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1960ref. 1110070048Oriental Institute Baroda 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. 4to. 152pp. Limited printing of 500 copies. Hardcover and dust jacket in mylar. Wear to DJ with little loss. Publishers review slip tipped in on fep. Clean unmarked pages. Oriental Institute, Baroda hardcover
1974ref. InstkSB-582University Of Madras 1974. Hardcover. New. University Of Madras hardcover
1974ref. InstkSB-582University Of Madras 1974. Hardcover. New. University Of Madras hardcover
2021ref. Raj-97881947835342021. New. English unknown
2021ref. Raj-97881947835342021. New. English unknown
1961ref. 21qdSi Surendra Singh Majithia 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. jacket is a bit chipped. mild foxing. internally clean and neat free from inscriptions. sound binding. overall much healthy condition.SK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Si Surendra Singh Majithia hardcover
2023ref. x-1636409709White Falcon Publishing 2023. Hardcover. New. 368 pages. 8.50x1.00x11.00 inches. White Falcon Publishing hardcover
ref. 1636409709.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. B9781636409702Hardback. New. hardcover
1983ref. 15522theophrastus publications 1983 hardback book in near fine condition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. theophrastus publications hardcover
ref. 1257036319.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1872ref. 047961NY: NELSON & PHILLIPS. nice collectable copy! . VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1872. NELSON & PHILLIPS hardcover
1879ref. L1-MCL-ELOCUTIONPhillips & Hunt; New York 1879. Hardcover. Good. 389 pgs. Bound in original publisher's brown cloth with gilt title stamp along spine. Rubbing wear to boards is moderate. Previous owner name to preliminary and terminal endpapers. Interior pages are clean throughout. Binding is secure. Phillips & Hunt; New York hardcover
1930ref. 169659New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1930. First Edition. First Edition. An elaborate murder mystery set in an Egyptology museum. Slightly cocked light offsetting to the endpapers overall Very Good plus in a Very Good plus rubbed dust jacket with a nick at the crown. Lacking the scarce wraparound band. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1930ref. 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
1930ref. 172754New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1930. First Edition. First Edition. The fifth Philo Vance mystery basis for the 1936 film starring Wilfred Hyde-White as Vance. Rear board lightly rubbed with narrow bands of offsetting to the endpapers else Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket with publisher's fully intact purple wraparound band. Jacket spine panel toned with fraying at the extremities and spine ends. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1930ref. 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
1930ref. 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
1930ref. 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
1930ref. 2081002109001630C. Scribner's Sons 1930. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: xii 328 p. Size: 20 cm C. Scribner's Sons paperback
1930ref. 172754New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1930. First Edition. First Edition. The fifth Philo Vance mystery basis for the 1936 film starring Wilfred Hyde-White as Vance. Rear board lightly rubbed with narrow bands of offsetting to the endpapers else Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket with publisher's fully intact purple wraparound band. Jacket spine panel toned with fraying at the extremities and spine ends. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
1930ref. 169659New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1930. First Edition. First Edition. An elaborate murder mystery set in an Egyptology museum. Slightly cocked light offsetting to the endpapers overall Very Good plus in a Very Good plus rubbed dust jacket with a nick at the crown. Lacking the scarce wraparound band. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
1930ref. 007908UK: Cassell 1930. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Good. The Scarab Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine First Edition Cassell 1930. No foxing or toning to contents or edges. Clean and unblemished throughout and no inscriptions or signs of ownership. Covers are fine and completely unblemished gilt lettering still bold and bright. In a G dust jacket with several chips and notches. Publisher's printed price of 7/6 to spine. Cassell hardcover
1930ref. 374597New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1930. First edition. Folding plan illustrations in text. xii 2 328 pp. plus ads. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth. Two small holes in front joint else near fine in very good plus dust jacket. First edition. Folding plan illustrations in text. xii 2 328 pp. plus ads. 1 vols. 8vo. A bright fresh copy of the fifth Philo Vance novel. Barzun & Taylor 2119; Hubin 1994 p. 819. Barzun & Taylor 2119; Hubin 1994 p. 819 Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1930ref. 8931New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1930. First Edition. First Printing second state with the publisher's "A" on copyright page and "1929 1930" dates directly above. Octavo 19.25cm; black cloth with titles stamped in yellow on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xiv328 10pp ads and one folding map. The Florence & Edward Kaye copy with their gilt-stamped morocco bookplate mounted to front pastedown. Inscribed on the front endpaper to American mystery author Carolyn Wells 1862-1942: "To Carolyn Wells Houghton / In appreciation and with sincerest regards / S.S. Van Dine." Rubbing to heel lower corners and a handful of letters at spine with some dust-soil to upper edge of textblock and a few dog-eared corners smoothed out; contents clean; Very Good or better. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.00 spine-sunned edgeworn with small losses to spine ends and a series of smaller nicks tears and attendant creases along the upper edge; Very Good. A remnant of the original pictorial wraparound band is laid in. Housed in a custom slipcase and chemise. Van Dine's fifth novel featuring amateur detective Philo Vance. "Benjamin H. Kyle a philanthropist and art patron is found murdered in a famous private museum in Gramercy Park. He has been struck over the head with a statue of Sekhmet the Egyptian goddess of vengeance and is lying in a pool of blood his arms outstretched toward a life-size statue of Anubis the god of the dead. The principal clew to the murder is a small lapis-lazuli scarab of Intef V a Pharaoh of the Seventeenth Dynasty" from front flap. Others are brought in to head up the investigation but naturally it's Philo Vance who solves the murder. A distinguished copy inscribed to Carolyn Wells one of the grand dames of the Golden Age of detective fiction and creator of the long-running Fleming Stone series. A proper association connecting two of the most prominent genre authors of their time. Penzler p.20; Hubin p.405. 8931. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
