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The Garden Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story
by S. S. Van Dine
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good Only
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€382.75€344.48
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About This Item
London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1935. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good Only. 8" by 5.5". None. The first U.K. edition of this exciting Philo Vance case, presented in a scarce dust wrapper. This is the ninth of twelve books writing featuring Van Dine's sleuth Philo Vance, set after Vance has been invited to a gathering following the horse races.S. S. Van Dine was the pseudonym of art critic Willard Huntington Wright, used due to his embarrassment at producing mass market fiction. Under the name, he quickly became one of the best-selling authors in the United States, although he had been unmasked by 1928. The first British edition; this work was first published by Scribner's the U.S.A.Complete with a scarce and unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally generally smart; a little bumped to the head and tail of the spine. Dust wrapper has loss to the head and particularly the tail of the spine, as well as the edges. Spine has a label beneath the title and is also sunned. Remnants of a bookseller's stamp to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a touch age-toned at the edges, with just the odd spot. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 803R20
- Title
- The Garden Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story
- Author
- S. S. Van Dine
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Only
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell and Company Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Philo Vance The Garden Murder Case S. S. Van Dine Detective Fiction The Garden Murder Case
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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