Nicolas Bentley Ed (42 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Hill & Wang, NY, c.1967, 1st. 8vo. cloth, 287pp.,water-stain to bottom quarter inch or less of covers, upper foredge a bit bumped, G $.

Hard Cover. Condition: vg. Dust Jacket Condition: --. 9.75" tall; navy buckram cloth over boards; red title band on spine; gilt decoration front & spine; b/w frontis of Gronow; 271pp including biographical index + 16 b/w plates; sepia map endpages; no slipcase. Hardcover.

Condition: Good. 1966. First Edition. 286 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Half title loose, with marks of cellotape on its margins and margins of front pastdown, front hinge starting, spine is beat and boards have seen better days. Internally the book is in very good shape. Illustrated Album Ed. With the Orginal Pictures By B. T. B. And Nicolas Bentley (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1957 1st ed. 176pp. illus. hardback 4to: Good/no dj [text is age browned; foxing of endpp & prelim. pp.; wear @ spine ends & corners; else a complete & tight copy] A great Punch collection edited by English humorist Nicolas Bentley (1907-78) with an introduction by P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975).…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Good. No DJ. First Edition. 271 pps. Gilt titles: sp. Frontis. Illust. w/ b/w portraits & prints (listed). Blue cloth bds. w/ gilt designs. T.e. dyed red. Usual slipcase not present. Decorative map endpapers. A few spots on the bds. Interior leaves are crisp, clean and tight. Memoirs of the regency dandy and MP who served occasionally in the Britsh Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Includes biographical index. A nice clean copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Light soiling/foxing to edges, internally clean, firm hinges, still sharp corners with touch of wear to tips. DJ has nominal wear to corners, spine, still colorful. BP/GenMilHist/Brit Hist.

4to. 158, [2] pp. Illustrated throughout. Red boards, gilt lettrng (slght bmpng), w/ d.j. (mnr shlfwr), VG/VG copy. First edition of this humor anthology, including contributions by Wodehouse, Atkinson, Cockburn, Andre Francois, Ronald Searle, and others.

4to. 175, [1] pp. Colour frontispiece, illustrated throughout. Red boards, gilt lettrng (slght bmpng), w/ d.j. (mnr shlfwr), VG/VG copy. First edition of this humor anthology, including contributions by Wodehouse, Atkinson, Cockburn, Andre Francois, Ronald Searle, and others.

Condition: Very Good. First FS Edition. VG : in Very Good condition with burgundy slipcase. 250mm x 170mm (10" x 7"). 271pp. Black hardback cloth covers with gilt decoration and red title panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. No jacket. Generally good condition for its age. Some wear to cover, a couple of very small chips in cloth on spine and at corners, one small crease on front. Discoloured endpapers; contents clean and sound throughout. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Boards show signs of wear, bumps to corners and spine is sunned. Marks on spine and rear; fewer on front. Inscription to previous owner on FEP, pen mark to front pastedown, it appears that a bookplate has been removed. Page block foot is slightly marked. Spine is tight and content is clear. AD. Bentley, Nicolas (illustrator). Used.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Another sterling examplar of the The Folio Society production standards, bound with black cloth over boards, gilt-lettered author name and title to spine, sharply and distinctly. Top-stained in red. Housed in a simple, paper-covered slipcase that has done its job admirably. Edited and Introduced by Nicolas Bentley, and with illustration in black-and-white at frontis. This volume with ornate gilt designs to front cover and fleurs-de-lis to spine. The Folio Society was founded in 1947 by Charles Ede, Christopher Sandford (of Golden Cockerel Press), and Alan Bott (founder of Pan Books), three presses that shared spaces and philosophies for a time until being incorporated in 1971 and then becoming an employee-owned trust in 2021. The Folio Society began as a membership-based book club but then expanded its range to publish multiple titles in fiction and non-fiction; science fiction and fantasy; biography and autobiography (from the publisher's web-site). 17 fine illustrations in black-and-white from photographs of reproductions. [6], 7-141 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets. …

Cloth. Condition: Vg. First Thus. 271pp. Plates. Endpaper maps. Red slip case vg. Size: 8vo.

First Edition. Ex-college library with bookplate on front free endpaper and remnant of label at spine foot; otherwise a clean, tidy copy in tight binding. Dust jacket not price-clipped; spine a little faded. Used - Good. Good ex-lib hardback in good dust jacket Used - Good. Good ex-lib hardback in good dust jacket.…

1st ed. Owner's name on front free end paper; no inscriptions or annotations; front board a little discoloured at edges; binding tight; dust jacket worn & chipped at edges, with tears Used - Good. Good hardback in Good price-clipped dust jacket Used - Good. Good hardback in Good price-clipped dust jacket.…

1951, 2nd impression. (hardcover) Very good plus in good dust jacket. 175pp, [1]. 12mo. Red cloth boards; lettering in gold to spine. Dust jacket toned, as common; edgewear; not price clipped, showing 8s 6d net. Binder's wrinkle to ffep. Internally clean. Frontispiece portrait sketch by Ronald Searle.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. ADAM International Review. Nos. 397-400. Vol. XL. 400th Issue - A Tribute to the London Library edited by Miron Grindea. Condition displayed in photos. Clean interior. Bentley, Nicolas (illustrator).

Super 8vo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Condition: Very Good. English. From the Library of John Russell Taylor. Nicolas Bentley (illustrator).

Condition: MOLTO BUONO. London, Cardinal, Sphere Books cm.16,3x24,7, pp.223,(1), testo su 2 colonne, numerose foto in nero nt. e ft., brossura, copertina fig. a colori. (Timbro rosso di appartenenza al piede della III di copertina.) Photographic research by Andra Nelki.

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

286pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. A very good copy. First edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A VG First Edition in a Good unclipped DJ.clean and bright book, spine ends pushed. DJ has taped repairs to the top edge, scuffing to the spine and a small hole in the rear panel.decent reading copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. VG+ original black-stamped red boards, slight lean, gift inscription to ffep, otherwise internally Fine throughout, in VG slightly frayed DW.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. A very good condition book including the original slipcase. The slipcase shows some sunfading and rubbing. The book is a clear, sturdy and tightly bound copy.…

hardcover. Condition: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

hardcover. Condition: 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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. 1st US ed. 287p. Photos. Maps. Jacket priced. Fine/Near Fine Copy.