Flying Officer W E Johns (10 results)

Disbound. Condition: Very Good Plus. VG+. First Appearnces In 'The Modern Boy's Annual'. NOT PHOTOCOPIES. Articles and illustrations. Full-page colour frontispiece 'The Desert Mail', The 'Hercules' Mail Plane on the Eastern section of the India Air Route. 1932 illustration with facsimile signature of Johns. Secondly a thrilling story of the air by George E Rochester 'The Second Round' illustrated with four line-drawings by Johns (1932). Thirdly in 1932 Johns conributed two line-drawings to an article 'With The Fleet Air Arm'. In 1933 Johns contributed a full-page colour aviation frontispiece. In 1934 Flying-Officer Johns contributed an article 'Adventures In The Air' illustrated with two line-drawings. Modern Boy's air expert, formerly a Royal Air Force pilot in the Great War, tells of war-time flying thrills - including his own. In 1935 Johns contributed an article 'The Flying Daredevil', and a full-page colour frontispiece with fighter aircraft 'War Birds!' In 1936 Flying-Officer W E Johns conributed an article 'Spooks In The Sky' illustrated with three line-drawings. Are there phantom flyers? If you think there aren't, try to find some explanation for the amazing incidents related here. And an article 'Winged Warriors' illustrated with two line-drawings and five photographs. A collection of nine articles and illustrations that appeared in 'The Modern Boy's Annual' between 1932 and 1936. W E Johns (illustrator).…

Original Edition. Featues on pages 2-6 the story "Biggles Treasure Island". Forms part of a 12 part serialisation printed in this publication. This serialisation was later published under the title "Biggles Flies West".

Original Edition. Featues on pages 7-9 the story "Biggles Treasure Island". Forms part of a 12 part serialisation printed in this publication. This serialisation was later published under the title "Biggles Flies West".

Original Edition. Features on pages 11-15 the story "Biggles Fights Alone". Forms part of a 10 part serialisation printed in this publication. This serialisation was later published under the title "Biggles Air Commodore" in 1937.

Original Edition. Featues on pages 12-13, 16-17, and 26 the story "Biggles Treasure Island". Forms part of a 12 part serialisation printed in this publication. This serialisation was later published under the title "Biggles Flies West".

1st edition pictorial boards Very Good quarto 100pp., b/w plates, text ills., A guide to flying a light aircraft by two RAF types inc. 'Biggles' author W. E. Johns. Some wear to pale green decorated boards o/w a very good copy of an uncommon item.

Hard Cover. First Edition. (London: Amalgamated Press 1939). First UK Edition. Publisher's original 1/4 blue cloth, pictorial boards as issued. Some edge wear to boards, mostly at the corners otherwise quite a sound VG+ copy with firm hinges and no inscriptions. NB: entirely written by Johns (both fiction and non-fiction) unlike the similar Book of Aircraft which was edited by Johns but had very little content by him. It comes with a 12cm X 10cm advert for the book cut out from The Magnet comic. Illustrated with fine drawings and boldly-coloured plates. Photographs/scans available upon request.…

Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The Pictorial Flying Course is a rare much sought after aviation manual The text was written by Harry M Schofield an accomplished Royal Air Force test pilot while the extensive line illustrations were drawn by WE Johns famed for his Biggles novels This copy published in 1932 is complete with its rare original dust jacket The work provides a comprehensive guide to flying with the aim to provide the novice to be able to converse intelligently with others about aviation and to prepare flight students for their education in flying The yellow dust jacket with pictorial to the front is worn with chipping and a piece missing along the top edge There is tape to the underside along the hinges of the front and rear fly leaves as well as the top and base of the spine as a reinforcement measure Additionally there is a small circular piece missing from the front fly leaf The green cloth boards underneath are bright and clean and show very little wear protected by the dust jacket The pages are lightly toned with minor foxing to the prelims The majority of the book is illustrated by the line drawings of WE Johns with two pages at the rear featuring black and white photographs pp 100 A scarce title and rare to find with the original dust jacket A must for any WE Johns or any aviation enthusiastnbsp. book.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. The first edition of this scarce illustrated guide to flying, with the vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition.A scarce work.In the publisher's original cloth with the original vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated throughout with monochrome vignettes and monochrome photographic vignettes to the rear.This work was written by H. M. Schofield and W. E. Johns and provides a comprehensive guide to flying, intended to enable a novice to be able to converse intelligently with others about aviation and to prepare flight students for their education in flying. The work features pictorial diagrams which instruct the reader and photographs of planes to the rear.Undated, dated by copies held at the British Library. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with fading to the spine and bumping to the extremities. Offsetting to the endpapers. The wrap is generally smart with loss to the head of the spine and a closed tear to the tail, sunning to the spine and extremities and the odd small closed tear. Internally generally firmly bound with slight strain in places with generally clean and age toned pages with the odd spot, heavier to the front and rear. Ink inscription to the front blank. Very Good Indeed. None stated (illustrator). book.…

First Edition. (London: Amalgamated Press - The Boys' Friend Library, No. 501, 7 November 1935). First UK Edition. A Softcover. Not issued with a D/W. Publisher's original stapled printed wrappers with pictorial front cover. Held together with a single staple now somewhat rusted and stained.as a result. 96 pages. A little corner creased and curled, slightly dust-soiled, spine partly torn (revealing the binding underneath with resultant paper damage) near the centre of the spine with partial loss of lettering: 'BOYS' FRIEN[D LIBRARY]'. There is a tiny chip from the top right hand corner of the front cover. A VG good copy of - perhaps - the rarest and most fragile first edition Biggles titles, with no markings or repairs. The book is an anthology comprising 12 R.F.C. era short stories which had earlier appeared in The Modern Boy between 1934-1935. Clearly it was not meant to be kept for posterity and this is the first copy that I have have handled (or indeed seen offered for sale) since the millennium. NB: this is the correct paperback first edition from 1935 and should not be confused with Norman Wright's hardback re-issue from 2009. Looks very smart in its custom-made acetate wrapper. Photographs/scans available upon request.…