Biggles sets trap de captain johns (14 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 159 pp. Published by The Children's Book Club, London (1962), by arrangement with Hodder & Stoughton. Copyright 1962 stated to title page verso. Beautifully illustrated with black-and-white drawings and an atmospheric frontispiece by Leslie Stead. The book is an exceptional, Fine copy—bound in light blue cloth that remains wonderfully fresh, clean, and tight all round, with unrubbed black lettering and no previous owner inscriptions or internal markings. Housed in a complete, Near Fine original dust jacket that remains entirely unclipped, displaying the original Hodder & Stoughton 8s 6d retail price on the inner flap. The jacket is bright and free of the usual dust dulling to the rear panel, showing only a very short closed tear to the bottom edge. A beautifully preserved, crisp example of this later-period Air Police mystery. This adventure Biggles Sets a Trap is unique within the series because it is one of the few adventures where Biggles and his team do not fly an aeroplane at all. The plot unfolds as Biggles and Bertie travel to Ringlesby Hall, a rundown stately home in Hampshire. They are visiting Sir Leofric Landaville, a young pilot who believes his family is plagued by a historical, centuries-old "curse" tracing back to the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. What starts as a seemingly supernatural anomaly quickly turns into an intricate Air Police investigation when Biggles detects a calculated string of modern criminal setups and murders. Armed with nothing but his sharp wits, Biggles meticulously orchestrates a trap to catch the intruder responsible. Leslie Stead (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Book is tight, bright and clean. Blue boards with black lettering. Dust Jacket shows some light wear to edges and light grime to rear and spine. Dust Jacket wrapped in acetate - nothing adhered to book. 1st Edition 1962. Children's Book Club. Please see photos. Stead (ilustrador). …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Mild foxing to the closed page edges. The jacket is not price clipped and has only minor rubbing. Number 63 in the series. Biggles is visited by Sir Leofric Landaville who has a surprising tale to tell. For generations his family has suffered from what could be called "the curse of the Landavilles". Intrigued, Biggles and Bertie travel to Ringlesby Hall in Hampshire to hear the story (Algy and Ginger being on leave). On 22nd August 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth Field, Henry VII defeated Richard III. Henry's life was saved at the battle by a squire named Leofric Landaville who was knighted and given Ringlesby Hall with 100 acres of land and a pension of £400 in perpetuity. Ever since then, Landavilles have been dying mysterious and violent deaths and legend has it that such deaths are preceded by the croak of a Raven. Leofric's elder brother Charles has recently died a violent death after being shot, supposedly in an accident. Leofric heard a Raven croak before it happened. Biggles investigates the death and discovers it was murder. Ringlesby Hall has also been entered by an intruder. Biggles is invited to stay and sets a trap to alert him to any further entries by the mysterious intruder. Making enquiries in the locality, Biggles finds out about the De Warine family who owned Ringlesby Hall before the Landavilles. Eventually the trap is sprung and an intruder is discovered. In trying to escape, the intruder is killed in a car crash. The identity of the intruder and the explanation for the "curse" are revealed. The dust cover of the book shows Biggles sitting in a chair in Ringlesby Hall, in front of a suit of armour. Leslie Stead (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Dust Jacket Included. THE DUST JACKET IS RUBBED AND SLIGHTLY FADED. THERE IS SOME FOXING TO THE JACKET. THE CORNERS ARE SCUFFED AND SLIGHTLY TORN. THE SPINE IS RUBBED AND BOTH ENDS ARE SCUFFED. THERE IS A 6CM TEAR TO THE BASE OF THE SPINE. THE REAR JACKET APPEARS GRUBBY. THERE IS MILD FOXING TO THE PAGE EDGES. THE PRICE IS UNCLIPPED. THE BOARDS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. THE BINDING IS TIGHT. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Book and d/j in very good condition. Not price clipped. Children's Book Club edition.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1962 hardcover with dust jacket. 1st edition. The book is in very good condition. clean, square and tight. corners and edges sharp. The dust jacket is also very good condition. clean and bright. chipped and bumped to extremities. see photos. Stead (ilustrador).…

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy small octavo 159pp., illusts., Nice copy in a bright slightly chipped unclipped dust jacket. Scarce.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. b&w illustrations in-text (ilustrador).

Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A lovely first impression 'Biggles' novel, an exciting adventure novel by Captain W. E. Johns, complete with illustrations. The first edition, first impression of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The seventy-third 'Biggles' novel, following the exploits of the pilot and adventurer James Bigglesworth, exciting novels for younger readers.Illustrated with in-text illustrations throughout by Stead.By Captain W. E. Johns. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A couple of light marks to the boards. Small mark to the recto to the front endpaper. Dust wrapper is a little edge worn, with a little discolouration and some marks to the wraps, otherwise very bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. Stead (ilustrador). book.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. Near fine. Not price clipped. No inscriptions.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. Publisher's red boards with black lettering to the spine. Boards really bright and clean. Scattered foxing to the closed page edges (chiefly to the top and fore-edges). No inscriptions. A VG+ copy. The VG+ first issue dustwrapper (priced 8s 6d net to the inside flap) is lightly rubbed/creased to the spine tips but has a really clean back panel. Biggles # 63. A nice, clean copy of a moderately scarce title. Great period cover art by Stead. Photographs/scans available upon request.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1962 [first edition]. Octavo, 159 pages with illustrations by Leslie Stead. Red papered boards; a very fine copy with the near-fine price-clipped dustwrapper very lightly rubbed. Number 63 is printed on the spine of the dustwrapper.…

Hard Back. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Ed. No inscriptions etc. DJ has some edge rubbing and some small edge tears and is price-clipped. Please contact O'Connell's Bookshop Adelaide (est. 1957) to check availability etc. We have thousands more books in our shop than appear on line.…

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First edition. A selection of first edition 'Biggles' adventure novels from English novelist and WWI pilot W. E. Johns, complete with the original dust wrappers. Offering eleven first edition titles from W. E. Johns' popular Biggles series.Complete with original dust wrappers, unclipped except for Gets His Men and Sets the Trap. Additional clear protective wraps have been either adhered to or taped down to the original wraps. In some cases the dust wrappers as a whole have been taped down to the boards, making them difficult to remove.This prolific series centres around title character and hero, James Charles Bigglesworth, better known by his nickname "Biggles". Written by English novelist and First World War pilot, W. E. Johns.The entirety of this set includes the following:Biggles Takes a Holiday (1949) - With a colour frontispiece and seven colour platesBiggles Gets His Men (1950) - With numerous full-page illustrationsAnother Job for Biggles (1951) - With a frontispiece and four colour platesBiggles: Foreign Legionnaire (1954) - With a colour frontispiece and five colour platesBiggles" Chinese Puzzle (1955) - With a colour frontispiece and five colour platesBiggles on the Home Front (1957) - With a colour frontispiece and five colour platesBiggles on Mystery Island (1958) - With a colour frontispiece and five colour plates Biggles and the Poor Rich Boy (1961) - With a colour frontispiece Orchids for Biggles (1962) - With a colour frontispieceBiggles Sets a Trap (1962) - With numerous full-page black-and-white illustrations Biggles and the Black Mask (1964) - With numerous full-page black-and-white illustrations Collated, complete. In the original cloth bindings. With the original dust wrappers, all unclipped except for 'Gets His Men' and 'Sets the Trap'. Externally, condition of the majority of the volumes are unknown due to difficulty removing taped-down dust wrappers, however with shelf wear to 'Biggles Gets His Men', fading and a couple marks to 'Orchids' and only minor shelf wear to 'Foreign'. Dust wrappers are edge worn, with chipping to the spine heads and tails and handling marks to the extremities. With a larger chip to the front cover of 'Chinese Puzzle'. Occasional small closed tears to the edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers. Occasional ink inscriptions (mostly ownership) to the front free endpapers. Occasional spots to 'Holiday' and spots to the endpapers of 'Black Mask'. With library stamp to title page of 'Black Mask'. Very Good. Leslie Stead; Alfred Sindall (ilustrador). book.…