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1938Best.-Nr. B872New York: Scribners 1938. First. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. S. S. Van Dine is the pen name used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright 1888 – 1939 when he wrote detective novels. Wright was active in avant-garde cultural circles in pre-World War I New York and under the pen name which he originally used to conceal his identity he created the fictional detective Philo Vance a sleuth and aesthete who first appeared in books in the 1920s then in films and on the radio. The Gracie Allen Murder Case features the zany half of the Burns and Allen comedy team. It is in some ways a roman à clef including not just Burns and Allen but also such characters as Gracie's mother and brother. George Burns after all has described the couple's act as "All I had to do was ask 'Gracie how's your brother' and she talked for 38 years." That gave the book an unusual feel as did the comic tone of much of Gracie's dialogue. This tone suddenly shifts in a later chapter to one character's philosophically anguished speculations and then back again to Gracie. This copy is very good in yellow cloth with black titles on the spine and front cover. Minor bumping and fading at the edges. Text is age toned with some spotting on the leading page edges but no other marks or damage. The uncommon DJ is unclipped with minor chipping at the edges and moderate soiling. BI25. Scribners hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1631942069.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1938Best.-Nr. 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
1938Best.-Nr. 41988New 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
1938Best.-Nr. 004382New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1938. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Scribner's "A" on copyright page price of $2.00 front flap. Near Fine top edge dusty pastedowns age-toned nice period prior owner bookplate front pastedown completely hidden by front flap. In a Very Good dustjacket front and rear panels rubbed and with small chips at spine tips and flap folds. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
1938Best.-Nr. 313397NY: SCRIBNERS. 1938. First Edition. A good only copy in a fair to good dj. Couple moderate-size chips in dj. at spine. Book shop stamp on rear pastedown. General shelfsoiling & wear . SCRIBNERS. unknown
1938Best.-Nr. 000020New York: P.F. Collier & Son 1938. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Strong Very Good. See scans and description. New York: P.F. Collier & Son 1938. Small octavo 227 pp. Gray leatherette with maroon and gilt imprinting. Spine slant page edge soiling. Very Good firm bright and handsome. The scarce leatherette Collier edition of Van Dine's Philo Vance mystery The Gracie Allen Murder Case with a lengthy cast of characters including - yes - a George Burns and a Gracie Allen. Ships in a new sturdy protective box - not a bag. L108 P.F. Collier & Son hardcover
1938Best.-Nr. 041681NY: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS. "A" & SEAL PRESENT MENDED TEARS & SMALL CHIPS TO A UNCLIPPED DJ. . VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1938. CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS hardcover
1928Best.-Nr. MYSCTSCRIBNERS 1928. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. A NEAR FINE first edition in NEAR FINE dust jacket.First Edition. First Printing with "A" and publisher's seal on copyright page. . SCRIBNERS Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 17120NY: SCRIBNERS. 1938. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9997525035 . A very good copy in very good dust jacket. Short edge tears & touches of shelf wear to jacket. TIny chips at spine ends. Sir Hugh Taylor's copy with his signature & contemporary date at head of end paper. Traces of rubbing to predominantly black jacket. Printed Scribner's bookmark laid-in. A Philo Vance novel. . NY: SCRIBNERS. 1938 hardcover
1938Best.-Nr. 004382New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1938. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Scribner's "A" on copyright page price of $2.00 front flap. Near Fine top edge dusty pastedowns age-toned nice period prior owner bookplate front pastedown completely hidden by front flap. In a Very Good dustjacket front and rear panels rubbed and with small chips at spine tips and flap folds. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 50076Elkin Mathews & Marrot. London. 1930 First edition thus. Roy8vo 36pp. Hardcover in original cream pigskin with an abstract design of blue and black onlays and is lightly soiled with a darker mark on the lower spine being slightly splayed as well for reasons best known to specialist collectors internally this unusual book is comprised of Kelmscott hand-made paper that is clean and unfoxed with the requisite uneven fore-edges. Number 272 of only 300 copies ever produced with a lengthy introduction by D.H Lawrence this "is a story within a story contained within Dostoevsky's 1880 novel The Brothers Karamazov. It is recited by Ivan Karamazov during a conversation with his brother Alexei a novice monk about the possibility of a personal and benevolent God". This important original translation was made by Samuel S. Koteliansky a famous Ukrainian translator of Russian literature into English. Chekov was another who benefitted from his support as well as Dostoevsky and Rozanov amongst others being the manager of the prominent literary journal The Adelphi that published works of Lawrence Katherine Mansfield and even Dylan Thomas in the rarified world of mid-20th century English letters together with Leonard and Virginia Woolf. Hence the prominence of his name on the front board under the title and geometric pattern. Obviously extremely scarce anywhere in the world. Elkin, Mathews & Marrot. London. 1930 (First edition thus) hardcover
2023Best.-Nr. 9789390729470Manohar Publishers and Distributors Manohar Publishers and Distributors 20230915. Hardback. 250mm 200mm. It also attempts to clear many of the misconceptions about this period and covers broadly what happened not only in the Punjab but also in NWFP Sind Baluchistan and importantly Bengal which cumulatively suffered as much perhaps more albeit over a long period. Manohar Publishers and Distributors Manohar Publishers and Distributors hardcover
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2025Best.-Nr. __9390729475Manohar 2025. Hardcover. New. 554 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.85 inches. Manohar hardcover
2025Best.-Nr. Manohar-9789390729470Manohar 2025. Hardcover. New. Manohar hardcover
2025Best.-Nr. Manohar-9789390729470Manohar 2025. Hardcover. New. Manohar hardcover
Best.-Nr. 6390249490Manohar Publishers & Distributors . Hardback. New. pp. 554 Manohar Publishers & Distributors hardcover
1917Best.-Nr. 036183NY: Boni and Liveright. 1917. An early work by Van Dine using his given name. An anthology of stories by French writers with a 30-page introduction by Van Dine/Wright. Rubbing to boards; a very good copy lacking the dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boni and Liveright hardcover
1917Best.-Nr. 036183NY: Boni and Liveright. 1917. An early work by Van Dine using his given name. An anthology of stories by French writers with a 30-page introduction by Van Dine/Wright. Rubbing to boards; a very good copy lacking the dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boni and Liveright hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 4577New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1928. 8vo pp. 388 2 pp. advertisements bound in at rear. Leading edge uncut. Original black boards lettered in white to front panel and spine. Lacking the dust jacket. Corners a little bumped lettering to spine chipped but a well preserved copy. First edition. A Philo Vance title the third of twelve. HUBIN p. 414 New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928 hardcover
Best.-Nr. mon0002940900Gregg Press 198. Hardcover. Very Good. . Near fine with jacket in mylar. Minor shelf wear. Pages/boards/jacket clean binding sturdy. Gregg Press hardcover
1928Best.-Nr. mon0002945862Charles Scribner 1928-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. . First edition with Scribner's seal. Dust Jacket is price-clipped and in a removable clear plastic Brodart protector shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages are lightly tanned and clean. Charles Scribner hardcover
1928Best.-Nr. 000014396New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good or better. 8vo. 6 vii-x 2 1-388 2 pages of publisher's advertisements 2 pp. Black cloth with white lettering and a white border on the front board and spine. Price of $2.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a frontispiece done in black and white and with an in-text image. Penzler 18. According to Penzler there were two issues of the first printing of the first edition: the second issue states "Copyright 1927 1928" on the copyright page. Ours is the second issue. A tiny push and a bit of foxing to the top textblock a contemporary Christmas inscription on the free front endpaper; jacket with a touch of silverfishing to its bottom edge. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
