Johns, Captain W E

Adventure Bound; Adventure Unlimited

Captain W. E. Johns · 1955 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Thomas Nelson, 1955-1957 . First edition. Cloth. Two thrilling first edition works of children's adventure fiction from W. E. Johns, illustrated throughout and following a group of children as they search for lost treasure in South America. First editions, first i...

Biggles Fails to Return

Captain W. E. Johns · 1944 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.45 | ¥49,575)

Toronto, The Musson Book Company Ltd. 1944. First edition. Cloth. A smart first Canadian edition of this exciting Biggles adventure from English pilot and writer Captain W. E. Johns. First Canadian edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and many in-text images. Biggle...

A Collection of Omnibus Series from Captain W.E. Johns

Captain W. E. Johns · 2007 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Prion, 2007-2010. First edition. Paperback. Four very smart omnibus series of stories from English pilot and writer Captain W. E. Johns. Four volumes. First thus. Illustrated throughout. Written by William Earl Johns, an English First World War pilot, and writer of adv...

The Passing Show: A Garden Diary by an Amateur Gardener

Captain W. E. Johns · 1937 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, My Garden, 1937. Cloth. A smart first edition, second impression of this illustrated garden diary from English pilot and writer Captain W. E. Johns. First edition, second impression. Illustrated throughout. A brilliantly amusing book about gardening from an experienced...

Wings: Flying Thrills

Captain W. E. Johns; Arch. Whitehouse; Haupt Heydemarck et al · 1934 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.55 | ¥30,589)

London, John Hamilton Limited , 1934-1935. First edition. Cloth. All four issues of this uncommon aviation periodical, including stories and articles from Captain W. E. Johns, Arch Whitehouse and others. First edition. An uncommon volume with all four seasonal issues bound tog...

Thirteen First Edition Biggles Novels

Captain W. E. Johns · 1943 · Rooke Books

£1,995.00 (€2,391.29 | $2,635.52 | ¥420,859)

London, Hodder & Stoughton; Brockhampton Press, 1943-1961. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful collection of thirteen thrilling adventure novels from Capt. W. E. Johns, all first editions about his much loved pilot 'Biggles&apos. This set offers thirteen first edition title...

The Rustlers of Rattlesnake Valley

Captain W. E. Johns · 1948 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this adventure novel from English pilot and writer Captain W. E. Johns. First edition. With a colour frontispiece by Drake Brookshaw, and English graphic designer, lithographer and illustrator. ...

The Biggles Book of Heroes

Captain W. E. Johns · 1959 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Max Parrish , 1959 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce, first edition of this entertaining book of heroic figures told from the point of view of Biggles, the fictional adventurer created by W. E. Johns. The first edition. Uncommon work, particularly scarce in the unclip...

Biggles Takes a Holiday; Biggles Gets His Men; Another Job for Biggles; Biggles: Foreign Legionnaire; Biggles" Chinese Puzzle; Biggles on the Home Front; Biggles on Mystery Island; Biggles and the Poor Rich Boy; Orchids for Biggles; Biggles Sets a Trap; Biggles and the Black Mask

Captain W. E. Johns · 1949 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

London; Leicester , Hodder & Stoughton; Brockhampton Press , 1949-1964. First edition. Cloth. 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 edit...

The Biggles Book of Heroes

Captain W. E. Johns · 1959 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

London, Max Parrish, 1959. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this unique Biggles book, in which the protagonist details the escapes of some of his own heroes. The first edition, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.This amusing and informative work ...

Biggles&Apos; Big Adventures & Biggles&Apos; Secret Assignments

Captain W. E. Johns · 2007 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, Sevenoaks, 2007-2010. Paperback. Two very smart omnibus series of stories from English pilot and writer Captain W. E. Johns. Two volumes. Illustrated throughout. Written by William Earl Johns, an English First World War pilot, and writer of adventure stories best known...

Gimlet Comes Home

Captain W. E. Johns · 1946 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, University of London Press, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition, first impression of the third "Gimlet" King book by Biggles creator Captain W. E. Johns. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth bi...

No Rest for Biggles

Captain W. E. Johns · 1951 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition, first impression of this Biggles novel, illustrated by Leslie Stead. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with the orig...

Biggles Takes a Holiday, Biggles in the Gobi

Captain W. E. Johns · 1949 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1949-53. First edition. Cloth. Two first edition Biggles novels, following the pilot adventurer on two brilliantly exciting and gripping trips to South America and China. Both first editions, first impressions.Two gripping Biggles novels, 'Bi...

Biggles Delivers the Goods

Johns, Captain W E · 1946 · Greensleeves Books

£13.54 (€16.23 | $17.89 | ¥2,856)

good . 1946 with chipped & torn dustjacket, neat name on end paper, col frontis , no markings in text, p42 small tear, clean copy, binding tight, Professional booksellers since 1981 Hodder & Stoughton

Worrals Investigates

Johns, Captain W E · 1950 · Barter Books Ltd

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,594)

VG: in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Loss to rear of jacket London Lutterworth Press First Edition 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 173pp.

Biggles and the Blue Moon

Johns, Captain W E · 1965 · 84 Charing Cross Road Books

£323.30 (€387.52 | $427.10 | ¥68,202)

Brockhampton. First Edition. Collectable - Good Condition. Very Good. Good+/VG- 1st printing 1st ed 1965 Brockhampton hardback, unclipped DJ, jacket by Leslie Stead. A little rubbing wear mainly along front edges and spine edges of jacket, some patches of foxing to page edges,...

Return To Mars - An Interplanetary Adventure,

Captain Johns, W. E., · 1980 · Antiquariat Orban & Streu GbR

€5.00 ($5.51 | £4.17 | ¥880)

Erstauflage dieser Ausgabe, London, Scholastics Publications, 1980, 8°, 142 S. (Text: Englisch), illustr. original Kartonage (Paperback), Einband minimal berieben, fast parallel zum vorderen Gelenk ein Längsknick, Buchrücken an den Gelenken leicht beschabt, auf der Buchrücksei...

Gimlet King of the Commandos. A Story of Combined Operations. 1950

Johns, Captain W E · 1950 · Barter Books Ltd

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

G: in good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Previous owner inscription to fep London University of London Press Ltd 2nd impression 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 192pp.

Biggles in France

JOHNS, W E (Captain) · 2009 · Cotswold Internet Books

£620.00 (€743.16 | $819.06 | ¥130,793)

Norman Wright Publishing, 2009. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket . 2009 1st hardback edition of this title with the original B&W illustrations (from 'Modern Boy'); limited edition of 300, this being no. 259; front cover art by Andrew Skilleter. Tightly bound in ...