The Bishop Murder Case

viii+349+[3 ad] pages with illustrations one folding. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with Art-Deco style printing in blue lettering to spine and cover with "Scribner's seal" appearing at the bottom of the copyright page and same year is listed to title and copyright page in original jacket which the… Read more about this item

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1929. First Illustrated Photoplay MGM Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good Plus. Small 8vo (7 1/2" x 5 1/2"), black cloth with yellow lettering on spine and cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a skeletal hand holding a red bishop chess piece; PHOTOPLAY EDITION illustrated with photographs from the MGM film starring… Read more about this item

First edition first printing of the fourth novel in the Philo Vance series. Moderate shelf wear. Light rubbing to the cloth. There is a moderate crease to the spine. No dustjacket. In fair condition.

New York: New York: Scribners, 1929, 1929 Cloth. No Jacket. First. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. small mark on front board near hinge otherwise very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. First.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.

A little wear. 256 pages are all clean and tight. Originally published in 1928, this is the fourth of twelve novels in the Philo Vance Mystery series. Although Vance appeared in only 12 books, Hollywood made 15 Philo Vance movies between 1929 and 1947, and three radio drama series.

viii+349+[3 ad] pages with fold out illustration. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with blue lettering to spine and cover. First edition. Wright wrote as a critic and journalist until 1923, when he became ill from what was given out as overwork, but was in reality a secret drug addiction, according to John Loughery's… Read more about this item

New York: Scribners, 1929. 1st. Hardcover. acceptable/Missing. First edition, missing dust jacket. Black cloth covered boards with blue print; boards show some soiling and wear, especially at corners. Book store stamp on front paste down; book store sticker on rear paste down; advertisement panel from dust jacket on front free end paper. Number in ink on front free… Read more about this item

New York: Scribner's, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), generally rubbed, tape reinforcements along the edges. Black buckram, lightly bumped, with blue ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. The fourth Philo Vance mystery, and the… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1929. First Edition. Spine slightly cocked (but can still stand on its own) , former owner's name and year in pencil ffep, otherwise VG clean and unmarked condition. Protected in mylar. ; 12mo, original black cloth with blue lettering, lacking DJ, 349pp. .

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Photo Play Edition.. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Photoplay edition. Very Good+/Very Good. Grosset & Dunlap photoplay edition in clean illustrated dust jacket. Very clean black cloth boards with green lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929., 1929. First edition. First edition. Presentation inscription by the author on the front fly leaf, "To Mr. John V. Cravins Jr., who would be without this copy of THE BISHOP MURDER CASE if Philo Vance had really switched the fatal wine glasses. Blood is thicker than water. S. S. Van Dine 2/21/29." Van… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. American First. Bound in black cloth with blue lettering and decoration on both front cover and on spine; some edge wear to boards; light vertical crease down spine; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition..

Scribners, 1983. Unknown. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" A fair copy with reading and shelf wear; creasing and bumping to covers; some rippling to pages.

Simon & Schuster, 1983. Paperback. Acceptable. 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, 1929. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). Publisher's black cloth, stamped in blue, with original dust jacket; plain endpapers; [ii],[x],349,[3[pp; 3pp of publisher's ads at rear. Sound but lightly cocked, gently rubbed, browning to endpapers, paper toning: Very Good. Jacket unclipped (priced $2.00), rubbed with small chips, dampstain at head and upper front visible… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929., 1929. First edition. First edition. Near fine in a fine, bright dust jacket,The murders start with the body of Robin who is found with an arrow through the heart. A note found dealing with the murder was part of a nursery rhyme and signed by 'Bishop'. The only witness may have been Mrs.… Read more about this item

First Grosset & Dunlap photoplay edition of the fourth novel in the Philo Vance series. Made into the 1929 movie of the same name starring Basil Rathbone as Philo Vance. Light edge wear. There is a 1/2 inch closed tear to the top edge of the dustjacket's front panel. In very good / very good condition.

New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1929 Later edition. Publisher's gray cloth with gilt titles, modestly rubbed, and decorative spiderweb pattern stamped in maroon. Mild toning to pages; otherwise a tight, clean copy. Please check our other listings for more titles in this series.. Hard Cover. Very Good +.

Pocket Books, 1945. Paperback. Acceptable. 1945. 1st Printing July 1945. 266 pages. Yellow pictorial paperback. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Stamps to front endpaper. Paper cover is moderately rub worn and thumbed with noticeable shelf wear to edges and corners, creases to corners and spine.Tanning to spine and edges.