NECKLACE AND CALABASH: A CHINESE DETECTIVE STORY
by Van Gulik, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Decatur, Illinois, United States
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Synopsis
Necklace and Calabash 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 features eight illustrations by the author. Necklace and Calabash was the last Judge Dee novel published during van Gulik's lifetime.
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- Bookseller
- Novel Ideas Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 400133
- Title
- NECKLACE AND CALABASH: A CHINESE DETECTIVE STORY
- Author
- Van Gulik, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1967
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery;
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- Good+
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- First Edition
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