This listing is for a lot of 2 vintage hardback books from Nelson Doubleday's Best-in-Books series. The stories and excerpts in these books are as follows:
Best in Books 1962
Stories & Excerpts:
Grand Hotel by......................................Vicki Baum
The postman Always Rings Twice.........James M. Cain
The Voice of Bugle Ann.........................MacKinlay Kantor
Ambuscade............................................William Faulkner
Life with Father.......................................Clarence Day
Mutiny on the Bounty..............................Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall
Wind, Sand, and Stars...........................Antoine Saint Exupery
Best in Books 1963
Stories:
The Mirror Cracked............................. Agatha Christie
Mandate for Change............................Dwight D. Eisenhower
A Man Named John.............................Alden Hatch
Happy New Year, Herbie.....................Evan Hunter
Renoir, My father.................................Jean Renoir
By Quentin Reynolds..........................Quentin Reynolds
The Dillinger Days...............................John Toland
Powers of Attorney...............................Louis Auchincloss
Two Thirds of a Coconut Tree..............H. Allen Smith
The Whole truth and Nothing But.........Hedda Hopper with James Brough
Both books have minor wear on the covers. Pages are clean, none are missing or torn. The front cover binding of the 1962 book is staring to separate on the inside. The bottom right corner of most pages of the 1963 book have a minor water stain. Also the 1963 book has a small water stain on the top right corner os some pages along the edges. See all photos.
This lot ships free in the US. International buyers use international shipping.