The Gracie Allen Murder Case
by Van Dine, S S
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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The Gracie Allen Murder Case
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. Scribner's "A" on copyright page, price of $2.00 front flap. Near Fine, top edge dusty, pastedowns age-toned, nice period prior owner bookplate front pastedown, completely hidden by front flap. In a Very Good dustjacket, front and rear panels rubbed and with small chips at spine tips and flap folds. . First Edition. Cloth. Near… Read more about this item Item Price
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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. … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Gracie Allen Murder Case; A Philo Vance Story
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The Gracie Allen Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story (Otto Penzler's Classic American Mystery Library)
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Gracie Allen Murder Case : A Philo Vance Story
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The Gracie Allen Murder Case (Philo Vance Series, Book #11)
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The Gracie Allen Murder Case (Philo Vance Series, Book #11) by S.S. Van Dine
Gracie Allen breaks the Philo Phormula in a number of ways. First is its title: this is the only book in the series to modify "Murder Case" with more than one word, much less with the name of a character. And then there's that character: Gracie Allen… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Gracie Allen Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story
by Van Dine, S.S. [Wright, Willard Huntington]
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Boards lightly soiled (almost inevitable with the yellow cloth, jacket rubbed with minor loss from corners. 1938 Hard Cover. 227, [1], pp. 6-page publisher ad follows text. Philo Vance is a fictional character featured in 12 crime novels written by S. S. Van Dine (the… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First Edition. First printing, with "A" to copyright page. Octavo (19cm). In original yellow cloth stamped in black; plain endpapers; 227, [7]pp; 6pp of publisher's ads at rear. Straight and tight, head, tail, and corners bumped, scratch to spine, lightly browning but clean: Very Good.
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New York: Felony & Mayhem Press. Near Fine. 2021. Trade Paperback. 202 pages. A Philo Vance Mystery, No. 11. In this delightful outing, S. S. Van Dine introduces his real-life friend, comedienne Gracie Allen, into a Philo Vance mystery. The setting is New York City, but far from Philo Vance's typical milieu of Chinese antiquities, rare books,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Gracie Allen Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Yellow cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 227p, (6pp ads). Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and a bit of rubbing. A tight and attractive first edition of the penultimate (11th) Philo Vance mystery, turned into a 1939 film version starring the original dingbat but omitting husband George… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE GRACIE ALLEN MURDER CASE.
by Van Dine, S.S.
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NY: SCRIBNERS. 1938. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9997525035 . A very good+ copy in very good dust jacket. (Short edge tears & touches of shelf wear to jacket. TIny chips at spine ends. Sir Hugh Taylor's copy with his signature & contemporary date at head of end paper. Traces… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Gracie Allen Murder Case (Philo Vance, 11)
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Gracie Allen Murder Case, The
by Van Dine, S.S.
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The Gracie Allen Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story (Otto Penzler's Classic American Mystery Library)
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The Gracie Allen Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story (Otto Penzler's Classic American Mystery Library)
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THE GRACIE ALLEN MURDER CASE.
by VAN DINE, S. S.
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938., 1938. First edition. First edition. Tiny "ding" to top and bottom front corners, a bit of light flecking to fore-edge of front cover, else a fine, bright copy in dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends, corners and extremities. Gracie Allen trys to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.… Read more about this item Item Price
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