1929. Around 1925 Willard Huntington Wright, critic and writer, underwent a long illness. As part of his convalescence he wrote The Benson Murder Case, in which he created the character of Philo Vance, a master sleuth. So that the book would not be compared to his other works he adopted the pseudonym S.S. Van Dine. By the time The Canary Murder Case, the second in the series was published, Van Dine had become a best seller. He wrote a total of six Philo Vance novels. This Philo Vance story begins: Of all the criminal cases ...
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1929. Around 1925 Willard Huntington Wright, critic and writer, underwent a long illness. As part of his convalescence he wrote The Benson Murder Case, in which he created the character of Philo Vance, a master sleuth. So that the book would not be compared to his other works he adopted the pseudonym S.S. Van Dine. By the time The Canary Murder Case, the second in the series was published, Van Dine had become a best seller. He wrote a total of six Philo Vance novels. This Philo Vance story begins: Of all the criminal cases in which Philo Vance participated as an unofficial investigator, the most sinister, the most bizarre, the seemingly most incomprehensible, and certainly the most terrifying, was the one that followed the famous Greene murders. The orgy of horror at the old Green mansion had been brought to its astounding close in December; and after the Christmas holidays Vance had gone to Switzerland for the winter sports. Returning to New York at the end of February he had thrown himself into some literary work he had long had in mind-the uniform translation of the principal fragments of Menander found in the Egyptian papyri during the early years of the present century; and for over a month he had devoted himself sedulously to this thankless task. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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Used-Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) 1st US edition, with publisher's colophon on copyright page. Free end papers a little yellowed; binding tight; black cloth slightly faded on spine, with dull blue lettering.
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Fair. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Black boards have discolored at all edges, spine is sunned. Pages have tanned. Text is clean & unmarked, binding is shaky.
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Good. No Jacket. Book. 12mo-over 6¾-7¾" tall. Black cloth binding. The tanned pages have a few scattered soil spots. There is soiling on the end papers. There is a name label on the front end paper. The cover has a small cloth tear on the front and some light scuffing. The spine has light fading and a minor lean. 349 pages.
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Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket (detective stories, Philo Vance) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.
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Very Good. Later. Very good minus hardcover. Later printing. Book rubbed at spine ends and bumped corners, soiled cover and foredges, pages browned with heavier browning at edges. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible-Acceptable. Book Good. No dust jacket. Slightly dampstained. Owner's name on front pastedown. (mystery, crime, vintage)
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Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (mystery fiction, detective and mystery fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good. 8 x 5.5", cloth, 349pp, extremities with just a hint of bumping and wear, pp browned else a nice, clean, fresh copy in a lightly edge-worn dustjacket with a 1 inch tear at top edge of front panel. Reprint edition, but it is such a nice, fresh, well-preserved copy, with the nice dustjacket illustration showing a skeletal hand holding a chess piece (a bishop).
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Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket. (Fiction, Philo Vance, Mystery) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.
