UK,12mo p/back,1st thus.[Green Penguin Crime series, number 1776.Precedes the US (NY) Dell Publishing, 1963 p/back.A Judge Dee,Chinese detective story, originally published in UK,as an 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,by Michael Joseph,1959.A 1st edn thus.] VG+. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy green+black illustration in Chinese style with an over-riding b/w Chinese calligraphic letter front cover with b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.A couple of minimal,minor abrasion/indents to front - but without penetration.Concave spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges inevitably aged/toned; but contents bright,tight and clean - no intentional reading creases to any pages' corner tips.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn thus,5-221pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,18 chapters+ Postscript,10 full-page author's b/w line illustrations in Chinese style and a district's b/w map section, interspersed throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,author's preface, double-page b/w map,a Dramatis Personae list/table and 2pp blanks at rear.
This book introduces to Penguin readers Judge Dee,a historic figure who lived from 530 to 700 A.D. during the Tang dynasty and whom van Gulik's reconstructions,comes to us as one of the shrewdest and most likeable detectives in print.
As magistrate of the little seaport of Peng-lai hesolves in these pages three interlocking felonies in which is involved as pretty a band of miscreants as one could hope not to meet.As Dee,alternately sipping tea and exploding into action,pursues the clues from a floating brother to an eerie,disused temple,evading the ghost of his predecessor and the fangs of a were-tiger on the way,one can understand that Agatha Christie should have joined in the critics' chorus of praise.of the book she said' I enjoyed the book immensely.The whole thing has great charm and freshness and I hope it will be a great success.'
Author's 2nd (Ti-Jen -chieh) Judge Dee novel following his debut of 'The Chinese Bell Murders'.
See my book ID rja628316 for Gulik's Penguin p/b 1st edn of 'The Emperor's Pearl - A Chinese Detective Story'.
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Bookseller: R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: rja943521
Title: THE CHINESE GOLD MURDERS.
Author: van GULIK**, ROBERT:
Illustrator: illus by Robert van Gulik.**
Book Condition: Used - VG+.
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: UK,12mo p/back,1st thus.
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: LONDON.PENGUIN,1962.
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: q52.MODERN FIRSTS2.UK,12mo p/back,1st thus.No ISBN.The Chinese Bell Murders.The Chinese Lake,Nail and Maze Murders. Judge Dee_The Red Pavilion_The Haunted Monastery_The Lacquer Screen_The Willow Pattern.Books new,used,signed,rare.
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