The Dragon Murder Case
by Van Dine, S.S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Scribner's, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good, lacking the jacket. Black buckram, lightly rubbed, with red ink lettering on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, a few stray stains at the edges, former owner's name on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. The seventh Philo Vance mystery, adapted into the 1934 film starring Warren William. This copy comes with a supplied jacket from an early Grosset & Dunlap reprint.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3392
- Title
- The Dragon Murder Case
- Author
- Van Dine, S.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Scribner's
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- Mystery Fiction, Detective Fiction, Rockefeller
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...