Lotus Blossom
by Lancing, George (pseudonym of Bluebell M. Hunter)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair to Good/Fair
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Lee Furman, 1939. Book. Illus. by H. Hurd (dust jacket illustration). Fair to Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Set in China, and telling in fictional form the story of the Empress Dowager. The story of a beautiful young woman named Orchid who, on her way to Pekin to meet her betrothed, meets "the handsome young son of a country cobbler." An unusual relationship is subsequently formed between the girl who has grown up "with the feeling that she was one day destined to be the Empress of China," and the young man whose service as palace attendant in the Imperial Court requires that he first be castrated (that is one *hell* of a job-description requirement). Red cloth w/black spine lettering, 362 pages (including appendix). A bit cocked, discoloured/lightly stained cover edges, tanned/lightly soiled edges, gift inscription to previous owner, in significantly worn dust jacket. A scarce title in any condition, especially with a dust jacket. Jacket in protective mylar sleeve..
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- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013559
- Title
- Lotus Blossom
- Author
- Lancing, George (pseudonym of Bluebell M. Hunter)
- Illustrator
- H. Hurd (dust jacket illustration)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair to Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Lee Furman
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- EMPRESS DOWAGER, CHINA, CHINESE, CASTRATION, NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction (hardcover);
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....