In this paper, we will study the nonlocal and nonvariational elliptic problem {-(1 + alpha parallel to u parallel to(alpha q)(q))Delta u = vertical bar u vertical bar(p-1) u + h(x, u, del u) in Omega, u = 0 on partial derivative Omega, (0,1) where a > 0, alpha > 0, 1 < q < 2*, p is an element of (0, 2* - 1) \ {1} and Omega is a bounded smooth domain in R-N (N >= 2). Under suitable assumptions about h(x, u, del u), we obtain a priori estimates of positive solutions for the problem (0.1). Furthermore, we establish the existence of positive solutions by making use of these estimates and of the method of continuity.