First edition, first printing. Signed by S.S. Van Dine on the title page, inscribed to the former owner. xii, [ii], 311, [1] [6; ads] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in crimson with map endpapers. Near Fine. Quite sharp with light edge wear and a bit of faint soiling to cloth In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with minor creasing at spine ends, light chipping at corners and perforated letters spelling out "UNCo. at front flap; possible review copy. A Philo Vance whodunit with a plot revolving around mythological dragons. The basis for the 1934 film starring Warren William and Margaret Lindsay; uncommon signed.