The Garden Murder Case.

S. S. VAN DINE

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

First edition. Cloth lightly faded on the spine, front cover lettering bright and unchipped, else near fine tight copy in dust jacket with minor wear to spine ends. While in attendance of 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: 46992