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The Emperor's Pearl
by VAN GULIK, Robert
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1963. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); blue paper covered boards titled in gilt on spine; illus.; map endpapers; dustjacket; 185pp. The rear board in slightly bowed; mild foxing to outer textblock; Very Good+. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced 13s 6d net) with faint foxing some scattered soil and light edgewear; Very Good+. Dustjacket and illustrations by the author. A Gong'an detective novel based on the real character of Judge Dee (Ti Jen-chieh or Di Renjie) who is attending the Dragon Boat races accompanied by his three ladies. The sudden death of a young student crewing one of the boats turns out to be deliberate murder. Throw in an apparently cursed Imperial treasure and a perverted madman and the Judge has his hands full. Tenth book in the Judge Dee series of historical mysteries. HUBIN, p.415; BARZUN 2126.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53173
- Title
- The Emperor's Pearl
- Author
- VAN GULIK, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1963
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Mystery, Crime, and Detective Fiction;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...