Lot 397

WRIGHT, William Huntington ("S.S. Van Dine") (1888-1939). The Benson Murder Case. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926.

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WRIGHT, William Huntington ("S.S. Van Dine") (1888-1939). The Benson Murder Case. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926.

8vo. Original red-lettered black cloth (few small stains to text block fore-edge); dust jacket (extremities toned with light edgewear, scuffs to rear panel, few paper repairs at corners on verso).

FIRST EDITION, IN THE UNCOMMON FIRST ISSUE DUST JACKET, mentioning only The Canary Murder Case and without the review blubs on the rare panel. The first Philo Vance mystery and the first book issued under Willard Huntington Wright's pseudonym, S. S. Van Dine. A Haycraft Queen Cornerstone.

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WRIGHT, William Huntington ("S.S. Van Dine") (1888-1939). The Benson Murder Case. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926.

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