The Benson Murder Case: A Philo Vance Mystery

New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1926. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Reissue. Lacks jacket. Boards lightly rubbed, some loss from gilt on spine and front board titles. 1926 Hard Cover. 348 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles. Author's first book. "S.S. Van Dine was the pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright (October 15, 1888 - April 11, 1939), a U.S art critic and author. He created the once immensely popular fictional detective Philo Vance, who first appeared in books in the 1920s, then in movies and on the radio...Philo Vance is a fictional character who starred in 12 crime novels written by S. S. Van Dine (the pen name of Willard Huntington Wright), published in the 1920s and 1930s. During that time, Vance was immensely popular in books, movies, and on the radio. He was portrayed as a stylish, even foppish dandy, a New York bon vivant possessing a highly intellectual bent. The novels were chronicled by his friend Van Dine (who appears as a kind of Dr. Watson figure in the books as well as the author).