BENTLEY, E.C. Elephant's Work New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. Price: $30.00 Hardcover. First American edition. Some foxing on the endpapers, else very good in very good plus price-clipped dustwrapper with sunned spine. Item #336089 Add to Cart Ask a Question item image E.C. Bentley birth name: Edmund Clerihew Bentley born: 7/10/1875 died: 3/30/1956 nationality: Great Britain View Reference Info Biography British novelist and humorist of the early twentieth century, and the inventor of the clerihew, an irregular form of humorous verse on biographical topics.more