Stead leslie illustrator (37 Ergebnisse)

dj. First Edition. [Aviation adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression, in later issue binding. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.182. Illustrated by Leslie Stead with six colour plates including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth titled in black, in pictorial dust-jacket, priced at 8/6. Most of pp.31/32 torn away, otherwise internally clean, with spotting to edges. Ink stamp of August '62 to fly-leaf. Bright jacket shows moderate wear to edges. Fair overall, given the unfortunate page loss.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in red cloth pictorial boards with black lettering to front and spine. No dustjacket. 192pp. Colour frontispiece and b/w illustrations within text. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (6/4).

First Edition. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, glazed boards issue. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. With 12 in-text black and white illustrations by Stead. Publisher's laminated boards with exactly the same artwork and layout as the jacketed edition. A clean, fine copy. A tale of murder and espionage set between London and West Berlin. The laminated editions state 'First Published' and use first edition sheets; they were bound up later from unsold stock and do not include any colour illustrations (where present).…

dj. First Edition. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Contains six boldly coloured plates, all by Leslie Stead, and cartographic endpapers. Publisher's red cloth titled in black to spine and upper. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 7/6. Spotting to edges, otherwise internally clean. Heavy wear to jacket, including losses to head a tail of spine, and corners. Good. Biggles and the Air Police undertake an urgent assignment in Central Africa.…

dj. First Edition. [Children's adventure fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. 8 full page illustrations by Stead. Publisher's maroon cloth with titles in black to front board and spine, in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Stead priced at 7/6. Edges toned and spotted, ink name to endpaper. Jacket with some chips and tears. The blurb sums up the story as follows: "Detective Air-Inspector Biggles and Co. on the track of golden nuggets stolen from an Australian mining town". Will Biggles locate his nuggets? Read this book and watch him work it out.…

dj. First Edition. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.184. Colour frontispiece and five colour plates. Bound in publisher's brick red cloth, titles in black to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. Ink ownership to pastedown, edges toned/spotted, jacket chipped at crown and extremities. Biggles and Ginger are marooned in a Mexican village with three diamond smugglers.…

dj. First Edition. [Children's adventure fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.189; [3], blank. Publisher's blue cloth with titles in black to front board and spine, in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Stead priced at 6s. With black and white illustrations by Stead. No inscriptions, tape mark to flyleaf, a used copy in chipped jacket. Very Good. A Biggles mystery set in Eastern Asia.…

dj. First Edition. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.191; [1]. With four double-sided dichromatic plates by Stead, as well as occasional in-text vignettes. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles and decoration to spine and upper board. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Stead. No inscriptions, edges spotted. A used copy in a chipped, price clipped jacket. A merchant seaman tips Biggles off about adventure in the Antarctic, while Ginger discovers the frozen hulk of the Starry Crown, but is captured by ruffians.…

First Edition. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression, later issue. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's laminated boards with exactly the same artwork and layout as the jacketed edition. No inscriptions, contents clean, edges slightly dusty, minor wear. Very good indeed. A Biggles caper set in the north-east frontier of India. The laminated editions state 'First Published' and use first edition sheets; they were bound later from unsold stock and do not include any colour illustrations.…

First Edition. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION, glazed boards issue. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. With occasional in-text illustrations by Stead. Publisher's laminated boards with exactly the same artwork and layout as the jacketed edition, top edge tinted blue. No inscriptions, contents clean, edges slightly dusty with light spotting, minor wear. Very good indeed. Biggles finds himself batting for the other team in this adventure, in which he joins a syndicate to loot treasure from a cave in Arabia. The laminated editions state 'First Published' and use first edition sheets; they were bound up later from unsold stock and do not include any colour illustrations (where present).…

dj. First Edition. [Children's adventure fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. 8 full page illustrations by Stead. Publisher's maroon cloth with titles in black to front board and spine, in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Stead priced at 7/6. Edges toned, ink note to endpaper. Very good in like, bright jacket with a chip to the crown and foot of spine. Shows well. The blurb sums up the story as follows: "Detective Air-Inspector Biggles and Co. on the track of golden nuggets stolen from an Australian mining town". Will Biggles locate his nuggets? Read this book and watch him work it out.…

First Edition. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's laminated boards with exactly the same artwork and layout as the jacketed edition, top edge tinted blue. No inscriptions, contents clean, binding is fresh. A fine copy. The fiftieth Biggles adventure, in which the eponymous hero investigates a murder on a Pacific atoll. The laminated editions state 'First Published' and use first edition sheets; they were bound later from unsold stock and do not include any colour illustrations.…

dj. First Edition. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. With 12 in-text black and white illustrations by Stead. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Stead, re-priced by the publisher to 50p with a sticker. Some spotting to edges, otherwise a crisp, clean copy. Price-clipped jacket shows just a little light wear to edges. Near fine. A tale of murder and espionage set between London and West Berlin.…

dj. [Children's adventure] FIRST EDITION, third printing. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.182. With 10 illustrations including colour frontispiece by Leslie Stead. In publisher's pale blue cloth with silver titles to spine and upper board. Carlographic endpapers to front. With original colour illustrated dust-jacket priced at 6s. Some spotting to edges. A very good copy in a near fine, slightly nicked jacket. Shows extremely well.…

dj. First Edition. [Children's adventure fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.189; [3], blank. With black and white illustrations by Stead. Publisher's blue cloth with titles in black to front board and spine, in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Stead priced at 6s. No inscriptions, edges toned/dusty, jacket with a few small chips to spine ends. Shows well. A Biggles mystery set in Eastern Asia.…

dj. First Edition. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.184. Colour frontispiece and five colour plates. Bound in publisher's brick red cloth, titles in black to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some marks to text block edges and endpapers, jacket lightly rubbed and worn, a few titles inked in/crossed off to rear. Biggles and Ginger are marooned in a Mexican village with three diamond smugglers.…

dj. First Edition. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184. Colour frontispiece and five other colour plates by Leslie Stead. Publisher's blue cloth, red titles to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of 8/6 net. Gift inscription in ink 'To Nickie. Xmas in Aden 1963', some spotting jacket with some chips and tears. Biggles returns to the Central African jungle, on the trail of man-eating leopards, which leads him to a primitive race and a fearsome plot.…

dj. First Edition. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. With a colour frontispiece and occasional in-text illustrations by Stead. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine and a black design to upper board. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour, also by Stead, priced at 8/6. No inscriptions, contents clean, unfortunate bump/knock to top corner, jacket shows well with some minor rubs, rear panel clean. Overall very good. Biggles finds himself batting for the other team in this adventure, in which he joins a syndicate to loot treasure from a cave in Arabia. …

dj. First Edition. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.191 [1]. Illustrations by Stead, including four sepia plates plus a small number of black and white drawings, one as frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth blocked in black to spine and upper. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket. Black ink gift inscription to fly-leaf dated 1951, and a bookseller's label to rear pastedown, otherwise internally clean. Price-clipped jacket shows quite heavy wear to edges, including losses to spine, and a large closed tear with creases to front panel. Good.…

dj. First Edition. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.158. With six plates printed in colour by Stead. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine and a black design stamped to upper board. With the dust-jacket by Stead. Internally crisp and clean, with a little spotting to edges. Jacket is fine but for some sunning to the spine. Biggles teams up with Interpol to tackle a dope racket threatening the USA. …

dj. First Edition. [Children's adventure story collection] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.227; [1], blank. With six green-tinted double spread illustrations by Stead, colour frontispiece and title page on pale green coated paper. Bound in publisher's blue cloth blocked in gilt, pictorial price-clipped dust-jacket. Edges lightly spotted, jacket with some chips to spine ends and a few short edge tears. Very good.…

dj. First Edition. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184. Colour frontispiece and five other colour plates by Leslie Stead. Publisher's blue cloth, red titles to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of 8/6 net. Some spotting to edges, jacket with some chips and tears. Very good. Biggles returns to Central African jungle, on the trail of man-eating leopards, which leads him to a primitive race and a fearsome plot.…

[Children's adventure novel] REVISED EDITION, first thus. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.192; [1], advert. Colour frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth, titles in black to spine, illustrated jacket priced at 6s. No inscriptions, edges dusty/spotted, jacket with some wear to spine ends, rich colour remaining to spine. Very good. First published in 1935 and unavailable in any form since that year, this reissue was published to great demand and was personally revised by the author.…

dj. First Edition. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184. Colour frontispiece and five other colour plates by Leslie Stead. Publisher's blue cloth, red titles to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of 8/6 net. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A gently used copy with a little wear and dustiness. Near fine. Biggles returns to Central African jungle, on the trail of man-eating leopards, which leads him to a primitive race and a fearsome plot.…

dj. First Edition. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, First Issue binding. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. With six colour plates, including a frontispiece, by Stead. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket, also illustrated by Stead. Edges a little spotted. Both book and jacket lightly handled; some minor edge wear, price clipped. Very good indeed. Biggles and Co. investigate an armed robbery on the high seas.…

dj. First Edition. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Contains six boldly coloured plates, all by Leslie Stead, and cartographic endpapers. Publisher's red cloth titled in black to spine and upper. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 7/6. Internally clean, some spotting to endpapers and flaps, jacket is bright and clean with minor wear to extremities. Near fine. Biggles and the Air Police undertake an urgent assignment in Central Africa. …

dj. First Edition. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.170. With a colour frontispiece by Stead. Publisher's light blue cloth with green titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Stead, priced at 8/6. Contents clean, no inscriptions, minor spotting to edges of text block, bright jacket has some wear to crown and front fold. Very good indeed. Biggles gets involved in some serious action at a remote archaeologic site in the desert. …

dj. First Edition. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 188. With eight dichromatic plates and a colour frontispiece by Stead. Publisher's blue cloth with black titles to spine and upper. With the dust-jacket also illustrated in colour by Stead. Contents and edges clean, Sunday school label to endpaper, price clipped jacket gently used with a little wear and tear to the crown. A very good copy. The war is over and the R.A.F. Station is being cleared out, but Biggles and his squadron take it on the chin by teaming up with the police bagging flying crims instead. …

dj. First Edition. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.182 [2]. Publisher's brown cloth with green titles to spine. With a chromolithographic frontispiece and occasional in-text illustrations by Leslie Stead. With the pictorial dust-jacket, priced at 8/6. Internally clean, jacket crisp and bright. A particularly fresh copy. Biggles tracks the kidnappers of the child of a wealthy family into Scotland.…

dj. First Edition. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. With a colour frontispiece and occasional in-text illustrations by Stead. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine and a black design to upper board. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour, also by Stead, priced at 8/6. A clean, fine copy of the book in a particularly bright jacket. A fresh-looking copy. Biggles finds himself batting for the other team in this adventure, in which he joins a syndicate to loot treasure from a cave in Arabia. …