Stopover Tokyo
£55 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books
First edition
London: Collins, 1957. Thriller FIRST EDITION. Octavo 21 x 15cm , pp.254. Publisher's blue cloth in original pictorial dust wrapper priced at 12/6. Contents clean, edges slightly toned. Near fine in similar jacket with one small chip to lower edge of rear. Earl Derr Biggers' Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan was a popular success for the Post journal. When the author died, the magazine's editors searched for a writer who could create a similar sleuth.
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