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Auction archive: Lot number 21

BIGGERS, Earl Derr. The Chinese Parrot . Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1926. With dust jacket. -- Behind That Curtain . Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1928. -- The Black Camel . Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929. With...

Auction 17.04.2002
17 Apr 2002
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$1,554
Auction archive: Lot number 21

BIGGERS, Earl Derr. The Chinese Parrot . Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1926. With dust jacket. -- Behind That Curtain . Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1928. -- The Black Camel . Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929. With...

Auction 17.04.2002
17 Apr 2002
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$1,554
Beschreibung:

BIGGERS, Earl Derr. The Chinese Parrot . Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1926. With dust jacket. -- Behind That Curtain . Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1928. -- The Black Camel . Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929. With dust jacket. -- Charlie Chan Carries On . Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1930. With dust jacket. -- Another copy (without jacket). -- Keeper of the Keys . Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1932. With dust jacket. -- Another copy (with jacket). Together 7 volumes, all FIRST EDITIONS, 8 o, original cloth, FIVE WITH DUST JACKETS, condition varies. [ With :] BIGGERS, Earl Derr. Four "Better Little Books" editions with black-and-white comic strips by Alfred Andriola: Inspector Charlie of the Honolulu Police (two copies), Inspector Charlie Chan Solves a New Mystery and Inspector Charlie Chan, Villainy on the High Seas . Racine, Wis.: Whitman Publishing Company, 1939-1942. Thick 12 o. Original pictorial boards. -- ANDRIOLA, Alfred. Charlie Chan . Papeete-Tahiti: Comic Stars of the World, 1976. 2 volumes, oblong folio. Black-and-white comic strip (vol. I) and color comic strip (vol. II). Original decorated boards. -- BIGGERS and ANDRIOLA. Charlie Chan Vol. 3 [wrapper title]. Long Beach, Calif.: Tony Raiola, n.d. Oblong folio. Black-and-white comic strip. Original yellow decorated wrappers. -- Another copy. -- Quotations from Charlie Chan . New York: Golden Press, 1968. 8 o. Wrappers. -- Another copy. -- COHAN, George M. Seven Keys to Baldpate . New York: Samuel French, 1914. 8 o. Frontispiece and plates. Original wrappers. Dramatized version of Biggers's novel. -- Charlie Chan Mystery Magazine . Vol. I, nos. 1, 3 and 4. Los Angeles: Renown Books, Nov. 1973, May and Aug. 1974. 3 volumes, 8 o. Illustrations in text. Original wrappers. -- HANKE, Ken. Charlie Chan at the Movies. History, Filmography, and Criticism . Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland, 1989. 8 o. Original cloth. -- PENZLER, Otto. Earl Derr Biggers' Charlie Chan . New York: Mysterious Bookshop, 1999. 8 o. Wrappers. Signed by Penzler. (23)

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
17 Apr 2002
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

BIGGERS, Earl Derr. The Chinese Parrot . Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1926. With dust jacket. -- Behind That Curtain . Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1928. -- The Black Camel . Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929. With dust jacket. -- Charlie Chan Carries On . Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1930. With dust jacket. -- Another copy (without jacket). -- Keeper of the Keys . Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1932. With dust jacket. -- Another copy (with jacket). Together 7 volumes, all FIRST EDITIONS, 8 o, original cloth, FIVE WITH DUST JACKETS, condition varies. [ With :] BIGGERS, Earl Derr. Four "Better Little Books" editions with black-and-white comic strips by Alfred Andriola: Inspector Charlie of the Honolulu Police (two copies), Inspector Charlie Chan Solves a New Mystery and Inspector Charlie Chan, Villainy on the High Seas . Racine, Wis.: Whitman Publishing Company, 1939-1942. Thick 12 o. Original pictorial boards. -- ANDRIOLA, Alfred. Charlie Chan . Papeete-Tahiti: Comic Stars of the World, 1976. 2 volumes, oblong folio. Black-and-white comic strip (vol. I) and color comic strip (vol. II). Original decorated boards. -- BIGGERS and ANDRIOLA. Charlie Chan Vol. 3 [wrapper title]. Long Beach, Calif.: Tony Raiola, n.d. Oblong folio. Black-and-white comic strip. Original yellow decorated wrappers. -- Another copy. -- Quotations from Charlie Chan . New York: Golden Press, 1968. 8 o. Wrappers. -- Another copy. -- COHAN, George M. Seven Keys to Baldpate . New York: Samuel French, 1914. 8 o. Frontispiece and plates. Original wrappers. Dramatized version of Biggers's novel. -- Charlie Chan Mystery Magazine . Vol. I, nos. 1, 3 and 4. Los Angeles: Renown Books, Nov. 1973, May and Aug. 1974. 3 volumes, 8 o. Illustrations in text. Original wrappers. -- HANKE, Ken. Charlie Chan at the Movies. History, Filmography, and Criticism . Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland, 1989. 8 o. Original cloth. -- PENZLER, Otto. Earl Derr Biggers' Charlie Chan . New York: Mysterious Bookshop, 1999. 8 o. Wrappers. Signed by Penzler. (23)

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
17 Apr 2002
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
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