Edge Beyond by Captain Johns (6 results)

Softcovers. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 1981. Reprint. 158pp. plus a 2-page catalogue. This is the fifth of ten science fiction stories W. E. Johns, who is best known for his 'Biggles' stories. With their friends, Mino, Vargo and other members of the crew, The Professor, 'Tiger' Clinton and his son Rex, venture to the edge of the Milky Way, to seek out the planet Terromagna. They find that here civilization has advanced beyond their wildest dreams, but their discovery brings danger too - will they escape from the edge of beyond or plunge into deathly darkness? The book is bound in paperback form and is in very good condition with light shelf wear to the covers and slight fading to the spine. The contents are secure and clean with slight age-browning to the pages. A list of five other books by Johns, facing the title-page, has a tick mark beside three of the titles. A number has been written on the top corner of the half-title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Stead, Leslie (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fair, Shelfwear, spine lean, bumping, insect damage & abrasion to spine ends & top edges, heavy internal staining affecting the edges of the illustrations, ink scribble on front free endpaper, soiling, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. Science fiction adventure. With six colour illustrations, including the frontispiece. Red boards with black titles & illustration of man in spacesuit. Photo on request.

Condition: Very Good. 1958. First Edition. 192 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red pictorial cloth covered boards depicting a walking spaceman. Amazing colour plates by Stead. Pages remain bright and clean and binding remains firm, although book has slight forward lean. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some small areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and creasing. A tape repair to top of spine. Fantastic 1950s vintage science fiction.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. With dust jacket. Text is clear. Foxing to page edges. Photograph available on request.

Condition: Good. Boards are clean with light fading marks. Content is clean with spotting. Good DJ has chips/tears, marks and is price clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Written by the 'Biggles' author. The volume in hand is part of the rarer and lesser know science fiction phase, just 6 titles were published. / This is book 5 in the series. Three months have passed since the last adventure when our heroes are unexpectedly visited at Glensalich Castle by Vargo, Borron and Gator. The Tavona is needed for work on Mars and the Professor, Tiger, Toby and Rex arrange to return to space in a further seven days' time. Borron tells them that the big ships they had previously had problems with, have left Ando and never returned. / With 6 coloured illustrations by Stead. /// This is a 1st edition hardback with its dustjacket in good condition-the dustjacket is slightly chipped on the edges & the 'D/J' is a little rubbed&creased / The cloth to the top & bottom edges is faded. (192 pages & 6 pages of illustrations).