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Judge Dee at Work: Eight Chinese Detective Stories
by Van Gulik, Robert
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
London: William Heineman, 1967. Eight stories across four provinces and a wide cross-section of Chinese society, with a chronology linking all the novels and stories to date. Ex-library with internal stamps, a pocket in the rear, and clear tape with a sticker scuff and small hole to the lower jacket spine. Lightly bumped with foxing to the end papers and edges of the text block. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, spine sunned, in new Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Ex-Library.
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Details
- Seller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 210293
- Title
- Judge Dee at Work: Eight Chinese Detective Stories
- Author
- Van Gulik, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Heineman
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1967
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller; Short Stories/Essays;
Terms of Sale
MLC Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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