John w e capt (38 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. W E Johns story is a hard to find short story Birds of a Feather (WW2) Murray Leinster story is The Propagandist. This copy is not in very good condition. There is writing on the back board, a hole about 1cm round to the spine, the front board is stained and there is a corner detached from the front free endpaper. Gift marked in ink 1956. Original Illustrations. Its a heavy book so shipping will be more than the standard rate as the book will come in at about1.3 kilos packed and is oversized. Robert McGilvray (illustrateur).…

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Fair condition hard cover, no dust jacket, some wear to cover and spine, foxing to pages, tanning to pages, previous owner details to inside page, otherwise in a good readable condition.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 88 pages. Illustrated. T M Haddow "Clyde Pilots" / J H Isherwood "Royal Holland Lloyd Liner "Frisia" of 1909" / John Leslie "Salving the "Wanganella" / Robert Simper "Square-Riggers and Sailing Barges" / John Young "Fast Japanese Cargo Liners" / T E Hughes "112 Years of the Donaldson Line (1)" / E W Argyle "Portuguese Naval Vessels" / John Mannering "Loss Of The "Kent" / Capt. N A Holmberg "Last Voyage of the "Favell" (1)" (SL#49).…

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 88 pages. Illustrated. ( C J M Carter "West Germany buys the 'Shalom'" / Wric Harrison "Story Of An 'Isle'" / J H Isherwood "Royal Mail Liner 'Ebro' Of 1915" / E W Argyle "Tribute to Gibraltar's Ships" / John Young "Tug and Cargo Liner" / T E Hughes "112 Years of the Donaldson Line (2)" / Robert Simper "Wrecks and Wreckers Along the Shore" / Capt. N A Holmberg "Last Voyage of the 'Favell' (2)" SL#49).…

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 88 pages. Illustrated. C J M Carter "Changing Pattern of Irish Traffic" / Capt. F J Bullock "The 'Trevilley' and the 'Baden' Incident" / J H Isherwood"C.G.T. Liner'Normandie' of 1883" / Lt. Comdr. J Stead "Our Classroom Fleet - in Polystyrene" / Robert Simper "Refits for Square-Riggeds" / W A Laxon "The Blue Emu at Sea" (1) / John Young "Bank Line's New Tonnage" / Sybil Edmondson "Samuel Plimsoll 'The Sailors' Friend'" / E W Argyle "A Pageant of Sail" / Capt. N A Holmberg "Last Voyage of the 'Favell' " (7) (SL#49).…

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 88 pages. C J M Carter / School-ship for the Breakers" / W A Connell "Bells And Other Relics" / J H Isherwood"Hamburg-Amerika Liner 'Furst Bismarck' Of 1890" / Barbara Hinds "Saga Of The 'San Rafael'" / John D Rogers "Christmas Memories" / F G Whitnall "Lionel Lukin: Inventor of the Life-boat" / W A Laxon "The Blue Emu at Sea" (2) / John Young "Group Order For Dutch Owners" / E W Argyle "More Norfolk Island Issues" / Capt. N A Holmberg "Last Voyage of the 'Favell' (8) (SL#49). …

Soft cover. Etat : Good Only. First Edition. 80 pp. Digest format. Edge and corner wear with some tearing on the spine and a chip from the lower left of the front cover; no interior markings. This issue contains: FICTION: Troubled Waters by Alan C. Jenkins; The Case of the Missing International by Leonard Gribble; In the Straight by Eric Leyland; Biggles at School - part two of a serial by Capt. W. E. Johns. ARTICLES: The Boy Magician by Walter B. Gibson; Celestial Salvoes by Martin Thornhill; Barnstorming by David Roberts; The Bar as a Career by a Barrister-at-Law; Let's Make Something by W. P. Mathew; Swedish Boy by Olle Cronsjo; Ballistics Is a Science by Justin Atholl; Milestones by Reece Winstone; Acting the Part by Frank Newman; Is British Sport Too Commercialized by Lionel Gamlin; and Gone with the Wind by John Davies; along with all the usual features. Size: 12mo. Redmill; (illustrateur). Book.…

Soft cover. Etat : Good. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing.. Inventory # D535-2 FATE (Pulp Digest Magazine); Vol. 9, No. 5, Issue 74, May 1956 True Stories on The Strange, The Unusual, The Unknown - Will Our Earth Capsize?, Texas Saucer Contact . . . Police Affidavits!, Everyone Has Psychic Powers Published by Highland Park, IL: Clark Publishing Company, CONTENTS; ** STORIES (1) The Return of Private Dupoy by Raymond J. Ross (2) The Buddhas Curse by W. J. Brands (3) The Ghosts in Tito Schipas Life by Pauline Saltzman (4) The Girl of Mark Twains Dream by Mark Twain (5) Bones in the Shed by Quentin R. Howard (6) Death Has a Number by Sibley S. Morrill (7) Miracle Girl of Woonsocket by John E. Malloy; ARTICLES = (1); Contact With a Flying Saucer by Ray Sanford (2) The Coming Antarctica Disaster by Hugh A. Brown, E. E. (3) Everyone Has Psychic Powers by Capt. George F. Brietz (4) How To Read Hands by Mir Bashir (5) Miracle of the Virgin of Quito by Mary Steihm Fuller (6) World Survey of Spiritualism by Horace Leaf (7) Objects of Mystery by Trevor Holloway (8) Mind Over Space by Nandor Fodor; PRICE = G; $16; spine wear; small writing on fc; table on content page is cut on edge and a small piece is ripped out - does not affect reading Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.…

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 164 pages. The Worrals Books Of Capt. W E Johns / The Sapper - creator of Bull-Dog Drummond / Books & Designs Of Eric Gill / Anthony Burgess / Philip Larkin / J G Wood "Natural Historian" / Robert Bloch.

hardcover. Etat : Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Undated. Minor scuffing at the corners of the boards. A tan to the page edges. Contents clear and firm within. A good condition book.…

Soft cover. Etat : VG+. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing.. Inventory # D535-1 FATE (Pulp Digest Magazine); Vol. 9, No. 5, Issue 74, May 1956 True Stories on The Strange, The Unusual, The Unknown - Will Our Earth Capsize?, Texas Saucer Contact . . . Police Affidavits!, Everyone Has Psychic Powers Published by Highland Park, IL: Clark Publishing Company, CONTENTS; ** STORIES (1) The Return of Private Dupoy by Raymond J. Ross (2) The Buddhas Curse by W. J. Brands (3) The Ghosts in Tito Schipas Life by Pauline Saltzman (4) The Girl of Mark Twains Dream by Mark Twain (5) Bones in the Shed by Quentin R. Howard (6) Death Has a Number by Sibley S. Morrill (7) Miracle Girl of Woonsocket by John E. Malloy; ARTICLES = (1); Contact With a Flying Saucer by Ray Sanford (2) The Coming Antarctica Disaster by Hugh A. Brown, E. E. (3) Everyone Has Psychic Powers by Capt. George F. Brietz (4) How To Read Hands by Mir Bashir (5) Miracle of the Virgin of Quito by Mary Steihm Fuller (6) World Survey of Spiritualism by Horace Leaf (7) Objects of Mystery by Trevor Holloway (8) Mind Over Space by Nandor Fodor; PRICE = VG+; $21 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 183 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Dean & Son, UK, NO DATE. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Corners of boards are lightly bumped. Spine has minor lean. Edges of pages are mildly foxed. Pages are lightly tanned and mildly foxed. Color has faded alone spine edge on back cover. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; ISBN: 060303408x. ISBN/EAN: 9780603034084. Inventory No: 22040088.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. .You look at photos here of cars like the HP Austin All-Weather Car and you realise cars were so much more elegant back in the day. Some soiling to boards, gilt titles, edges tanned, some toning and foxing but no text obscured, hints of starting hinge but binding remains firm. Lacks dust jacket, and book is priced accordingly. Grading commensurate with age of book. By Good condition we mean that while book has wear, it is perfectly readable and complete, and in overall good condition relevant to its age of 100+ yearsDispatched from the UK same or next working day. You look at photos here of cars like the HP Austin All-Weathe Car and you realise cars were so much more elegant back in the day. Some soiling to boards, gilt titles, edges tanned, some toning and foxing but no text obscured, hints of starting hinge but binding remains firm. Lacks dust jacket, and book is priced accordingly. Grading commensurate with age of book. By Good condition we mean that while book has wear, it is perfectly readable and complete, and in overall good condition relevant to its age of 100+ years. Dispatched from the UK same or next working day. NB: Due to the stupidity of Brexit, parcels sent to the EU may incur additional customs charges.…

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing.. Inventory # D500-1 FATE (Pulp Digest Magazine); Vol. 6, No. 4, Issue 37, April 1953 True Stories on The Strange, The Unusual, The Unknown Viking's Lost Colony; Magdalene Grombach; Opal Whiteley; Woman Sings in Ancient Languages; Ghost Ship, Caodaism; Mirages Published by Highland Park, IL: Clark Publishing Company, CONTENTS; ** STORIES (1) Aunt Tishy and the Witches of Ellum Street by Sigman Byrd (2) The Ghost Ship "Seabird" by Bartnet Hyams (3) The Possessions of Magdalene Grombach by John P. Bessor (4) The Visitor by Capt. E. Fairfax-Lucy (5) Karachi Assignment by Maj. Henry F. Hansen (6) Who Is Opal Whiteley? by Alson J. Smith (7) The Possessions of Maria Talarico by Edmond P. Gibson; ** ARTICLES = (1) Lost Colonies of the Vikings by Gordon Cooper (2) The Woman Who Sings in Ancient Languages by Raymond F. Piper (3) Caodaism, the Worlds Newest Religion by Harrison Forman (4) Ghosts in the Blitz by Eliiot O Donnell (5) When the Skies Rained Blood! by Harold W. Wilkins (6) How to Develop Automatic Writing by Horace Leaf (7) The Anatomy of Mirages by Virginia Stumbough (8) Prophecies I Have Heard by Jeron King Criswell; CONDITION; VG; minor spine fraying; spine creasing PRICE = $32; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book. …

Trade Paperback. Etat : Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows very light wear only with creaseless covers and spine, tiny bit of chipping top and bottom spine, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Contents includes: Aunt Tishy and the Witches of Ellum Street, The Ghost Ship "Seabird",The Possessions of Magdalene Grombach, Karachi Assignment, Who Is Opal Whiteley? ,The Possessions of Maria Talarico , Lost Colonies of the Vikings , The Woman Who Sings in Ancient Languages, Caodaism, the Worlds Newest Religion, Ghosts in the Blitz , When the Skies Rained Blood!, How to Develop Automatic Writing ,The Anatomy of Mirages etc. 130 pages on age-toned paper with ads, b&w photos, drawings, prints. Wrapped in protective clear cover. Keywords: Haunted House, Magazine, 1950's, Metaphysics, Occult, Psychic, Phenomena, Spirits, Past Lives, Warning, Mystic, Mysticism, Ghosts, Paranormal, Raymond A. Palmer, Kenneth Arnold.…

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good +. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing.. Inventory # D500-1 FATE (Pulp Digest Magazine); Vol. 6, No. 4, Issue 37, April 1953 True Stories on The Strange, The Unusual, The Unknown Viking's Lost Colony; Magdalene Grombach; Opal Whiteley; Woman Sings in Ancient Languages; Ghost Ship, Caodaism; Mirages Published by Highland Park, IL: Clark Publishing Company, CONTENTS; ** STORIES (1) Aunt Tishy and the Witches of Ellum Street by Sigman Byrd (2) The Ghost Ship "Seabird" by Bartnet Hyams (3) The Possessions of Magdalene Grombach by John P. Bessor (4) The Visitor by Capt. E. Fairfax-Lucy (5) Karachi Assignment by Maj. Henry F. Hansen (6) Who Is Opal Whiteley? by Alson J. Smith (7) The Possessions of Maria Talarico by Edmond P. Gibson; ** ARTICLES = (1) Lost Colonies of the Vikings by Gordon Cooper (2) The Woman Who Sings in Ancient Languages by Raymond F. Piper (3) Caodaism, the Worlds Newest Religion by Harrison Forman (4) Ghosts in the Blitz by Eliiot O Donnell (5) When the Skies Rained Blood! by Harold W. Wilkins (6) How to Develop Automatic Writing by Horace Leaf (7) The Anatomy of Mirages by Virginia Stumbough (8) Prophecies I Have Heard by Jeron King Criswell; CONDITION; VG+; minor spine fraying; PRICE = $39 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book. …

Illustré dans et hors texte. Roman traduit de l'anglais par Paule Brizard. Les amis des jeunes. Cartonné. 268 pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Poor. Hardcover. 183 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Dean & Son, UK, No Date. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in poor dust jacket. More specifically: . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; Inventory No: 24021035. …

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Poor. Hardcover. 184 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Dean & Son, UK, No Date. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in good condition and comes in poor dust jacket. More specifically: . Pages are reasonably tanned and mildly foxed. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; Inventory No: 24021037. …

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Poor. Hardcover. 183 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Dean & Son, UK, No Date. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in good condition and comes in poor dust jacket. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; Inventory No: 24021036. …

Hardback. Etat : good. No Dust Jacket. 1924 blue binding, loose plate at the front.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Early Edition. 273, 279, 270, 278 Pp. Four Volumes In Green Cloth, Gilt. Early Edition, Last Date I Found In Book Referred To Latest 1931 Model Year. Three Of Four Tipped On Fold-Out Plates On Front Pastedowns Are Detached, But All Complete. Covers Worn, A Few Points Of Fraying At Tips, A Little Light Dampspotting Along Foredge Of Covers, No Names Or Marks, Contents Clean With No Foxing. No International Orders. Photographs and Diagrams Throughout (illustrateur).…

Hardback. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Second Edition. 3 volumes, 248pp, 269pp, 379pp complete. All illustrated throughout. 2nd edition. Red cloth. very good set with no previous ownership markings. Sound binding. Light fade on the spine. heavy set will be addition postage .

Couverture rigide. Etat : bon. RO40200256: 1947. In-12. Relié. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 266 pages. Dessin en couleur en frontispice. Illustré de nombreux dessins en noir et blanc dans et hors texte. Reliure d'éditeur bleu nuit. 2e plat se détachant. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne.…

Etat : Acceptable.

Couverture rigide. Etat : bon. RO80148301: 25 juillet 1947. In-12. Cartonnage d'éditeurs. Etat d'usage, Couv. remarquable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 266 pages. Frontispice en couleurs. Nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc, dans le texte et hors-texte. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne. …

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. 1st Edition. Brown embossed boards. Contains: "Report of Explorations for a Route for the Pacific Railroad by Capt. J.W. Gunnison, Topographical Engineers Near the 38th and 39th Parallels of North Latitude from the Mouth of the Kansas River, Mo. to the Sevier Lake in the Great Basin." "Report of Explorations for a Route for the Pacific Railroad on the Line of the Forty-First Parallel of North Latitude" by Lt. E.G. Beckwith. "Synopsis of a Report of the Reconnaissance of a Railroad Route From Puget Sound via South Pass to the Mississippi River" by Fred W. Lander. "Report of Exploration of a Route for the Pacific Railroad near the Thirty-Second Parallel of North Latitude from the Red River to the Rio Grande" by Brevet Capt. John Pope. Many color and black and white plates. Some light foxing to several. Top 3/4 of spine detached and laid in. Binding itself is still tight. FAIR.…

Single Issue Magazine. Etat : Fair. First Edition. Features: The Singing Tree - a story from the Bushveld of South Africa; The Road to Romanc - Part I of the amazing round-the-world travels of Cyril Holloway; Photo of ice-fishing in Vladivostock Harbour; Timber-Laden Round Cape Horn - a windjamming tale; An Aeroplane Adventure in Waziristan - the story of a British officer who was captured by the Wazirs; A Tenderfoot in Canada, Part II - a disastrous season on a prairie farm; Trapped in the Volcano of Kilauea, in the Hawaiian Islands; The Hundredth Chance - a story from the Union-Castle cargo-steamer Ripley Castle; What Happened to Ah Fong? - an unsolved Chinese mystery; Monasteries in Mid-Air - the remarkable monasteries of Meteora, in Greece - article with excellent photos; A Mystery of the "Bad Lands" - a cowboy story from Wyoming; The Rogue - a rogue elephant in central Africa; Bakhai, the Rebel of Babban Kurmi; The Mountain of Gold - conclusion of the author's journey to Canada; Nice vintage ads, including photo of Earle E. Liederman, the Muscle Builder. Multiple pieces of red, clear and brown tape securing covers. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Sindall, A.; York, W.G.; Woodville, R. Caton; Wightman, W.E.; Inns, Kenneth; York, W.G.; Burns, Inder; Abbey, S.; Tresilian, S.; De Walton, John; Hiley, Francis E. (illustrateur).…

Single Issue Magazine. Etat : Good. First Edition. 76 pages. Features: Nostalgic colour GWG (Great Western Garment) ad inside front cover for their Red Strap Overalls features farmer with farm in background; Half-page colour-photo ad for Ritz Crackers; Massey-Harris one-page colour ad shows farmer on tractor in corn field; Can Europe Be Saved? - Sequel to President Truman's Message; Charming half-page colour ad for Canada Dry features beaming girl; Who Will Be the Moses of the Federal Liberal Party?; The Money Belt (short story); Happy Ending (short story); The Company of Adventurers - colour-illustrated article on the history of the Hudson's Bay Company; Swan Song (short story); What Did She See in Him? (short story); Let's Abolish Easy Driving Tests - article with photos of horrific car accidents; Nice one-page colour ad for B-A includes four service station scenes; Magnificent colour two-page 1948 Chevrolet ad features light brown car and fishing couple; Cominco in the Kootenays - photo-illustrated article; Half-page air mail ad; It's Comfort That Counts - interior design article; Half-page colour ad for V-8 veggie drink shows smiling girl; Nice fashion illustrations; Singer Sewing Centers one-page colour-photo ad; Children's birthday recipes; One-page colour ad for Swift's Premium bacon; Colour one-page Heinz ad features large 57 with colour photos of their many products; One-page colour-photo ad for Nabisco Shredded Wheat; Article on Colour shoes - with colour photos; One-page colour Coke ad shows many pop machine scenes; Fashion/Beauty article; Nice Burn's meat one-page colour ad shows Spork, Sausage and Speef; Nice colour mother and daughter scene in Wabasso Cottons ad inside back cover; Dutch Cleanser ad on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The National Home Monthly Magazine, May 1948 - Cominco in the Kootenays / The Company of Adventurers HBC Hudson's Bay Company Trail British Columbia Sullivan Mine GWG (Great Western Garment) ad inside front cover for their Red Strap Overalls features f. Illustrated by Lowthian; Leake, Gerald; Jousset, Albert; Harrington,Richard; Priest, Richard; Scott, John; Houston, D. Mackay (illustrateur).…

Single Issue Magazine. Etat : Good. First Edition. 60 pages. Features: News digest includes 'a British ministry of propaganda', America's altered mood, free speech in Canada, Moscow bargaining, and from Poland to Rumania; Canada's Prison Shame - intersting article by J. Alex. Edmison includes photos of - the B.C. Penitentiary at New Westminster, youn ladies in the Borstal Institute at Aylesbury, England, Montreal Gaol (Bordeaux Gaol), and members of the Archambault Commission - R.W. Craig, J.L. KKent, Mr. Justice Archambault, J.C. McRuer, and Allan Fraser; Uncle Romeo and the White Pendennings (short story); The Missing Passenger (short story); A Letter to Anne (short story); Samaritan on Wheels - the story of the Empire's greatest philanthropist and leading industrialist William Richard Morris, now Viscount Nuffield - article with photos; Land of Wish-It-Were (verse); If I Die Before I Wake (part 4); Nice one-page ad by the Automotive Industries of Canada features the province of Alberta with map and text; Colgate ad features illustration of the Dionne Quints; Palmolive soap ad features illustration of the faces of the Dionne Quintuplets and (faux) signed photo of Gladys Cooper of 1973 Robson St. in Vancouver; Stewart-Warner radio ad features photos of the 4575, 4351 and 4511 models; When Contagious Diseases Stay Home; Movie news and photos, with brief write-up and photo of Geraldine Fitzgerald, plus additional photos of King Vidor, Alexander Hall, Howard Hawks, Frank Capra, Sam Wood, Jack Conway, Clarence Brown, Frank Borzage, Tod Browning, George Cukor, Victor Fleming and Norman Taurog; Fashion illustrations; Nice half-page two-colour ad for RCA Victor radios shows the A-2, A-1 and A-4; Scales of Fortune (short story); Half-page tourism ad for Italy (unfortunately, many young Canadians would soon be fighting there!); Beauty article; Charis foundations ad features nostalgic photo; Autumn fashion preview; Pickling Made Easier; Quotes of the World; Nice Heinz ketchup ad inside front cover includes photo of restaurant scene; Vintage colour back cover ad for Canadian-grown fruits and vegetables; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Davis, Clara O.; Clymer, John F.; Maltman, W.; Garland, George; Smith, Ralph C.; Lowthian, Louis R. (illustrateur).…