Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Dragon Murder Case A Philo Vance Story
New York.: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1933. First edition. "A" and Scribner icon on copyright page. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket has edge tears. Some repaired inside w/ clear tape. Light book volume surface blemishing. Ophein Clark spelling Cover art. 1 311 p. Black cloth over boards. Red bold titles w/ borders: spine front. Colorful jacket art; back cover fascimile crime index card. Six pages Vance series detailed at back. 19 cm. End paper crime map. Fiction death mystery 7th in series. A man dives into a private swimming pool and does not rise to the surface. The Dragon Pool was long regarded as home of the "Amangemokdom" devil monster of the Lenape Indians. Its draining the next day is blood-chilling. Detective Philo Vance dragon lore expert consults. The tale's ending is thrilling and unexpected w/ the writing tools of action suspense atmosphere characterization clear-cut development. Bonus background info for this story includes tropical fish deep sea monsters mythological lore. Charles Scribner's Sons. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : Alibris.Mys1520009742
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Dragon Murder Case
New York: Scribner's 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good lacking the jacket. Black buckram lightly rubbed with red ink lettering on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean a few stray stains at the edges former owner's name on the front endpaper clean otherwise. The seventh Philo Vance mystery adapted into the 1934 film starring Warren William. This copy comes with a supplied jacket from an early Grosset & Dunlap reprint. Scribner's hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 3392
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Van Dine SS
The Dragon Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story
Charles Scriber's Sons 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. No jacket a few faint stains to top page ridge ink gift note. 1933 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. xii 311 pp. The Dragon Murder Case first published in 1934 is a novel in a series by S. S. Van Dine about fictional detective Philo Vance. It was also adapted to a film version in 1934 starring Warren William as Vance. A guest at an estate in northern Manhattan Inwood Hill Park dives into the swimming pool and disappears. His murder brings up references to a mythological dragon which is said to prey on the imprudent but Philo Vance uses his knowledge of both dragons and criminals to demonstrate whodunit. The estate in the novel was based on Tryon Hall built in 1907 by C. K. G. Billings a retired president of the Chicago Coke and Gas Company. In 1917 he sold the mansion to John D. Rockefeller Jr. The mansion burned down in 1926 and Rockefeller developed the property and others into Fort Tryon Park which he then donated to New York City. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "S. S. Van Dine was the pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright October 15 1888 - April 11 1939 a U.S art critic and author. He created the once immensely popular fictional detective Philo Vance who first appeared in books in the 1920s then in movies and on the radio." - Wikipedia Charles Scriber's Sons hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 2283861
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Dragon Murder Case
Toronto Ontario: Copp Clark Company 1933. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Canadian First. Bound in black cloth with red lettering and decoration on front cover and on spine; Scribner's A on copyright page; some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; vertical crease on spine; previous owner's name stamped on inside front cover and gift inscription on half-title page; otherwise a solid clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; maps on end papers. Copp, Clark Company Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 013851
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Van Dine SS. Willard Huntington Wright. S. S.
THE DRAGON MURDER CASE.
NY: Scribner 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Light wear to covers top edge dusty overall very good. No jacket. Black cloth small octavo 311 pp ads. <br/><br/>The 6th novel in the Philo Vance series. Scribner hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 22208
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VAN DINE SS. S. S.
THE DRAGON MURDER CASE Philo Vance
bantam book first PB 1949 . 362 very good -fine reading crease MYSTERY NOVEL paperback bantam book, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 257619
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VAN DINE SS. S. S.
THE DRAGON MURDER CASE Philo Vance
bantam book first PB 1949 . 362 very good MYSTERY NOVEL paperback bantam book, paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 257618
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Dragon Murder Case
New York: Random House 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. First printing with the "A" and seal on the copyright page. Very good lacking the jacket. Black buckram with red lettering. Square and firmly bound. Clean internally with a Christmas gift inscription on the front endpaper. The seventh Philo Vance mystery one that was adapted into the 1934 film starring Warren William. Random House hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 984
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Van Dine SS
The Dragon Murder Case
Cassell 1935. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. boards are worn knocked and bumped. thorough tanning foxing and soiling. age related wear. hinges are broken and netting is loose. ex-library copy with stamps stickers and inscriptions. some stains. poor copy.S.K. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Cassell hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : bfnr
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Dragon Murder Case First Edition
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1933. First Edition. First Edition. A Philo Vance story. Basis for the 1934 film starring Warren William as Philo Vance. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket lightly chipped with cello tape reinforcements to the verso and light rubbing to the flap folds but otherwise bright and unfaded. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 138460
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VAN DINE SS
The Dragon Murder Case
New York: Scribner’s 1933. First Edition. Very in a dust jacket with interior mending. Scribner’s unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 30692P
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VAN DINE SS. S. S.
The Dragon Murder Case. TOGETHER WITH: The Kidnap Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story.
London Cassell 1934-1936. First edition HARD COVER Both volumes thick 8vo. or.blue cl. gilt lettering. OCTAVO SIZE. HARDCOVER. Both volumes are first editions. Good and complete reading copies only. TWO BOOKS IN TOTAL. #AAA1. The Dragon Murder Case. TOGETHER WITH: The Kidnap Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story. Buy with confidence from one of Australia's oldest bookshops established in 1975. London, Cassell, 1934-1936. harcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 116878
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VAN DINE SS. S. S.
THE DRAGON MURDER CASE.
New York: Otto Penzler First Edition Library 1996. 1996. First edition. First edition thus. Very fine in dust jacket. An exact facsimile edition of the handsome and highly collectible 1933 first edition. Sanford Montague is away for a weekend party dives into the swimming pool and never comes up again. The pool is known as "The Dragon Pool" because it has long been regarded as the home of the devil-monster of the Lenape Indians. The mystery is solved by Vance partly thanks to his deep knowledge of dragon lore. Otto Penzler First Edition Library, 1996]. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 30712
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Van Dine SS
THE DRAGON MURDER CASE
1985. Van Dine S.S. THE DRAGON MURDER CASE. NY: Charles Scriber's Sons c1985. First printing. 311pp. Uncreased spine fine mass market paperback with only minimal shelf-rubbing paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 73225 ISBN : 0684183803 9780684183800
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Dragon Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story in original dust jacket
New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1933. Reissue. Hardcover. fine/fine. Black cloth hardcover stamped in red. Early reprint still carries the original 1933 copyright date. 311 pp. A tight fine example but with pages embrowned. In the original color illustrated dust jacket bright and crisp mere touch of wear the the extremities. Quite a nice example very difficult to fine in such condition even as a reprint. <br/><br/> Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : E11331B
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Dragon Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story
NY: Scribners; 1933 Very good in a very good dust jacket. Dampstain evident at the bottom third or so of both boards and on the inner unprinted side of the jacket. Store stamp on half title page a few small letters in ink on the title page. The jacket has small chips at spine ends. The red color on the jacket is very bright and the book is tight and square with no real evidence of the dampstain without removing the jacket. Has map endpapers and six pages of ads for other Philo Vance novels at rear; $2.00 price on jacket flap is present. First Edition. Hard Cover. Scribners; (1933) Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 020647
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Dragon Murder Case
New York: Bantam. Fine. 1949. Paperback Edition. Bantam no. 362. A fine unread copy in wrappers. . Bantam paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : 011167
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VAN DINE SS. S. S.
The Dragon Murder Case
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good with a small stain spot on the front board light wear at the spine ends endpapers tanned just a bit lacking the dustwrapper. A very nice copy of this Philo Vance novel filmed in 1934 with Warren William as Vance and Eugene Pallette stealing the show as Inspector Heath. Mysterious disappearance and murder at an eerie "dragon pool" party. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 320948
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
THE DRAGON MURDER CASE.
NY: SCRIBNERS. Fine with no dust jacket. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Close to fine in black cloth with red titles lacking the dj. Hint of offsetting at endpapers Sharp copy. Philo Vance. . SCRIBNERS. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 29947
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Dragon Murder Case
New York: Grosset & Dunlop 1933. contains the same beautiful dw as the first editionscarce in dw period bookplate of previous owner and gift inscrption. Reprint. Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. Grosset & Dunlop Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 001809
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VAN DINE SS
The Garden Murder Case
New York: Scribner’s 1935. First Edition. Very good in a good to very good dust jacket. Scribner’s unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 34022P
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Garden Murder Case
New York: Scribner's 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good lacking the jacket. Black buckram with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean gift inscription on the front endpaper clean otherwise. The ninth Philo Vance mystery adapted into the 1936 film starring Edmund Lowe. Scribner's hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 4107
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Garden Murder Case
New York: Scribner's 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Good in a Good jacket unclipped $2.00 rubbed and bumped with creases and a few closed tears. Black buckram rubbed at the bottom edge with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and bound with some reading wear clean internally. The ninth Philo Vance mystery adapted into the 1936 film starring Edmund Lowe. Scribner's hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 3395
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Garden Murder Case
New York: Scribner's 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket clipped rubbed and bumped with creases and a few small chips. Black buckram with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and bound with some reading wear clean internally. The ninth Philo Vance mystery adapted into the 1936 film starring Edmund Lowe. Scribner's hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 3396
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Garden Murder Case
New York: Scribner's 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Good lacking the jacket. Black buckram lightly rubbed and stained with faded yellow ink lettering on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean gift inscription on the front endpaper clean otherwise. The ninth Philo Vance mystery adapted into the 1936 film starring Edmund Lowe. This copy comes with a supplied jacket from an early Grosset & Dunlap reprint. Scribner's hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 3393
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
THE GARDEN MURDER CASE : A PHILO VANCE STORY
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1935. Hardcover. Octavo; G/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine black with gold print; Boards in black cloth with gold print mild wear to corners and spine caps stains shelfwear slight tear to front top edge; Text block has light tanning to endpapers corners torn away from front flyleaf else clean and tight; 332 pages. FP New Rockville Stock. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 15-140-1309375
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VAN DINE SS
The Garden Murder Case
New York: Scribner’s 1935. First Edition. Very good in a good dust jacket. Scribner’s unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 30694P
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VAN DINE SS. S. S.
THE GARDEN MURDER CASE.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1935. 1935. First edition. First edition. Former owner's name on front pastedown sheet completely hidden by the dust jacket flap else fine bright copy in price-clipped dust jacket with some minor professional restoration to spine ends and corners. While attending the running of one of America's great handicap horse races Philo Vance who is there playing the ponies hears a shot and is the first to discover the body. His investigation leads him into the world of "hay burners" book-makers betting jockeys and handicapping. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 26018
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Van Dine SS
The Garden Murder Case
<p>Scribners 1935. 1st. Hardcover. Former owner bookplate else a VG tight copy.</p> Scribners hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 026997
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Garden Murder Case; A Philo Vance Story
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1935. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 332 pp. Attractive Near Fine book in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with edge wear and a few hints of rubbing. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 00004318
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Van Dine SS
The Garden Murder Case
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1935. Later entry in the Philo Vance series set amongst the horse-racing set filmed in 1936 starring Edmund Lowe as Vance. First printing with 'A' on copyright page. Hardcover full black cloth gilt titling. Light general wear gilt a bit tarnished ink name & dates rubberstamped name & address on free endsheet; jacket shows a bit of edgewear minor chipping & creasing short tear; front flap too closely trimmed removing the last letter from most words. Text clean; 332 pages 8 pages offering brief synopses & reviews of previous Vance novels. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 5�" by 7�". Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : n0465
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
THE GARDEN MURDER CASE
SCRIBNER 1935. A GOOD FIRST NO DJ. INK STAIN ON EDGES. FIRST. Hardcover. Good. Book. SCRIBNER Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 15504893
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Garden Murder Case
New York: Scribner. Very Good. 1985. First Edition. Very good without dust jacket. . Scribner unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 012398
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VAN DINE SS
The Garden Murder Case
New York: Scribner’s 1935. First Edition. Glue stain on front free endpaper; very good in dust jacket. Scribner’s unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 14446P
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VAN DINE SS. pseud. of Willard Huntington Wright S. S.
The Garden Murder Case
New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1935. 1935. First edition. 8vo. 8 pages of publisher's advertisements at end. Dust jacket unclipped; two small nicks. Very good-fine. No signatures or bookplates. Filmed in 1936 starring Edmund Lowe Virginia Bruce and HB Warner. F. Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 197095
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Garden Murder Case
New York: Scribner. 1935. First Edition. Fine in dust jacket with some light wear at base of spine and at corners. . Scribner unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 009998
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Charles Scribner's Sons 1938. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Slight browning to yellow cloth on spine. In a fine facsimile jacket. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 094222
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VAN DINE SS. Willard Huntington Wright. S. S.
The Gracie Allen Murder Case. A Philo Vance Story.
Cassell and Company Ltd. London. 1938. First Edition UK. Hardback. No DW. Blue cloth gilt. Boards are a little soiled spine is creased and there is a slight lean to front board. Rear hinge slightly visible endpapers browned o/w contents overall are clean and sound. 1938 hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 81761
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VAN DINE SS
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1938. Very good in a dust jacket featuring Gracie Allen in the motion picture. Grosset & Dunlap unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 34010P
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VAN DINE SS
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
New York: Scribner’s 1938. First Edition. A very good copy in dust jacket the verso of which is nearly entirely reinforced with paper. Scribner’s unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 34006P
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
P.F.Collier 1938. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. P.F.Collier hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : GB009UZX67AI3N00
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
P.F.Collier 1938. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less. P.F.Collier hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : GB009UZX67AI3N01
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Gracie Allen Murder Case; A Philo Vance Story
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1938. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. Octavo 227pp. Yellow cloth printed title on spine and front cover. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Wear to edges of boards. Scribner's "A" on copyright page. In facsimile dust jacket. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 848
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
New York: Scribners 1938. Book. VG. Hardcover. First Edition. First printing. PO bookplate and stamp to FEP otherwise a VG copy in a G/VG dust jacket with the price of $2.00 intact on the front flap. Basis for the 1939 film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Gracie Allen Warren William and Ellen Drew. Scribners Hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 014088
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VAN DINE SS. S. S.
The Gracie Allen Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1938. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Yellow cloth with black lettering pictorial dust jacket. xii 227p 6pp ads. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and a bit of rubbing. A tight and attractive first edition of the penultimate 11th Philo Vance mystery turned into a 1939 film version starring the original dingbat but omitting husband George Burns. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 41988
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Gracie Allen Murder Case First Edition
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1938. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1939 film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Gracie Allen Warren William and Ellen Drew. A Philo Vance mystery. Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Bookplate to the front pastedown covered completely by jacket flap. Jacket is lightly rubbed with a few short closed tears and light chipping to the extremities. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 138459
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Scribner. Hardcover. 9997525035 RARE TRUE FIRST PRINTING LETTER 'A' DESIGNATION ON TITLE PAGE VERSO ON IMPLIED SCRIBNER FIRSTS FOR 1938. COVER IS WHOLE WITH GOOD COLOR NO SUN FADING NO STICKERS AND MINOR FLAWS AND WEAR. NO NAMES OR MARKS SEEN ON TEXT PAGES. NOT EX-LIBRARY. NOT REMAINDER-MARKED. FAMOUS BOSTON BOOK STORE LOGO STICKER SMALL ON LOWER CORNER OF FRONT END PIECE ADDS TO OWNERSHIP CAVEAT. SOLID BINDING AND GOOD END PIECES. VERY MINOR AGE TONING. SEE PHOTOS IF AVAILABLE. We ship faster than lightning on a golf course Maybe but an Informed Buyer is our Best Customer. You can ask us any question. Packed Carefully and Shipped Promptly by Highly Rated and Experienced Seller on Amazon since 2006. 6060 NVL16-102 01. . Good. Scribner hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 02 04 2016 NVL16-102 09 ISBN : 9997525035 9789997525031
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VAN DINE SS
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
London: Cassell 1938. First English. Aside from an ugly white-out on the front free endpaper very good in dust jacket. Cassell unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : 30700P
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VAN DINE SS. S. S.
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
P.F. Collier & Son Corporation 1938. Hardcover octavo VG lacks d/w ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs. P.F. Collier & Son Corporation 1938 hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 145819
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Van Dine SS. S. S.
The Gracie Allen Murder Case A Philo Vance Story
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1938. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. First edition with "A" on copyright page 1938. Yellow cloth hardcover with black titles in original dust jacket 227 pp. ads. clean unmarked text Very Good copy in Very Good dust jacket bookplate on the front flyleaf light soiling or discoloration to the outer-pages and the page-edges some discoloration to the covers soiling or discoloration to the dust jacket wear to the tips and edges of the dust jacket including creasing and some tearing or loss to the tips. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : s00011152
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