SHANGHAI JIM. by PACKARD, Frank L

A.L. Burt Co, 1928. na. Hardcover. Some rubbing & edgewear; some smudges/scuffs/small stains; light duststaining; yellowing; small corner bumps previous owner's info inside (name marked out); otherwise overall clean & sound. 374 pages

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company for The Crime Club, 1928. Stated first edition. Crime Club selection. Red-orange cloth printed in black no dustjacket. Externally worn, internally good. Covers heavily rubbed with finger soil, spine lettering faded but still legible, fraying to spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages, name in pencil on front free endpaper, no other markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran, 1928. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

NY: A.L. Burt, 1928. dj w/moderate weat and chipping, in mylar; red c w/gilt titles; 374 clean, unmaked pages. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12 vo.

Toronto: The Copp, Clark Co. Limited, 1928. First Canadian edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. vi, 374p. 19.5 cm. Orange hardcover binding with black impressing on front board and spine. Illustrated dustjacket wrapped in protective mylar. Chips and tears to edges of jacket, esp. spine ends. Jacket spine is sunned and panels are rubbed. Some soiling to white rear panel. Spine ends a bit softened. Faint soiling to text block edge and half title. Light stains and offsetting to endpapers. Frank L. Packard (1877-1942) was a Canadian novelist and author of numerous novels in the adventure-fiction genre. This book, a first Canadian edition, contains 4 short novels: Shanghai Jim; The Mandarin's Hoard; The Marauder; and The Impostor.

The Copp Clark Co.Limited, 1928 collectin of four long stories, 1st edition near fine in good slightly chipped dj Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Doubleday, Doran / Crime Club, 1928. Book. VG+. Hardcover. First Edition. First printing. Library bookplate to FEP, otherwise a good copy in a VG dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Scarce. .

Garden City, NY: The Crime Club, Inc., by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1928. 8vo. vi, 374 pp. Decorated title w/ Crime Club logo. Orange publisher’s cloth, black lettering & kris knife motif on front cover (minor bumping to corners, minor scuffing, edgewear), w/ d.j. Art Deco cover art of “Shanghai Jim,” and Chinese Junks (minor chipping, scuffing, some soiling), still G/VG- copy. First edition, stated, of this anthology of four novellas set against the backdrop of the thrilling villain Shanghai Jim, southeast Asia, Malay Pirates, opium peddlers, pearl dealers, and maritime adventure from Honolulu to Shanghai.

doubleday crime club, first edition hardcover. 1928, edge and fold creases, fine in near fine dust jacket