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George G. Harrap & Co. London. 1927. First Edition. Hardback. No DW. Green cloth. Boards are very slightly worn at extremities and fore-edges are lightly foxed. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper o/w contents clean and sound. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of BIGGERS, Earl Derr : The Chinese Parrot. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Biggers, Earl Derr : The Chinese ParrotCollier Books, New York, 1926
8vo - over 7¾. Front hinge expertly repaired. Book housed in a magnificent, one of a kind, custom slipcase. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Biggers, Earl Derr : The Chinese Parrot. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Biggers, Earl Derr : The Chinese ParrotCollier Books, New York, 1926
8vo - over 7¾. The Chinese Parrot (1926) is the second novel in the Charlie Chan series of mystery novels by Earl Derr Biggers. It is the first in which Chan travels from Hawaii to mainland California, and involves a crime whose exposure is hastened by the death of a parrot. The story concerns a valuable string of pearls which is purchased by a wealthy and eccentric financier. The handsome young son of the jeweler is assigned to shepherd the transfer of the pearls to the financier's vacation home in a desert area of California. Because of his long association with the owner of the pearls- before joining the police force, he was her houseboy-Charlie Chan travels from Hawaii to California with the pearls. After two mysterious deaths, first of a Chinese-speaking parrot and then of the household's Chinese man-of-all-work, Charlie Chan masquerades as a pidgin-speaking cook named Ah Kim and works underground to solve a number of crimes. Along the way, the jeweler's son meets a beautiful young woman who works as a location scout and decides to stay in the California desert. The novel was adapted for film twice, as The Chinese Parrot in 1927 and as Charlie Chan's Courage in 1934, both films have been lost. Front hinge expertly repaired. Book housed in a magnificent, one of a kind, custom slipcase. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Biggers, Earl Derr : The Chinese Parrot. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out-of-print books, livres illustrées, atlases, livres anciens and antiquarian books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |