wrapper with an unclipped 3/6 price, and the CORRECT BACK PANEL with three new novels listed by Railton Holden, John Beynon ("Martian Blood"!!), and Robert Crane - NOT the 2nd issue showing a cartoon of Biggles. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition in Scarce VG ORIGINAL WRAPPER The boards and spine are clean, bright and straight. The front end paper and inside boards have a brown strip where the wrapper flaps have made a mark There are two scribbles to the front end paper (2.5 X2 cm) There is foxing to the top of the text block and the long side has some brown marks. Internally the pages are clean and bright and the binding is tight. Dust wrapper/ The front cover is bright and clean. There is a 1 cm closed tear with a crease to the bottom edge. Thee is also a tiny chip. The top and bottom right hand corners have small chips. There are minor rubs to the top edge. The top of the spine has some loss with creases attached, not affecting the title. The bottom edge has a 1.5 cm x 1 cm chip with loss attached at the bottom running along to the back cover, there are rubs attached. The "S" in Newnes is missing.The back cover has a 2cm tear to the bottom spine hinge. The top edge has a 1cm closed tear and a tiny additional one. The top right hand corner has a chip attached to the loss at the top of the spine and a 2cm closed tear. The left hand top corner has tear with some loss. The top edge of the front and rear flaps are curled. Not price cut.A scarce wrapper.The Steeley books had lower print runs than Biggles so are scarcer in wrappers.…

Revised edition. 1951 revised and reset edition, tightly bound in blue cloth with black lettering to spine; spine has faded patch at top; a little pale discolouration to cover panels, especially front top edge. Dust jacket price-clipped with price printed nearby; protected by removable clear film; a little wear and tear and scuffing to edges and corners; loss to spine head and front top edge. page fore-edges yellowed with a little faint foxing. Internally, one little spot to top of initial pages; otherwise, a good, tidy copy overall. Used - Good. Good hardback in Fair dust jacket Used - Good. Good hardback in Fair dust jacket.…

HARDCOVER. 1951. Revised and reset edition. A good copy with foxing on the boards, edges, endpapers and the first and last few pages. The contents are otherwise fine and unmarked. The d/w is fair with repaired edge tears, some chipping and shelf rubbing of the rear panel. Now in a protective cover. Scans available if required. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Blue cloth with black lettering on the spine.251 pages.Undated,[1936] First book in the Steeley Series, "Being the strange story of Deeley Montfort Delaroy, told by his war-time comrade and friend, Captain Eric(Tubby) Wilde".5 X 7.5 inches.The book is rubbed to edges corners and spine ends, spine a bit faded. Boards a little bit slack, Endpapers fairly intact at the himges. Spotting to endpapers and page edges. Number stamped to top of half title page.Overall a good sound copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No date. 8vo. Pp, 251. Original blue cloth, rubbed and bumped. Front lower corner creased. Sticker removed from front paste-down endpaper. Inner hinges cracked. Prelims foxed.

Completely revised and reset edition. (Original published in 1936). The strange story of ex-RAF pilot turned smuggler Deeley Montford Delaroy (known to his friends as 'Seeley'), - who distributed most of his financial gains anonymously to deserving charites. Told by his war-time comrade and friend, Captain Eric (Tubby) Wilde. Pp.152, owner's detais to front free endpaper. Blue cloth, minor sunning to top and tail of spine, dustwrapper has minor edge chips and has a clear protective wrap which has been affixed with pieces of clear tape. VG/G+. C. …

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Circa 1936. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Blue cloth, black title to spine. 251 pages. The First in the Steeley Series, a young adventurer of the skies. Assumed 1st edition 1936 - UNDATED! Spine and cover edges are browned. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Book affected by tobacco odour. Contents are still very good. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Revised edition. Book is in extremely clean and firm condition inside and out. A price clipped but otherwise complete dustjacket with tape repairs to top and base of spine area and lower back panel, other general edge wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Sky High and Steeley Flies Again in a bound volume of "The Thriller Library" - magazine - storypaper - (with covers bound in) for nos.383-411 6/6/36-19/12/36, Sky High in 2 episodes in 392-393 as "Calling All Cars!" and "Steeley Muscles In", and Steeley Flies Again in 2 episodes in 401-402 as "The Kidnapping of Virginia Marven" and "The Gangsters' Stronghold", many nice uncredited illustrations, including the covers of 392,401 and 402, the 29 issues (which also includes stories by Barry Perowne (first 4 parts of a Raffles serial - The Secret of the Seven Heads in 408-411), Sydney Horler, Evadne Price, John Hunter, John G Brandon etc etc), bound in burgundy cloth with gold lettering on the spine, spine a little sunned, otherwise Fine (overseas buyers please note this is quite heavy and would require some additional postage to the standard quoted). Various (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. 1st 1936. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Blue cloth, black title to spine. 251 pages. The First in the Steeley Series, a young adventurer of the skies. REDUCED FROM £800. Two inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Contained in 2nd impression wrapper (only difference from 1st is rear panel book titles). Wrapper has 2cm loss to base of spine and 3 to 7mm loss from top of spine, loss has been diguised by photocopy loosely laid underneath. Front flap has had price-cut - 2cm diameter hole. Rare to find any copy in a dustwrapper. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched.…