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SCRIBNERS., 1934. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition with "A" on copyright page. Book very good without marks or bookplates. Dust jacket somewhat worn - near very good.

SCRIBNERS Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. A NEAR FINE FIRST IN DUST JACKET.

New York: Scribner’s, 1934. First Edition. Very good in a good dust jacket.

NY: SCRIBNERS.. Good in Good dust jacket. 1934. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Good only copy in good dust jacket. (Tears & creasing at edges of jacket. Vintage bookstore stamp on rear paste down. Traces of soiling and general shelf wear. ) .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [10], 11-283, [7] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Black cloth with green lettering and a green border on the front board, green lettering on the spine. Price of $2.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Penzler, 23. A mystery in which Philo Vance must contend with repeat poisonings at a private Manhattan casino, a setting reminiscent of Molly's Game. A small wrinkle to the rear endpaper; jacket with a few wrinkles and light edge wear.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. A very good copy with some smudging and light staining in a supplied but sympathetic, very good, price-clipped dustwrapper with slight internal stains. Inscribed by the author: "To Dr. Hugh Stott Taylor With great appreciation for his gracious assistance, and with warm personal regards. S.S. Van Dine." The English-born Taylor was a chemist who spent much of his life at Princeton, and who in World War II played a prominent role in the American scientific effort, directing a number of research projects, and contributing to the development of the atomic bomb with his discovery of the most effective catalyst for producing heavy water. He was knighted by both the Queen and the Pope in the same month. A Chair in chemistry is named for him at Princeton. The inscription would seem to indicate that Taylor provided advice to Van Dine about the novel (or at least to Willard Huntington Wright, as Van Dine was a pseudonym). A… Read More