Illustrator Nicolas Bentley (24 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 64 pages, a very good paperback [0571105580]. Has a gift inscription on the first page, otherwise completely clean.

Paperback. Condition: Good. . Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Slight scuffs to cover. Same day dispatch (Mon- Fri) from the UK if ordered by 1pm.

Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Cloth, dj, VG/VG. 94pp, 10 b/w illustrations, dustjacket a little worn along the edges & marked, endpapers tannd. A collection of ten short stories, the second volume of the 'Antrobus Stories'. 300 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Wear to dust jacket. Pages clean; no inscriptions. Same day dispatch (Mon- Fri) from the UK if ordered by 1pm.

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: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Single date on the copyright page. Late Wodehouse novel about bumbling philanthropist Freddie Widgeon. 12mo, red gilt cloth, 223 pages plus Wodehouse bibliography. A fine, unmarked copy in a near fine jacket with a tiny corner chip to the bottom of the spine. Archival Mylar jacket cover included.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. First American edition, stated, with alpha code BCDE. Tight, square binding with blunting to ends of spine and light soiling to cloth. Half-title page and FFEP are glued together along top end at gutter. Text and images unmarked. A few small stains to fore edge. The dust jacket shows light general wear, a small tear to front panel backed with tape, mild toning to flaps, spine sunned, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 109pp.…

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Published In 1984 : Reprinted Edition : faber & faber Publishing : Very Small Top Corner Crease To The Back Cover : Otherwise, As New Throughout : This Is A Lovely Crisp & Clean Copy , With No Inscriptions : Good Solid Binding With Bright Clear Text & Illustrations : Overall, A Very Nice Book . …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 376 pages. 9.00x5.00x1.00 inches. In Stock. Bentley, Nicolas (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Published In 1978 : 1st. Edition : Batsford Books : Overall , A Very Nice Book .

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Discolouration. Markings and notes. English Classic humorous guide to English life and British behaviour written by George Mikes from the perspective of a Central European outsider. Through witty observations, irony and satire, the book explores English customs, social etiquette, class differences, tea culture, weather obsessions, language habits and everyday misunderstandings between foreigners and the British. Enhanced by the characteristic illustrations of Nicolas Bentley, the work became one of the best-known humorous portraits of post-war England and British identity.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 376 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock. Bentley, Nicolas (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. 1st Edition. Hardcover book in very good condition. Dust jacket fair, shows wear and small tears, as well as a light coffee stain to front. Inscribed by author at ffep. Questions welcome. We ship internationally from the United States and Canada every week. If buying internationally, please be aware that additional charges may apply for heavier books. We guarantee a safe, quick, and secure transaction. 10+ years in online bookselling experience. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. None. First Edition. An unusually fine copy, free of soiling or markings. Looks like new. Out of print and scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stated first edition in the original grey cloth with $2.00 price on the flap. Book is fine and unmarked. Jacket has a few small edge nicks and a tiny 1/8" v chip to the sine corner, but is else whole, clean and bright. Protected in an archival Mylar jacket cover. Scarce in a jacket this fine. …

One page, very good. Postcard illustration of Marie Taglioni. In Bentley's distinctive neat hand. 'If & when Angus & Robertson's traveller shows you a book called Dead Funny, illus. by Bill Tidy, pubs. Ask & Grant, I hope you'll feel compelled to place a huge order: The Grant is Arabella's husband, just breaking into publishing (mad!) How are you & Billie? We should love to see you both, but I doubt that you ever come this way. If you do, you can count on a warm bed & reception. Try & make it sometimes.' Signed 'Nick'. …

FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY. Large 8vo, pp. [150] with b/w illustrations. Blue cloth, paper title label to spine (toned). A little rubbed, corners and edges bumped. Edges dusty. Lady Ellen Askwith's inscription in black pen, and flamboyant hand (for M. R. Fletcher?), to half-title: "With love & very best/ wishes/ from Ellen Askwith," Fletcher armorial ex-libris to front pastedown, featuring intertwined "MRF," foxing to front. Else, clean and tidy. Good+ Hon. Eleanor Theodora Roby Benson (1906-1968) and Hon. Betty Ellen Askwith (1909-1995) collaborated with Nicolas Bentley (1907-1998; then, three years shy of illustrating T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) on a clutch of commercially successful 'In a nutshell' titles of fashionably flippant humour. Both women had writing careers, Benson as a travel writer and novelist (under 'T.B.') and Askwith as a biographer. Lady Ellen Askwith (née Peel; 1909-1962) was the mother of Betty Askwith, and, like her daughter, an author, having turned her hand to journalism following the death of her first husband; she published two novels as Mrs Henry Graham. Lady Askwith was appointed C.B.E. in 1918, for her work during WWI with the YMCA and national kitchens (ODNB for George Ranken Asquith). …

See his entry by Ruari Maclean in the Oxford DNB. The recipient Vere Henry Collins (1872-1966), was an author and grammatical stickler. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. With Bentley's distinctive stylized signature 'Nicolas Bentley'. After thanking him for his letter he writes (apparently with reference to a newspaper article): 'I am sorry if in using the phrase "I am afraid" I ruffled your grammatical sensibilities. I used it because I meant it. I am always afraid of hurting people's feelings, and I know that sometimes the return of a manuscript must give pain to an author.' He agrees that the phrase is used to often, as a substitute for 'I am sorry'.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Faber and Faber, London, 1966. First edition. First printing. A fine copy in a fine jacket. A clean, unmarked copy, with price sticker intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. A beautifully preserved copy, with illustrations by Nicolas Bentley. Lit-D.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Limited Edition. Front free endpaper missing. ; Limited edition signed by the author of which this is number #44 of 110 copies. Humorous verse. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 79 pages; Signed by Author.

4to, 1 p. 19 lines. Text clear and complete. On aged and lightly creased paper, with strip of sunning to left-hand margin. Neat signature: 'Nicolas Bentley'. The film and television rights to the book were all 'bought some years ago by Herbert Wilcox, who, as I understand it, still owns them'. Bentley has reports the opinion of 'Messrs A. P. Watt, my late father's agent', on the question of the radio rights. 'I control the stage rights', Bentley states, giving the conditions on which he would agree to a stage adaptation. …

loose plates. Condition: Very Good +. 1st editions. London, Shell, 1930's, Loose plates in folder London, SHELL, 1930's, Loose plates in folder, 11.25 x 7 inches each, in unmarked cardboard folder. Very Good + Shell employed several artists and published a lot of different kinds of advertising before WWII. There are good websites about it online. I have not been able to find these caricature style ads anywhere See also my listing with the scrapbook of the Pandemonium Group, co-founded by Bentley. Nicolas Clerihew Bentley (14 June 1907 - 14 August 1978) was a British writer and illustrator, best known for his humorous cartoon drawings in books and magazines in the 1930s and 1940s. Bentley sold his first drawing to his godfather, G. K. Chesterton. He had a commission to draw illustrations for a trade newspaper called Man and his clothes in 1928, and his first regular job as an illustrator was in the publicity department of SHELL. Bentley worked for SHELL for three years, but disliked working in advertising. In 1930, Hilaire Beloc (who was a friend of his father) invited him to illustrate his book New Cautionary Tales. The good critical reception of this book and its illustrations allowed him to go freelance. Bentley also wrote novels and continued to illustrate books. In 1951 he was one of the founders of the book publishers Andre Deutsch Ltd - the three arrows of its logo representing himself, Deutsch and the third director, Diana Athill. However, as one employee recalled, Bentley 'stayed out of the office altogether apart from attendance at Friday editorial meetings.'. Nicolas C. Bentley (illustrator).…