A COFFIN FROM HONG KONG.
by CHASE, James Hadley" - [RAYMOND, René Brabazon, 1906-1985] :
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London : Robert Hale, (1962). First edition. "Sitting, facing me in the clients' chair was a lovely-looking Chinese girl, her hands folded rather primly in her lap ... she looked peaceful and not even surprised. From the small bloodstain over her left breast, I guessed she had been shot quickly and expertly ... she had been dead for some hours". Cracking Hadley Chase novel, filmed in German in 1964 by Manfred R. Köhler as "Ein Sarg aus Hongkong", with Heinz Drache, Elga Andersen, Greta Chi, etc. Post 8vo (21cm). 186,[vi]pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in red and silver; faint residue marks to boards; a few faint spots to front free endpaper, but a very good copy in the Val Biro dust-jacket - the jacket lightly worn and a little sunned, with a couple of nicks, a short tear, and a crease to the front flap, but complete and attractive still.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ash Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45283
- Title
- A COFFIN FROM HONG KONG.
- Author
- CHASE, James Hadley" - [RAYMOND, René Brabazon, 1906-1985] :
- Illustrator
- Val Biro
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Robert Hale, (1962).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Crime Fiction, Detective Fiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ash Rare Books
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London
About Ash Rare Books
Ash Rare Books. Founded in 1946 and long one of London's more interesting small book businesses. Owned and run by Laurence Worms, former President of the ABA.
Glossary
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Sunned
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