RETURN TO SOB | RETURN TO HOMEThe Writings of Robert BenchleyBenchley, Robert. 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, or David Copperfield. Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1928.
233 pages; drawings by Gluyas Williams. (DT) _________________. After 1903 - What? Harper and Brothers, 1938
271 pages; illustrated by Gluyas Williams. (PF) _________________. Benchley--Or Else. Harper and Brothers, 1947.
273 pages; drawings by Gluyas Williams. (DT) _________________. Benchley Beside Himself. Harper and Brothers, 1943.
304 pages; drawings by Gluyas Williams; 16 full-page black and white still photos from Benchley's motion picture "shorts". (DT) _________________. Chips off the Old Benchley. Harper and Brothers, 1949.
360 pages; drawings by Gluyas Williams; Introduction by Frank Sullivan. (DT) _________________. The Early Worm. Henry Holt and Company, 1927.
263 pages; illustrations by Gluyas Williams. (DT) _________________. From Bed to Worse, or Comforting Thoughts about the Bison. Harper and Brothers, 1934.
286 pages; illustrated by Gluyas Williams (no credit). (DT) _________________. Inside Benchley. Harper and Brothers, 1942.
--Glossary of Knit, Native and Technical Terms; --Abbreviations (list of books of the Bible); --Bibliography (of books on psychology); and --Index (Manhattan telephone directory). Dust-jacket tribute from Stephen Leacock: "None excell Robert Benchley in the ingenious technique of verbal humor. As a writer of nonsense for nonsense sake, he is unsurpassed." 316 pages; illustrated by Gluyas Williams. (DT) _________________. Love Conquers All.. Henry Holt and Company, 1922
310 pages; illustrated by Gluyas Williams. (PF) _________________. My Ten Years in a Quandary, and How They Grew. Harper and Brothers, 1936.
361 pages; illustrated by Gluyas Williams (credit on dust-jacket). (DT) _________________. No Poems, Or Around the World Backwards and Sideways. Harper and Brothers, 1932.
330 pages; illustrated by Gluyas Williams. (DT) _________________. Of All Things. Henry Holt & Co., 1921.
234 pages; illustrated by Gluyas Williams. (DT) _________________. Pluck and Luck.. Henry Holt and Company, 1925
295 pages; illustrated by Gluyas Williams. (PF) _________________. "Reel" Benchley, the. A. A. Wyn, Inc., 1950.
96 pages; forward by Howard Dietz. (DT) _________________. The Treasurer's Report & Other Aspects of Community Singing.. Harper and Brothers, 1930
345 pages; illustrated by Gluyas Williams. (PF) Getchell, Charles (ed.). Benchley at the Theatre: Dramatic Criticism, 1920-1940 by Robert Benchley. Ipswich Press, 1985.
220 pages (with index). (DT) Reviewers: DT=David Trumbull, PF=Paul Feldman. RETURN TO SOB | RETURN TO HOME |