VAN DINE, S. S. (pseudonym of Willard Huntington WRIGHT, 1888-1939). A complete run of Philo Vance Mysteries and an omnibus. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1926-1939.
12 volumes, 8vos. Original cloth (some general wear, soiling, a few gutters over-opened, some occasional soiling in text); original dust jackets (except where otherwise noted; some wear, soiling, chipping, some tears). Titles include: The Benson Murder Case (facsimile dust jacket, Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title); The Canary Murder Case (2nd issue dust jacket); The Green Murder Case; The Bishop Murder Case; The Scarab Murder Case (with original wrap-around band); The Kennel Murder Case; The Dragon Murder Case (pictorial map endleaves); The Casino Murder Case; The Garden Murder Case (price-clipped jacket, tape on jacket verso); The Kidnap Murder Case (price-clipped dust jacket); The Gracie Allen Murder Case (rear jacket flap clipped, price sticker on rear pastedown, with publisher’s bookmark); The Winter Murder Case (price-clipped dust jacket). -- [With:] Philo Vance Murder Cases (facsimile dust jacket). ALL FIRST EDITIONS.
There were 15 movie mysteries with Philo Vance (released 1929-1947) based on these books. Vance was portrayed by William Powell, Basil Rathbone, Paul Lukas, Edmund Lowe, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Grant Richards, Warren William, James Stephenson, William Wright, Alan Curtis.