Bentley E C Warner Allen (37 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Perennial edition, #P516. Light spine lean with light crease, tanning inside covers, light edge-wear.

paperback. Condition: Good. 1946 reprint. Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

small-8°, paperback edition. Condition: Befriedigend. complete unabridged,. 256 pages, text in English. Cover with clear signs of wear, overall browned due to age and paper wear, still acceptable, Trent's Own Case is a 1936 British detective novel written by E. C. Bentley (in collaboration with H. Warner Allen) as a sequel to his best-known novel Trent's Last Case (1913). The artist and amateur criminologist, Philip Trent, investigates the murder of a sadistic philanthropist whose portrait he had painted. But there are many false paths and blind alleys in the case, and it is not until he has crossed to France and back again and searched England for the champagne Felix Poubelle 1884, not before two others have died and an actress has disappeared, that Trent finally emerges triumphant to discover the murderer. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 200.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. London: Constable, 1936. A very good copy in orange publisher's cloth with blue lettering and typical light foxing throughout, lacking the dustwrapper. Bentley is called the father of the modern detective story, greatly admired by Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers. He collaborated in this book with Allen, another early British adventure writer, who was the creator of William Clerihew, a wine detective, who makes a cameo appearance in this book. Philip Trent, portrait painter and amateur sleuth, must solve a difficult murder case to exonerate himself as a suspect. For mystery readers, an interesting trip into past techniques.

Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. E. C. Bentley and H. Warner Allen's collaborative effort in the classic green Penguin edition--the perfect vintage gift! bFAST WORLDWIDE DELIVERY/b Author: E. C. Bentley and H. Warner Allen Publisher: Penguin Publication Date: 1952 Format: Softcover The book is in good condition for its age other than some minor signs of wear mainly to the lower spine; a delightful addition to any library!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. uk1st.edition.1st.impression.vg+ hardback in vg light chipped dustrapper.46. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng.

Condition: Fair. 1936. First Edition. 314 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate tanning and marking. Slight forward lean to text block.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. 324 Pp. Orange Cloth Stamped In Black. Stated First American Edition. Near Fine, Bright And Clean, No Wear, Previous Owner's Name. Dust Jacket Priced $2.00, Worn, Trimmed 1/16" To 1/8" Shorter Than Book, Small Tears And Losses At Corners, Long Tear 2" Down Rear Spine Edge And 1" Across Rear ;Panel, Interior And Exterior Tape Reinforcement.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover. First American Edition. Offsetting to endpapers, boards darkened with some minor war to the extremities a slight fraying to the spine ends, else very good in publisher's orange cloth lettered in black.

Paperback. Condition: New. No Jacket.

New edition. 1st Penguin printing, 1946 (Penguin Crime 543). Some foxing; cover worn & discoloured; spine browned, worn & a little skewed Used - Acceptable. Fair paperback Used - Acceptable. Fair paperback.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Green Penguin #543. 1946 reprint. Wear and marks to cover. Damage to bottom of spine and about 5mm split to bottom of front cover hinge. Price in pencil on first page. Pages tanned. Same day dispatch (Mon- Fri) from the UK if ordered by 1pm.

New edition. Popular edition, 1937, in red cloth. Library label & owner's name on front free end paper; a little faint foxing.[ spine faded, with irregular loss of colour on front board Used - Good. Ex lib hardback (no dust jacket).

Softback. No 543 256pp Some browning to page edges Age toning to spine. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ships same or next business day. Spine is skewed, head and tail of spine and corners are gently rubbed and bumped, edges of text block are ligthly soiled, endpapers are a bit tanned. No Dust jacket. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 314 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust jacket has shelf wear. Dust jacket is protected from further damage by mylar Name of previous owner inside cover. front board us lifting from spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. second Printing. Grosset & Dunlap, 1936 324 pp. A Grosset & Dunlap reprint from Alfred A. Knopf the same year as its first publication. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Black cloth boards with red stamped titles are slightly bumped at extremities with no loss of material. DJ has some edgewear, now in protective mylar. second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: VG-. 1st Thus. Name of owner at front of book. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good dj. Illustrated by (dj) Arthur Hawkins Jr. (illustrator). Reprint (stated 2nd printing). [good sound copy, minor shelfwear, one-time owner's name plus date & place of purchase written in ink at top of front endpaper; the jacket is lightly soiled and presents well in new mylar, but is extensively tape-reinforced on the verso (along all edges and seams), and has been both touched-up and filled-in with black ink to conceal some paper loss at both ends of the front fold and the top of the spine; there is also a tiny vintage bookseller's label (Woodward & Lothrop, Washington) at the upper corner of the rear flap]. The second Philip Trent mystery -- published 23 years after the first, "Trent's Last Case," which by then was an acknowledged classic of the genre. Per Charles Shibuk, in Reilly's "Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers": The book "starts with the discovery of an elderly philanthropist found shot in the back in his bedroom, and the only clue points staight to Philip Trent," who had earlier painted the man's portrait. (Trent was an artist as well as an amateur criminologist.) Shibuk continues: "[The book], it must be admitted, is hardly the equal of its illustrious predecessor, but it is an excellent detective novel of considerable skill and depth.".

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Orange bds with black titles to spine and front. Some patchy soiling to bds. Spine sunned. Bump/frays to spine ends and corners. Pages tanned with some foxing.

Publisher's original classic green and cream livery card wrap covers. Age darkening to the covers, page edges tanned, very slight spine slant, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. DETECTIVE | CRIME FICTION.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 1st edition. The sequel to "Trent's last Case" - also a Golf mystery - faint spine fade else a fine copy without dust jacket, - spine & covers have the distinctive typographic sense of many other Constable books of it's day. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

First Edition. Pencilled comments of Chatsworth critic (Chatsworth was the home of the Dukes of Devonshire) on the fep. The long awaited follow up to Trent's Last Case tear at inner front hinge (possibly a label removed? Otherwise Vg in lightly marked orange covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible - Acceptable. No Jacket. First Edition. First american edition. Spine leans and is only semi-tight. Pages are yellowing a little around edges but are in good shape. Spine is discolored from shelf wear. Boards are in good shape.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. 314pp. Red, cloth-covered boards with black lettering on the front cover and spine. Covers a little dusty; minor wear at the extremities, no inscriptions.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Crime Mystery] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[10] 324 [2]. Publisher's orange cloth with blue titles to spine and upper. Top edge blue, others untrimmed. With the dust-jacket designed by Hawkins, priced at $2.00. The usual wood-grain pattern browning to preliminaries, with occasional resurgences throughout. Jacket rubbed and chipped to edges and folds. Very good. The long-awaited sequel to 'Trent's Last Case' (1913).

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A lovely copy of the first edition of this sequel to E. C. Bentley's enormously popular detective fiction novel, 'Trent's Last Case'. The first edition, first impression of the long awaited sequel to Edmund Clerihew Bentley's 1913 novel 'Trent's Last Case', with this sequel written in collaboration with H. Warner Allen.'Trent's Own Case' follows the artist and amateur criminologist Philip Trent, as he solves the murder of a sadistic philanthropist whose portrait he had previously painted.The plot is full of twists and turns, in which two more are killed and an actress disappears, before Trent ultimately solves the case.With a bookseller's label to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to spine tail, with slight discolouration to back strip, and boards exceptionally bright. Bookseller's label to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine. book.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this sought after murder mystery sequel by Edmund Clerihew Bentley and H. Warner Allen, uncommon to see in the original dust wrapper. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.The long awaited sequel to Edmund Clerihew Bentley's novel 'Trent's Last Case', this sequel written in collaboration with H. Warner Allen.'Trent's Own Case' follows the artist and criminologist Philip Trent, as he solves the murder of a sadistic philanthropist.The plot is full of twists and turns, in which two more are killed and an actress disappears before Trent solves the case.Bentley is known for inventing the clerihew, and for his many humorous works. 'Trent's Last Case', published in 1913, was subject to much praise when first published. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A few light spots to the fore edge. Dust wrapper is edge worn with some chips, including a larger chip to the tail of the spine. Some light marks and spots to the wraps, spine is a little discoloured. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with only a couple of light spots. Near Fine. book.

First Edition. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 314. Publisher's orange cloth with blue titles to spine and upper. Top edge blue. Toronto bookseller's stamp to flyleaf. Erasure of heavy pencil inscription also to flyleaf. Gently toned throughout. Only very minor rubbing to cloth; a clean, attractive example. Near fine. The long-awaited sequel to 'Trent's Last Case' (1913).

314 pp. 8vo, publisher's printed wrappers in custom slipcase and chemise. First edition, advance copy. Small abrasion to front cover, else an attractive copy, unusual in this format.