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bantam book, , (first PB 1949), . 362, good, (MYSTERY NOVEL), paperback,

NY: Bantam Books, 1949. 245pp. A Philo Vance Story. Cover by A. Freudeman. Light general wear, joints worn. Photos on request. . #362, April, First Printing. Paperback. Good+. Mass Market.

bantam book, , (first PB 1949), . 362, very good , creases (MYSTERY NOVEL), paperback,

scribner, 1961+ reprint, 1996? hardcover. fine in a fine dust jacket , name stamp inside,

Scribner's, NY, 1936, 1st., 8vo., yellow cloth, 1037pp., badly torn spine, soiled covers, cracked at half-title, covers poor, contents G $

NY: Scribner, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Light wear to covers, top edge dusty, overall very good. No jacket. Black cloth, small octavo, 311 pp + ads. The 6th novel in the Philo Vance series.

New York: Charles Scriber's Sons, 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8x5x1. First edition. No jacket. Minor loss to spine head, top page ridge lightly stained. 1933 Hard Cover. xii, 311 pp. The Dragon Murder Case is a novel in a series by S. S. Van Dine about fictional detective Philo Vance. It was also adapted to a film version in 1934, starring Warren William as Vance. A guest at an estate in northern Manhattan (Inwood Hill Park) dives into the swimming pool and disappears. His murder brings up references to a mythological dragon which is said to prey on the imprudent, but Philo Vance uses his knowledge of both dragons and criminals to demonstrate whodunit. The estate in the novel was based on Tryon Hall, built in 1907 by C. K. G. Billings, a retired president of the Chicago Coke and Gas Company. In 1917 he sold the mansion to John D. Rockefeller Jr.. The mansion burned down in 1926, and Rockefeller developed the property, and others, into Fort Tryon Park, which he then… Leer más

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Charles Scribner's Sons. mass market paperback. acceptable; used. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes 12mo; 311 pages; acceptable mass market paperback; crease to cover; faint stain various locations including cover and few pages and edges; slight scuffs to face cover; ink phone numbers, 2, from previous owners title page; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking

New York, 1933. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Dalton Valentine, illustrator. Very good in original wrappers with light rubbing and soiling.

First Edition Library Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. A NEAR FINE FACSIMILE FIRST EDITION IN DUST JACKET. NO SLIPCASE BUT WITH NOTES.

Shelton: Shelton: First Edition Library, nd. First Edition Library. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Reissue. Hardcover. Facsimile edition of the 1933 Scribners first edition. Fine book in fine dj.

New York: Otto Penzler Books, 2000. Facsimile First Edition. Hardcover. Mint; sealed in original shrinkwrap.. Octavo in black DJ; 311 p. Mystery fiction.

NY: Scribners; (1933). First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition ("A" on copyright page), very good in a very good dust jacket. Dampstain evident at the bottom third or so of both boards, and on the inner (unprinted) side of the jacket. Store stamp on half title page, a few small letters in ink on the title page. The jacket has small chips at spine ends. The red color on the jacket is very bright, and the book is tight and square, with no real evidence of the dampstain without removing the jacket. Has map endpapers and six pages of ads for other Philo Vance novels at rear; $2.00 price on jacket flap is present.

New York: Grosset & Dunlop, 1933. Reprint . Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. contains the same beautiful dw as the first edition,scarce in dw period bookplate of previous owner and gift inscrption

New York: Otto Penzler, 1996. Facsimile Edition . Hardback. As New/As New.

[New York: Otto Penzler First Edition Library, 1996]., 1996. First edition. First edition thus. Very fine in dust jacket. An exact facsimile edition of the handsome and highly collectible 1933 first edition. Sanford Montague is away for a weekend party, dives into the swimming pool, and never comes up again. The pool is known as "The Dragon Pool" because it has long been regarded as the home of the devil-monster of the Lenape Indians. The mystery is solved by Vance partly thanks to his deep knowledge of dragon lore.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good with a small stain spot on the front board, light wear at the spine ends, endpapers tanned just a bit, lacking the dustwrapper. A very nice copy of this Philo Vance novel, filmed in 1934 with Warren William as Vance and Eugene Pallette stealing the show as Inspector Heath. Mysterious disappearance and murder at an eerie "dragon pool" party.

New York: Scribner's, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good, lacking the jacket. Black buckram, lightly rubbed, with red ink lettering on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, a few stray stains at the edges, former owner's name on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. The seventh Philo Vance mystery, adapted into the 1934 film starring Warren William. This copy comes with a supplied jacket from an early Grosset & Dunlap reprint.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1933-01-01. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Vintage Hardcover with Scarce DJ, 1933 Grosset & Dunlap 311 pages. Near Fine, in a VG DJ. Just a hint of shelf/edge wear to black cloth boards with red titles - corners sharp. Moderate shelf/edge wear and a few closed tears to original unclipped DJ - now in mylar. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean, unmarked and lightly toned (due to cheap paper). Endpapers are clean and unmarked. S. S. Van Dine (also styled S.S. Van Dine) is the pseudonym used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright (October 15, 1888 – April 11, 1939) when he wrote detective novels. He went on to write twelve mysteries in total, though their author's identity was unmasked by 1928. The first few books about the distinctive Philo Vance (who shared with his creator a love of art and a disdain for the common touch) were so popular that Wright became wealthy for the first time in his life. His readership was diverse and… Leer más