The Casino Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story

Author: Van Dine, S. S. [PSEUD Willard Huntington Wright (1888-1939)]

Year: 1934

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons

Place: New York

Description:

283+[7 ad] pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's black cloth with green lettering to spine and lettering to cover bordered with a green rectangle border in original jacket. (Firsts, Volume 14, Number 9, pages 31) First edition.

The Casino Murder Case is a 1934 novel written by S. S. Van Dine in the series about fictional detective Philo Vance. In this outing, a murder investigation is connected with a private casino on New York's Upper West Side, and the wealthy and unorthodox family that operates it. It was adapted into a film in 1935.

Condition:

Jacket with light edge wear else very good to fine in a near fine jacket.