Illus Stead Leslie (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Leslie Stead (illustrator). CBC edition; Hbk ; Vg; colour frontis; illus. By L Stead; nice clean copy; cracking at hinge title page/frontis;; Biggles; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

No Jacket. Octavo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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 costs.

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G-) extremely scruffy jacket- torn completely in half with half of spine missing; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Hbk; 4to; unusual edition of this title; illustrated board covers with red cloth spine; edges of boards very rubbed; some marks on cover; untidy name & address on title page; one page has purple crayon scribble - but still perfectly legible; G+; 4to 11" - 13" tall.

FIRST EDITION, FACSIMILE JACKET, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

Brick red hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G: in good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Fep missing. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 184pp + plates. 6 colour plates.

Sm octavo, orange heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 182pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to board edges/extrems, light staining to rear board, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/scuffing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, prev. owner's ink stamp to front flap).

Green hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG: in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Slight fade to cover. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 184pp.

Octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering & dog illus to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, VG (light bruising & fading to board edges & extrems, sl paper residue to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters & sl foxing, 1cm closed tear to base of title page) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with minor loss, moderate chafing).

Red hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First book form Edition. G: in good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 160pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Illustrated by Leslie Stead (illustrator). Second Printing. H/b in d/w; vg/g+; blue cloth boards; no names inside or other similar handwriting; vg clean copy with colour plates; d/w price clipped, has chips to spine ends and a few ticks next to listed titles on rear of d/w; vg/g+; Biggles; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

JOHNS, Captain W. E. [Leslie STEAD, Illus.] Biggles Takes it Rough Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1963 Crown 8vo., green publisher's boards, lined and lettered in white to spine with publisher's device to foot; together in the decorative dustwrapper (8/6 net) featuring illustrations by Leslie Stead; front endpaper map showing the island of Tola; full-colour frontis on glossy paper showing a helicopter flying over the same island; an excellent, near-fine copy, the final few pages very slightly spotted to the fore-edge; the dust jacket also near-fine, just a little rubbed and creased at extremities, and one strip of dust spotting to the rear flap. First edition. First published on the 10th February, Biggles Takes it Rough was the 74th book featuring the protagonist, out of an extraordinary 274 stories which were written involving the titular character, written by Johns over a career which spanned almost 50 years. The present story centres around a mystery on a remote Scottish island and involves criminal activity, secret passageways and foiled plots. In uncommonly fresh condition.