THE SCARAB MURDER CASE de Van Dine, S. S - 1984 first edition

Scribners, 1984 First Scribners printing in Very Good condition. A Philo Vance Mystery.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

Simon & Schuster. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Simon & Schuster. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Bantam Books, 1947. Mass Market Paperback. Good. lightly reading creased, prev. owner's stamp on front endpaper, pages toned, 1 inch tears to bottom of spine

Felony & Mayhem Press, September 2019. Paper Back . 4.1 PB extra nice +5%.

Bantam Books. New York: Bantam Books, Inc. , 1947 first edition . 96 , very good , , paperback,

Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey: Graphic Publishing, 1954. First Paperback Edition . Mass Market. Very Good. 191 Pages. Graphic #89 Abridged Edition. A tight square book with red page edges. Wrap-A-Round cover with red and pale yellow lettering with keyhole cover art of a brunette looking at a guy holding a dagger. The Scarab Murder Case is fifth in Van Dine's Philo Vance novels of crime and mystery. S. S. Van Dine was born Willard Huntington Wright in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1888. He attended St. Vincent College, Pomona College and Harvard University, but failed to graduate, leaving to cultivate contacts he had made in the literary world. At the age of twenty-one, Wright began his professional writing career as literary editor of the Los Angeles Times. In 1926 Wright published his first S. S. Van Dine novel, The Benson Murder Case. Wright went on to write eleven more mysteries. The first few books about his upper-class amateur sleuth, Philo Vance, were so popular that Wright became wealthy for… Leer más

Grosset and Dunlap. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket. (mystery, thriller, suspense)

graphic book, , (Reprints Bantam 96), . 89, , very good , creases, mystery novel, , paperback,

Cassell and Company Ltd., 1934. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1934. Cheap Edition. 316 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Binding remains reasonably firm but text block is held on by the end papers. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's pencil inscription to front free end paper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor fraying to cloth at spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Top edge of text block is dust marked.