The Captain a Magazine for Boys and Old Boys (87 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Sold as-is. Photos available upon request! Book is in poor condition, showing light smudging/staining to surfaces, light rubbing to boards, light bumping and small chips to corners, spine cover is faded and sliced along back spine gutter and across all the way to the other gutter at about 1/3 up from the bottom, ends of spine frayed, scuffing and toning to text block, light bumping and small tears to cloth along beveled edges of boards; crack to hinges, pages thoroughly aged with closed tears, creases, chips along edges throughout; cracks between pages with several pages missing ONLY; binding is shaken though most pages still held securly; otherwise in decent shape with unmarked text and fairly well-preserved illustrations. Print on front board and spine are mostly preserved, though tarnished; a handsome copy despite!

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. viii + 80 (129 to 208) pages, well illustrated, the June 1922 issue of The Captain. Size 239mm high X 178mm wide. Has much on cricket - A Fool at the Wicket, A Harley Cricket Story, by Hylton Cleaver; Knight of the Willow, An Interview with a Great Cricketer [D J (Donald) Knight of Surrey and England], by Hylton Cleaver; Some Common Bowling Faults, by D J Knight, with action photographs by E H D Sewell; The Public School Sportsman, by 'Fieldsman', with some cricket content; and others. Other topics also, see an accompanying illustration. In poor (though arguably close to fair) condition, bearing in mind its age and nature - marks and chips around spine; marks on front and rear covers; the first four pages (of advertisements) are loose because of oxidation to and wear around staples; some foxing internally throughout; a few minor tears and marks;

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. xviii + 96 (769 to 864) pages, well illustrated, the June 1913 issue of The Captain. Size 242mm high X 182mm wide. For the cricket enthusiast, there is "The Art of Slow Bowling" by George Dennett (Gloucestershire County Cricket Club), with illustrations by 'Rip'; as well as a few other mentions. See accompanying illustrations for Contents. Publication in poor condition - marks, wear and tear, nicks etc at covers and spine; internally, some foxing and damage to page corners etc.

Condition: Fair. 1914. No Edition Stated. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Vol. XXXI April-September 1914. Red cloth with gilt lettering. B&W illustrations throughout. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with crushing to spine ends. Notable sunning to spine, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Sm 4to blue boards with leather spine & gilt titles & decs. 575pp. Illus throughout. Articles & short stories to appeal to boys. This edition includes a story by P.G.Wodehouse - "Jackson Junior". The spine is rubbed & sl. bumped but generally a very respectable copy for its age.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Sm 4to. blue boards with leather spine & gilt titles & decs. 588pp. Illus throughout. Sports, short stories to interest boys of all ages. This volume contains 2 short stories by P.G.Wodehouse - "How Pillingshot Scored" & "Manoeuvres of the Charteris". There is some staining to the boards & rubbing along the edges of the spine + occasional light foxing but overall a more than respectable copy.

Pages yellowed; cover worn; spine very worn with loss at head & foot. Contains a sea story 'Brute Force' by Westerman. Used - Acceptable. Fair paperback magazine Used - Acceptable. Fair paperback magazine.

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The fore-edge margins of the first few pages are worn. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good hardcover. No dust jacket. First hardcover Edition. Smoky else Fine. Clean, tight and bright. No writing or marks. We wrap and box our books for shipping.

Condition: Good. 1908. Hardcover. Clean copy in red cloth with gilt and colour image on front cover. Some shelf wear and yellowing but remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Large format hardcover collection of the magazine from October 1912-Mar. 1913, 1st edition. Many illustrations; 576 pages, 240 x 175mm; decorated red cloth with gilt titles; contains the complete Wodehouse story 'The 18 Carat Kid' illustrated by H. M. Brock; Index page/ frontispiece fold has tear and is reglued, with 2cm on each page adhering, causing right hand of index column to be hidden, also part of fep (battleship scene).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 'The Captain: A Magazine For Old Boys. Vol. 29 April-September 1913. P. G. Wodehouse content. Rebound in quarter leather, somewhat rubbed. G.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 'The Captain: A Magazine For Old Boys. Vol. 11 April-September 1904. P. G. Wodehouse content. Rebound red cloth. Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Boards marked; foxing throughout; half a dozen of the many illustrations have been neatly coloured in; binding firm; 432p, illus. Includes stories by Alfred Judd, Herbert Strang, Percy F. Westerman and Hylton Cleaver. NB: This is a heavier than average volume which may incur a non-standard postage charge. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First. 4to. browning pages scuffing spine. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Boards bumped & rubbed at corners; wear to head and tail of lightly faded spine with small loss; binding firm; contents vg; 576p, illus. NB: This is a heavier than average volume which may incur a non-standard postage charge. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Includes 'Advice to Young Batsmen'.

Magazines. Condition: Fair. Illustrated by Tom Peddie (illustrator). 4to; cover has small corner torn off, tears to spine, and loss to bottom couple of inches and foxing down the right hand edge as can be seen in the picture on our site; foxing to 1st few pages; and tanning to pages; articles include - photograph of a portion of the moon's surface; worlds biggest telescopes, identifying butterflies and moths; what games should be played at schools; James Dimmock playing for Tottenham Hotspur; ; 4to 11" - 13" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in original red pictorial boards.This copy has one previous owner's name to the front endpaper and also to the front pastedown.The book has a little weakness to the front gutter hinge join with some stitching showing at join.Well illustrated thorughout in black and white and with folding coloured chart of British Warships at the front of the book still present.Thick 4to 1152pp First Edition Size: 4to - over 8¾" - 12" Tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. hardback, 4to, iv,586pp, illustrated, pages browned throughout, old taped repair to front inner hinge, otherwise sound, no inscriptions, red cloth pictorial, rubbed, Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 'The Captain: A Magazine For Old Boys. Vol. 8 October 1902-March 1903. P. G. Wodehouse content. Original publisher's pictorial cloth. Lacks title page and half the index. G.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 'The Captain: A Magazine For Old Boys. Vol. 24 October 1911-March 1912. P. G. Wodehouse content. Original publisher's pictorial cloth. A little rubbing. Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 'The Captain: A Magazine For Old Boys. Vol. 13 April-September 1905. P. G. Wodehouse content. Original publisher's pictorial cloth. A little rubbing. Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 'The Captain: A Magazine For Old Boys. Vol. 25 April-September 1911. P. G. Wodehouse content. Original publisher's cloth binding. Some wear to boards. Slight chipping to endpaper. Good.

Condition: Good. 1908. Hardcover. Clean copy in red cloth with gilt and colour image on front cover. Some shelf wear and yellowing but remains very good. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Volume IX April to September 1903 includes How Pillingshot Scored a short story by PG Wodehouse. (xiv) 586pp. Bevelled buckram boards with illustrations and gilt titles to front and spine. No inscriptions. Boards lightly rubbed and bumped. Fep cracked. Otherwise this is a very good robust copy.

Hard Boards. Condition: Good Plus. Pictorial front hard board. 24x18cm. iv+576 pages. Many black & white illustrations. Name on the front paste-down and again on the front end paper. All page edges gilt. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref sh101.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Bound collection of The Captain from October 1907 to March 1908, with no dust jacket as published. This copy professionally bound in green cloth with no titles to spine. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - rubbing to edges. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read, no annotations or inscriptions; tanning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. This book weighs 1.5kg. Not an old public library book. Photograph available.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Bound collection of The Captain from October 1906 to March 1907, with no dust jacket as published. This copy has been professionally bound in green cloth with no titles to spine. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - boards a little marked with light wear to spine head and tail. Internally clean. Binding overall tight and appears little read - minor crack to gutter at p.574/5, no annotations or inscriptions; tanning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. This book weighs 1.5kg. Not an old public library book. Photograph available.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "Jackson Junior" by P.G. Wodehouse. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. iv, 576pp. Red cloth-covered boards; three colour illustration on front, gilt titles on front and spine; text block edges gilt, bevelled edges. 8vo. . Sun-faded spine; rubbed corners and spine ends, cloth wearing. Wear and soiling to boards. Endpapers foxing and tanning. Gift presentation (in pencil) on front free endpaper. Pages 539-542 detaching, edges creased. Page margins heavily tanned.