Bentley E C Selected By (7 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. First Edition. 288 pgs. with index. Soft green HC Book has blind stamped text box on fc, font same color as cover, and is in GOOD Shape. Bumped and rubbed through spine ends and corners, worn and rubbed boards. No foxing of any kind, red page edges are soiled. Both gutter hinges split to binding, still holding strong. Square, without any po names or marks, faint musty odor. No DJ as issued. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. N/A (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Worn with tears and creases. This hardcover edition of "The Best of Damon Runyon" is in fair condition. The dust jacket shows significant wear, including tears and creases, indicative of its age. The binding remains intact, and the pages are clean, though they exhibit typical age-related yellowing. A charming collectible for enthusiasts of classic American literature. Nicolas Bentley (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Binding tight and square, Pages are clean and unmarked. Trivial surface wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Dustjacket. Reprint. xxii + 312 pages. No dustjakcet. Clean blue hardback binding with illustrations of two people on front board. Spine colour-faded with some wear to spine-ends and boards' corners. Page-edges yellowed, occasional foxing o/w pages clean and tidy. Bentley, Nicolas (Illustrator) (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book in very good condition. The murder novels include: Before the Fact by Francis Iles, Trent's Last Case by E. C. Bentley, and The House of the Arrow by A. E. W. Mason. Selected and with an introduction by Bennett A. Cerf, Editor of the Modern Library. Published by The Modern Library, 1945 Giant Edition. First Edition. "C"erf (PM).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. British edition, second printing, September 1937 (first printing was July 1937). No jacket. Bound into decorative boards. Stories selected by E. C. Bentley who also writes the introduction. Illustrated by Nicolas Bentley. All ten full page illustrations are present and in very good condition. Marbled end-papers. 312 pages plus one page advertisement to back for the second volume to follow. Decorative marbled boards with gold lettering/raised banding/gold decoration to spine are very good with a little pushing/bumping to corners, a few small marks, the odd small bump/rub to edges, a few small scratches/scrapes to top surface and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Top edge of pages gilt. Pages bit tanned. First /last few pages tanned. Odd small mark/spot of foxing to page edges. Odd small mark/minor foxing to page bottoms. Occasional small marks/spots of foxing to pages. Small creases to a few pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Bentley, Nicolas (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Tan cloth with dark green titles; illustrated dust jacket priced $2.00. A nearly fine copy, text tight and clean; in a very good, shelf worn dust jacket with nicks, creases and very light chipping to the spine ends and flap folds. A collection of short stories by the newspaperman and author (1880-1946) best known for his tales celebrating post-prohibition Broadway. An excellent copy of this scarce book.…