First Edition with First Canadian Edition Dust Jacket by Oxford. Octavo. Black dust jacket with gilt decorations. Near fine dust jacket, very light edge wear, some creasing at spine edges, very good overall, spine lettering faded, some spotting to rear cover, pages slightly agetoned. Item #39091
First Edition Thus. Original black art-deco cloth, in original printed dustjackets. Four of the six original volumes of the S. S. Van Dine Detective Library series. Virtually unknown in dustjackets. An oddity. Near Fine volumes in Very Good dustjackets, some with mild chipping. Item #28940
First Photoplay Edition, with plug for the 1936 Republic Picture at front jacket panel. First Edition Thus, with introduction by Van Dine. Paul Laune dustjacket art. Famous mystery here republished by the original publisher. A very scarce title. Nearly Very Good, some fading and soiling to cloth and page edges, signs of a bookplate removed from front endpaper (but not obtrusively so), in Very Good dustjacket, some chipping along rear spine edge (at top), and at top rear flap edge. Item #601487
First Edition, second state of cloth binding. 'The writers have penetrated to haunts unfrequented by the average tourist, and raise the curtain so that their readers may see what takes place in the hidden corners of the great capitals'. Very Good attractive copy in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at spine ends, two closed tears both two inches in length. Item #37852
First Edition, second state of cloth binding. 'The writers have penetrated to haunts unfrequented by the average tourist, and raise the curtain so that their readers may see what takes place in the hidden corners of the great capitals'. Very Good attractive copy in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at spine ends, two closed tears both two inches in length. Item #35927
First Edition. Murder mystery surrounding the death of a champion archer, by arrow through the heart. Near Fine, tiny nick at front gutter, in Very Good plus dustjacket, mild edge wear, small square cutting out most of price at top front flap, small chip at top rear flap corner. Item #12086
First Edition. Horse-racing themed murder mystery and one of Van Dine's less common titles, especially so in attractive dustjacket. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with usual shelf wear, few nicks at spine ends. Item #14785
First Edition. Philo Vance murder mystery surrounding the sport of horse racing "book-makers, pari-mutuel betting, jockeys, handicapping, and the history and gossip of the race track". Very Good, gold lettering dulled, in Very Good dustjacket, with moderate edge wear, some scratches and minor surface wear to rear panel. Item #14961
First Edition. Museum set murder mystery. This copy exceptional for retaining the rear third of the original 'hieroglyphic designed' wrap-around band. Near Fine, contemporary gift inscription at front free endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, with modest surface wear. Item #14786
First Edition. Original printed yellow wrappers. Uncommon complete novel by Delmar distributed for free at newsstands as a promotional for Cosmopolitan Magazine. Includes a two page teaser from Van Dine's newest Cosmopolitan serial The Casino Murder Case. Very Good, wrappers with some soiling. Item #11804
Presumed Third Edition. Van Dine's first mystery novel and famously scarce Haycraft-Queen cornerstone in which Philo Vance investigates the "sensational" murder of a Wall Street broker. This is the 1928 printing, two year after the extremely rare 1926 First Edition. Flaps advertise "The 'Canary' Murder Case", "Greene Murder Case" and "Benson Murder Case". Basis for the 1930 Paramount Picture talkie directed by Frank Tuttle and starring William Powell and William Boyd. Near Fine, contemporary inscription at front endpaper, in Good dustjacket, modest edge chipping, closed tears at spine edges. Item #25731
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature starring Basil Rathbone and Leile Hyams. Near Fine but for front endpaper removed, in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners, short closed tears and edge wear, few inch piece of paper-tape at verso of top spine end. Item #23239
First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the Paramount Picture starring William Powell. Skrenda dustjacket art. Very Good but for tiny nick to cloth at mid spine, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, spine a bit tanned, shallow loss at top spine end and flap corners, two square inch horse shoe shaped closed tear at upper rear panel. Item #32499
First Edition. Clark Opheim dustjacket art. Murder mystery set at a party in which one of the guests goes into the pool and never comes out. Basis for the 1934 Warner Brothers film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Warren William and Margaret Lindsay. Almost Near Fine, some spotting to cloth and page edges, in Very Good unclipped dustjacket, edges rubbed, few short closed tears and small chips. Item #24710
First Edition. Uncommon later Philo Vance mystery in which the world of horse racing, jockeys and gambling set the stage for murder. Basis for the 1936 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Edmund Lowe and Virginia Bruce. Near Fine, contemporary gift inscription, in Very Good dustjacket with modest edge wear, few nicks. Item #21161
First Edition. The uncommon final appearance of Philo Vance. Basis for the 1939 Paramount feature film starring Gracie Allen, Warren Drew and Ellen Drew. Near Fine but for lower fore-edge corners of covers bumped and short inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow loss at spine ends, light edge wear. Item #23827
First Photoplay Edition, Illustrated with scenes from the Paramount Picture starring William Powell. Mystery involving the mysterious brutal murder of the children of a very wealthy New Yorker, a mystery only solvable by the skillful detective, Philo Vance, and his “unique psychological methods of deduction.” Near Fine but for contemporary address at front pastedown, in Good dustjacket, long closed tear at front panel, few shallow chips and edge wear. Item #23221
First Edition. Hubin listed murder mystery involving the popular detective Philo Vance. Basis for the 1935 film starring Paul Lukas and Alison Skipworth. Very Good but evidence of front endpaper being removed at front hinge, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, soiling at top spine area, edges rubbed, shelf wear. Item #34464
First Edition. Detective fiction involving the mysterious brutal murder of the children of a very wealthy New Yorker, a mystery only solvable by the skillful detective, Philo Vance, and his “unique psychological methods of deduction.” Basis for the Paramount Picture starring William Powell. Near Fine attractive copy in Very Good dustjacket, few shallow chips at top spine end, edges with few short closed tears, nicks and wear, white lettering modestly darkened. Item #21903
