The Bat

First Edition. "The Novel From the Play". Basis for the 1926 United Artist feature starring Jack Pickford and Jewel Carmen, and also the 1930 film The Bat Whispers. "Van Gorder, a maiden lady of sixty, who rents the summer home of a banker reported killed in Colorado. She is warned that mysterious things are happening but she refuses to move. Then it is discovered that a large sum is missing from the dead man's bank and it is suspected that, far from being dead, he stole the money, hid it in a secret chamber in his house and is only waiting for a chance to sneak back to get it. Four others are after the money: the bank cashier who is wrongfully accused of taking it, a detective engaged by Miss Van Gorder to clear up the mystery, a doctor friend and supposed confederate of the missing banker and The Bat, a notorious thief who has long eluded the police. This genuine thriller is guaranteed to divert any audience." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, soiling to spine and rear panel, few closed tears, shallow loss at spine ends.…