THE JADE GOD
by Sullivan, [Edward] Alan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Some mild soiling to cloth, a very good copy or somewhat better copy. Front panel and front flap of dust jacket laid in. (16240)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: Published by The Century Co., [1925]. First U.S. edition. Some mild soiling to cloth, a very good copy or somewhat better copy. Front panel and front flap of dust jacket laid in. (16240). Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-312 [313-314: blank]. original yellow cloth, front stamped n black and light green, spine stamped in black. Weird mystery novel. From the front flap: "The story, as its title indicates, centers upon a jade god, made by one Lung Sen..." ...[it] seems to reach out, exerting powerful influence over strange and mysterious events..." "The author makes bold and clever use of modern knowledgeof telepathy, and he succeeds in conveying something of the atmosphere of the East which is so alluringly romantic to Occidental eyes." Source for a Broadway play of the same title. Bleiler (1978), p. 189. Reginald 13852.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16240
- Title
- THE JADE GOD
- Author
- Sullivan, [Edward] Alan
- Book Condition
- Used - Some mild soiling to cloth, a very good copy or somewhat better copy. Front panel and front flap of dust jacket laid in. (16240)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by The Century Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- [1925]
- Keywords
- Mystery
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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