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Leicester England: Brockhampton Press. Beige cloth with red lettering and decoration. Color fronts. 8 other full page illustrations in blue, black and white. Some fraying on edges. Back cover is a little stained. "F" written on spine. Endpapers a little discolored. Overall a pretty good copy. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1947. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.

University of London Press Ltd, 1952. Hardcover. Good. 1952. Reprinted. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout with colour frontispiece. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall. Dent to top edge of rear board.

UsedAcceptable. 1950 Brockhampton Press. Hardcover. No dustjacket. Cover and spine edges show wear. Front cover hinge and binding cracked. Pages have heavy foxing, but are unmarked. Good copy for it's age. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

Youth Book Club, 1950. Hardcover. Good. 1950. No edition remarks. 185 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Black and white illustrations throughout. Colour frontispiece. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Some additional mild marks and staining. Book has strong forward lean.

Brockhampton Press, 1950. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1950. First Edition. 192 pages. Illustrative jacket over grey cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Sticker to front pastedown. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Visible creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges. Minor marks to boards. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Some tanning to spine. Visible rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.

Armada. Fair. 8.62 x 1.17 x 11.22 inches. Paperback. 1963. 158 pages. Cover very worn. Text tanned<br> .

University of London, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. STEAD. 185 pages (complete). Boards worn, cocked, marked. Previous ownership inscriptions and stamp, tanning, a bit stained, foxing. However, it is still in fair condition, tightly bound and intact. 1st printing. MK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Malham House, Bickley, Kent, U.K.: University of London Press, Ltd., 1944. Book. Illus. by Stead. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Teal green cloth, lettered in black. Binding lean, modest tanning/foxing to text block edges and endpapers. 185 pp. 1st ptg.: Nov. 1944. Color illus. dust jacket tanned on rear panel, sunned along spine panel, with modest chipping/loss to corners and spine extremities, clipped front flap, now in mylar..

The Brockhampton Press Leicester 1950. first edition, grey cloth, 192pp, illus, VG (lacks d/w)

London: University of London Press, 1949 12mo. original blue boards (a little rubbed & sunned, some spotting; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 186 (last blank), with colour frontispiece and text illustrations. A very good copy. No. 2 in the Gimlet series, this one set in wartime France.. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket. Illus. by Leslie Stead.

Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1947. First Edition. Hardback. Blue paper boards sharp, slightly faded to brown on spine, gilt lettering on cover bright, but tarnished on spine, corners slightly bumped; Edges a touch dusty and age-toned, offsetting on end papers, previous owner's dedication on pen on ffep, one B&W plate w/ one coloured plate; Binding tight. Overall a nice, sturdy copy with signs of age. ; 5.25 x 7.5"; 227 pages .

Leicester, England: The Brockhampton Press Ltd., 1950. Cover: bluey-grey cloth on boards with diamond shaped impressions and Scotty dogs; very light dusting of a little soiling. Spine: moderately sunned. Edges: moderate aged yellowing, few only foxings and a touch soiling. Eps: ffep with signature stamp and a faded small booksellers stamp to foot. Binding is VG albeit slighlty cocked. 191p Dj: moderate soiling and rubbings. Spine: head & foot with thin wear and chips; 1cm split to foot frontside edge. Front flap spine with open splits and small section in between holding on. Angled price-cut to front flap foot.. Second Impression. Hb. VG/VG. Illus. by Leslie Stead.

London: University of London Press, 1949. reprint. Nice copy. small octavo. hardback in decorated cloth 185pp., col. frontis., illusts., No dust jacket o/w a nice copy

London: University of London Press, 1952 VG+/VG-. 12mo. original light brown boards (a trifle rubbed, prev. owner's name to FFE, occasional offsetting and leaf edge speckling) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, rubbed & frayed with some chipping to extremities); pp. 186, with colour frontispiece and text illustrations. A very good copy. No. 3 in the Gimlet series, this one set in Scotland.. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG+/VG-. Illus. by Leslie Stead.

JOHNS, Captain W. E.
Gimlet Mops Up "A King of the Commandos" Adventure
The Brockhampton Press Ltd., Leicester, 1950, hardback with dust wrapper, VG+/gd+, boards green/black, frontispiece in addition to three b/w plates, 160 pp. Boards clean and firm, rubs to corners and bottom edge, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, slight lean to the spine, pages clean and bright, light foxing to top edge. Moderate shelf wear to wrapper (see scans), chips and closed tears to edges, rubs to front and back panels, now protected in acid-free archive film, price not clipped. CHILDREN'S COLLECTABLE, HARDBACK, CAPTAIN W. E.JOHNS, BROCK-BOOK FOR OLDER BOYS, ADVENTURE STORY 46158 CHILD'S COLL £16.00

Leicester: Brockhampton Press Ltd, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 190x125x25mm. STEAD, LESLIE. 190x125x25mm+287g . . Brockhampton Press Ltd. Leicester. 1950. First Edition. 1st Printing. . Pp192. Blue cloth boards with black lettering. Illustrated by LESLIE STEAD. Cover has some marks and edge damage. Top front of book block scuffed. Name and address on front free endpaper. Minor foxing; binding tight: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted.. . . . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$12.00 1st Printing

1950. 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.

1944. University Of London. 1944. First Edition. Hardback. No DW. Blue cloth, black lettering. Colour frontis + b/w illustrations. Boards are a little soiled, lean to spine and front board. Inner hinge cracked, and occasional foxing to o/w clean and sound contents.

Leicester, UK: Brockhampton Press, 1948. Book. Very Good. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 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..

Leicester, UK.: The Brockhampton Press, Ltd.. 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. . Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1948.