Nicolas Bentley Intro (8 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.

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).…

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.

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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1973 1st edition 1st impression. Green cloth, gilt titles and illustration, price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. With colour and b/w illustrations throughout by Heath Robinson. Includes a bibliography. With a number of relevant press cuttings laid in. Condition: Near Fine book in very good dust jacket. Bumping to top corners and head of spine. Pages clean and bright. No inscriptions. Dj with crumpling to top edge. Now in removable plastic sleeve. Size: 10x7.5in / 26x19cm. 223pp. Weight: 835g. W. Heath Robinson (illustrator).…

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.…

Hardcover. 1977, 1st thus, hb, tall 8vo, illustrated, fine in near-fine slipcase.