Worrals War Path by Johns W E (42 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). Fourth Impression. Fair, Shelfwear, insect damage abrasion, soiling & staining to boards, fraying to edges, mild outward warp to rear board, frontispiece removed revealing webbing at title-page hinge, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. A Worrals of the W.A.A.F story. With 9 black & white illustrations, lacking frontispiece. Photos on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Stead (illustrator). 1st Edition. 2nd printing (November 1943). 191pp. GOOD+/GOOD+ copy, binding near square and tight, corners and edges gently bumped, cloth covers reasonably clean, lower spine a little worn, internally very good; dust jacket edge worn with a few nicks and chips, some minor losses to corners, closed tear along front fore edge internally tape-repaired, now preserved in archival jacket protector.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprinted November 1943. H/B 191 pages, condition is good, the pale blue boards are marked. An owners name to the flyleaf.

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. B/W Illustrations with Color Frontispiece (illustrator). Venture books for girls. Plane tan cloth binding with red titles on spine and Venture books for Girls on front cover. Binding is marked and spine is spotted. 256 pp. Contents are clean and sound. This book may require additional postage. Photos available on request.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Stead, (illustrator). 1948. Very good condition with no wrapper. Worrals of the W.A.A.F. on her second dangerous wartime sortie into France, where she meets an old enemy. Peach cloth with red titles and vignette to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing, mainly to textblock and to prelims. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

First edtion. Hardcover. Original light-blue cloth, lettered in black. Lacks jacket, ownership signature on the fly-leaf, spine mottled somewhat o/w very good. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Stead (illustrator). Second Impression. WORRALS ON THE WAR-PATH A Worrals of the W.A.A.F. Story. Captain W. E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead. Hodder & Stoughton, London 1943 Second Impression. 192pp Illustrated Hardback. This copy is bound in original light blue linen covered boards with black titling and decoration There is some light spotting to the boards but the text block is tight, bright, white and square. A dust wrapper is not present. Worrals is different. She may have been devised by Johns as a propaganda heroine to entice young girls into the forces during World War 2 but she quickly evolved into a distinct personality who, though she clearly shares some of the same ideals as Biggles, Algy, Ginger and Bertie, has her own remarkable view of the world. The extra dimension is that she is a woman in a world completely dominated by men. Moreover, these are men engaged in a desperate war of survival. From the very start she is the underdog, the one who must battle not just the various enemies that cross her path but also with the uncomprehending and preoccupied higher command on her own side. The modern adjective to describe her would be "feisty". For the first time W.E.Johns gives his Worrals story the "why are they there?" opening that he employs so often in the Biggles saga. In chapter one Worrals and Frecks are there in France, moreover in the heart of wartime France, and the story has to backtrack to the reasons for her latest mission. And the reason that the girls are there is a wild idea, so highly improbable that it could only have come from the mind of Worrals. "What you'll lose, my gal, if you go on playing with fire, is your life," snorted the CO "Did no one ever tell you that, when you were collecting all those medals on your chest ?" asked Worrals evenly. The CO bristled. "That's nothing to do with it. I'm a man." Ref BB6.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Stead (illustrator). Fourth Impression. 191pp, bw ills, col frontis. Or tan cloth with vignette of parachuters, no jacket. Moderate foxing. Size: 8vo.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Fourth Impression. Orange pictorial boards have a few small spots & some wear.

Hardback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 191 pages illustrated. A good copy iwith no previous ownership markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprinted February 1948. DJ has is a very small piece missing from top of spine, it is not price clipped showing 6/- and is covered in a clear protective wrapper. There is an inscription written on the fep. Seller ref: O6600.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This book is bound in brown boards with lightly faded red letters on the spine. There is wear on the spine tips & cover corners. Top edge stained red with a small ink mark. One light brown spot on the back cover. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight. Colour frontispiece + 9 of 9 full-page black & white illustrations.

Condition: Very Good. 1943. First edition. Hardback. Fine in decorated cloth covers, no dust wrapper as issued. Covers sunned to spine and showing a little age and shelf wear. Lightly toned, text and illustrations are crisp and clear and remains a fine copy. . . . .

Reprint, 1948. Pictures by Stead, with colour frontis. Lacks front free end paper & half-title page, with heavy tape on front hinge. Page fore-edge heavily foxed; minor foxing in text. Dust jacket not price-clipped, but worn & creased, with tears & chipping; dj protected in removable clear film Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback in dust jacket Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback in dust jacket.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Stead, (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper. Pale blue cloth, parachute vignette. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Slight discolouration to top and tail of spine. Small, light damp stain to lower spine corner of front cover. Foxing to textblock, contents clean. Dustwrapper is well worn, torn and creased with loss at edges and to spine, rear flap is creased, there are tears to the folds, the white spine and rear panel are grubby. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Stead, (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a dustwrapper in fair condition. Pale blue cloth, parachute vignette. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Damp(?) spotting to covers. A few foxspots to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is torn in half down centre of spine and title at top of spine is also detached (but still present). There is some slight loss to top and tail of spine and to lower edge of rear panel. Spine and rear panel are a little grubby. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

4th imp. hardback in decorated cloth Nice copy small octavo 192pp., col. frontis., illusts., No dust jacket & neat ownership signature o/w nice copy.

Hardback. Condition: GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Stead (illustrator). inscription to Pauline from StuArt 1948, parachusting people on the botttom right corner of the cover, and a cup ring.

1948 reprint. Tiny biro marks on front free endpaper; page edges slightly toned; otherwise a clean, tidy copy in tight binding. Yellow cloth with red lettering and decoration. Dust jacket not price-clipped; a little edge wear; protected in removable clear film. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. Stead (illustrator). 2nd Printing. Worrals on the War-path 1943 2nd (4 months after 1st), tiny ppefox, otherwise near Fine clean copy in a VG+ price-clipped, 1st EDITION, 1st-ISSUE d/w, publisher's name at spine base grazed, otherwise very nice.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 1st Ed./ CR. 8vo. 191.pp. Col frontis & 9 b/w ill's by Styeda. Blue Cloth, pale stains & biro mark to f.f.e.p.

Condition: Very Good. 1943. First edition. Hardback. Fine in decorated cloth covers, no dust wrapper as issued. Covers sunned to spine and showing a little age and shelf wear. Lightly toned, text and illustrations are crisp and clear and remains a fine copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Reprinted edition hard back binding in publisher's original Devon cream cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered brick red back and front. 8vo. 7½'' x 5ĵ''. Contains colour frontispiece, 191 + i pp with 8 single-page and 1 double-page monochrome illustrations throughout. Spotting to the closed text block edges. Very Good condition book in chipped and repaired dust wrapper, not price clipped, 6/-. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. JOHNS, Captain W. E.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 3rd Edition. 3rd edition. 19cm. VG h/c in tatty art DJ with tape repairs, chips, small tears and part of spine missing, just above centre.Hard covers VG. Top page edges dusty, others minor foxing. 191 pages, Colour frontis, 9 b/w pics, one double page, This early Worrals of the WAAF war story, by the Biggles creator, takes the heroine behind the lines in France where danger and threat lie around every corner. Pictures by Stead.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. Stead (illustrator). First Edition. Worrals on the War-path 1943, illustrated by Stead, owner's signed bookplate on ffep, otherwise VG+ in a VG+ unclipped d/w, just a tiny v-chip at spine top touching the top of the "W" of Worrals.

4th impression. Good brown cloth hardcover with edgeworn dustjacket. 191p. "Worrals a woman of wit, courage and resource, a worthy sister to Biggles.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Complete with numerous pictures by 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.

reprint hardback with dust jacket Nice copy small octavo 192pp., col. frontis., illusts., Nice copy in like unclipped dust jacket with minor loss & minimal chipping to edges.

1st edition hardback in decorated cloth Very Good small octavo 192pp., col. frontis., illusts., No dust jacket & dulled at spine o/w very good copy.

Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Stead (illustrator). First Edition Second Impression. Hardback First Edition Second Impression The pictorial dustjacket is worn especailly to the extremites Not price clipped Underneath lie pale blue boards with light fading to the base of the front board otherwise in good condition There is a slight lean to the spine Previous owners ink stamp to the front free endpaper the rest of the pages are clean throughout pp 191 Overall a good reading copy Worrals of the WAAF takes to the air again in another thrilling sortie into Francenbsp. book.