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Lot 20
Sale 6331 - The Collected Library: Summer Reading
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Jul 31, 2025
Lots Close
Aug 13, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$1,300
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Lot Description
BIGGERS, Earl Derr (1884-1933). A pair of FIRST EDITIONS, comprising:
1) Seven Keys to Baldpate. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1913. INSCRIBED TO THE AUTHOR, DAVID CARB, BY BIGGERS.
2) The Black Camel. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929. In dust jacket. [Laid in:] TLS, 13 October 1930. "...I have lately declined several excellent opportunities to employ Charlie Chan in radio advertising, but money means nothing to a Chinese, and the old boy is adamant..."
Together, 2 works in 2 volumes, both 8vo, both in original cloth, one in dust jacket, condition generally very good.
Selections from the Library of Dr. John Talbot Gernon
This lot is located in Chicago.