The Garden Murder Case.

S.S. VAN DINE

Publication: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935, New York

First edition. Former owner's name on front pastedown sheet, completely hidden by the dust jacket flap, else fine, bright copy in price-clipped dust jacket with some minor professional restoration to spine ends and corners. While attending the running of one of America's great handicap horse races, Philo Vance, who is there playing the ponies, hears a shot and is the first to discover the body. His investigation leads him into the world of "hay burners," book-makers, betting, jockeys, and handicapping.

Inventory Number: 26018