bentley e c warner allen (21 Ergebnisse)

paperback. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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.

Paperback. Zustand: 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!

Zustand: 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. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 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. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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.

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. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 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.".

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.

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.

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 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. Zustand: 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. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 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).

First edition, first printing. Publisher's orange cloth with dark blue titles to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. Top edge brown. A lovely fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth is bright and fresh. The contents, with a small booplate to the upper left corner of the front pastedown (hidden by the dustwrapper flap), are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the verly lightly rubbed dustwrapper that has a touch of fading to the spine and is otherwise without loss or tears. Correctly priced 7/6 net to the front flap. A superb example in entirely original condition. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: dj. First Edition. [Crime Mystery] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 314. Publisher's orange cloth with blue titles to spine and upper, top edge blue, in typographic dust-wrapper priced at 7/6. With author's ink inscription to flyleaf; Neil and Alice / With love from / E.C.B. Extremities and spine a little toned, some minor edgewear, shallow chips to spine ends. Near fine. The long-awaited sequel to 'Trent's Last Case' (1913), being a mystery with a golfing theme. Signed.

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: dj. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; orange cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; black topstain; dustjacket; 324pp, [2]. Hint of darkening to spine, boards slighlty dusty, with foxing to endpapers and some vertical streaking to preliminary pages; Very Good+. The Arthur Hawkins-designed dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), lightly shelfworn, with small bruises at mid-spine and front panel, with two stains along lower edge of same; Very Good or better. Bentley's follow-up to his 1913 novel Trent's Last Case, co-written with his friend H. Warner Allen. HUBIN, p.31.

1st edition. 1st issue, with Bentley's co-writer printed as 'H. Warner Allen' on front board, spine & dust jacket. Orange cloth with black. Faint yellowing to pages; binding tight; cloth faded at head & bottom 4cm of spine, with minor stain on front board. Dust jacket not price-clipped, but worn & creased, with loss to spine. DJ protected in removable clear film Used - Good. Good hardback in Fair dust jacket.