The House Without a Key
by BIGGERS, EARL DERR
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Otto Penzler, 1996. An exact facsimile edition of the 1925 first edition as published by Bobbs-Merrill of this detective fiction classic, the first Charlie Chan novel, reproducing all the original interior pages as well as the binding and the striking and colorful dust jacket showing a lovely beach scene in Honolulu. Wonderfully realized.
Synopsis
The House Without a Key is a novel that was written in 1925 by Earl Derr Biggers. It is the first of the Charlie Chan mysteries written by Biggers. The novel, which takes place in 1920s Hawai'i, spends time acquainting the reader with the look and feel of the islands of that era from the standpoint of both white and non-white inhabitants, and describes social class structures and customs which have largely vanished in the 21st century.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Pepper Rare Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7496J
- Title
- The House Without a Key
- Author
- BIGGERS, EARL DERR
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Otto Penzler
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2005
Santa Barbara, California
About James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
We are long-term members of the Antiquarian Bookseller's Association of America. We specialize in American & English Literature, Mystery & Detective Fiction, Rare Cinema Material, Autograph & Signed Material, and an Eclectic Offering of Literature & Ephemera.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...