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The House Without a Key
by Biggers, Earl Derr
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket and slipcase
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket and slipcase. 19.5 x 13 cm. 316pp. Tan cloth in dust jacket and slipcase. FEL slip describing the work laid-in. The publisher "The First Edition Library" produced high quality facsimiles of first editions of many classic works. This is one of the mystery novels published in conjunction with Otto Penzler, a publisher and the proprietor of the Mystery Book Shop in New York. These works differ from a true first only in that they come in a slipcase and that they have a small statement of edition on the copyright page. Any typos and defects are perserved from the original.
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
- Midway Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76726
- Title
- The House Without a Key
- Author
- Biggers, Earl Derr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket and slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The First Edition Library
- Place of Publication
- Shelton, CT
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mysteries;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota
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Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Cloth
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