The Canary Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story
de S. S. Van Dine [PSEUD Willard Huntington Wright (1888-1939)]
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x+343 pages with floor plan. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's red cloth with black lettering to spine and cover in original jacket.
The Canary Murder Case (1927) is a murder mystery novel which deals with the murders of a sexy nightclub singer known as "the Canary," and eventually, that of her boyfriend, solved by Philo Vance. S. S. Van Dine's classic whodunnit, second in the Philo Vance series, is said by Howard Haycraft to have broken "all modern publishing records for detective fiction." The earliest editions give the title with quotation marks around the word "Canary" but most subsequent editions omit them. This reprint from Grosset and Dunalp has the advertisements on the back wrapper which has "The Scarab Murder Case" published in 1931.
Condition: Spine head rubbed and frayed, front end paper creased, corners gently bumped. Jacket corners and spine head and heal chipped, spine sunned else about very good in a very good jacket.
The Canary Murder Case (1927) is a murder mystery novel which deals with the murders of a sexy nightclub singer known as "the Canary," and eventually, that of her boyfriend, solved by Philo Vance. S. S. Van Dine's classic whodunnit, second in the Philo Vance series, is said by Howard Haycraft to have broken "all modern publishing records for detective fiction." The earliest editions give the title with quotation marks around the word "Canary" but most subsequent editions omit them. This reprint from Grosset and Dunalp has the advertisements on the back wrapper which has "The Scarab Murder Case" published in 1931.
Condition: Spine head rubbed and frayed, front end paper creased, corners gently bumped. Jacket corners and spine head and heal chipped, spine sunned else about very good in a very good jacket.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
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- Título
- The Canary Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story
- Autor
- S. S. Van Dine [PSEUD Willard Huntington Wright (1888-1939)]
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - About Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1931
- Páginas
- x+343 pages with floor plan
- Tamaño
- Small octavo
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- MYSTERY
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Literature;
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