Author: Van Dine, S.S.
Title: The Canary Murder Case.
Description: New York: Pocket Books, Inc. (1943). (1943). - Small octavo, 6-1/2 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide. Softcover, mass market paperback bound in sensational color pictorial wraps by Leo Manso. The soiled covers are bumped & creased. 272 & [5] pages. The binding is cracked opposite the title page and there is a short tear to the inner edge of the title page. There is a tiny burn mark to the top corner of the last 5 leaves. Good. First Printing of the Pocket Book Edition. "The present chronicle has to do with Philo Vance's solution of the brutal killing of Margaret Odell (famous Broadway beauty and ex-Follies girl, who was mysteriously murdered in her apartment) - a cause celebre which came to be known as the 'Canary' murder.." [Quoted from the back cover]. Good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; MYSTERY; THE CANARY MURDER CASE; S.S. VAN DINE; DETECTIVE FICTION; POCKET BOOK; PHILO VANCE; PRIVATE EYE; FIRST POCKET BOOK EDITION; 1ST; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; FICTION; MASS MARKET PAPERBACK; THRILLER; SUSPENSE.


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