The Books Of the Emperor Wu Ti

New York: Minton, Balch & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1931. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 215 pages; Yellow cloth printed in green. Dust jacket is price clipped, with some darkening on the spine with light soiling and a bit of edgewear on the spine. .

Minton, Balch and Company, New York, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 430 g.; (6), 5-216 pages, last page blank. Yellow coloured cloth covered boards with green Chinese calligraphy to the top left-hand corner of the front panel and green titles to the backstrip. Green coloured tint to the top text block… Read more about this item

London: Martin Secker. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1930. First English Edition. Hardcover. Translated from the German by J. J. Saville Garner. Yellow cloth, some foxing to foredges, pictorial d/w has silverfish damage but is now protected, previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. ; 210 x 140mm; 214 pages .

New York: Minton, Balch and Company, 1931. First US edition, first printing . Hardcover. Translated from the German by J.J. Saville Garner. This novel, steeped in rich oriental fantasy, is the story of Shu Yee, a merchant in Nanking, who, having attained material success, sets his heart upon acquiring the magic books o f the Emperor Wu Ti, which… Read more about this item

THE BOOKS OF THE EMPEROR WU TI, Minton, Balch & Co., 1931, first American edition, just about fine in like dust-wrapper with some light dust-soil to the dust-wrapper spine. An Oriental fantasy in which the protagonist sets about to steal the Emperors magic books which… Read more about this item

MINTON, BALCH AND COMPANY. 1931. Near Fine. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition. Near fine in a Vg.+ or better dj. (Trace of faint soiling at fore edge. A few spots on covers. Several tiny edge nicks & a few equally tiny chips at corners & spine ends ) Charming account of an imaginary China … Read more about this item

London: Martin Secker, 1930. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st UK edition, translated from the German. Yellow cloth with black lettering to spine and Chinese characters to front board. Spine very lightly darkened, (hardly noticeable). A fine copy, clean and bright throughout. Dust jacket is price clipped and darkened… Read more about this item

London: Martin Secker, 1930. Book. Good+. Hardcover. First UK Edition.. 214pp. HARDCOVER Clean internally. No inscriptions. Some discoloration to cloth. Light spots to prelims. Includes supply & fitting of correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall.