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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
1927réf. 12953New York: Scribner's 1927 First Edition. Second book in the Philo Vance Series. 8vo. 7 5/8" tall. Black cloth stamped in green. x 343 pages 1 page of ads at back. Clean. Front hinge partially split. Binding worn at corners and rubbed on edges. no jacket. Poor condition. Scribner's 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
1927réf. 313246NY: SCRIBNERS. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1927. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A good only copy with spotting to covers in very good 'second' issue dust jacket. Previous owner's inked inscription on front end paper SECOND in Philo Vance series. . SCRIBNERS. hardcover
1926réf. 119988Charles Scribner's Sons 1926. Book. Good-. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Black cloth hardcover with red lettering to spine and front; same date on title and copyright pages; no jacket. Good minus condition: spine sunned; extremity wear with some loss of cloth; straight; hinges strong; previous owner was a cigar smoker and the smell slightly lingers. New plastic protective jacket. This is the first of the Philo Vance novels. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
1926réf. 003891New York NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1926. First Edition . Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 5 1/2" X 7 1/2" 348 pages. Gift inscription on ffep. Black boards with red lettering which are soiled. Spine canted. Spine ends and corners bumped and worn. Some edge-wear. Small indentation on rear board. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1929réf. 25005ENew York: Scribners 1929. First Edition of the fourth Philo Vance mystery novels. A good lightly handled copy with a bit of wear to the cloth and a few small edge tears without dust jacket. Scribners hardcover
1929réf. 505910New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1929. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Owner's early ink name on second fly else a fine copy in very good dust jacket with a tiny chip on spine and a few short tears mended on the verso. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1929réf. 15564New York: Scribners 1929 First Edition. A Philo Vance mystery. Scribner seal on copyright page. Black cloth stamped in blue. viii 349pp. Three pages of ads at back. Top page edges stained grey. Page foredges uncut. Small bookplate and name onflyleaf. Square. Clean. Tight. no jacket. Very good condition. Scribners hardcover
1929réf. 313245NY: SCRIBNERS. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. A very good copy in price clipped otherwise very good dust jacket. Vintage bookshop sticker at head of rear paste down. A few edge tears & light shelf wear to jacket. Covers mildly shelf-soiled . SCRIBNERS. hardcover
1927réf. 620319New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good with bookplate on front pastedown fading ink owner name a hint of foxing to the first few pages and light bumping to the corners lacking the dustwrapper. Second mystery as Van Dine a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone and basis for the memorable film featuring Louise Brooks. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1927réf. SB 6/26-1SCRIBNERS 1927. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Authors. First Edition. A VERY GOOD FIRST IN VERY GOOD DJ. SIGNED NOTE LAID IN. SECOND ISSUE DUST JACKET. . SCRIBNERS Hardcover
1927réf. 290451New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good with bookplate on front pastedown foxing on the foredge modest wear to the boards lacking the dustwrapper. Second mystery as Van Dine a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone and basis for the memorable film featuring Louise Brooks. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1927réf. 29018New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition first issue of this Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone and the second Philo Vance mystery. A near fine copy in black cloth showing some light use green titles and decorations in a very good priced-clipped second state pictorial dustwrapper showing moderate use. Adapted into film with William Powell as Philo Vance and Louise Brooks as the 'Canary'. A reasonable copy of the author's classic whodunnit. Barzun & Taylor A Catalogue Of Crime. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1934réf. 011948NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. First edition early 1934 printing with Scribner seal lacking the "A". Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1934. 8vo. 283pp. Black cloth with green titles. Gift inscription on flyleaf. A crisp very good plus copy. Clean edges square in very good dust jacket. . Very Good Plus. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1934. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1934réf. 313396NY: SCRIBNERS. Good in Good dust jacket. 1934. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Good only copy in good dust jacket. Tears & creasing at edges of jacket. Vintage bookstore stamp on rear paste down. Traces of soiling and general shelf wear. . SCRIBNERS. hardcover
1934réf. 83668New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1934. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. A very good copy with some smudging and light staining in a supplied but sympathetic very good price-clipped dust jacket with slight internal stains. Inscribed by the author: "To Dr. Hugh Stott Taylor With great appreciation for his gracious assistance and with warm personal regards. S.S. Van Dine." The English-born Taylor was a chemist who spent much of his life at Princeton and who in World War II played a prominent role in the American scientific effort directing a number of research projects and contributing to the development of the atomic bomb with his discovery of the most effective catalyst for producing heavy water. He was knighted by both the Queen and the Pope in the same month. A Chair in chemistry is named for him at Princeton. The inscription would seem to indicate that Taylor provided advice to Van Dine about the novel or at least to Willard Huntington Wright as Van Dine was a pseudonym. A Philo Vance novel filmed in 1935 with Paul Lukas as Vance starring opposite Rosalind Russell in one of her earliest roles. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1933réf. 140948928New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1933. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. Signed by S.S. Van Dine on the title page inscribed to the former owner. xii ii 311 1 6; ads pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in crimson with map endpapers. Near Fine. Quite sharp with light edge wear and a bit of faint soiling to cloth In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with minor creasing at spine ends light chipping at corners and perforated letters spelling out "UNCo. at front flap; possible review copy. A Philo Vance whodunit with a plot revolving around mythological dragons. The basis for the 1934 film starring Warren William and Margaret Lindsay; uncommon signed. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
1933réf. 324017New York: Scribner 1933. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. 8vo black cloth stamped in red d.w. New York: Scribner 1933. First Edition. A Philo Vance story. Fine in a near fine price intact dust wrapper. Scribner unknown
1933réf. 140945797New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1933. First edition. First edition. xii ii 311 1 6 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with red lettering map endpapers. Fine in Very Good dust jacket chipped at extremities slight crease along bottom of front panel unclipped $2.00. A Philo Vance mystery with a plot revolving around mythological dragons. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
1933réf. 333New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1933. First Edition. Near fine/Very good. Small 8vo. 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 187 x 128 mm; pp. xi 311 6 advertisements. Original black cloth titles on spine and front board in red ink endpapers with maps of "Inwood and the Stamm Estate"; old owner's signature on front blank page. Scribner's "A" on copyright page. Original dust jacket original cover price of $2.00 intact DJ in mylar cover with light edgeware and 1/4 inch chips at head and toe of spine and 1/8 inch chips at corners. The Dragon Murder Case is the seventh novel featuring Van Dine's Philo Vance character. It was also adapted to a film version in 1934 starring Warren William as Vance. This is the only Philo Vance mystery with a pictorial dust jacket. S. S. Van Dine is the pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright 1888 - 1939 an American art critic and author. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
1996réf. 052896New York: Otto Penzler 1996. Facsimile Edition . Hardback. As New/As New. Otto Penzler hardcover
1933réf. 004169Charles Scribner's Sons. DJ in archival cover with light edge wear. Publisher price of $2.00 is present on inner flap. "A" and shield on the copyright page. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1933. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1933réf. 44846New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1933. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black cloth with red lettering. xii 311pp 6pp ad. Map endpapers. Very good. Mild edge and corner wear. Tight decent first edition of the seventh Philo Vance mystery. Lacks jacket else a nice copy of an uncommon early Vance. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1996réf. 30712New 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
