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1928réf. 140946155New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1928. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition first state with MCMXXVIII on title page and matching date on copyright page. xii 388pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth lettered in white. Very Good with worming to front joint and right edge of board. Light staining to top edge; contents are slightly toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with toning and moderate wear to crown with fairly small chips; rear panel with one closed tear. A great copy of this whodunit murder mystery the third in the Philo Vance detective series. Adapted a year later into the 1929 film starring William Powell as the dandy detective. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1930réf. 013566New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 328pp.plus 6 pages of ads in rear. Beautiful First Edition with Scribners "A" and seal on the copyright page. This is the true first issue with a single date 1930 on the copyright page. Bound in black cloth with titles and borders in yellow on front board and spine. Square tight and clean throughout with no foxing or page toning. Some fairly minor wear to bottom edges. Spine ends a bit soft. A tiny blemish or two to cloth but still uncommonly well-preserved. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket $2.00 has the very scarce wrap-around band which is split in two places but otherwise fine and very difficult to find in any condition. Light wear to top edge and rubbing to spine panel. Fresh and bright with no chipping creases or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy. Hubin p. 405. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1930réf. 539922New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1930. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. First edition. Heavy chipping along the joints of both boards owner label on front pastedown with owner blindstamp on title page tiny hole in one leaf not affecting text good only in a rubbed and soiled very good dust jacket with an interior dampstain on the spine and several interior tape repairs. Basis for the 1936 British film with Wilfred Hyde-White playing detective Philo Vance and with a script by Selwyn Jepson. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1930réf. 294234New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Slight soiling on the front fly very near fine in a rubbed very good dustwrapper with small nicks and tears. A nice copy. Basis for the 1936 British film with Wilfred Hyde-White playing detective Philo Vance and with a script by Selwyn Jepson. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1930réf. 180811003New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Julian Johnson head story editor for 20th Century Fox studios in the 1930s: "To Hildegarde and Julian Affectionately from signed S.S. Van Dine alias Willard." xii 328 5 versos only ads pp. Black cloth lettered in yellow. Very Good with slight crease to prelims edge rubbing in Good unclipped dust jacket with some chips tiny edge tears and dulling to spine panel. A whodunit that inspired a now-lost 1936 British film starring Wilfrid Hyde-White rather than the popular William Powell as Philo Vance. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1945réf. 582640New York: Pocket Books Inc 1945. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Mass market paperback. Slightly cocked wrappers moderately worn spine lightly sunned very good. Pocket Books #305. Pocket Books, Inc unknown books
1926réf. 31310New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good-. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket moderately shelfworn light soiling and age-toning to edges of text block spine slightly turned and with a very slight ripple to the text block and a very light dampstain at the edges of a number of pages; bookplate of longtime MGM producer/writer Carey Wilson on front pastedown bookseller's label from the famous Satyr Book Shop Hollywood on rear pastedown. floor plan of murder scene A later 1928 printing of the first Philo Vance mystery originally published in 1926. Two other titles are listed in the front of the book "The 'Canary' Murder Case" and "The Greene Murder Case" with an additional title indicated as "In Preparation" with the title "The Mother Goose Murder Case"; the latter had its title changed to "The Bishop Murder Case" before publication reportedly due to the publishers' concern that it would be mistaken for a children's book. Although the initial book in the series it was the fourth of the books to be filmed at Paramount in 1930 with William Powell in his third outing as Vance. . 1928 c.1926. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1929réf. 31311New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket a good sound copy lightly shelfworn tiny area of scarring and residue on spine from label removal a bit of dust-soiling to top of text block spine slightly turned; bookplate of longtime MGM producer/writer Carey Wilson on front pastedown bookseller's label from the famous Satyr Book Shop Hollywood on rear pastedown. fold-out illustration of murder building The fourth Philo Vance mystery which became the third Philo Vance film -- the first produced at MGM after two outings at Paramount and the only one in which Vance was portrayed by Basil Rathbone. The book's original working title had been "The Mother Goose Murder Case" but it was changed before publication reportedly due to the publishers' concern that it would be mistaken for a children's book. Although this copy was once part of the personal library of MGM producer/writer Carey Wilson there's no indication that he was involved in any way with the studio's film version. . 1929. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1936réf. SKSCRIBNERS 1936. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. A COMPLETE SET OF PHILO VANCE NOVELS. ALL FIRST EDITIONS ALL IN DUST JACKET. PLUS TYPED LETTER SIGNED. 12 VOLUMES ALL FIRSTS IN DUST JACKET. Benson is second issue. 12 VOLUMES ALL FIRSTS IN DUST JACKET.BENSON CANARY GREENE BISHOP SCARAB KENNEL DRAGON CASINO KIDNAP GARDEN GRACIE ALLEN WINTER. SCRIBNERS Hardcover
1933réf. mon0002945737Scribner's 1933. 1933-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. . First edition with Scribner's A and seal. Dust Jacket is in a removable clear plastic Brodart protector shows minor wear. Pages are lightly tanned and clean. Scribner's, 1933. hardcover
1933réf. nm 872Scribner's 1933. 1933. 1st ed. First Edition. 307p. Black cloth with red lettering. Pasted down on inside cover is advertisement "S.S. Van Dine Offers for Sale Stock from his Famous Scottish Terrier Kennels.Sporran Kennels." At top of ad is photo of two pups one sitting one standing. Slightly cocked. Lettering on front cover flaked. Less so on Spine. Overall Good copy. 1st. Hardcover. Good. Scribner's, 1933. Hardcover
1936réf. SB 6/18-09SCRIBNERS 1936. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. A GOOD FIRST IN DJ. WITH A ON COPYRIGHT PAGE. IN SCARCE DUST JACKET. water stained. SCRIBNERS Hardcover
1933réf. 220609004Grosset & Dunlap 1933-01-01. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Vintage Hardcover with Scarce DJ 1933 Grosset & Dunlap 311 pages. Near Fine in a VG DJ. Just a hint of shelf/edge wear to black cloth boards with red titles - corners sharp. Moderate shelf/edge wear and a few closed tears to original unclipped DJ - now in mylar. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean unmarked and lightly toned due to cheap paper. Endpapers are clean and unmarked. S. S. Van Dine also styled S.S. Van Dine is the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright October 15 1888 – April 11 1939 when he wrote detective novels. He went on to write twelve mysteries in total though their author's identity was unmasked by 1928. The first few books about the distinctive Philo Vance who shared with his creator a love of art and a disdain for the common touch were so popular that Wright became wealthy for the first time in his life. His readership was diverse and worldwide. A very handsome pre-war copy in DJ. LOC SSS-03 Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
1927réf. 011945NY: Grosset and Dunlap. Hard cover Photo Play Edition with scenes from the Paramount movie. Published NY: Grosset and Dunlap 1927. 8vo. 343pp. illustrated with still scenes from the movie and room drawings. Light rub to front cover. Very good clean tight attractive copy. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1927. Grosset and Dunlap hardcover
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
réf. HERM2SCRIBNERS Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. AVERY GOOD FIRST IN DUST JACKET. SCRIBNERS Hardcover
