First Edition. S. dustjacket art. Gypsy themed mystery novel set in New York City. Very uncommon title. Near Fine but for having been expertly recased, blue dye at top page edge may be original or added by zealous previous owner, in attractive Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips. Item #35814
Third Printing, same month as First, dustjacket is First Issue. Very rare Hubin listed mystery and Bleiler listed fantasy novel. Set in 1942 "television in the coming decade furnishes the initial episode in this unique plot. An unclaimed box from Japan in an Express Company auction sale, its counterpart in London revealed by a new transatlantic television process, and a cable of inquiry are the prelude to a wave of murder, violence and intrigue in Chicago". Near Fine in Good only dustjacket, chipping at spine ends and flap edges, rear panel lacking top right quarter of panel. Item #32501
First Edition. Very rare Hubin listed mystery and Bleiler listed fantasy novel. Set in 1942 "television in the coming decade furnishes the initial episode in this unique plot. An unclaimed box from Japan in an Express Company auction sale, its counterpart in London revealed by a new transatlantic television process, and a cable of inquiry are the prelude to a wave of murder, violence and intrigue in Chicago". This copy nicely inscribed and signed at front endpaper. Very Good, bit of sunning to spine, couple square inches of cloth discoloration at lower front cover (likely from moisture exposure), in nearly Very Good dustjacket, very shallow loss at spine ends and flap corners, nickel sized chip at top front panel. Item #35051
![Item #35051 The Box From Japan [SIGNED AND INSCRIBED]. Harry Stephen KEELER](https://yesterdaysgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/35051_2.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1559255221)
First Edition stated. Brewster dustjacket art. Mystery novel set in a small Texas town near the Mexican border in which a million dollars is deposited at the bank. Characters include a Mexican general, a headless corpse, an anthropologist, a doctor, three tramps, and school master". Very Good, spine modestly faded, some soiling to cloth, in Very Good dustjacket, spine ends nicked, small chip at top spine end, very light dampstain to upper front panel. Item #29635
First Edition. Yellow peril mystery novel. "If only Japan could lay her hands on the Thirteenth Coin of Confucius which was floating around somewhere in the United States, she could thwart a certain Chinese ambition. The Japanese Secret Service in New York City had a clue..." Very Good, contemporary ownership inscription at front endpaper, in Good, edge chipped dustjacket, dime sized chip at top front panel, quarter sized chip at top rear panel, shelf wear. Item #25135
Presumed First Edition, no statement. Dorothy Owe dustjacket art. 'A dark mystery story of La Salle Street, Chicago's financial center'. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, color faded at spine, shallow chips at spine ends and flap corners. Item #35055
First Edition stated. W. T. E. dustjacket art. A dramatic mystery thriller linking the theft of a priceless manuscript with the disappearance of a mysterious Chinese green jade hand, clue to a fortune. Very Good, spine modestly sunned, in Very Good dustjacket, general shelf wear, chip at top spine end, edge nicks. Item #35054
![Item #35054 The Green Jade Hand [BIBLIO-MYSTERY]. Harry Stephen KEELER](https://yesterdaysgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/35054.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1559255221)
Early Printing, one month after First. Gene dustjacket art. Murder mystery of a curious woman who took her new boarder's suspicious black leather case to a room and never came back alive. Very Good, with discoloration to cloth at top covers, inner hinge with webbing showing, in a Nearly Very Good dustjacket with vertical creases at spine, few inch closed tear to lower spine end and horizontal crease to length of dustjacket. Item #17962
Third Printing, same month as First Edition, and in First Issue dustjacket. A cryptic book of Chinese aphorisms bound in sharkskin has a curious influence on people. 'The colorful characters involved are: Erlys Craith, dancer, Joe Long-Buffalo, North American Indian, Swig Mullarky, Chicago gangster, Daola Vendale, nurse and Dr. Byxbee Adair, kidnapped society surgeon.' Uncommon title. Almost Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, chipping at spine ends and flap corners, clear tape applied to exterior of spine ends and along long closed tear at front spine edge (at verso as well). Item #40723
![Item #40723 The Sharkskin Book [BIBLIOMYSTERY]. Harry Stephen KEELER](https://yesterdaysgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/40723.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1642300681)
First Edition stated. Murder mystery, the victim with a hatpin protruding from one eye and a beautiful girl speeding away in a roadster. Very Good, bit of soiling to cloth, foxing to top page edge, in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips and wear. Item #41552
