Drew Bentley (66 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The book has soft covers, that has minor bumps and scuffs. There is tanning and spotting on the front and back covers. The staples have gone rusty, but remain to hold the book tightly together. There jacket is no jacket with this book. The pages are in a very good condition, with spotting on the front and back inside cover, and end papers. Each page inside has rust where the staples are, this doesn't affect the reading quality of the book. There are black and white pictorial illustrations drawn by Nicolas Bentley. 'Each week readers submitted newspaper cuttings to illustrate the English attitude, its foibles and follies. The book is described by Michael Barsley as a 'record', sometimes of tortuous hypocrisy, sometimes unconscious humour guaranteed to baffle foreigners' The overall condition of this book is very good, especially given its age. Nicolas Bentley (drew pictures) (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 36 pages. Harvey Grace "The Decline of Sight-Singing" / 'Airman' "Training 'Forces' Listeners - III" / Max Kenyon "Music in Cairo" / Lionel R Bentley "Orchestral Cinderella's" / W S Drew "A Minor Counter-Attack" (M13).

Cloth Bound Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 1961 first edition, first impression. Size 12mo, 7.5", 176 pages. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, no dust jacket. Condition good, corners a little bumped, spine faded, previous owner's name to front end-paper, a few pen marks at the end of odd paragraphs in the book, pages are toned slightly otherwise clean. With humorous line illustrations throughout by Nicolas Bentley. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Nicolas Bentley Drew the Pictures (illustrator).…

24x18cm. First edition. The bare essentials of famous soloists, couples, families, groups, epochs, competitors, what-nots, and virgins. pp130(2) with full-page black-and-white comic illustrations. Original blue cloth, title etc in blue on white paper backstrip label. Backstrip a little sunned, label a little toned. Front cover slightly sunned towards edges, lower edge with single minor bump. Outer corners of covers slightly curled. No dust jacket. One leaf - pages 113/114 - with closely-spaced droplet-size tan spot and two tan specks confined to margins at upper outer corners, persisting with diminishing effect back to page 109 and up to page 120. Neat two-line gift inscription "To Captain & Mrs. Strickland January 1942 / The Morning Tea was Grand" on front flyleaf. Edges of text-block a little toned, top edge also lightly dust-marked. Generally clean and tight. GOOD copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1951 first edition. Size 12mo, 7.25" tall, 76 pages. Light blue hard cover with burgundy titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition good plus, spine browned, edges of covers toned, pages are a little toned otherwise clean. Dust jacket condition good, chipping along the top edge and at the head and tail of the spine, folds a little rubbed, 1.5x2.5 triangle chipped away from top edge of front panel, toned and dust marked, browned on the verso, not price clipped, price 6s net. Very practical book about how to lose weight written by a doctor who has put down the facts and given details of how to lose fat from the body. Probably will send overweight woke people of the current time and turn them into a crying wreck at the thought that eating less and exercising more is the only way to lose weight. And the pictures by Nicolas Bentley are brilliant, sympathetic and humorous at the same time. Nicolas Bentley (illustrator).…

20.5x14cm. First edition. Spoof thriller satirizing the world of espionage. pp190(2) with 24 full-page black-and-white illustrations. Original textured grey cloth, backstrip titled in gilt against gilt-bordered blue background. Backstrip a litle toned. No dust jacket. Top edge of text-block a little dust-marked, other edges lightly toned. Owner's name with date (1939) on flyleaf. GOOD copy.…

Cloth Bound Boards. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1939 first edition. Size octavo, 8.5" tall, 191 pages. Blue cloth covered boards with plain spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition good, spine and cover edges are quite faded, hinges a bit loose, mild offsetting from jacket on end-papers, pages are slightly toned otherwise clean throughout. Dust jacket condition good, there are large chips with loss at the corners also the top edge of the front panel has two triangular tears with loss, 1x2cm tear at top edge of rear panel near the spine, 2x2cm torn away at base of jacket spine, the light blue has sunned to a brownish blue, spine also sunned, not price clipped. A humorous look at most of the popular sports with excellent cartoon style illustrations by Bentley throughout. Nicolas Bentley (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Printing. MCML London and New York. GEORGE MIKES was known for his humorous commentaries on various countries. This is one written throughout with tongue in cheek and cartoon illustrations by Nicolas Bentley. 159 pp. book has no extraneous marks Dustjacket unclipped but has open tears and closed tears. Nicolas Bentley drew the pictures (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Impression. 1978 first edition, first impression. Signed by author. Size 12mo, 7.5" tall, 119 pages. Green hard cover with gilt titles to the spine, with the dust jacket. Book condition near fine, very slight rub to corners and spine ends otherwise fine. Dust jacket condition very good plus, the near white panels are slightly tarnished with age, spine slightly sunned, not price clipped. Inscribed by George Mikes to the title page "To Doreen, with kind regards, George Mikes" Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Nicolas Bentley Drew the Pictures (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).…

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Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Clean dark turquoise cloth on boards with gilt titles. Edge: browing & foxing. Eps: foot of ffep with name, 1949; moderate foxings. Clean contents. Binding is VG albeit the book has a slight inward bend and cocked. 364p Dj: moderate soiling and rubbing. Spine: lightly browned; head with wear and small pieces missing; foot with thin wear and chips. Head & foot of flaps spines with small wear & chips. Price-cut to front flap foot. Rear flap with vertical fold crease and a faded stamp to foot: Macmillan's Overseas Library. Nicolas Bentley Drew the Pictures (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A grey cloth hardback book, with people in conversation design on both front and back boards, and silver title impressions on the spine. Comes with blue coloured box, slipcase. The book looks like its hardly been used or read and is in excellent condition. Normal wear and marks apply consistent with use and age. 170 pages, all intact, all pages, text and illustrations are in really good, clean, readable order. Printed and bound in Great Britain at The Bath Press, Avon, Third Impression, Set in 10 point Bell type leaded 2 points and on nordscript paper. Bound in Scholco Brillianta Cloth Lithographed with a design by the artist. Another wonderful book from The Folio Society.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. All books outside UK sent airmail. All books tracked. Paypal accepted. All dustwrappers are film protected. Original blue cloth. Some edge wear and marking. Dustwrapper is creased head of spine, edge worn and soiled on rear panel. Complete with original price. Illustrated By Nicolas Bentley ( He Drew the pictures) (illustrator). …

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Condition: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.

Condition: Brand New. New. US edition. Expediting shipping for all USA and Europe orders excluding PO Box. Excellent Customer Service.

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