KEELER, Harry Stephen (1890-1967). Find the Clock. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1927.
8vo. Original cloth; publisher's dust jacket (sunning to spine, toning).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. INSCRIBED BY KEELER TO HIS FIRST WIFE, HAZEL GOODWIN, "To my wife, this advance copy of my first American book." Find the Clock was originally published in England by Hutchinson in 1925, and is the first of Keeler's novels to be printed in the United States. Between 1927 to 1942 Dutton published thirty-seven of Keeler's novels, making him one of their most prolific and popular authors.
[With]: KEELER. A group of 4 FIRST EDITION works, comprising: Finger, Finger! 1938. -- The Chameleon. 1939. -- The Box from Japan. 1942. INSCRIBED BY KEELER, "With the kindest wishes of the author." -- The Case of the Lavender Gripsack. New York: Phoenix Press, 1944. Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, all 8vo, all published in New York by E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., unless otherwise noted and in original bindings, some with publisher's dust jackets. Condition generally fine.
Selections from the Library of Dr. John Talbot Gernon
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