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1929réf. 45338New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers n. d. but 1929. 1929. PHOTOPLAY EDITION. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the release of the Paramount film starring William Powell Louise Brooks and Jean Arthur. Fine bright copy in dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and small nicks chips and tears to the extremities. The front panel of the dust jacket reproduces the art work of the first edition and the rear panel is a charming colorful painting of the dapper Powell as detective Philo Vance. A beautiful showgirl name "the Canary" is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and with that she ends up dead. But who killed "the Canary". All the suspects knew and were used by her and everyone had a motive to see her dead. Philo Vance investigates. Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, n. d. (but 1929). unknown
1938réf. 42650New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1938. 1938. First edition. Fine bright copy in dust jacket with a small closed tear to the bottom crease of the front flap fold. Gracie Allen trys to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder. Allen's uncle fixes her up with Bill at a company picnic. When the two go out to a nightclub that night Gracie inadvertently links Bill to the murder of a thug after finding the dead body and Bill's cigarette case at the scene of the crime. While being questioned at the club she meets Vance who's investigating the homicide. After Gracie's bungled attempts to solve the case Vance decides it might be easier to have her working with him. Despite Gracie's "help" the two eventually find the real killer. An exceptional copy. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. unknown
1930réf. 33470New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1930. 1930. First edition. This is the so-called "First Issue" with only a single date 1930 on the copyright page. Otto Penzler in his Descriptive Bibliography on S. S. Van Dine says "The capital letter "A" must appear on the copyright page. The "A" was dropped from all subsequent printings the method by which Scribner's identified its first printings from 1930 to 1972." Fine bright tight copy with all lettering on the cloth bright and un-chipped in a fine dust jacket with two tiny closed tears at head of spine. Philo Vance's elaborate murder investigation takes place in a museum of Egyptology. There is a great deal of material on ancient Egyptian art. An exceptional copy and certainly this state is much scarcer than the variant with two dates on the copyright page although the variant state is also scarce. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. hardcover
1927réf. 27346New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1927. 1927. First edition. Author's second Philo Vance mystery. Near fine with lettering on front cover and spine bright and unfaded in second state dust jacket professionally restored at spine ends corners and extremities. The second state dust jacket has the words "The Greene Murder Case" for the forthcoming third book of the series listed on the rear flap. The earliest state of the dust jacket lists "The Taxicab Murder Case" as the forthcoming third book in the series. Margaret O'Dell a blackmailing musical comedy star is found strangled in her apartment and four men come under suspicion: Lindquist a half-mad doctor in love with Margaret; Cleaver a politician whose career she threatened; Mannix a fat broker with a jealous wife; and Jimmy Spotswoode a young society boy Margaret was attempting to blackmail into marriage. Jimmy is arrested and Philo Vance a whimsical society man and amateur detective who is a close friend of Jimmy's father is called in on the case. A Haycraft/Queen Cornerstone title and an uncommon book. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. unknown
1935réf. 26018New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1935. 1935. 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
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2025réf. __9390729475Manohar 2025. Hardcover. New. 554 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.85 inches. Manohar hardcover
1993réf. 140195Moskva: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya entsiklopediya/ Great Russian Enclyclopedia 1993. Hardcover. VG clean and tight with museum ex-lib. book plate inside front cover; light rubbing to covers. Black cloth with gold lettering and decoration; 862 pp.; no illustrations. Text in Russian. Each entry has extensive narrative text. Entries arranged according to the Russian alphabet obviously!. This is the first of two volumes published beginning in 1993. The material herein is based on research and writings of eminent Russian theologians prior to the Russian Revolution. A scarce and valuable reference manual. Please note a three-volume set of the same material also was published at the same time. This is a single volume not the entire set. Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya entsiklopediya/ Great Russian Enclyclopedia hardcover
1923réf. 226Boston: Marshall Jones Co 1923. Hardcover. Near fine. Cloth boards. xiv 165 pp. 41 bw repros. A terrific copy of this scarce edition limited to 1500 numbered copies biographical work on this Boston artist. Includes 41 bw plates of his work. Includes original box worn. Marshall Jones Co hardcover
1923réf. 4340398Chatto and Windus 1923. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item450grams ISBN: Chatto and Windus hardcover
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