Rochester g e (23 Ergebnisse)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 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.…

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Cloth. Zustand: 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). …

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

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Original Dustjacket. FIRST EDITION & FIRST PRINTING. Geo. E. Rochester - [1898 to 1966 - Most popular air adventures author through the 1930's and 1950's] - ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET: Retains price of 5/- NET to inner front prelim. The dustjacket has been repaired with cellotape to the front and rear. It was very scuffed at folds and creased in general with closed edge tears and there were quite a few chips that I have replaced with similar coloured paper. The colouring remains beautifully vibrant. Now housed in an archival sleeve. - Orange cloth with lettering to the spine. Fading of the spine and lightly scuffed at the corners. Firm binding and clean. There is a slight book lean. - Very light soiling to endpages. Occasional foxing throughout. - 247 pages are all present and tightly bound. - END - Our orders are shipped within 1 or 2 business days. - Thanks for your interest and I hope you like the book enough to buy it.…

Zustand: 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.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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).

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First edition without jacket on illustrated pictorial cloth some damage to outer boards and spine cloth hinges starting to split but inside covers excellent some selotape rep[airs to outer covers actually overhall a good copy but price reduced will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Features: Australia's [Cricket] Captain - William Maldon Woodfull - article with photo; Walter R. Hammond - One of the Greatest Batsmen England Ever Had - article with photo; How the 'Test' Team is Chosen; Head Downward in the Jaws of Death - a breath-taking story of peril and escape; False Pretences! - A Tale of the Olden Highway; Sports in Japanese Schools - interesting article with four photos; The Commemorative Stamps of the United States - Part IV; The Voice of Barton; Our Indian Tour - an interesting story of the Test Matches which were played between the M.C.C. team and All India last winter - article including photo of Major Naidu, captain of the Indian test team; Three Half Hitches - a sea story; Kings in the Making - excellent photo-illustrated article on the manufacture of cricket bats; My First Fight; The Return of the Flying Beetle (Continued); How To Become a First-Class Cricketeer - Part I; The Art of Fielding; The Airship Stowaway. pp. 641-704, xvi. Includes several pages of interesting ads and an interesting four-page insert bound in at back sponsored by the Lord's Day Observance Society which includes photos of nine famous "Sports Stalwarts who reverence God's Day". Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Spots of soiling to back cover and last few pages, otherwise a sound copy of this nice vintage issue which is heavy on cricket-related content for boys.; Illustrator; 4to. Illustrated by Briscoe, E.E.; Webb, Arch; Lumley Savile; Strange, Robert;Teek (illustrator).…