Seven Keys to Baldpate

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1913).

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Hardcover. First edition. Neat and contemporary owner name, and a trifle rubbed at the extremities, else fine, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. The first mystery by the creator of Charlie Chan, basis for a George M. Cohan play and several film versions.

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Item #82783 Seven Keys to Baldpate. Earl Derr BIGGERS.

Earl Derr Biggers
birth name: Earl Derr Biggers
born: 8/26/1884
died: 4/5/1933

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American novelist and journalist best remembered for the popular literary creation Charlie Chan. A wise Chinese-American detective on the Honolulu police force, Charlie Chan is the protagonist of a series of mystery detective novels that spawned popular feature films, radio dramas, and comic strips. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore