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BIGGERS, Earl Derr (1884-1933). Behind That Curtain. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1928].
8vo. Original yellow cloth, front board and spine stamped in black (spine lightly sunned, and soiled, joints soiled, boards soiled and rubbed); original price-clipped dust jacket (jacket toned, spine worn and marginally chipped, some rubbing, soiling, occasional chipping and a few tears to jacket).
FIRST EDITION. Although this is the third Charlie Chan book, this is the source for the first Charlie Chan film (1929), starring Edward L. Park as “Police Inspector” Charlie Chan (Warner Oland would become Charlie Chan for the next film), and Boris Karloff, directed by Irving Cummings.