Toronto: Copp Clark Company, Limited, 1933. Hardcover. map on endpapers. pp. xii, 311.,Small 8vo,,Bound in publisher's black cloth with red stamped lettering,First published by Scribner's in 1933. This is the first Canadian edition, with the Scribner's 'A' on the copyright page. Although the book was printed in Canada, the dust jacket is identical to the American edition, and is not price-clipped. S. S. Van Dine was a pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright. Corners sl. bumped, '25' in felt pen to ffep, sl. spine crease, eps tight, conts. clean: vg cond. in rubbed, edge-worn, good dj.

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Bookseller: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 9900025749
Title: THE DRAGON MURDER CASE A Philo Vance Story
Author: VAN DINE, S. S
Illustrator: map on endpapers
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Copp Clark Company, Limited
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date Published: 1933
Keywords: AmerLit;Philo Vance;;;;;;;
Bookseller catalogs: Mystery;

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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Copyright page: The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
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