Bently E C (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. NF / VG+. Numbering sequence indicates 2nd Printing of the 1977 UE California Mystery Library Edition thus of the 1913 Knopf original, with introduction and annotations by Aaron Marc Stein and drawings by Darrel Milsap. Book is straight, square, tightly and evenly bound (no gutter creasing) and free of markings and blemishes. Minor bump to lower corner of rear board and at front hinge hear the head the only visible flaws, Cover is clean and bright, with otherwise sharp corners and joints, straight headcap and tail, boldly legible lettering and crisply distinct design and artwork. Dust Jacket is unclipped, clean and bright, with minor rubbing to the corners, small tears (top corner of rear panel; top joint of front panel, bottom of rear panel near hinge), otherwise sharp joints, mild rubbing along the edges, head and tail - none of the flaws interfere with integrity and clarity of lettering, design, artwork and Author image. (Please see Seller images). ISBN 0891630309. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping. CONTACT SHIROBOOKS PRIOR TO ORDERING if any questions or for more information, details or photos. Milsap, Darrel (illustrator).…

Leather. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. 1st edition. Fine in dust jacket. Previous owner's gift inscription at front endpaper. Edmund Clerihew Bentley published a volume of nonsense verse consisting of a series of four-liners designed to poke fun at distinguished personalities. Illustrated by Bentley's lifelong friend, eminent critic and author G K Chesterton, they were known as 'clerihews' and became as popular as the limerick form. In Complete Clerihews the entire collection is presented, with original illustrations. The assortment of over 100 participants Karl Marx, Jane Austen, Mussolini, Henry VIII, Noel Coward, Tennyson, Dante, Leonardo Da Vinci, Dorothy Sayers, Aeschylus, Keats, President Roosevelt, Cleopatra and Lewis Carroll. Chesterton, G.K. & Victor Rei8nganum and Nicholas Bently (illustrator). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This is a reprint of a 1913 mystery by E. C. Bently. Book is from the collection of Stanley Meisler, author and foreign corespondent, book plate from 1996.

Hard Back. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good DJ in Protector. Fourth Edition. A must have for any one interested in biography. Illustrated By G K Chesterton (illustrator).