The Black Camel
by Earl Derr Biggers
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
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 panel; in an archival mylar sleeve. pp. 312, plus [10] ads. 1931 photoplay edition (published without photo stills), issued to coincide with the release of the Fox film which starred Warner Oland as Charlie Chan and Bela Lugosi as Tarneverro. [Stated copyright is 1929.]
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014672
- Title
- The Black Camel
- Author
- Earl Derr Biggers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Charlie Chan, books into film, Warner Oland,
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...