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Charlie Chan Carries On
by Biggers, Earl Derr
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. First edition, first printing of Charlie Chan Carries On by Earl Derr Biggers.. Octavo, 334pp. Orange cloth, title in blue on front cover and spine. Top edge dyed blue, now faded. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Slight lean to text block, toned spine and joints, foxing to fore edge, and transference to endpapers. A very good example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $2.00 retail price on front flap, with professional restoration on verso to reinforce closed tears. Light shelf wear, bright spine, vibrantly illustrated cover. (Steinbrunner & Penzler 72) An attractive example. This is the fifth book in a mystery series by Earl Derr Biggers featuring a fictional Honolulu-based police detective named Charlie Chan. Chan was a Chinese-American designed by Biggers to combat the common villainous, Yellow Peril-induced stereotypes of the time.
Synopsis
Charlie Chan Carries On (1930) is the fifth novel in the Charlie Chan series by Earl Derr Biggers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14851
- Title
- Charlie Chan Carries On
- Author
- Biggers, Earl Derr
- Illustrator
- First edition, first printing of Charlie Chan Carries On by Earl Derr Biggers.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- first edition Earl Derr Biggers, first edition Behind That Curtain, signed book Behind That Curtain, The Black Camel Biggers
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- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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