About this title: This novel opens with the death of playboy stockbroker, Alvin Benson, who is found in his brownstone mansion with a bullet through his head. First on the scene is Philo Vance, amateur detective, who is at once intrigued by the absence of Alvin's toupee and his false teeth. These odd clues set him in pursuit of an elusive murderer. He confronts a ...
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Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Benn, London
Date Published: 1928
Description: Used-Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket) Second impression. Owner's name on ffep; binding tight; slight bumping at head & foot of spine. read more
Binding: Hard Back
Publisher: Daily Express Fiction Library
Description: Good in Good jacket. Nice copy of this bok bound in red with red DJ. Slight wear to edges and pages are yellowing but n the whole a very nice copy of this book. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Fawcett Gold Medal Book
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Still sturdy. Spine creases. Slight lean to spine. Bottom front cover missing. Tanning. Small hole punched in first page. Writing and stamp IS front cover. 256 p. read more
Description: Very good in fair dust jacket. Original binding of red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Top page red. Paper uniformly browned, otherwise very good in fair spine faded dustjacket. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Hogarth Press Ltd
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780701206772ISBN:0701206772
Description: Good. Some wear and page aging. Light interior markings. Good reading copy. aTJC DPL103009 All items shipped to US include delivery confirmation. Thanks for looking! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780684179766ISBN:0684179768
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Benson Murder Case Ppr, 1. Audience: General/trade. Edgewear, soft corners, spine crease, name embossed on cover, cover crease along spine, 92 read more
Edition: Edition Unstated
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Hogarth Press, The
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780701206772ISBN:0701206772
Description: Good. As issued No Jacket. Ex-Library Spine lean corner bumps, tape reinforcedspine and binding, other moderate shopwear, plus the expected ex-library problems. Fairly clean for an ex-library. read more
Description: Good. B000QV0422 Cover, pages and binding intact; tape on spine, cover creased; book is in appropriate condition for a used mass market paperback. read more
"I went gaga over the ebooks offered on Goodreads, I'll admit, and the Philo Vance series of movies, starring William Powell are favorites! I have to say Philo in the books is a bit insufferable, and his grasp of psychology is laughable BUT he does use Art and Opera among other analogies for crime and criminal behavior. I will be reading the rest of them. Old New York is kinda fun too."
"This is the first novel I've read by this author, although I might have read some short stories by him. The main character, Philo Vance, is a bit like Peter Wimsey. The mystery wasn't all that great, but I enjoyed it, and I'm looking forward to reading the next one by this author."
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