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Published by Bantam Books, New York, NY, 1947
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Thus. A mid 1940s 1st thus of an late 1920s Philo Vance mystery. Bantam 96. Wear at the edges with flaking along the fore edge of the front cover. Soiling to the rear cover.Sticker scrape at the top right of the front cover. Light browning to the pages, mostly along the edges. Small corner fold toward the rear. A filler but a very readable copy.
Published by Fawcett Publications, Inc., Greenwich, CN, 1968
Seller: H. W. Gumaer, Bookseller, Canandaigua, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good to Near Fine. First Printing, First Edition Thus. Vintage Paperback, Gold Medal T2004; Van Dine's Philo Vance, America's first classic detective, the amateur sleuth who taught the professionals, investigates the case of "Canary" Margaret Odell, the Broadway playgirl brutally murdered in her New York apartment; text is clean, tight, lightly age-tanned with a very slight spine lean; pictorial wrappers show reading crease, very minor surface and edgewear. Collectable.
Published by Bantam Books, New York, NY, 1947
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fair-Good. No Jacket. First Thus. A mid 1940s 1st thus of an late 1920s Philo Vance mystery. Bantam 96. Wear at the edges with rubbing and loss along the spine. Light browning to the pages, mostly along the edges. A fair to good copy.
Condition: Good. Good condition. (Vintage mystery and adventure, mystery, adventure, crime thriller, police procedural, philo vance).
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1985
ISBN 10: 0684183803ISBN 13: 9780684183800
Seller: Alta-Glamour Inc., Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Book
311pp. The 7th of 12 Philo Vance mysteries. When Sanford Montague is killed while swimming in the pool on the Stamm estate, Philo Vance investigates the murder. Paperback. Light shelfwear and creasing to the spine. Very Good.
Published by Pocket Books, New York, NY, 1944
Seller: Orpheus Books, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. POcket Books No.256, first printing; A Philo Vance Mystery, this copy is VG+ with one light cover crease and a bit of wear on bottom portion of spine, but book number, author and title still very visible, one small corner crease, contents unmarked; scarce in described condition.
Published by New York: Charles Scribner's Sons Scribner Crime Ckassic # 16734 1st Printing, 1980
ISBN 10: 0684167344ISBN 13: 9780684167343
Seller: John McCormick, Mississauga, ON, Canada
Book
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Jerry W. McDaniel (front cover) (illustrator). ----------paperback. The 3rd Philo Vance mystery. Reading crease, edgewear, a VG+ copy.
Published by Bantam Books, New York, NY, 1947
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. A mid 1940s 1st thus of an late 1920s Philo Vance mystery. Bantam 96. Light wear at the edges. Light browning to the pages, mostly along the edges. A very good copy.
Published by Blue Ribbon Books
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.38.
Published by Blue Ribbon Books
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.38.
Published by Bantam Book Paperback #96, New York, 1947
Seller: Nightingale Books, Stoughton, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Ed. VG+ in pictorial wraps with yellow & white lettering & cover photo of the author & a scarab beetle. Mystery featuring series detective Philo Vance who investigates the murder of a wealthy backer of archaeology missions found dead in a museum. Mystery, Vintage Paperback.
Published by Grosset and Dunlap, New York, 1929
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair-Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint Edition. Black cloth, lettered in orange. Rubbed with exposure along length of bottom front edge with small chink of loss at heel of spine and surface loss at bottom front corner, rubbed w/ exposure along a short portion of bottom rear edge and approx. 1" along top rear edge, otherwise mild spotting to cloth, typically toned text block. Binding somewhat cocked. Color illus. dust jacket shows 1" square loss at bottom front panel corner, chipping/loss to spine extremities and several minor edge chips, now in mylar. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1933
Seller: Gyre & Gimble, Holden, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition 'A'. Black cloth with blue lettering. Ex-library copy with white inked letters to spine and vintage library label to front pastedown. No other library marks. Lettering to spine is completely rubbed off, light general scuffing to boards, corners bumped. Text is clean and bright, no marks.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1930
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 328+[2 ad] pages with fold out illustration. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in black cloth with yellow lettering to spine and cover. Lacks the "A" on the title verso. Early printing. Wright wrote as a critic and journalist until 1923, when he became ill from what was given out as overwork, but was in reality a secret drug addiction, according to John Loughery's biography Alias S.S. Van Dine. His doctor confined him to bed (supposedly because of a heart ailment, but actually because of a cocaine addiction) for more than two years. In frustration and boredom, he began collecting and studying thousands of volumes of crime and detection. In 1926 this paid off with the publication of his first S. S. Van Dine novel, The Benson Murder Case. Wright took his pseudonym from the abbreviation of "steamship" and from Van Dine, which he claimed was an old family name. Wright wrote a series of short stories for Warner Brothers film studio in the early 1930s. These stories were used as the basis for a series of 12 short films, each around 20 minutes long, that were released in 1930 - 1931. Of these, "The Skull Murder Mystery" (1931) shows Wright's vigorous plot construction. It is also notable for its non-racist treatment of Chinese characters, something quite unusual in its day. As far as it is known, none of Van Dine's screen treatments have been published in book form and none of the manuscripts survive. Short films were popular then and Hollywood made hundreds of them during the studio era. Except for a handful of comedy silents, however, most of these films are forgotten and not listed in film reference books. Wright died April 11, 1939, in New York City, a year after the publication of an unpopular experimental novel that incorporated one of the biggest stars in radio comedy, The Gracie Allen Murder Case, and leaving a complete novelette-length story that was intended as a film vehicle for Sonja Henie, and was published posthumously as The Winter Murder Case. Condition: Previous owner's stamp on end papers and paste downs, extremity wear, corners bumped and rubbed. Jacket spine ends and corners chipped, some closed edge tears and small chips else a good to very good copy in about a very good jacket.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1928
Seller: Antiquarius Booksellers, Falkland, BC, Canada
Cloth. Condition: About Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Reprint Edition. Photoplay, reprint edition of a Philco Vance novel featuring photo plates of scenes from the Paramount Pictutres movie. 388pp, photo illustrated. Clean interior. Previous owner's details to front endpapers otherwise unmarked. Tight, square binding, no cracking to hinges. Minor soiling to front board otherwise the black cloth with green ink titles, is bright. Weight, 430g. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, NY, 1927
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. A G&D photo play reprint w/o DJ of one of Van Dine's Philo Vance mysteries. Light wear at the edges. A very good copy.
Published by DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern, 1996
ISBN 10: 3770154010ISBN 13: 9783770154012
Seller: Antiquariat Armebooks, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Book
Taschenbuch. Condition: Gut. DuMont - 1. Auf. 1996 : S. S. Van Dine - tb OG-9DUG-O0I9 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 159.
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Published by P.F. Collier January 1938, 1938
Seller: Pelican Bay Books, Anacortes, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good.
Published by Graphic Books Paperback #89, New York, 1954
Seller: Nightingale Books, Stoughton, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Thus. Near Fine to Fine in pictorial wraps with red & pale yellow lettering & keyhole cover art picturing a brunetrte honey looking at a guy holding a dagger. Mystery featuring series detective Philo Vance who investigates the murder of a wealthy backer of archaeology missions found dead in a museum. Mystery, Vintage Paperback.
Published by 1985, ., 1985
Seller: Jean-Paul TIVILLIER, MEYS, France
PARIS, Denoël [19, rue Amélie /// Brodard et Taupin, Paris-Coulommiers] - 1952, 1953 - Br.18x11x1,6 cm - ENSEMBLE DE 2 TITRES - Couvertures au premier plat illustré en couleurs, dos jaune titré et numéroté en rouge; tranches jaunes; 256 pages. (Collection Oscar, dirigée par Marcel Duhamel - 180 Frs). 'ENSEMBLE DES 2 TITRES tel que décrit. Cette série aura 26 titres, 1952-1954. Essai de prolongation de la 'Série Blême' (Gallimard). N° 4 - J'AI VU ROUGE. (Fright) traduit de l'américain par François de Mecquenem. [G. Hopley - 30 Juin 1952 - 253 et (3) pages - Couverture cornée au premier plat; bon état par ailleurs]. *****___***** N° 13 - L'ASSASSINAT DU CANARI. (The "Canary" murder case) traduit de l'américain par R. Vally. [F. Brown - 10 Février 1953 - 252 et (4) pages - Dos incurvé; bon état par ailleurs]. Français Livres.
Published by Grosset & Dunlap, 1928
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Photoplay Edition. Photoplay edition with scenes from the Paramount film. Lacks jacket. A few minor blemishes to rear board, ink name and date on front endpaper. 1928 Hard Cover. x, 388 pp. Frontispiece and plates featuring stills from the 1929 film. "The Greene Murder Case focuses on the murders, one by one, of members of the wealthy and contentious Greene family. The family comprises two sons and three daughters under the rule of their mother, a bedridden invalid who spends her days feeling sorry for herself and cursing her ungrateful children. The family is required to live in the Greene mansion under the terms of their father's will. Philo Vance takes a hand when, one evening, a daughter of the Greene family is shot to death and another one is wounded.
Published by Mysterious Press, 2000
Seller: Next Chapter Books SC, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
Book
PAMPHLET. Condition: Collectible; VG. This softcover book is square and tight. The pages are clean, with no markings or folds. The wrappers are bright with no damage to the points and no folds or creases. The condition is Very Good, with very mild mottling to the front cover. Not ex-library. No remainder mark. Second edition, with a limited run of 250 copies.
Published by Pocket Book Paperback #248, New York, 1943
Seller: Nightingale Books, Stoughton, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Printing (1st Ed.). Near Fine to Fine in pictorial wraps with yellow & black & cover art by Lee Manso picturing a man's hand covering a screaming blonde's mouth.Mystery featuring series detective Philo Vance who investigates the brutal murder of an ex-follies girl. Mystery, Vintage Paperback.
Published by Pocket Book Paperback #256, New York, 1944
Seller: Nightingale Books, Stoughton, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Printing (1st Ed.). Near Fine in pictorial wraps with yellow & red & cover art picturing a snow-covered mansion with a spire.Mystery featuring series detective Philo Vance who investigates the murder of an elderly sister in a gloomy New York mansion. Mystery, Vintage Paperback.
Published by Bantam Books, New York, 1946
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Mass Market Paperback Edition. Near Fine in glossy laminated decorated wrappers, as issued. All edges stained dull red. Text stock toning at edges. First trade edition was Charles Scribner's Sons. 243pp. Q04424.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1928
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. First edition, second state with copyright page reading copyright 1927, 1928. The frontice has a black and white woodcut illustration of the Greene Mansion by Lowell L. Balcom. 388 pages plus one page of ads (ads on verso and recto). This is the third Philo Vance Mystery. S. S. Van Dine is the Pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The book covers have bumping, rubbing and general wear and small bits of fraying. The covers have some ground-in dirt and spots of color loss, especially to the front cover. The lettering on the spine of the book is noticeably flaked - and some words are completely flaked away. The text pages are generally clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown (Marie Pepe) . The front endpaper has a penciled previous owner's name and there is an inch long red ink mark at the top corner. "It has long been a source of wonder to me why the leading criminological writers - men like Edmund Lester Pearson, H. B. Irving, Filson Young, Canon Brookes, William Bolitho, and Harold Eaton - have not devoted more space to the Greene tragedy; for here, surely, is one of the outstanding murder mysteries of modern times - a case practically unique in the annals of latter-day crime.".
Published by Pocket Book Paperback #305, New York, 1945
Seller: Nightingale Books, Stoughton, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Printing (1st Ed.). Near Fine in pictorial wraps with black & red & cover art by Robert Jonas picturing a chess bishop & an arrow piercing a brick wall.Mystery featuring series detective Philo Vance who investigates a series of multiple crime. Mystery, Vintage Paperback.
Published by Bantam Book Paperback #60, New York, 1946
Seller: Nightingale Books, Stoughton, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Ed. Near Fine to Fine in pictorial wraps with yellow & white lettering & cover photo of the author & a porcelain vase from MOMA. Mystery featuring series detective Philo Vance who investigates the murder of a ceramics collector. Mystery, Vintage Paperback.
Published by Bantam Book Paperback #362, New York, 1949
Seller: Nightingale Books, Stoughton, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Ed. Near Fine to Fine in pictorial wraps with yellow & white lettering & cover art by A. Ffeudeman picturing a blonde in a red swimsuit looking at a statue of a dragon. Mystery featuring series detective Philo Vance who investigates two murders that couldn't have taken place. Mystery, Vintage Paperback.
Published by Otto Penzler Books Paqperback, New York, 1993
Seller: Nightingale Books, Stoughton, MA, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Printing (1st Ed.). Fine in white wraps with white lettering on black background; bookstore stamp. Last in the Philo Vance detective series; also included is the author's celebrated "Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories". Mystery, Vintage Paperback.