MURDER IN CANTON: A CHINESE DETECTIVE STORY
by VAN GULIK, ROBERT
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/G+ PREV. OWNER BOOKPLATE INSIDE. SMALL STICKER SCAR RFEP. Pages: 208.
- Seller
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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Synopsis
Murder in Canton is a detective novel written by Robert van Gulik and set in Imperial China (roughly speaking the Tang Dynasty). It is a fiction based on the real character of Judge Dee (Ti Jen-chieh or Di Renjie), a magistrate and statesman of the Tang court, who lived roughly 630–700. The book contains twelve illustrations and a map of Canton by the author.
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- Bookseller
- Vintage-Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MASTER303533I
- Title
- MURDER IN CANTON: A CHINESE DETECTIVE STORY
- Author
- VAN GULIK, ROBERT
- Illustrator
- ILLUSTRATED BY AUTHOR
- Format/Binding
- HARDCOVER.
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/G+ PREV. OWNER BOOKPLATE INSIDE. SMALL STICKER SCAR RFEP. Pages: 208.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1ST PRINTING
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
- Place of Publication
- NEW YORK
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- DJ SUNNED AT SPINE. TEXT CLEAN, BINDING TIGHT. DJ IN MYLAR WRAP., MYSTERY & SUSPENSE, CLASSIC MYSTERIES, CRIME FICTION
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- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- Sunned
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.