The Black Camel
by Biggers, Earl, Derr
This book is a murder mystery set in Honolulu. Shelah Fane, the Hollywood star, has come to Hawaii to finish the filming of her latest movie. When she is stabbed to death in her beach house, Charlie Chan is called in to investigate. His movie-struck children are thrilled. Other characters include Shelah's wealthy suitor, her young protegee, a Hollywood fortune-teller, a young man from the Tourist Bureau, a beachcomber and an assortment of actors.
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The Black Camel: A Charlie Chan Mystery
by Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933) inscribed
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- Used - About very good
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- Good to very good
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- First
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- 1929
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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NZ$4,209.50
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312 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's grey cloth with red lettering to spine and cover in original jacket. Inscribed on second front end-paper. First edition in second state jacket.
Earl Derr Biggers is remembered primarily for his novels, especially those featuring the fictional Chinese American detective Charlie Chan, from which popular films were made… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Black Camel
by Biggers, Earl Derr
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- Used - Very Good
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- Reprint.
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- 1964
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- Mass Market Paperback
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Omaha,, Nebraska, USA
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NZ$7.58
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New York: Paperback Library, Inc., 1964. Reprint. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Charlie Chan. Paperback Library 52-312, August 1964. 190 pages. Uncommon reprint for the Charlie Chan completionist. Light edgewear, paper lightly tanned, spine crease. Former owner's number inked to the front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Originally 50 cents. Attractive cover. Size: 12mo - over 6¾"… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BLACK CAMEL.
by BIGGERS, EARL DERR.
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- Used
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- First edition
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- 1931
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$420.95
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, n.d. (ca 1931)., 1931. First edition. First edition thus. Fine, bright, tight copy in blue cloth and black lettering on front cover and spine, in dust jacket with light professional restoration to spine ends, corners and extremities. Silver screen goddess, Sheila Fane, has a deep dark secret that makes her reluctant to marry again,… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BLACK CAMEL.
by BIGGERS, EARL DERR.
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- Used
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- First edition
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- 1931
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$799.80
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Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, [1929]., 1931. First edition. First edition. Spine darkened, spine ends lightly frayed, bookplate of noted mystery collector Adrian Homer Goldstone on front pastedown sheet and a smaller label below his bookplate, else a very good copy in lightly used dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends, corners, and extremities. Silver screen goddess,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Black Camel (FIRST EDITION IN SECOND ISSUE DUST JACKET)
by Biggers, Earl Derr
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- Used - Good
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- good
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- 1929
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- Hardcover
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Carrollton, Georgia, USA
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NZ$589.33
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Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover. First Edition in second issue dust jacket. 7 3/4" X 5 1/4". 312pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket endcased in protective archival sleeve. Wear to jacket with rubbing, toning, creasing, and chipping to covers, corners, and edges. Sunning to spine of jacket. Bound in gray cloth over boards… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Black Camel: A Charlie Chan Mystery
by Biggers, Earl Derr
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- Used - Very Good -
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1987
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- Paperback
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- 9780445402157
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- 1
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, CAN
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NZ$3.28
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New York: Mysterious Press, 1987. Mass market paperback, 218 pages; spine creased and ever so slightly slanted but still tight in binding, covers creased, corners gently bumped, light shelf wear along edges, otherwise gently used, very clean and unmarked. PLEASE NOTE: the Stock Image provided by next to my listing … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Black Camel
by Derr Biggers, Earl
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- Hardcover
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Woodstock, Illinois, USA
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NZ$134.70
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New York: Grosset and Dunlap. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Madison Square Edition. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped (no price), generally faded. Green buckram, faded at the edges, with green lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with toned pages, clean internally. The fourth Charlie Chan novel, focusing on the murder of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Black Camel
by Biggers, Earl Derr
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, Thus
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- 1931
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Manasquan, New Jersey, USA
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NZ$378.86
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. First Edition, Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo., 312(10)pp. Beautiful assumed first Photo-Play Edition though this copy issued without the still from the 1931 film. Original green cloth with titles stamped in black. Square, tight, and clean throughout with save for previous owner's name on flyleaf and a couple of pages have… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Black Camel
by Earl Derr Biggers
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- Used
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- First
- Published
- 1929
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- Hardcover emobosed
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Hillier, Ontario, CAN
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NZ$4,307.45
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This book was published by Grosset & Dunlap Publishers by arrangement with Bobbs-Merrill Company. Copyright 1929 by The Curtis Publishing Company.
This book is a hardcover book with no dust jacket and is in very good condition with no rips or tears on pages
This book is based on the character
Charlie Chan is a fictional Honolulu police detective created… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Black Camel
by Earl Derr Biggers
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- Used - Good+
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- First Thus
- Published
- 1929
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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NZ$26.52
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New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1929. First Thus. Good+. First edition from Grosset and Dunlap. The fourth Charlie Chan mystery. No jacket. Blue cloth over boards with black lettering. General wear. Faded spine, chipping at head and tail of spine and at corners, spotting and fading. All holding firmly. Interior is lightly toned, otherwise clean.
Pages: 312 (10) … Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$26.52
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THE BLACK CAMEL.
by BIGGERS, Earl Derr.
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
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- 1929
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Sherman Oaks, California, USA
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NZ$555.64
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FIRST EDITION, grey boards with red lettering, in dust jacket with the 'letter' on the rear panel. The book is near fine. The dust jacket has wear at corners and a quarter sized spot on the rear panel. Charlie Chan. (Second state dust jacket with letter on rear panel.) Item Price
NZ$555.64
Charlie Chan: The Black Camel: Earl Derr Biggers
by Biggers, Earl Derr
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- Used - Acceptable
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780445402157
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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NZ$12.86
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Warner Books (NY), 1987. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
NZ$12.86
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The Black Camel
by Earl Derr Biggers
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good -
- Published
- 1941
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Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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NZ$126.28
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1941. Very Good/Very Good -. New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, ca. 1941. Reprint. Octavo. 312 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Green boards stamped in blue. Black topstain. Copyright page lists 1929 but likely 1941, given slightly taller format and Madison Square Books logo on back of jacket.
Dust jacket worn… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Black Camel
by Biggers, Earl Derr
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- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Published
- 1929
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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Northridge, California, USA
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NZ$505.12
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1929. Hardcover. Gray cloth titled in red. Early printing. Minor wear to cloth edges, light insecting to block edge. Some specks to rear endpages, slight bumping to spine ends. The DJ in mylar is lightly soiled/rubbed/edgeworn/toned, with a small loss to rear flap. Back of jacket has Chan… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$505.12
THE BLACK CAMEL
by Earl Derr Biggers
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- Used
- Edition
- Early Printing
- Published
- 1929
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Pomona, New York, USA
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NZ$117.78
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Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill. 1929. Early Printing. Hardcover. Good in boards. Spine cocked and detaching from book. Spine ends frayed. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . Item Price
NZ$117.78
The Black Camel
by Biggers, Earl Derr
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- Used - Good
- Published
- 1929
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Carrollton, Georgia, USA
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NZ$50.51
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New York: Readers League of America, 1929. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 7 1/2" X 5 1/4". 312pp. Wear to green cloth over boards with rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Faint dust-spotting to edges of text block. Previous owner's name in pencil to front free endpaper. Toning to endpapers and paste-downs. Pages are clean and unmarked.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Black Camel
by Biggers, Earl Derr
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1929
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
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NZ$336.76
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First thus edition ( ca 1934 ) of the fourth novel in the Charlie Chan series. There is a list of books published by Madison Square Books on the rear cover. One of the titles is Van Wyck Mason's The Shanghai Bund Murders which was originally published in 1933. Light chipping to the front edge leading to the inside summary… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$336.76
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The Black Camel [a Charlie Chan Mystery]
by Biggers, Earl Derr
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good (Minus)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1929
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Chico, California, USA
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NZ$757.71
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Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929. The fourth Charlie Chan novel in the series, based upon a real-life detective in Hawaii. [Hubin, 33] This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition. Gray cloth binding with titling in red on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 312 pages. Very lightly rubbed at the margins. The dustjacket is complete, unclipped,… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$757.71
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The Black Camel
by Earl Derr Biggers
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1931
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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NZ$336.76
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Boards in green cloth with black lettering on spine and front cover. Brief gift inscription on ffep, else pages crisp and clean. Dust jacket has light chipping at spine ends and corners; some minor general soiling; G&D catalog on reverse side; advert for Earl Derr Biggers mystery novels on rear… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$336.76
The Black Camel
by Biggers, Earl Derr
- Condition
- Used - Good or better
- Edition
- 10th printing.
- Published
- 1944
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, CAN
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NZ$8.42
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Montreal: Pocket / Pocket Books of Canada 133, 1944. Book. Good or better. Paperback. 10th printing.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Canadian printing. When an actress is murdered, our philosophical detective oozes into something approaching action as he deals with "the confusion of alibis, false clues, and a weird crystal gazer," until, "at the forty-eighth hour the tangled… Read more about this item Item Price
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