Lemuel L. De Bra: A Bibliography in Progress

by Peter Ruber, Victor A. Berch & Richard Bleiler
draft 7.0 - 5-07-04

Lemuel L(orenz) De Bra
December 10, 1884 - December 22, 1954

Varied his byline: L. De Bra
Lemuel De Bra
Lemuel L. De Bra
Lemuel Lawrence De Bra
Known Pseudonym: Edmond Lawrence

Lemuel DeBra was a former Secret Service Agent working for the IRS tracking down opium smugglers in San Francisco's Chinatown, the setting for scores of his adventure and mystery stories.
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ACE-HIGH MAGAZINE
Tom Goes Into Oil (ss) - 1st Jan 1923
The Dagger of Delightful Death (ss) - 2nd Jan 1923
Branton of the Border (ss) - 1st Aug 1923
The Bandit of Devil's Own (n) - 1st Nov 1923

ARGOSY ALL-STORY WEEKLY
Boxed Boodle (ss) - May 20, 1922
Was It Murder? (ss) - Oct 13, 1923
Blue Eyes And Diamonds (ss) - Mar 9, 1929

BEST DETECTIVE MAGAZINE
Swamps ( ) - Aug 1931
(reprint from Detec Story Mag, Nov 10, 1923)

BLUE BOOK
Tears of the Poppy (nt) - Aug 1919
The Other Key (nt) - Jan 1920
Ashes of Dreams (nt) - May 1920
A Thunderin' Killer (nt) - Aug 1920
Red Retribution (nt) - Sep 1920
Coin of the Dead (ss) - Oct 1920
The Broker of Marriage (ss) - Nov 1920
The Mystery of the Missing Hands (ss) - Dec 1920
Crooks is Crooks (ss) - Jan 1921
The Law and the Man (ss) - Feb 1921
The Sword of Justice (ss) - Mar 1921
Diamonds of Desire (nt) - May 1921
The Poor Nut (ss) - Oct 1921
The House of Drooping Wreaths (ss) - Feb 1922
Slaves of the Silver Serpent (ss) - Mar 1922
The Curse of Hui Pa'o (ss) - Apr 1922
Tryst of the Tydelands (ss) - May 1922
A Bowl of Rice (ss) - Jun 1922
The Fortune of Duck Yoan (ss) - Jul 1922
The Sin of San Keu (ss) (w-Marian O'Hearn) - Sep 1922
Faith, Hope and the Woman (ss) - Nov 1922
Ways that are Wary (nt) - Jan 1923
Men of the Border (ss) - Feb 1923
The Testing of Ah Toy (ss) - Mar 1923
Border Intrigue (ss) - Apr 1923
The Ruby of Red Betrayal (ss) - Jun 1923
The Curse of the Knives (ss) - Jul 1923
The Purple Hand-bag (ss) - Aug 1923
Jewels of the Dragon (ss) - Sep 1923
The Blackmailers (nt) - Nov 1923
When Tong Tricks Tong (ss) - Dec 1923
The Vengeance of Leong (ss) - Apr 1924
Mike Does His Duty (ss) (w-Phil B. West) - May 1924
The Closet of Wo Fang (ss) - Jun 1924
A Guilty Conscience (ss) - Oct 1924
The Chink Runner (ss) - Dec 1924
The Dove Robbers (ss) - Feb 1925

The Valley of Vision (s-2)
- Jul 1925
- Aug 1925

Death-and a Knife (ss) - Nov 1925
Ben Tai Meditates (ss) - Dec 1925
Peter Peps the Ad Page (ss) - May 1926
The Return of Stiletto Sofie (ss) - Jun 1926
Gar Sing Makes a Profit (ss) - Aug 1926
The Blade of a Thousand Treacheries (ss) - Sep 1926
Evil Treasure (sn) - Oct 1926
Lu Chan and the Tongs (ss) - Nov 1926
Peppermint Pete Throws a Party (ss) - Dec 1926
The Silent Race (ss) - Jan 1927
The Way of Justice (ss) - Feb 1927
One Grand (ss) - Jun 1927
The Dragon-Claw Necklace (ss) - Jul 1927
The Curse of San Loo (ss) - Aug 1927
Call of the Wild (ss) - Sep 1927
The Remarkable Case of Dr. Moy (ss) - Oct 1927
When Crook Meets Chink (ss) - Nov 1927
Parson Pat's Predicament (ss) - Dec 1927
Crystals of Crime (nt) - Mar 1928
The Sunset Opal (ss) - May 1928
Four Diamonds (ss) - Jul 1928
The Kang-he Poison Jar (ss) - Aug 1928
Denver Dan (ss) - Sep 1928
The Hon'ble Code of Ah Fu (ss) - Oct 1928
Black Bob Gets His (ss) - Nov 1928
Not for Sale (ss) - Apr 1929
His Kind of Folks (ss) - May 1929
The Best Little Racket (ss) - Sep 1929
The Dedham Mansion Case (ss) - Nov 1929
Alias Smiling Eric (ss) - Jan 1930
The Clue of La Mano Nero (ss) - Oct 1930
The Smugglers of Mad River Ca񯮠(sn) - Jan 1931
Curly Goes Crooked (ss) - Nov 1931
The Diamond Necklace (ss) - Oct 1932
The Tribe of the Tiger (n) - Feb 1934
The Last Laugh (ss) - Sep 1934
When Tong-Men Laugh (nf) - Jul 1939
The Chinese Way (ss) - Oct 1939
Carbolic Cocktail (ar) - Aug 1941

BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE FICTION MAGAZINE
(Primarily a reprint market. However, a considerable number of De Bra's appearances in the GLOBE could not be traced back to their original publication. Those are noted by an asterisk (*) preceding title. It is also possible that a few of those stories could have been original sales to the newspaper.)

Ways That Are Wary I - Feb 7, 1926
Ways That Are Wary II - Feb 14, 1926
The Strategy of Ah Lo - Mar 28, 1926
*Rowdy of Brown's Hole - May 2, 1926
The Strange Slaying of Bok Gee - May 23, 1926
The Testing of Ah Toy - Jun 6, 1926
Boxed Boodle - Jun 13, 1926
The Chink Runners - Jun 20, 1926
The Blackmailers - Jul 4, 1926
Mike Does His Duty (s-Phil B. West) - Jul 25, 1926
Men of the Border - Aug 1, 1926
Branton of the Border - Aug 22, 1926
Border Intrigue - Aug 19, 1926
The Savin' O' Jase Briggs - Sep 5, 1926
*Judgement of the Desert - Oct 17, 1926
Cactus Charlie's Revenge - Nov 7, 1926
*Imitations - Dec 26, 1926

Tom Goes Into Oil - Jan 2, 1927
*The Professor Begins - Jan 30, 1927
Peppermint Pete Pitches a Party - Feb 6, 1927
The Bandit of Devil's Own I - May 8, 1927
The Bandit of Devil's Own II - May 15, 1927
One Grand - Dec 11, 1927
*The Purple Handbag - Dec 25, 1927

*The Dragon Claw Necklace - Jan 1, 1928
*The Pearls of Chan Poon - Jan 8, 1928
*Chief Kane Takes a Hand in Solving a Mystery Crime - Jan 15, 1928
The Blood Print - Feb 5, 1928
*Faith - Feb 12, 1928
The Silent Race - Feb 26, 1928
Ben Tai Meditates - Mar 5, 1928
*Greer's Last Chance - Apr 8, 1928
Peter Peps the Ad Page - May 28, 1928
This Is China - Jun 3, 1928
Gar Sing Makes a Profit - Jun 24, 1928
The Blade of a Thousand Treacheries - Jul 8, 1928
Darrel Reads Sign - Oct 21, 1928
When Crook Meets Chink - Nov 18, 1928
The Brown Bottle - Nov 25, 1928
*Call O' The Wild - Dec 2, 1928
*All Kinds O' Cops - Dec 23, 1928

Parson Pat's Predicament - Jan 6, 1929
Black Bob Gets His - May 12, 1929
The Kang-he Poison Jar - May 26, 1929
*The Sunset Opal - Jun 2, 1929
Tears of the Poppy I - Jun 30, 1929
Tears of the Poppy II - Jul 7, 1929
The Hon'ble Code of Ah Fu - Aug 11, 1929
Four Diamonds - Aug 24, 1929

*The Poison Glass - Mar 2, 1930
Alias the Prince - Mar 16, 1930
The Vanishing of Ben Chong - Apr 13, 1930
*A Price on His Head - Apr 27, 1930
Condemned to Die - May 4, 1930
His Kind of Folks - May 11, 1930
Blue Eyes and Diamonds - May 25, 1930
The Best Little Racket - Jun 1, 1930
A Yankee on the Yangtze - Jun 8, 1930

The Trail of Cuban Charlie - Aug 7, 1932
Jewels of the Dragon - Aug 21, 1932
In Shanghai Alley - Sep 18, 1932
The Debut of Dorothy Drennan - Oct 9, 1932
*A Straight Shooter - Oct 16, 1932
The Brown Spot - Oct 30, 1932
*Blood Money - Nov 20, 1932
Hard-Boiled Yeggs - Dec 18, 1932

*Murder on Devil's Bench - Mar 5, 1933
The Ruby of Red Betrayal - Mar 19, 1933
The Hand at the Window - Apr 2, 1933
The Curse of the Knives - Apr 16, 1933
The Scar - Apr 23, 1933
Was It Murder? - May 7, 1933
When Tong Tricks Tong - Jun 4, 1933
The House of Jan Ming - Oct 8, 1933

The Smugglers of Mad River Ca񯮠 - Feb 4, 1934
Tangled Tragedy - Feb 11, 1934
Dope--And a Woman - Feb 25, 1934
The Smuggler of Mocassin Point - Mar 18, 1934
The Queer Vengeance of Lai Leong - Apr 1, 1934
The Clue of La Mano Nero - Apr 22, 1934
The Dedham Mansion Case - May 13, 1934
The Third Shell - May 27, 1934
*Alias Smiling Evil - Jul 22, 1934
Fang Toi Makes a Bargain - Oct 7, 1934

A Bowl of Rice - Mar 3, 1935
*Dangerous Darrel Horns In - Apr 7, 1935
*The Fortunes of Duck Yoan - Apr 28, 1935
Curly Goes Crooked - May 12, 1935
The House of Drooping Wreaths - Jun 8, 1935
*The Omen of Opal - Jul 7, 1935
*Loot Lawson's Last Laugh - Jul 14, 1935
*Mystery at Flaming Flats - Sep 20, 1935
A Good Night for Murder I - Oct 20, 1935
A Good Night for Murder II - Oct 27, 1935

Slaves of the Silver Serpent - Jan 26, 1936
*The Killer of Rancho Picardo - Feb 9, 1936

Once a Thief - May 6, 1937

Guilty Conscience - Jan 16, 1938
Crooks Is Crooks - Feb 20, 1938
The Law and the Man - Mar 13, 1938
*The Chambers of Tranquility (w-Clarence A. Locan) - Apr 3, 1938
The Way of Justice - May 1, 1938
The Mandarin Dagger - May 22, 1938
*The Secret of the Golden Goddess - Jun 5, 1938
*Pearls and Tears - Jun 12, 1938
*A Letter from China - Jul 3, 1938
*A Bundle of Wash - Jul 31, 1938
*Detective Manning Is Taken for a Ride - Aug 21, 1938
Skeleton Gulch - Sep 18, 1938
The Tribe of the Tiger - Oct 16, 1938
The Curse of Sen Loo - Nov 6, 1938

*Preachin' Phil, Cracksman - Jan 1, 1939
Gangsters of Water Street - Jan 22, 1939
*The Secret of Snake Canyon - Oct 1, 1939
*Dangerous Disguise - Oct 22, 1939
*How Women Fight - Nov 12, 1939

*Secret Service Understudy - Jan 12, 1940
*The Crimson Necklace - Jan 28, 1940
*The Clue of the Jade Ring - Feb 4, 1940
The Chinese Way - Feb 11, 1940
*The Curse of the Leopard Pearls - Feb 25, 1940
The Return of Stiletto Sofie - Mar 10, 1940
*Miss Shannon of the Secret Service - Mar 24, 1940
*The Stolen Planes - Apr 7, 1940
*The Rubies of Luk Chan - Apr 21, 1940
*One Hour - May 5, 1940
*Trap for a G-Man - May 19, 1940
*Wildcat of the Secret Service - Jun 9, 1940
*Miss Shannon Gets Rough - Jul 14, 1940
*Buster's Last Fight - Jul 28, 1940
*The Wrong Road - Dec 8, 1940
*"Ho Toy" - Dec 29, 1940

*Bad Men and Bad Money - Jan 19, 1941
*The Ghost of Devil's Swamp - Feb 16, 1941
*The Opium Pipe - Mar 30, 1941
*Draper Names His Price - May 4, 1941
*A Nut on Ice - May 25, 1941
*His Wish - Jun 15, 1941
The Shadow of the Secret Service - Jul 13, 1941
*The Chinaman with the Suitcase - Aug 17, 1941
*Draper Goes Soft - Aug 24, 1941
*The End of The Crooked Trail - Sep 7, 1941
*Thanks - Sep 28, 1941
*The Girl and the Counterfeiter - Nov 20, 1941
The Other Key I - Dec 21, 1941
The Other Key II - Dec 28, 1941

The Other Key III - Jan 7, 1942
*The Chinese Mask - Jan 25, 1942
*Women Understand - Feb 15, 1942
*The Monogrammed Handkerchief - Mar 29, 1942
*They Hang 'Em High - Apr 12, 1942
*The Naked Kid with the Arrers - Apr 26, 1942
*Double Trickery - May 24, 1942
*Seed of Disaster - Jun 21, 1942
*Automatic Evidence - Aug 30, 1942
*Captain Carter's "Treasure" - Sep 27, 1942
*The Overnight Bag - Oct 18, 1942
*Reward Money - Nov 1, 1942

*Mystery on Deadman Bayou - Feb 14, 1943
*"So I Laugh" - Mar 28, 1943
*Girl of the Backwoods - Apr 18, 1943
*Detective Rory Gets "Retterspeck" - May 16, 1943

*Just Too Romantic - Dec 16, 1945

*Death Trap Spring - Apr 7, 1946
*Braggin' Bremer - Aug 25, 1946
The Mystery of the Missing Hands - Dec 22, 1946

*Desert Justice - Feb 9, 1947
*Beware the Green Man - Mar 2, 1947
*Secret of the Quetzal - May 18, 1947
*The Third Jewel Box - Sep 7, 1947
*Vanishing Greenbacks - Oct 19, 1947
*Diamonds of Intrigue - Nov 30, 1947

*Tangled Treachery - Jan 11, 1948
*Strange Justice - Feb 8, 1948
*The Secret of the Coffin - Feb 29, 1948
*Medicine of Mystery - May 16, 1948
*The Hands of Justice - May 23, 1948
Ashes of Dreams - May 30, 1948
*Shorty Hatches a Humdinger - Jun 6, 1948
The Wedding of Chan Fah - Sep 26, 1948
*Cupid in a Suitcase - Dec 19, 1948

*The Duplicate Key - Nov 16, 1949

*Wary--Before a Move - Jan 15, 1950
*Indian Annie - Jan 29, 1950
*The Coffin of Black Chong - Mar 26, 1950
*Indian Annie and the Robbers - Apr 23, 1950

*The Great Maple Sugar Week - Jan 7, 1951
*Bullet-Hole Evidence - Jan 14, 1951
*A Bottle of Perfumery - Jan 28, 1951
*The Honor of the Quans - Mar 25, 1951
*Indian Annie and the "Big Bum" - Aug 5, 1951
*Secret of Rattler Cave - Aug 26, 1951
*A Matter of Brawn - Sep 23, 1951

BREEZY STORIES
What Happened to Patricia? - Jul 1923
The Night Key - Dec 1923

BRIEF STORIES
The Man Who Understood (ss) - Jun 1923

CASSELL'S MAGAZINE (UK)
Diamonds of Desire (sn) - Jul 1921

CLUES
The Debut of Dorothy Drennan (ss) - Dec 1927
The Brown Spot (ss) - 2nd Jun 1928
Preachin' Phil, Cracksman (ss) - 2nd Jul 1928
Shannon of the Secret Service (ss) - 2nd Sep 1928
The Trail of Cuban Charlie (ss) - 1st Oct 1928
The Vanishing of Ben Chong (ss) - 2nd Jan 1929
Alias the Prince (ss) - 1st Feb 1929
A Good Night for Murder (nv) - 2nd Sep 1929
The House of Jan Ming (ss) - 1st Oct 1929
The Smuggler of Moccasin Point (ss) - 1st Nov 1929
Once a Thief (ss) - 1st Dec 1929
The Mystery of the Ningpo Casket (with Clarence Locan) - 2nd Jan 1930
Stolen Authority (ss) - 1st Mar 1930
The Fury of the Flashy Five (ss) - 1st Apr 1930
The Third Shell (ss) - 1st May 1930
Deathtrap Spring (ss) - 2nd Aug 1930

The Shadow of the Secret Service (s-4)
- 1st Nov 1930
- 2nd Nov 1930
- 1st Dec 1930
- 2nd Dec 1930

Dope--And a Woman (ss) - 1st Jan 1931
Miss Secret Service (ss) - 2nd Jan 1931
Sealed Orders! (ss) - 2nd Apr 1931
Tangled Tragedy (ss) - 1st May 1931
The Blade of the Dying Breath (ss) - Sep 1931
Gangster's Gold (ss) - Mar 1932
The Mystery of Devil Swamp (ss) - Dec 1932

CLUES DETECTIVE STORIES
Hard Guy (ss) - Oct 1936
Moccasin Swamp (ss) - Jan 1937

COMPLETE STORY MAGAZINE
Detective "Bull" Bascom (ss) - Jul 10, 1925

CONFESSIONS OF A FEDERAL DICK
Stolen Authority ( ) - [1930]

THE DETECTIVE MAGAZINE
The Girl and the Million (ss) - Feb 1, 1924
Three Faces on the Floor ( ) - Feb 9, 1924

DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE
Swamps ( ) (as by Leonard L. De Bra) - Nov 10, 1923

Three Faces on the Floor ( ) - Feb 9, 1924
The Laughing Murderer ( ) - Nov 1, 1924

DROLL STORIES
The Anonymous Letter (ss) - Oct 1923
Red Petals (ss) - Nov 1923

FRONTIER STORIES
A Yankee on the Yangtze (n) - Jan 1929

THE GRAND MAGAZINE
The Strategy of Ah Lo (ss) - Mar 1923

GRIT (reprints)
Blue Eyes and Diamonds (ss) - Jul 3, 1932
Fang Toi Makes a Bargain (ss) - Dec 11, 1932
The Clew of La Mano Nera (ss) - Jan 15, 1933
Preachin' Phil Cracksman (ss) - Jan 22, 1933
The Dedham Mansion Case (ss) - Feb 5, 1933
Outlaw Bait (ss) - Oct 28, 1934
Dope--and a Woman (ss) - May 19, 1940
The Chinese Way (ss) - Aug 25, 1940

HUTCHINSON'S ADVENTURE & MYSTERY STORY MAGAZINE (UK)
When Crook Meets Chink (ss) - Oct 1928
The Sunset Opal (ss) - Nov 1928
Blood on the Sun (ss) - Dec 1928
The Rotten Game (ss) - Jan 1929

HUTCHINSON'S ADVENTURE-STORY MAGAZINE (UK)
Men of the Border (ss) - Jan 1924
"Call of the Wild!" (ss) - Dec 1924

HUTCHINSON'S MYSTERY STORY MAGAZINE (UK)
Tears of the Poppy (ss) - May 1923
The Curse of the Three Dull Knivea (ss) - Sep 1923

MUNSEY'S
The Buddha Twins (ss) - May 1922
The Chambers of Tranquility (ss) (with Clarence A. Locan) - Nov 1922

MYSTERY MAGAZINE
The Lost Canteen ( ) - Mar 15, 1926

THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE
Double Trickery ( ) - Oct 1941

THE POPULAR MAGAZINE
Mock Don Yuen Meditates (ss) - Jul 7, 1920
The Wedding of Chan Fah (ss) - Nov 7, 1920
Dregs of Design (ss) - Jan 7, 1921
The Filial Piety of Wong Kee Lim (ss) - Feb 20, 1921
Mock Don Yuen and the Tongs (ss) - Apr 7, 1921

POPULAR WESTERN
Skeleton Gulch (ss) - Oct 1935

THE PREMIER MAGAZINE (UK)
Coin of the Dead (ss) - May 6, 1921
The Four Rings (ss) - Apr 4, 1922
Border Intrigue (ss) - Jan 9, 1923
The Chamber of Tranquility (ss) - Jul 1923
The Judgment of Mystery Swamp (ss) - Feb 1924
Fang Toi Makes a Bargain (ss) - Nov 1924
Guilty Conscience (ss) - Apr 1925
Tom Goes to China (ss) - Jul 1925

RAPID-FIRE DETECTIVE STORIES
Behind the Smuggler's Alias ( ) - Jan 1933

ROMANTIC RANGE
That Seventeen Mystery (ss) - Dec 1942

SECRETS OF THE SECRET SERVICE
Stolen Authority (ss) - [1930]
(see same in CONFESSIONS OF A FEDERAL DICK)

SHORT STORIES
Judgment of the Desert (ss) - Apr 10, 1922
The Strange Slaying of Bok Gee (ss) - Dec 10, 1922
The Strategy of Chun Moy ( ) - Mar 10, 1923
This is China ( ) - Oct 25, 1923
Cactus Charlie's Revengeance ( ) - Dec 25, 1923
Fang Toi Makes a Bargain (ss) - Jan 10, 1924
The Scar (ss) - Jan 25, 1924
The Hand at the Window (ss) - Jul 10, 1924
The Savin' o' Jase Briggs (ss) - Sep 10, 1924
The Chest of the Three Immortals (ss) - Oct 10, 1924
Greer's Last Chance (ss) - Oct 10, 1926
The Blood Print (nt) - Jan 10, 1927
Chief Kane Takes a Hand (ss) - Feb 25, 1927
All Kinds O' Cops (ss) - Jan 25, 1928
The Brown Bottle (ss) - Feb 10, 1928
The Mandarin Dagger (ss) - Aug 10, 1933
The Scar (ss) - Oct 1953

SHORT STORIES (UK)
The Judgment of Mystery Swamp (ss) - Dec 1958

STAR DETECTIVE MAGAZINE
G-Men ( ) - Oct 1935
G-Man's Nemesis ( ) - Dec 1936
G-Man Wanted ( ) - Aug 1937

STARTLING DETECTIVE ADVENTURES
Under Cover ( ) - Dec 1929

SUNSET
Harry Lee Quotes the Almanac (ss) (w-James Perley Hughes) - Feb 1924

THRILLING DETECTIVE
They Hang High ( ) - Dec 1941

TOP-NOTCH
(All serials published as Edmond Lawrence)

Hazzard of West Point (s-4)
- Nov 1, 1913
- Nov 15, 1913
- Dec 1, 1913
- Dec 15, 1913

Amid Crashing Hills (s-5)
- May 30, 1914
- Jun 10, 1914
- Jun 20, 1914
- Jun 30, 1914
- Jul 10, 1014

Jungle Intrigue (s-5)
- Dec 10, 1914
- Dec 20, 1914
- Dec 30, 1914
- Jan 15, 1915
- Feb 1, 1915

Panned in Panama (s-4)
- Feb 15, 1916
- Mar 1, 1916
- Mar 15, 1916
- Apr 1, 1916

Rogues of the Zone (s-3)
- Jan 1, 1917
- Jan 15, 1917
- Feb 1, 1917

Isles of Intrigue (s-4)
- Aug 1, 1918
- Aug 15, 1918
- Sep 1, 1918
- Sep 15, 1918

TRIPLE-X MAGAZINE
Darrel Reads Sign (ss) - Mar 1928
Hard-Boiled Yeggs (ss) - Oct 1928
Condemned to Die (ss) - Jul 1929
In Shanghai Alley (ss) - Jun 1930
Gangsters of Water Street (ss) - Jul 1930
Outlaw Bait (ss) - Jan 1932

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B. NON-FICTION

THE AUTHOR & JOURNALIST
The Truth About Writers and Writing (ar) - Jun 1924

WRITER'S DIGEST
Saturday Afternoon Meditationa (ar) - Jun 1923
Saturday Afternoon Meditations (ar) - Jul 1923
Saturday Afternoon Meditations (ar) - Aug 1923
Saturday Afternoon Meditations (ar) - Sep 1923
Stories by Outline (ar) - Apr 1932

C. BOOKS

Hazzard of West Point; or, The Youngest Engineer at West Point. New York: Street & Smith Publications, 1914. (as by Edmond Lawrence)
a. New Medal Library, 763, Feb 10, 1914.
b. New Buffalo Bill Weekly, 173-184, Dec 25, 1915-Mar 18, 1916; no sub-title.
c. Adventure Library, 54, Jan 1927; sub-title-or, The Making of a Soldier.
d. Adventure Library, 171 Jul 1931; sub-title same as above.

Amid Crashing Hills. New York: Street & Smith Publications, 1914 (as by Edmond Lawrence)
a. New Medal Library, 785, Jul 14, 1914; sub-title- or, Rod Hazzard at Panama.
b. New Buffalo Bill Weekly, 185-197, Mar 25, 1916-Jun 17, 1916; sub-title same as above.
c. Adventure Library, 51, Dec 1926, no sub-title.
d. Adventure Library, 168, Jan 1931, no sub-title.

Jungle Intrigue. New York: Street and Smith Publications, 1915 (as by Edmond Lawrence)
a. New Medal Library, 829, May 18, 1915.
b. New Buffalo Bill Weekly, 198-206, Jun 24, 1916-Aug 19, 1916; sub-title- or, Rod Hazzard's Master Stroke.
c. Adventure Library, 42, Aug 1926, no sub-title.
d. Adventure Library, 159, Feb 1931, no sub-title.

The Bandit of Devil's Own
a: Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Co., 1924

Ways That Are Wary
a. London: Thornton Butterworth, 1924
b. New York: Edward J. Clode, 1925
c. New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1926

Contents:
Ways That Are Wary
Mock Don Yuen Meditates
The Wedding of Chan Fah
Mock Don Yuen and the *Tongs*
A Life--A Bowl of Rice
The Strategy of Ah Lo
The Mystery of the Missing Hands
The Buddha Twins
The Filial Piety of Wong Kee Lim
The Strange Slaying of Bock Gee
The Testing of Ah Toy
The Queer Fortune of Duck Yoan

Slaves of the Silver Serpent
a. Bloomington, IN: Black Dog Books & Leventhal, 2002

Tribe Of The Tiger
a. Bloomington, IN: Black Dog Books & Leventhal, 2004

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Copyright 2004 by Peter Ruber, Victor A. Berch and Richard Bleiler

(LINKS:
Elsewhere on The Pulp Rack, you can find "Lemuel De Bra: A Master of Mysteries," reprinted from the October 1925 issue of Triple-X Magazine. Click here to read that article.

Also on The Pulp Rack, you can read a story by Lemuel De Bra from Triple-X Magazine, "In Shanghai Alley," by clicking here.

And an article by Lemuel De Bra from the June 1924 issue of The Author & Journalist Magazine, "The Truth About Writers and Writing," is available on The Pulp Rack by clicking here.

Tom Roberts' Black Dog Books has collected work by De Bra in Slaves of the Silver Serpent (four stories) and Tribe Of The Tiger, which you can purchase direct from the publisher. The latter book features a yarn reprinted from the February 1934 issue of Blue Book, in which a Chinese Tong known as the Tribe of the Tiger is out to kill an Oriental scholar who is trying to get the United States to lend assistance to China.

To order directly from the publisher, or to write for catalogs and prices, you can rely on the U.S. Postal Service --

Black Dog Books
1102 N. Roosevelt Ave.
Bloomington, IL 61701

-- or you can click here to send an email note.

Click here for more info from Adventure House, who also sells Black Dog Books.

You can also purchase these books from Mike Chomko. Click here to send him an email and ask about the availability of these books.

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