Search Results: the dragon murder case by van dine ss

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,

Bantam, 1949. First Printing. Bantam 362. Very Good to Near Fine condition.

Cassell, 1935. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. boards are worn, knocked and bumped. thorough tanning, foxing and soiling. age related wear. hinges are broken and netting is loose. ex-library copy with stamps, stickers and inscriptions. some stains. poor copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

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.

Toronto, Ontario: Copp, Clark Company, 1933. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Canadian First. Bound in black cloth with red lettering and decoration on front cover and on spine; Scribner's A on copyright page; some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; vertical crease on spine; previous owner's name stamped on inside front cover and gift inscription on half-title page; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; maps on end papers..

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… Read More

New York.: Charles Scribner's Sons., 1933. First edition. "A" and Scribner icon on copyright page.. Hard cover. Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket has edge tears. Some repaired inside w/ clear tape. Light book volume surface blemishing.. Ophein, Clark (spelling? Cover art).. 1 311 p. Black cloth over boards. Red bold titles w/ borders: spine, front. Colorful jacket art; back cover fascimile crime index card. Six pages Vance series detailed at back. 19 cm. End paper crime map. Fiction death mystery, 7th in series. A man dives into a private swimming pool, and does not rise to the surface. The Dragon Pool was long regarded as home of the "Amangemokdom", devil monster of the Lenape Indians. Its draining the next day is blood-chilling. Detective Philo Vance, dragon lore expert, consults. The tale's ending is thrilling and unexpected w/ the writing tools of action, suspense, atmosphere, characterization, clear-cut development. Bonus background info for this story includes… Read More

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

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 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.