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.