Gimlets Oriental Quest King Commandos by Johns (14 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Leslie Stead (illustrator). First Thus. Paperback: illustrated by LESLIE STEAD, cover edges are slightly rubbed on the edges and spine, corners very slightly bumped, some foxing on the foredges and endpapers, pages are tanned, else vg. 156pp.

No Jacket. Hardcover octavo (VG-, scruffy), 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 cost.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG, Shelfwear, dealer sticker, School Prize-plate, foxing, browning/VG, Price-clipped, edgewear, tears, abrasion, perforation, foxing. Adventure in the Siamese jungle. With a colour frontispiece by Leslie Stead, and eight black & white illustrations. Expanded condition report/scan on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. THE BROCKHAMPTON PRESS 1948. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

First edition. 1st edition, 1948, in green cloth; colour frontis. Lacks front free end paper; rear free end paper browned; gouges in cloth on back board, spine, & edge of front board Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback (no dust jacket).

First Edition. 1st edition, 1948, in green cloth; colour frontis. End papers a little yellowed; text clean; binding tight. Dust jacket not price-clipped, but a little shelf-worn, & protected in removable clear film. Overall a nice copy Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket.

1st ed. A little foxing on page fore-edge, otherwise a bright clean copy in similar dust jacket. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket.

First ed. Page fore-edge slightly foxed. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. The Brockhampton Press, 1948, first edition. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, 191pp, illust. Owner name/address, endpapers slightly tanned, d/j a little chipped and torn. A good copy. /0.3uk . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many other sellers. There may therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading).

The Brockhampton Press, Leicester. 1950. Second Impression of First Edition. Colour frontis. Top margin of boards faded, fore-edges foxed. Wrapper clipped, but price still intact, extremities worn and slightly creased. Contents clean and sound.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in green cloth boards with black lettering to front and spine. Unclipped dustjacket (6/-net) in new removable protective clear sleeve. 191pp. Colour frontispiece, full page b/w illustrations throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions, some wear to dustjacket edges, foxing to page block. (27/3).

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Bound in green cloth with black lettering to spine and front board, this hardback book is in Good condition. The book has 191pp of text in 14 chapters, and a colour illustration opposite the title page. Some slight foxing at the head and foredge. Dust wrapper is chipped and torn at the head and tail of the spine and boards. Otherwise overall condition is Good.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Near Fine small octavo 191pp., col. frontis, b/w text ills., Nice copy in like unclipped dust jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A first edition of Gimlet's Oriental Quest by Captain W. E. Johns. With illustrations, and a coloured Frontispiece. William Earl Johns (5 February 1893 ? 21 June 1968) was an English pilot and writer of adventure stories, usually written under the pen name Captain W. E. Johns although he never held that rank. He is best remembered as the creator of the ace pilot and adventurer Biggles. In a green cloth binding in an unclipped dustwrapper in an acetate protective covering. Externally, smart. Dustwrapper is generally smart, lightly rubbed in places. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean Very Good Indeed. book.