W.E. Johns
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MODEL AIRCRAFT FOR BOYS
Written by W.E. Johns; W. Rigby.
Illustrated by W. Rigby.
Stock no. 1330552
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1st
1935.
Good condition.
Foreword by Captain W.E. Johns (editor of Popular Flying and author of Biggles). Pictorial boards. 96 pages. B/w illustrations. Covers are grubby and worn. Backstrip is browned and has possibly been re-glued. Some light foxing but contents generally very good.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- AIRCRAFT (CHILDRENS)
- MODELS
BIGGLES AND THE MISSING MILLIONAIRE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330526
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Circa
1961.
Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Biggles & Co. are on a trail of a yacht that sailed away and never came back. Blue boards, black titles. Not illustrated. Spine and corners bumped. Slight fading to base of spine. Cover split to front edge of spine. Heavy foxing, mainly to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby with browning to spine.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES IN THE ORIENT
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330459
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
2nd
1948.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Blue cloth with black titles to front and spine. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 179 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Light mark to centre of spine. Pale browning to rear free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some loss, loss to centre of spine, tape repairs on verso at folds.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
THE SPY FLYERS
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Howard Leigh.
Stock no. 1330369
Published by John Hamilton Ltd..
Circa
1935.
Good condition.
Blue cloth, gilt titles to front cover and spine, sundial vignette to base of spine. Colour frontis. 4 b/w plates. 256 pages plus 32 page catalogue to rear. A wonderful book of flying thrills. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly bowed. Light spotting and damp staining to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown has been scribbled over. Small piece of lower corner of frontis torn off (actual illustration not affected). Page browning and foxing else contents clean. Some light corner creases and margin tears.
THE RAID
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330368
Published by John Hamilton Ltd..
Circa
1937.
Very good condition.
Orange cloth, black title and sundial to spine. 221 pages plus 39 page book list to rear. Contains 5 tales including a Biggles story "The Ace Of Spades". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Tiny splits to top of spine and spine faded. Catalogue to rear of book is dated Spring 1937. Lower corner on page 23/4 is lightly creased. A couple of tiny margin tears. Some slight foxing. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Page browning to prelims else contents clean.
THE BLACK PERIL
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330367
Published by John Hamilton.
Circa
1935.
Almost very good condition.
Blue cloth. Black title and sundial to spine. 222 pages. No catalogue. Colour frontis, 4 blue tinted plates. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some spotting to covers. Tiny water stain to lower margins of some pages. A couple of page corner creases and a couple of page corner tips have very slight loss (text not affected). Some foxing to first few and last few pages else contents clean. A nice copy of a very early reprint.
BIGGLES TAKES A HOLIDAY
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330141
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1950.
Good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, red titles and panther vignette. 8 full-page illustrations. 190 pages. 2nd impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Book leans to one side a little. Covers slightly grubby/marked. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is well worn, faded to spine and a bit grubby.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES DEFIES THE SWASTIKA
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1330054
Published by Oxford University Press.
1945.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Light brown cloth with dark brown titles and vignette of plane flying over Oslo. Colour frontis plus 6 b/w plates. 249 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Fading to lower 0.5" of spine. Erased pencil writing to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper has loss to lower 1" of rear panel and spine and is edge rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
- ADVENTURE
BIGGLES AND THE PENITENT THIEF
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330052
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Circa
1967.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black title to spine. 151 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Large initials (S.B.) in black felt-tip pen to front free-endpaper. Original printed price has been crossed out to front flap of wrapper. Rear panel of wrapper is foxed. Wrapper edges rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES IN THE GOBI
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330049
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1954.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red boards. Black ram's horns vignette to front. 6 colour plates. Second impression. Endpapers lightly browned, very faint tape mark to rear free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Light creases to preliminary pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge rubbed.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES FOLLOWS ON
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330010
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1952.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black titles and vignette. 4 double-sided b/w plates. 158 pages. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Light foxing to textblock, top edge of textblock dust marked. Wrapper is edge worn and creased with a few small chips.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES IN AUSTRALIA
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Studio Stead.
Stock no. 1329972
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1955.
Good condition.
Red boards with aborigine vignette on front cover. 6 colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Covers marked. Spine slightly faded with light vertical crease. Some foxing and grubby marks but contents generally clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE