The Canary Murder Case
- New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19.5cm). Publisher's black cloth, stamped in green; plain endpapers; [ii], [xii], 343, [3]pp; one-page publisher's ad at rear, list of titles at front. Straight, lightly rubbed, spine lightly sunned, paper mellowing, but sound: Very Good.
The second Philo Vance novel, originally serialized in Scribner's. Basis for the 1929 film directed by Malcolm St. Clair, starring William Powell and Louise Brooks, originally produced as a silent film and rapidly converted to a talkie. "The 'Canary' is a singer and the evil deed requires a gramophone. How many before and after this have been used?...Here Philo Vance saunters in his usual irritating way, bu the footnotes are not excessive and the Régie cigarettes (a gift from Régie Fortune?) are not too much in evidence." BARZUN & TAYLOR 2117. HUBIN p.414. PENZLER p.17.
The second Philo Vance novel, originally serialized in Scribner's. Basis for the 1929 film directed by Malcolm St. Clair, starring William Powell and Louise Brooks, originally produced as a silent film and rapidly converted to a talkie. "The 'Canary' is a singer and the evil deed requires a gramophone. How many before and after this have been used?...Here Philo Vance saunters in his usual irritating way, bu the footnotes are not excessive and the Régie cigarettes (a gift from Régie Fortune?) are not too much in evidence." BARZUN & TAYLOR 2117. HUBIN p.414. PENZLER p.17.