THE BISHOP MURDER CASE; A Philo Vance Story By S.S. Van Dine / Illustrated with Scenes from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer All Talking Picture
by Van Dine, S.S. (Pseud., Willard Huntington Wright)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 0395369800
- ISBN 13
- 9780395369807
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1929. First Illustrated Photoplay MGM Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good Plus. Small 8vo (7 1/2" x 5 1/2"), black cloth with yellow lettering on spine and cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a skeletal hand holding a red bishop chess piece; PHOTOPLAY EDITION illustrated with photographs from the MGM film starring Basil Rathbone and Leile Hyams with B&W frontispiece, 3 full-page stills from the movie & 2 fold-outs: 1 map & 1 layout of a crime scene; 349 pages + [9] Pages of Publisher's Ads for G&D books. Fourth Philo Vance mystery in which the detective solves a crime committed by the "Bishop" by solving clues based upon Mother Goose nursery rhymes. Published in the same year--1929--as the Scribner's edition.<br /> <br /> "S.S. Van Dine was the pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright (1888 - 1939), a U.S art critic and author of murder mysteries. He created the immensely popular fictional detective Philo Vance, who first appeared in books in the 1920s, then in movies and on the radio."<br /> <br /> Square, tight, bright, clean copy. Light uniform age-toning to paper. Bright dust jacket (unclipped with edge-chipping. Previous owner's presentation on front free endpaper. Photoplay edition illustrated with scenes from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature starring Basil Rathbone and Leile Hyams.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8165
- Title
- THE BISHOP MURDER CASE; A Philo Vance Story By S.S. Van Dine / Illustrated with Scenes from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer All Talking Picture
- Author
- Van Dine, S.S. (Pseud., Willard Huntington Wright)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Illustrated Photoplay MGM Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0395369800
- ISBN 13
- 9780395369807
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Murder, crime, China, pool, Indians, drowning, death
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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