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Soin2Books, Kidderminster, WORCS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 11 February 2016
First Edition. 'First issued 1937' on copyright page. Red cloth boards with black titles to front and spine. Binding tight. Small marks to boards. Light rubbing to corners. Light spotting to endpapers. Content clean. Frontis and two b/w plates by "B" present. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 224 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked. Seller Inventory # 001239
Title: Adrift in the Stratosphere
Publisher: Blackie and Son, London
Publication Date: 1937
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. The jacket is torn and marked.Award plate.Well bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # pm56
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Berkshire Rare Books, Maidenhead, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Drake Brookshaw (illustrator). Not paginated. This book is in good condition and will be shipped by the working day after ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. There may be a previous owner's inscription. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. Seller Inventory # 3690
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fair to Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Decent clean firm interior, no usage marks, neat inscription to front e/paper, b&w f/p, only a faint watermark to edge of front and rear e/papers - dulled to closed-edge of pages, boards have watermarks to edges but all tight and firm; d/j poor with heavy watermarking to rear and front side edge, chipping/loss to lower front, heavy usage overall but all intact with no large areas of loss./. Seller Inventory # 012979
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Garden City Books, Herts, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 1950 First edition cloth covered hardback, lacks dustjacket. No date but prize label dated 1952 inside front cover. Early space age science fiction, replete with compulsory Martian death ship, Aeronauticus space vehicle and wonderful transmitting device known as Televista machine. Interior otherwise clean, devoid of marks, tears or folds. Cloth covers lightl soiled to front. Still a robust vintage copy. Seller Inventory # 002276
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Black Cat Bookshop P.B.F.A, Leicester, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Science fiction. Undated. Brown cloth, titled black. Black & white frontis. Initials R R neatly stamped on title page. Seller Inventory # 000495
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Archive, Sth Hobart, TAS, Australia
Cloth. No Jacket. Drake Brookshaw (illustrator). No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book is very good pages discoloures cloth is lightly marked, pp 224, frontis Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 002310
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Edition Unstated. foreword by author. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece, by Drake Brookshaw. Book Prize Plate dated 1962 has been affixed to the front paste down. Foxing and darkening to the edges of the text block, minor rubbing of the edges of the dust jacket . Illustrated dustwrapper. Juvenile space-adventure novel written by a scientist. "His heroes are three boys who, because of their curiosity, find themselves aboard the Wonder Machine, adrift in the stratosphere and in touch with Mars." -- from the front fold over blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 224 pages, Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction -- Adolescent; Inventory No: 0104941. Seller Inventory # 0104941
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Border Books, Hebden Bridge, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: GOOD. DRAKE BROOKSHAW (illustrator). WITH DW DW SOME EDGE WEAR AND LOSS ON TOP OF THE SPINE. Seller Inventory # 6022
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Geo. W. Blow -- Cover Art (illustrator). Edition Unstated. 224 pages foreword by author. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece, with the artist being credited with the letter " B ". Brown coloured boards with black writing on the front panel and spine. Bumping, rubbing and slight fraying to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the book corners. Shelfwear to the lower book corners. Browning and foxing to the paper edges. Browning to the endpapers along with some handling marks an internal pages have become age toned again with handling marks. Book Prize Plate has been affixed to the front paste down. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Geo. W. Blow, with orange and yellow writing on the front panel and black, white and yellow on the spine. Chipping and rubbing, with loss, to the dustwrapper corners and to the lower spine edge. The top 0.25 " of the spine has been chipped and lost and a previous owner has attempted to support this loss with tape, tape still in situ. Heavy rubbing along all creases of the dustwrapper. Staining to the rear fold over crease area and there is also a stain to the lower left-hand corner of the rear dustwrapper panel. Rubbing and chipping to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges as well. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, the lower right-hand corner. Tape residue to the verso of the rear fold over panel and to the head and to the heel of the spine. The book is undated, but the Prize plate is dated 1954. Juvenile space-adventure novel written by an actual scientist. "His heroes are three boys who, because of their curiosity, find themselves aboard the Wonder Machine, adrift in the stratosphere and in touch with Mars." -- from the front fold over blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Geo. W. Blow -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Fiction -- Adolescent; Inventory No: 0104747. Seller Inventory # 0104747
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Mad Hatter Books, Auckland, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. No Date (1950s). dj (price clipped) a little frayed one dges, a few short tears, light foxed on reverse, vg red boards with black lettering, frontispiece, remains of prize plate on front flyleaf, light foredge foxing, vg. small 8vo, 224pp. Seller Inventory # 09F80
Quantity: 1 available