The Scarab Murder Case

328+[5 ad] pages with diagrams and fold out plan. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with yellow lettering to spine and cover in original jacket. (Firsts, volume 14, Number 9 page 29) First edition with the first printing "A" on copyright page, second state with the dates 1929, 1930. Wright wrote as a… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 328pp.plus 6 pages of ads in rear. Beautiful First Edition with Scribners "A" and seal on the copyright page. This is the true first issue with a single date, 1930, on the copyright page. Bound in black cloth with titles and borders in yellow on… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo. [7], ix-xii, [2], 328, [10] (with [5] pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Black cloth with bright yellow lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $2.00 on front flap of jacket. A Very Good book with some age toning to the textblock and some noticeable… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. First edition. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Julian Johnson, head story editor for 20th Century Fox studios in the 1930s: "To Hildegarde and Julian Affectionately from [signed] S.S. Van Dine alias Willard." xii, 328, (5, versos only, ads) pp. Black cloth lettered… Read more about this item

SCRIBNERS, 1930. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition. A VERY GOOD FIRST IN VERY GOOD DJ. WARMLY INSCRIBED by Van Dine with scarce wraparound band..

Gregg Press, 1980-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 8x5x1. Order today-sent today with tracking number, M-F*. Good ex-library book. Besides the usual labels and stamps this book also has general shelf-wear due to age. This is a good reading copy. We protect your purchase with damage-resistant double-layer bubble-wrap packaging where possible. Your purchase helps fund small charities in Ohio, Kentucky,… Read more about this item

328+[2 ad] pages with fold out illustration. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in black cloth with yellow lettering to spine and cover. Lacks the "A" on the title verso. Early printing. 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… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. pp: 328 [9]. FIRST EDITION. Printed dust jacket with an illustration of a telegram on both front and back covers. The original $2.00 price appears on the front flap. Black cloth covered boards with the title and author in yellow. … Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First Edition, First Printing: variamt with copyright "1929, 1930," capital "A" & publisher's seal on copyright page. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. Small 8vo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2"), black cloth with yellow lettering on spine and front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped; price $2.00) depicting a crinimal file card,… Read more about this item

NY: Scribners, 1930. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1930 Scribner's First/First in VG condition/no DJ. There is some fading on the front and minor wear along the edges and spine ends.

Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey: Graphic Publishing, 1954. First Paperback Edition . Mass Market. Very Good. 191 Pages. Graphic #89 Abridged Edition. A tight square book with red page edges. Wrap-A-Round cover with red and pale yellow lettering with keyhole cover art of a brunette looking at a guy holding a dagger. The Scarab Murder Case is fifth… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First Edition. First printing, with the "A" to spine. Octavo (19cm). Black publisher's cloth, stamped in yellow, with original dust jacket; plain endpapers; [xiv],328,[10]pp; 10pp of publisher's ads at rear; with folding map. Ink inscription to front pastedown, "Dot from Ed." Straight and bright, lightly rubbed at edges, paper mellowed: Near Fine. Jacket… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Near Fine. 1984. First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease.. 328 pages. A Philo Vance Mystery, No. 5. The Scarab Murder Case is a classic whodunit written by S. S. Van Dine. In this book, detective Philo Vance's murder investigation takes place in a private home that doubles as a… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. First edition. Heavy chipping along the joints of both boards, owner label on front pastedown with owner blindstamp on title page, tiny hole in one leaf (not affecting text), good only in a rubbed and soiled, very good dust jacket with an interior dampstain on the spine and several… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Includes fold-out map of crime scene. Tiny bookseller ticket (Old Corner Bookstore) on front fly, foxing on page edges, boards moderately rubbed, very good, lacking the dust jacket. Basis for the 1936 British film with Wilfred Hyde-White playing detective Philo Vance, and with a script by Selwyn… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Slight soiling on the front fly, very near fine in a rubbed, very good dustwrapper with small nicks and tears. A nice copy. Basis for the 1936 British film with Wilfred Hyde-White playing detective Philo Vance, and with a script by Selwyn Jepson.

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1945. First Tower Books Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo; G+/G; green, beige and orange pictorial spine with beige text; first Tower Books edition, first printing; dust jacket exterior shows fairly modest wear; rear and flaps slightly toned; some chipping to edges, possibly worm hole to rear head edge; mylar wrap to… Read more about this item

Cleveland: World Publishing, 1945. first thus. Hardcover. Good/good. First printing of this edition. Dust jacket has minor wear on the spine, and a little age toning, now in new removable protective cover. Black boards with green print on spine, and green Tower Mystery logo on front. Binding is still square and firm. Pages are clean… Read more about this item

Cassell and Company Ltd., 1934. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1934. Cheap Edition. 316 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Binding remains reasonably firm but text block is held on by the end papers. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's pencil inscription to front free end paper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping… Read more about this item

Cassell, 1932. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1932. 340 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn with slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are a mildly crushed, with small… Read more about this item