G E Rochester (43 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Library stamp to front free endpaper. Scraps of jacket glued inside boards.

Condition: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.…

Paperback. Condition: Poor. First Edition. 16mo. Reading copy only. 64pp. Covers missing, and booklet split into 2 parts. Immediate despatch from the UK. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardback. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Grey cloth boards faded, shelfwear. Light tanning to pages, edges of pages darkened. Endpapers foxed. Black and white Inscription. 247 pages. No date given for publication but probably 1930s. Stanley Orton Bradshaw (illustrator).…

Paper cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Staples rusted. 270mm x 190mm (11" x 7"). 32pp.

Paper cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Staples rusted. 270mm x 190mm (11" x 7"). 32pp.

Condition: New.

Paper cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Staples rusted. 270mm x 190mm (11" x 7"). 32pp. Biggles' Treasure Island Part 5.

Paper cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Staples rusted. 270mm x 190mm (11" x 7"). 32pp. Biggles' Treasure Island Part 2.

Paper cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Staples rusted. 270mm x 190mm (11" x 7"). 32pp. Biggles' Treasure Island Part 1.

Paper cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Staples rusted. 270mm x 190mm (11" x 7"). 32pp. Biggles' Treasure Island Part 4.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Undated edition, the front cover shows a man with a white beard and a boy in waterproof clothing in rain. Coming loosely bound, illustrated card boards, red cloth spine. Fading, peeling, scuffing with small tears and dust spotting on cover and spine. Pen writing and deleting on front end paper. First story: The Elephant I Can Never Forget. No jacket. G.E. Lang (illustrator).…

octavo hardcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Circa 1936 printing. 4 colour and 4 b/w plates some by Howard Leigh. Contains 5 W.E. Johns stories including 3 Biggles, 3 George Rochester stories. Spine bumped and faded. Corners are bumped and worn. Board edges are very rubbed. Rear hinge of binding has cloth split for approx 50% of length. Back board is stained. An oversize book, over 1kg packed, that will require additional postage to many destinations. Howard Leigh & Orton Stanley Bradshaw (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. SONS OF THE LEIGION by GEO. E. ROCHESTER ** HARDBACK ** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * PUBLISHER : DANIELS * YEAR : UNDATED * ISBN : N/A * No OF PAGES : 182 * CONDITION : USED - GOOD * OTHER: DUST COVER IS CHIPPED TO SPINE AND CORNERS. CREASE AND TEARS TO BACK AND EDGES WORN. THE BLUE BOARD COVER IS FADING AROUND THE EDGES AND SPINE, CORNERS ARE BUMPED AND HEADBAND. TAIL OF SPINE IS FRAYING EXPOSING SOME OF THE BOARD UNDERNEATH. FOXING TO PAGE EDGES AND SMALL AMOUNTS THROUGHOUT THE BOOK. AN INSCRIPTION NEATLY WRITTEN ON THE FFEP DATED 1949. OTHERWISE PAGES ARE CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.…

4 pp. 11-3/4 x 9-1/8 inches. Fine.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardback: Good Condition. Dust Jacket: No. Binding Tight And Secure. Some Marks To Page Edges. Previous Owner Has Left Reward Sticker On First Page. Listing Images Are Provided By Selling Platform And May Not Reflect This Copy, Please Contact Us If You Wish To See Photographs Of The Item.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Originally serialized in The Modern Boy. Red cloth name in pencil to front free endpaper, spine lean . Provided with a copy dustjacket. The Dustjacket and opening plate were Howard Leigh's work , the other plates are uncredited but also appear to be his work. Catalogue 1pp to the rear. Starts with 13 titles in the Ace series at the back by George Rochester. Rochester was a contemporary to W E Johns , in the early 1930s his (Rochester's) aviation stories outsold the legendary Biggles ironically Rochester was also imprisoned in the same POW Camp as W E Johns. The artist, Howard Leigh, did the artwork in many of the early Biggles books and was also brother-in-law to W E Johns John Hamilton 1936 England. Howard Leigh (illustrator). …

Hardback. Condition: Good. First edition. Colour frontis by W E Johns. Also articles by the man himself, but not attributed. Cloth backed picture boards, with slight wear. W E JOHNS (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. With tatty dust jacket. A solid edition. Undated, circa 1940s.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Undated but looks similar to the 1935 edition. Condition: Fair - No dust jacket. Cover boards are faded and have crushing to ends of spine and bruising to corners. Page sides are darkened and have heavy foxing. Front endpaper has been removed, title page remains and no other pages seem to be missing. No notes or highlighting but text blocks have foxing throughout some pages have more than others. Binding is intact but exposed in at least one place meaning it might be a bit fragile there, no loose pages currently. Overall a readable copy with foxing being the notable sign of age.…

Unframed Print. Condition: Very Good. A single sheet print, image area approx. 18 x 28 cms. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, such as The Builder, Building News, and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance, intricacy, and stylistic flair of the periodÃ"ÃÃs architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth, they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGEâ" áFROM THE JOURNAL, PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE, NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Category: Builder & Building News; PRINTS : Buildings & Places; Unframed Prints : Old. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years of taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Wrapper is chipped, rubbed and lightly marked with large open tears and some parts of the wrapper missing. Boards marked, spine slightly cocked, prelims foxed with some light foxing to some pages, otherwise clean throughout. Good. 0. Book.

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Hard Cover. Condition: Good. 4to., 248 pp. c.p. n.d [1936] Browned foredges Sunday school prize label to browned front free endpaper. Marginal browning, very occasional foxing spot, slightly sprung, good in original pictorial paper covered boards, worn and browned, split paper on spine and some loss at tail and edges exposing the mull, good Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Bradshaw, Stanley Orton (cover Ill.) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Fair+ Good. 1st Edition. Endpapers are a trifle foxed. Jacket is price clipped and has small losses, taped repair to the back panel and tears . Now in a new protective sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Grey Shadow Master Spy , title page is just "Grey Shadow " as per author's bibliography. Spine displays wear. Solid copy in red boards Illustrations by Howard Leigh of early Biggles fame. Scarce Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Howard Leigh (illustrator).