The Gracie Allen Murder Case
by Van Dine, S.S
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
Item Price
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About This Item
New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1938. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Strong Very Good. See scans and description. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1938. Small octavo, 227 pp. Gray leatherette with maroon and gilt imprinting. Spine slant, page edge soiling. Very Good, firm, bright and handsome. The scarce leatherette Collier edition of Van Dine's Philo Vance mystery, The Gracie Allen Murder Case, with a lengthy cast of characters, including - yes - a George Burns and a Gracie Allen. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. L108
Synopsis
The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1938) (also published as The Scent of Murder) is the eleventh of twelve detective novels by S. S. Van Dine featuring his famous fictional detective of the 1920s and 1930s, Philo Vance. It also features the zany half of the George Burns & Gracie Allen comedy team. It is in some ways a roman à clef, including not just Burns & Allen but also such characters as Gracie's mother and brother.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000020
- Title
- The Gracie Allen Murder Case
- Author
- Van Dine, S.S
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- P.F. Collier & Son
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Pages
- 227
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Detective / Mystery / Murder;
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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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.